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Stop-and-frisks. Aurora mass murderer. NY SAFE Act.
About those stop-and-frisks A jury has found the Aurora theater mass murderer, whose name is irrelevant, guilty on all counts. Jurors were apparently unpersuaded by his attorneys’ arguments that he was schizophrenic and suffering a psychotic episode when he killed 12 people and injured another 70 during a Batman movie on July 20, 2012 in a designated gun-free Cinemark theater. […] Read More
Morongo Band of Mission Indians on the Colt purchase
A representative for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, which is interested in purchasing the bankrupt Colt company, gave this great line: (The Morongo Band of Mission Indians consists of just over 1,100 members, whose businesses employ 3,000 people in California’s Coachella Valley region, and contributes an estimate of more than $2.8 billion into the local economy.)
Read MoreJuly 10, 2015 product highlights
We have a report from gun writer John Barsness that Russian-made Tula brand small rifle primers work very well. Just sayin… Gundealio smartphone gun shopping app Ruger has announced an easy no-tools takedown version of their SR-556 rifle in 5.56 NATO, with a .300 Blackout barrel available. It uses a barrel assembly/disassembly mechanism similar to their 10/22 Takedown Rifle. $2049. […] Read More
Army bullets. Dutch .300 Blackout carbines. Canadian Colt/Stoeger/Sako/Tikka military rifles. Taurus reorganization. Job opening (comic).
Army bullets We have a report that the US military is switching from FMJ “ball” to JHP ammunition for its next generation modular handgun (if there is such a thing). FMJ ammo will still be used for training. The Army said it will rely on FBI data to evaluate bids for the new ammunition and that the adopted cartridge must […] Read More
Ballistic tooth extraction – video
Or put another way, girl uses slingbow to pull out tooth!
Read MoreUS Olympic shooting
The US Olympic Committee has selected Kim Rhode (“Roady”) as Team USA’s flag bearer for the Opening Ceremony of the XVII Pan American Games, held this week in Toronto, Canada. Rhode was nominated by the members of the US Pan American Shooting Team and chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA members. Rhode is the only American to win […] Read More
About those Confederate soldiers
The Congressional Act of 9 March 1906 (P.L. 38, 59th Congress, Chap. 631-34 Stat. 56) formally reaffirmed Confederate soldiers as military combatants with legal standing. It granted recognition to deceased Confederate soldiers commensurate with the status of deceased Union soldiers. Confederate soldiers are officially American Veterans by Act of Congress.
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Gun sales. Burglars. Cannons.
Gun sales The June 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System figure of 886,825 is the highest June on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 10.1% compared to the June 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 805,571. Burglars Burglars are getting bolder. They used a saw to cut through a brick wall at a gas station in […] Read More
Fatal fireworks stupidity
A 22-year-old man “accidentally” committed suicide by stupidity last weekend at a party in Calais, ME. He had been drinking (duh!) when he decided to set a mortar tube on top of his head and light a firework from it. He died instantly. Now his mother, Kathleen Staples, who likened selling fireworks to providing people with bombs, says a training […] Read More
