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Issa, Grassley demand documents on ATF whistleblower inquisition
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... "Citing their understanding that ATF’s Professional Review Board is scheduled to meet Thursday to assess the report on Dodson, Issa and Grassley listed eight items they expect Jones to provide documentation for, no later than by noon tomorrow, including who the board members are, a copy of the IA report, and other documents to determine if actions will be taken against Dodson and what protocols were followed." ... |
Who Polices the Police?
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"'Two weeks before Spokane police Officer Barry O’Connell’s daughter accidently shot herself [in the leg] Easter Sunday with her father’s department-issued pistol,' spokesman.com reports, 'O’Connell [above] had completed a gun safety refresher course stressing the importance of properly securing firearms – especially around children.' ... [T]he fact that O’Connell’s instructor upbraided his student for piss-poor muzzle control and nonchalant gun handling indicates larger issues with the Spokane force. Why didn't Sgt. Matthew Cowles recommend that the force confiscate O’Connell's gun and sideline the officer until he learned proper gun handling? According to Cowles . . ." ... |
It Wasn’t a Defensive Gun Use (And Thank God for That): Papadopoulos Edition
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"One of my favorite gun gurus ... once said, 'If someone’s in my house who shouldn’t be I’m shooting them.' It was the only statement he ever made with which I disagreed. But hey, he’s a combat vet: a man who knows a thing or two about playing the odds. Odds are if someone’s in your house who shouldn’t be—especially at 'o dark hundred—they pose a credible, imminent threat to life and limb. But not always. I keep bringing up the possibility of a child providing early morning unauthorized access (or egress) to a member of the opposite sex. True story. Here’s another cautionary tale rip/torn from norwalk.patch.com . . ." ... |
Gun Test: Savage Rascal
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"Few adult shooters use firearms that truly 'fit' them dimensionally; rather, most select a firearm, and then compensate accordingly. Ironically, many of these same arms are also used to teach youth critical firearm skills, yet they do not even fit their adult instructors. How then, can they possibly fit a child or teenager? Ideally, youth-specific firearms for instructional purposes and hunting would fit their small physiques—and they would have features that enhance safety. Such was the concept behind the Savage Rascal." ... |
Kel-Tec KSG Review Part II (video available)
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"In 2011 Kel-Tec introduced a new product, a new product line, and a fresh, new design to the U.S. market called the Kel-Tec Shotgun. What made it so unique is that it’s a bull-pup, pump action shotgun, and while it works like any other shotgun – you pump the slide, pull the trigger, it goes bang – the way it loads and unloads differs from a basic design like that of the Remington 870 or Mossberg 500. More often than not introducing something that differs from the norm is considered risky, and in order to be successful the concept has to be good, really good. So, where does the KSG fall?" ... |
Review: The Ruger American
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"Whether or not to buy the Ruger American Rifle came down to a coin flip for me. A few months ago I was overcome with two distinct itches. One was to buy a new gun and the other was to CoinStar the change in my change jar, which was beginning to weigh more than my children. The two itches seemed to complement one another, and the two candidates for my splurge came down to a Chilean military Madsen rifle in .30-06 (I have an affinity for old military rifles) and the Ruger American Rifle in .270. In the end, the Ruger won by virtue of its price. I had exactly enough money to pay the $375 price tag with what was in the coin jar while the Madsen would have required a little extra." ... |
Civilian Sniper? Don’t Make Me Laugh!
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"Cheaper Than Dirt recently posted an interview with Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, author of American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. It seems the shooting instructor doesn’t have much time for civilian sniper wanna-be’s. 'We do not teach civilians sniping. We do teach precision shooting, which can be employed in self defense and hunting. If someone wants to be a sniper, then they need to enlist in the military or in law enforcement.' A distinction without a difference? Code for 'preppers welcome'? Let’s think about that one for a moment. What good would civilian snipers be if Uncle Sam turned into Uncle Adolph? Ace snapper Oleg Volk has some thoughts on that subject . . ." ... |
Making the Case for .38 Super +P
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"The story of the .38 Super cartridge starts in 1900 when Colt introduced the John Browning-designed Model 1900 .38 Automatic pistol. Interestingly, that was two years prior to the introduction of the 9 mm Luger/Parabellum. Both utilize a 0.355-inch-diameter bullet and are ballistically very similar in performance. The 9 mm Luger was almost immediately adopted by the German military but the .38 Automatic Colt Pistol (ACP) was rejected by the U.S. military, which ultimately adopted the .45 ACP cartridge and the Colt Government Model in 1911." ... |
New from Safariland®: Model 6004USN SLS® Low Signature Tactical Holster
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"Safariland’s press release zeros-in on the Model 6004USN holster’s Unique Selling Point: Cordura® Nylon Finish. “Capitalizing on the features of best-selling 6004 tactical thigh rig and the newly introduced 6378USN, the 6004USN features SafariLaminate™ construction with a twist: it has a Cordura® nylon covering, offered in a variety of finishes, and designed to provide a low signature to infrared lighting.” Yup. You can now buy a holster that keeps gang bangers, terrorists, [illegal] drug cartel reps and tyrannical government ops from using a night vision device to ID your holster from a distance. Note: a thigh rig’s not the most discreet way to carry. Cost: $200 to $250. Make the jump for the rest of the deets . . ." ... |
