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Good riddance to anti-gun Senator Harry Reid
Anti-gun US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), 75, is announcing he will not seek reelection to another term. Reid was first elected to the US Senate in 1986. Liberal anti-gun MS state representative and AFL-CIO organizer Jim Evans (D-Jackson) says he is withdrawing his name for reelection. He was elected in 1991 and his current term ends in January, […] Read More
CCW legislation in Kansas & Mississippi
Kansas is poised to become the fifth US state to allow CCW everywhere without a permit (see MS legislation below). You haven’t heard much out of the other four states (Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming, plus unincorporated areas of Montana [and Idaho — April 3, 2015 correction]) because the predicted bloodbath didn’t happen. Again. In the green states in the […] Read More
“We aren’t wards of the university, we are citizens of the United States”
“We aren’t wards of the university, we are citizens of the United States.” — Rebecca Hargrove, a member of Students for Concealed Carry at Florida State University (Florida Carry, Students for Concealed Carry, the Unified Sportsmen of Florida, and the NRA learned this week that Florida’s University Police are using public funds [tax dollars] to lobby the legislature against the […] Read More
March 20, 2015 product highlights
Grabagun.com has the Ruger LC9S-Pro 9mm for $335 and the Smith and Wesson M&P 15 Sport Rifle 5.56 NATO 16″ for $579. If you don’t have a pocket 9 or an AR, you’re running out of excuses. Discrete Defense has an AR15 Truck Console Mount (between the seats gun rack) for only $35. Every redneck should have one. They also […] Read More
Training women shooters, war heroes, ballistics, AKs, video, more
How to train women shooters War heroes — If you get GUNS magazine, you’ve probably already read this. If not, you should. (May 2015 issue is available as a free pdf download.) US Army training film on ballistics (video) AK’s are inaccurate. Except when they’re not. Sports — Texas A&M University has a 3-gun team. Cool. TV — “Safe Haven” is a […] Read More
Lost US military guns
Remember the report of US Marines being disarmed in Yemen? Here’s’ a follow up report. And guess what? The Pentagon admits it has “lost” some $500 million worth of US military aircraft, boats, vehicles, weapons and other equipment there.
Read MoreArmy guns: M4A1 Carbine upgrade package (M4A1+)
The US Army is soliciting an upgrade package (designated the M4A1+) for the M4A1 Carbine. They say the complete weapon has to weigh no more than 8 lbs. empty. An 8 lb. .22 to carry 24/7 in wartime. I’m not impressed. The original AR-15 weighed less than 6 lbs. with empty magazine.
Read MoreA good attorney + another one
A good attorney (In case you were wondering if there is such a thing.) Davenport, IA attorney Eric Puryear of Puryear Law P.C. is offering his employees a $50 monthly bonus if they carry a concealed gun into work. Puryear said, “I would hate to have something happen to any employee and think, ‘Gee, if I’d told them about gun […] Read More
A converted cop on citizen carry
“When I met them (the AGC Gun Club), they schooled me,” McCauley said to the Maryland Senate last week. “They not only schooled me — they embarrassed me. They humbled me. I was wrong. I was completely wrong.” It takes a big man to publicly say that. Kudos to retired Maryland State Police officer and former commander of the Maryland […] Read More
More of ‘The Only Ones’
A federal grand jury has indicted now-former St. Louis Police Officer Don McGhee on one felony count of conspiracy to possess a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. According to the indictment, on March 2, 2014, McGhee took a Mossberg 12 gauge pistol grip shotgun to a drug house and gave it to one of the drug dealers […] Read More
