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I carry a gun every day
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"Every day I get up and put on a gun. It’s part of my daily routine. No different from making coffee or feeding the dogs before I leave for work."
"There is so much misinformation about who that makes me. I’m a 'gun nut.' I’m one of 'those right-wing Second Amendment people.' I’m the scourge of the earth to some."
"Funny how that works."
"They don’t even know me but they are worried that I’m what’s wrong with this country, this state and this city I call home. I walk among them and they don’t even know it. I’m the guy in the jeans and Under Armour shirt, the guy in the $200 sport coat and $125 shoes, ... and some days I’m the guy with dirty hands from working in the yard, but most of all I’m the guy they never see." ... |
Should Protesters Lose Their Gun Rights?
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"New Hampshire is a great place for firearms owners. No permits are required to carry openly, and residents can sell their guns to one another without any government paperwork. Acquiring a concealed carry license is as simple as filling out a one-page form and paying a $10 fee. Or so I thought…"
"When I applied for a Pistol Permit in New Hampshire this July, I was shocked to learn that I could be denied my rights simply for exercising them. Can you lose your second amendment for using the first?"
"The State argues that I am not 'suitable' for a license because I commit civil disobedience. ..." ... |
Ban Axes!
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"After encountering the nbc.com story Florida Man Charged With Decapitating Mom With Ax, I posted a link on TTAG’s Facebook page and called for an axe ban. Commentator Cecil B Deemehnted took me to task for the suggestion. 'Come on now. We don’t need to ban axes, and no one is saying we should. We just think there should be some common sense laws for axe safety. You should have to register your axe, and only be allowed to buy it after a background check…even if it’s from a private individual. The axe blade should not be wide enough that it could take off a head in one chop, and the handle length must be an overall length of at least 36″. Anything shorter will require a tax stamp and ATF/Local law enforcement approval of course . . ." ... |
Agin Background Check Appeasement
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"It has come to my attention that there are certain segments of the gun owning community that feel conceding on the issue of background checks is a politically and pragmatically wise course of action. The idea is that since gunowners were outspent in Washington state in the fight over passage of I-594 that such losses are inevitable in other states, therefore if we support some form of universal background check we can reduce the damage done by an I-594-like law. The most prominent proponent of such an idea is Alan Gottlieb of SAF and CCRKBA fame, but he is not alone."
"To this notion I must not only say 'No', but 'Go to hell no'. Allow me to break it down:" ... |
Repeal The 2nd Amendment?
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"Yet another taxpayer-funded professor is assaulting the Bill of Rights. In an op-ed in his local Portland newspaper, professor Tom Hastings of Portland State University actually called for the 'repeal' of the Second Amendment."
"... I want to address what many in media are overlooking with regard to these so-called academics."
"I spent a lot of time in academia ... I know guys like Hastings from a student perspective and from a colleague perspective. Some may think that it is a ridiculous statement by a college professor who has never set foot in the real world outside of his ivory tower. I contend that there is something far more insidious lurking at the surface of Hastings’ statements. ..." ... |
Are 2A activists defeating themselves while anti-gunners take control?
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"A story in Saturday’s Tri-City Herald noted that private citizens and Evergreen State authorities are still trying to figure out what is and is not legal under Initiative 594, while other news outlets are talking about how the gun prohibition lobbying groups are supposedly gaining ground."
"A piece in Newsmax noted that anti-gun war chests are 'getting fatter, thanks to the backing of wealthy donors such as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.' It is no secret that he has invested at least $50 million in his lobbying group, which was launched as a 'grassroots' organization with branches in all 50 states." ... |
Abolish The Second Amendment. We Don't Need It: Part 2
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"In his famous 1929 painting The Treachery of Images, Belgian Surrealist painter Rene Magritte depicted a very realistic pipe, but added the paradoxical caption, 'This is not a pipe.' Magritte’s point was very simple: a picture of a pipe is not a pipe. If you don’t agree with Magritte, just imagine an army equipped with pictures of rifles, machine guns, cannons, mortars and tanks."
"It seems, however, that most of the people who misunderstood my article 'Abolish the Second Amendment. We Don’t Need It,' are fully convinced that the Second Amendment is a gun, because they accused me of being anti-gun, when I am just anti-Second Amendment. One of them wrote, 'How dare you want to abolish our dearest amendment?'[1]" ... |
SHOT Show Headliner Bill Engvall Owns Up To “Mistake” On Gun Rights
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"The selection of comedian Bill Engvall to be the featured entertainer at the 2015 SHOT Show State of the Industry dinner fired up number of guns rights advocates late last month. Engvall had made statements in 2011 and 2012 that suggested his willingness to ban certain firearms."