Shooting Tip: Don’t Trust Your Factory 1911 Magazines
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"Just because something comes with a gun doesn’t necessarily mean that it will work perfectly with that gun. Especially with the 1911 platform, ensuring that your magazines actually work is a key step in troubleshooting malfunctions before you start blaming your firearm and looking for the warranty card. One shooter and TTAG reader (who wants to be known as ST) recently had a run-in with some bad factory magazines and wanted to share his cautionary tale with us . . ." ... |
Self-Defense Tip: Fight Back! Or Not. (video available)
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"If you want to avoid/survive a violent attack, situational awareness may not be enough. Humans simply aren’t wired to maintain maximum vigilance every waking moment of their lives, even in war zones. Out and about in your regular haunts? At some point, you will let your guard down. But wait, there’s more! Whether or not you see an assault coming, your attacker has the first mover advantage. In other words, there’s a good chance they’ll get the jump on you. That you will be 'behind the curve.' That you may find yourself just a fraction of a moment away from a close encounter with a gun/knife/baseball bat/fist/etc. Or outnumbered. Or surrounded. Or all of the above. Which pretty much leaves you with two options . . ." ... |
Gun Test: Coonan Classic .357 Magnum Automatic
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"Dan Coonan designed the M1911-based, .357 Mag.-chambered Coonan pistol while still in college and started manufacturing it in the late 1970s. Coonan sold Coonan Arms to Bill Davis in 1985, and five years later he left the company. In 1994, Coonan Arms filed Chapter 11 and eventually was incorporated by JS Worldwide Distribution. Both Coonan Arms and JS Worldwide were dissolved in 1998."
"Dan Coonan met Dave Neville when their daughters were going to school together, and in 2009 they joined forces with Gordy Davis to form Coonan, Inc. It reintroduced the Coonan .357 Magnum Automatic Pistol, calling it the Classic." ... |
New from Remington: Model 1911 R1 Carry
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"Remington’s presser calls their company 'America’s most trusted gunmaker.' We can certainly trust Remington to make hay while the 1911 sun shines. This they do with the Remington R1 Carry, a 1911 'perfectly configured for practical competition or personal protection.' In other words, it’s a de-horned full-size R1, which makes the pistol 'easier to carry and holster without the worry of the edges catching or grabbing.' ..." |
Gear Review: Crimson Trace Rail Master Universal Laser Sight
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"Crimson Trace makes laser sights that fit just about every firearm. Their Lasergrips are a prime example, designed to fit most of the guns on the market and provide an easy to use laser sighting system. But what about guns that don’t have replaceable handgrips, like Glocks or the M&P? Or obscure firearms? Or rifles? Turns out Crimson Trace has been working on something for just that market, and they call it the Rail Master . . ." ... |
Printable guns "plausable" with new 3D printing technology (video available)
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"New technology, combined with fierce Second Amendment supporters, could make firearms easily accessible to anyone, regardless of whether he or she has a license."
"Defense Distributed, a group of gun advocates, recently posted a YouTube video trying to raise money to make a printable gun. The concept is to use fast-improving 3D printer technology to create gun parts that could be assembled into a fully-workable firearm."
"'As the printing press revolutionized literacy, 3D printing is in its moment,' Cody Wilson, 24, founder of Defense Distributed, said in the video clip." ... |
CSGV director worries more about political ideology than about machine guns
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... "CSGV's extremism is made even more starkly obvious by the group's constant, shrill advocacy of a 'government monopoly on force'--the notion that if the government chooses to impose tyranny, the people should have no effective means to resist."
"In light of that, one might think that events like the Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot in Kentucky, where large crowds gather to fire a wide range of legally, privately owned machine guns (real, fully-automatic machine guns--not the semi-automatic 'assault weapons' the gun confiscation lobby would like the public to believe are 'machine guns') would provoke an absolute frenzy of anguished bleating from Horwitz."
"Not so, according to the Chicago Tribune:" ... |
OH: Elyria homeowner sleeps with gun after burglary, shoots intruder when he comes back for seconds
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... "Police said Jeffrey Carson, 29, of Elyria, broke into a house at 112 Water St. about 2:44 a.m. after getting a friend to boost him up to get in through an unlocked window."
"The home’s residents, Jack and Linda Dillon, were awakened by Carson, who was in their living room, believed to be stealing electronics, police said. Jack Dillon called out and Carson lunged at him. Dillon had a handgun and shot Carson, police said." ... |
FL: Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Tough Old Bird Edition
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"... 'Police said Jill Stucker was watching TV ... when 26-year-old Milton Barber Jr. broke in through the bedroom window.' Is it ageist/sexist to say most 64-year-old women wouldn’t have had a clue what to do in the same situation? Yes, yes it is. But Ms. Stucker handled herself like a real operator . . ."
