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Black rights
Reuters reports this week that African American support for gun control has fallen by 14% since 1993, when it stood at 74% according to the Pew data. During that same period, the number of blacks prioritizing gun rights over stricter gun controls nearly doubled, up to 34% in December from 18%. Attitudes toward guns are still deeply divided along racial […] Read More
New CCW studies
A new study from John Lott, the nation’s premier expert on the issue, suggests that the states with the most relaxed concealed carry laws have lower rates of murder and violent crime than states that make carrying a handgun tougher, with murder rates in states that do not require a permit to carry a handgun 33% percent lower than in […] Read More
Charleston & NICS
By now you’ve heard that the Charleston massacrist got his gun by passing a federal background check which he apparently should not have passed, and it was a failure of the system or the people running the system. (Of course, some blame the NRA, who didn’t create or run the system.) But maybe that didn’t matter.
Read MoreStop-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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