"Engvall has released a statement apologizing for those previous remarks.""I was raised to own up to a mistake and I made a mistake when I spoke about gun ownership without knowing the facts on Bill Maher’s show. I am a staunch believer in the Second Amendment and I was wrong to stray from what I believe. I made a mistake and I own up to that. ...'" ... |
Gear Review: Bandera Leather Duck Strap
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"I don’t know much about hunting ducks, but I do know a thing or two about hunting in general. And the first big lesson of hunting is that pulling the trigger is the easy part. Getting your game from the field to the table is where the real work starts. Having done a little bird hunting in my time, I know that a suitable vest is all you need to hold a daily bag limit of doves or quail in the field. Ducks though, they’re a bigger animal. For a duck, you need a strap. Specifically, a duck strap . . ." ... |
Gun Review: SIG SAUER P320 Compact Carry Nitron 9mm
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"When I saw the first press release for the SIG SAUER P320, I was immediately intrigued. I had on several prior occasions handled the SIG P250 and liked how it felt in my hand. However, I couldn’t get past the DAO trigger. The modularity, while an interesting selling point, also seemed a bit gimmicky to me. For those of you who don’t know, the P320 is basically a P250, with a slightly different slide look. And the P320 is striker-fired fired. In fact, P250 magazines and frames are interchangeable with the P320. There are supposedly some barrels that can be swapped between the two, but the fire control unit and the slide are completely different. ..." ... |
Gun Review: Savage Model 110 in .270 Winchester
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"I consider myself to be a fairly pragmatic individual when it comes to firearms. Every gun I own serves a purpose. Whether it is a shotgun for hunting or a pistol for concealed carry, I make sure that each guns fills a designated role. I also try to avoid buying anything that is overly flashy or covered in superfluous accessories. To put it simply, I like my guns to do their job right and look average while doing it. The one area where I was failing in this was deer hunting. I didn’t get serious about deer hunting until I was in college, and for the first few years I had been using my 1942 Mosin Nagant 91/30. While not entirely impractical, it did fail on several accounts . . ." ... |
Gear Review: Seek Thermal Camera
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"Thermal optics are amazing. Using a part of the light spectrum that we can’t see, they can turn a pitch black night into virtual daytime, showing us a completely new level of detail. The downside: they cost an astronomical amount of money if you want to use them on your gun. The cheapest option available right now clocks in at $3,500, not a small sum for those who might just want to use that tech once or twice a year for hunting. Thankfully there have been a number of companies bringing consumer-grade thermal optics devices to the market. One of the more interesting is the $250 Seek Thermal camera, designed for smart phones . . ." ... |
Join our effort to educate on sensible gun use
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"On Dec. 14, Americans remembered the 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary whose lives were taken by a heavily armed man just two years ago. Many sent their thoughts and prayers. Others wondered if anything had been done to prevent senseless tragedies like those from happening again."
"As a supporter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, I know something is being done. What started as a Facebook page created to start a conversation about ways to prevent gun violence has grown to include 2.5 million members with a chapter in all 50 states. We advocate for common-sense gun safety solutions that go hand in hand with the Second Amendment." ... |
Gunland, U.S.A.
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"In 2014, two policemen were gunned down in their patrol car by a man with a criminal record who also had mental problems. How could someone like that obtain a gun? It was easy. With so many guns proliferating in the United States, stealing or buying a weapon was a piece of cake. But that was just the beginning."
"In 2012, another mad man with mental problems killed 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. The National Rifle Association asserted that the only way to keep schools safe was for all teachers and administrators to carry guns. But that was just the beginning." ... |
Moms Demand Action Founder: ‘The NRA Is Losing’
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"In a New Year’s Day interview with Salon magazine, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America founder Shannon Watts said the media is misreading things — Moms Demand Action is not losing, but the NRA is."
"According to Salon, Watts suggested 'the NRA and the gun lobby in general' succeeded in controlling gun debate language in a way that gives those defending the Second Amendment the appearance of victory. In reality, however, she says the public actually supports the gun control lobby’s position over the NRA’s."
"Watts says the NRA also seizes on differences between racial and ethnic groups and 'exploit [divisions] within different communities and manipulate information and try to paint a picture that’s not accurate.'" ... |
Fight on Guns Is Being Taken to State Ballots
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"The gun control movement, blocked in Congress and facing mounting losses in federal elections, is tweaking its name, refining its goals and using the same-sex marriage movement as a model to take the fight to voters on the state level."