"First, she got her gun. Second ... she made for the back door, probably figuring the home invader would take what he wanted and skedaddle. But he skedidn’t.""As she tried to flee her home, Barber began chasing her out of the house ... and as she began running toward the road, she stopped, saw the intruder still chasing her and fired one shot at him, striking him once in the chest, police said." ... |
WI: Radcliffe Haughton sidestepped Brown Deer police for years
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"Radcliffe Haughton's deadly rampage at a spa Sunday came after years of sidestepping Brown Deer police on domestic violence incidents, including a January 2011 confrontation when officers saw him point what looked like a rifle at his wife, but then did not arrest him."
"Police were back at the house just three weeks ago, on Oct. 2, after officers found his wife, Zina Haughton, at a gas station, barefoot with her face bruised. Officers went to the Haughtons' house and spotted Radcliffe Haughton inside. He refused to answer the door. Again, they left without making an arrest." ... |
OMG! People Have to Show an ID! To Vote! OMG!
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"Are you outraged? No? Stephanie Jones thinks you should be. She’s just published a piece at Salon — If ballots were bullets: If Americans cared as much about their voting rights as their gun rights, they’d be up in arms right now. Her premise: the laws some states have put in place requiring voters to show an ID before pulling the lever (or clicking the box) are part of a nefarious plot by 'Republican legislators, governors and secretaries of state…to stop millions of Americans from exercising their right to vote.' Just one problem: Stephanie undermines her own point by demonstrating that she knows next to nothing about the roadblocks Americans have to negotiate to exercise their Second Amendment rights . . ." ... |
Fast and Furious, Mexico, absent from last night’s foreign policy debate
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... "The only conclusion that can be drawn, unless Romney volunteers a statement to the contrary between now and election day: Fast and Furious is not really an important issue to him, just a convenient one to bring up when trying to appeal to a niche constituency, and if elected, he has no intention of revoking Obama’s executive privilege protection of subpoenaed documents, and no intention of ordering his administration to cooperate with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform." ... |
Tonight last chance for Romney to offer debate pledge on Fast and Furious
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... "... there is one thing Romney can do that he has either ignored or resisted to date that will define how his administration would differ from the one he hopes to replace. ..."
"If elected president, you will have the authority to revoke claims of executive privilege made by your predecessor. You will be able to give the American people the truth about the 'materially false' information first provided, then rescinded, and then covered up by the Obama administration. You will be able to demonstrate your leadership and commitment on determining the truth about Operation Fast and Furious and holding those responsible for it truly accountable." ... |
Just 14 days to freedom
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"Few elections in American history have mattered more to the future of our gun rights than the one that will take place just two weeks from today."
"For that reason, Jeff Foxworthy and I are spending the final weeks of this campaign season touring key swing states and rallying NRA members and gun owners to not only vote on Election Day, but to make sure every one of our pro-freedom friends and family members vote as well." ... |
IL: IL 52nd Senate District: 1998 candidate survey on guns
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"One of our Guns Save Life members forwarded us a link to a Project Vote Smart candidate position survey from 1998 for Illinois State Senator Michael Frerichs (D-52)."
"In the survey, Frerichs checked the box for 'Maintain state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms' while leaving the box for 'Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms' unchecked."
"We at Guns Save Life recognize that Frerichs has generally been a supporter of gun rights, although he almost always couches his support with plenty of wiggle room. ..." ... |
MD: Appeals court to consider making it easier to carry handguns in Maryland
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"A federal appeals court on Wednesday will consider whether to make it easier for Maryland residents to publicly carry handguns, one of many ongoing legal challenges to gun restrictions throughout the nation."
"If the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, in Richmond, upholds a lower court decision, the Maryland State Police anticipate that thousands of additional residents would qualify for permits to carry loaded firearms in public places from Silver Spring to Baltimore." ... |
MD: Gansler to defend Maryland’s concealed-carry gun law
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"A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on the constitutionality of Maryland’s controversial requirement that legal gun owners have a 'good and substantial reason' to carry concealed weapons."
"Current state law requires residents to provide reasons they need to carry concealed handguns when applying for permits. Based on those reasons, permits can be denied." ... |
MI: Ex-Detroit official arrested at Metro Airport after gun found in bag
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"Anthony Adams, formerly a Detroit deputy major[sic] and school board president, was arrested Thursday afternoon at Detroit Metro Airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint."
"Michael Conway, a spokesman for the airport, confirmed Adams was arrested and his .40 caliber handgun confiscated Thursday around 5 p.m. as he was going through McNamara Terminal airport security." ...
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OH: Cleveland Gun Buyback Program Attracts Buyers Offering Cash for Guns (video available)
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"On Saturday, Cleveland police held their annual gun buyback program outside a former municipal building on Payne Avenue."
"This year, police were offering $100 gas, Target or Dave’s Supermarket gift cards, tickets to see the Cleveland Cavaliers or Lake Erie Monsters and a chance to win $1,000 all for the community’s unwanted firearms."
"But as tempting as that offer was, there was another offer on the table, so to speak."
"That is, a group of gun owners and collectors stood nearby, offering would-be participants cash for guns. As they say about any transaction, 'cash is king.'"
"For one reason or another, this pissed off Cleveland’s finest." ... |
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| A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C) |
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