"After a victory in November on a Washington State ballot measure that will require broader background checks on gun buyers, groups that promote gun regulations have turned away from Washington and the political races that have been largely futile. Instead, they are turning their attention — and their growing wallets — to other states that allow ballot measures." ... |
Senior Moment: Concealed-carry’s tragic toll
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... "But here we are today, ... frozen in a sad Senior Moment where one is scanned for concealed weapons at the Social Security office, warned repeatedly at many businesses that 'carrying' is not allowed, all the while being encouraged by state legislators, no less, to attend concealed-carry seminars."
"Really? I have nothing better to do with my life than consider joining up with folks disappointed they missed the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, or some delusory 'Dirty Harry' wannabes?"
"A visit to any of the numerous websites encouraging everyone to start 'carrying' — lest some miscreant has you in his sights, or the government takes a fancy to disarm you, of course — is sufficient to scare the bejeezus out of me." ... |
NY: Retired cop sues New York State for confiscating guns after insomnia treatment
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"A decorated retired New York cop who served in the U.S. Navy is challenging New York’s tough new SAFE Act gun control law, claiming in a lawsuit that his guns were confiscated after he was mistakenly diagnosed as mentally unstable after he sought treatment for a sleeping problem."
"Donald Montgomery’s lawsuit contends that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state officials violated his Second Amendment rights when his guns were seized after a brief hospital stay for insomnia. Montgomery, a cop for 30 years and a U.S. Navy veteran, brought the lawsuit in Rochester Federal Court on Dec. 17, according to the Daily Caller." ... |
Making Colorado Safe for Guns and Pot
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"Two Colorado firearms instructors are planning a ballot initiative in their state to help smash a huge violation of citizens' rights: that marijuana smokers, according to the federal government, are not allowed to own guns."
"The 1968 Gun Control Act declared in section 922(g) that unlawful users of, or those addicted to, a controlled substance can't legally possess guns. As more and more Americans use marijuana, medically or recreationally, and legally under state law, the feds have more urgently stressed that point. In September 2011, the ATF issued a memo reminding federal firearms licensees there's no exception to section 922(g). ..." ... |
2014: A Banner Year For The Second Amendment
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... "Nevertheless, the Democratic death watch sounds fine with me, and while we’re at it we can celebrate one of the other victories of the past year, a triumph that is not-coincidentally contemporaneous with the imploding prospects of the Democrats: 2014 was a year in which gun control became more of a liability for the Left than an asset." ... |
Democrats Run As Pro-Gun To Get Elected, Then War Against Guns
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"When Democrat Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis admitted to faking her pro-gun positions in an effort to defeat Republican Greg Abbott she put herself in line with a growing number of Democrats who’ve claimed to be pro-gun in order to win elections, then waged war against the Second Amendment once in office."
"For example, consider President Obama, who actually campaigned as a supporter of the Second Amendment to win his first presidential election." ... |
We need to track the impact of gun laws
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"Last Tuesday, a 2-year-old boy reached into his mother’s purse, unzipped the special gun pouch and triggered another debate about firearms."
"The sheer horror of this event is difficult to comprehend. The family of Veronica Rutledge, who died when she was accidentally shot at a Wal-Mart in Hayden, will be dealing with the aftershocks for many years, and will need the support of everyone around them."
"The 29-year-old chemical engineer – and former high school valedictorian – does not neatly fit into the category of a witless, careless parent." ... |
SC: Misfiring on gun 'education'
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"There were 12 fatal school shootings nationwide in 2014, but some South Carolina legislators are worried that the state's students don't hear enough about the benefits of guns."
"State Rep. Alan Clemmons, R-Myrtle Beach, pre-filed a bill last week to designate Dec. 15 statewide Second Amendment Awareness Day. On that day, students would compete in a poster and essay contest followed by a three-week class on the Second Amendment and gun rights approved by the National Rifle Association."
"Never mind that South Carolina students are already required to study the (entire) Constitution." ... |
WA: Reject legal challenge to I-594
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"Opponents of Initiative 594, which passed with 59 percent approval and expanded background checks for firearms in Washington, have filed suit in district court in Tacoma seeking a permanent injunction against part of the initiative."
"The suit, the Associated Press reports, states that the law, in regard to transfers of firearms is 'so vague that a person of ordinary intelligence cannot understand its scope, which renders it subject to arbitrary enforcement.'"
"That's odd. We don't claim to possess anything above ordinary intelligence, yet we had no trouble in understanding the initiative or its intent." ... |
GA: Outgoing ‘Dean of the Senate’ regrets loss of compromise
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"Outgoing state Sen. Steve Thompson (D-Marietta) said he considers his cumulative 34 years of service a success because he managed to upset everybody at some point." ...
"Thompson said he also made some organizations upset, including the [NRA] ..."
"He said he was supported by the NRA for many years until he refused to vote on a bill that would allow guns into bars, something he said flew in the face of common sense."
"'I had friends I grew up with who would forget they had a gun and then they had about six drinks and then they remembered they had one,' he said. 'It doesn’t make common sense — alcohol and firearms. They say it’s Second Amendment rights, I don’t think that’s what the Second Amendment is about. ...'" ... |
Human Nature, Background Checks and The Recovery of Stolen Guns
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"'If you own a gun and it gets stolen, chances are you won’t get it back. That’s the not entirely surprising conclusion from a stolen gun study in The Land of Lincoln,' began Stolen Guns Data Reveals Background Checks=Security Theater. Reading such articles, I realize that I usually take far too much for granted, such as the fact that very few Americans understand how the police operate, particularly, how they recover–or for the most part do not recover–stolen property. This is a significant issue in the gun control debate as anti-liberty advocates have latched onto various sorts of enhanced background check schemes, their 'high-capacity magazine,' and 'assault weapon' bans having been handily defeated virtually everywhere . . ." ... |
Note to New York Mayor Bill De Blasio: Fire Some Policemen STAT
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"Many TTAG readers think I’m anti-cop. Not true. I’m anti bad cop. For the sake of argument, I’d also like to point out that I’m anti-politician. Not bad politician. Politician. I consider all politicians inherently corrupt. But seeing as I can’t think of any better way to organize society than a Constitutional republic, which includes politicians, I tolerate their existence. Nice of me, right? Anyway, the New York Police Department did it again: washingtonpost.com reports that “New York’s finest” turned their back on Mayor De Blasio, in public, en masse, in protest of his remarks about police prejudice and procedure. Which leads me to conclude . . ." ... |
NJ: Sheriff officer’s gun accidentally discharges at Cliffside Park officer’s wake
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"Authorities are investigating what caused a Bergen County sheriff officer’s gun to discharge Friday afternoon during a wake for fallen Police Officer Stephen Petruzzello, fatally injured when struck by an SUV while on duty last weekend."
"John McCann, the Sheriff's Office counsel, said the gun was discharged about 12:20 p.m. and that no one was injured. The officer, who was not identified, was sent home and the matter is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Office to determine 'whether it was human error or a malfunction,' McCann said." ... |
OH: Off-duty Ohio cop mistakenly shoots himself in elevator
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"Authorities say an off-duty police officer out to dinner with his wife in Cincinnati accidentally shot himself in the stomach inside a parking garage elevator."
"Cincinnati police say Officer Darryl Jouett of the Erlanger, Kentucky, Police Department was headed back to his car on Saturday night when he tried to adjust his department-issued weapon in his holster, and it discharged."
"Police tell WCPO-TV that the bullet ricocheted off the elevator walls and struck him." ...
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Behind the Scenes of the Femme Fatale Photoshoot of the Century
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"Hi, my name is Diana Hufstedler. You may know me as the team TTI 3-Gunner who likes fashion or the potty-mouth blogger who tells it as it is. But in my 8 to 5 job I’m a marketer, and a good one (tell my boss). Today I will reveal to you the secret recipe to a killer marketing campaign & will bring you behind the scenes of the 5.11 Media production that can easily be described as the photoshoot of the century! . . ." ... |
NJ: Bergen Record Reporter Covers Anti Gun Orgs Without Disclosing His Affiliation With Them
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"The worst type of political scandal doesn’t involve the passing of money but the manipulation of public information. The reason for this is plain. Money cannot buy everything in the political world. Many very wealthy or well-connected candidates have failed. Many well-funded legislative efforts have come to nothing. But control over the sources of public information – above all, the schools and the press – brings control over public opinion, which makes any political achievement possible. As Lincoln said, '[P]ublic sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.' The left seems to have absorbed this lesson in New Jersey . . ." ... |
WA: Seattle Times editorial board reinforces image of bias against 2A
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"The Seattle Times editorial board seems intent on reinforcing its image as solidly anti-gun with its New Year’s Eve editorial in which it revealed that one of the headlines it would like to see this year would be 'Gun control, reloaded: Lawmakers pass ammunition limits, safe storage laws.'"
"In reaction, one reader suggested the following headline: 'Washington State Supreme Court rescinds I-594, calling it unconstitutional.' This one may have some promise, considering the Second Amendment Foundation’s federal lawsuit filed earlier this week against the onerous 18-page gun control measure that is now law, with state agencies unable to determine clearly what is legal or illegal. ..." ... |
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