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EXCLUSIVE: Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists
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"'U.S. Distrust in Media Hits New High,' Gallup announced, citing a poll concluding 'Americans’ distrust in the media hit a new high this year, with 60 percent saying they have little or no trust in the mass media…'
"Firearms owners weary of the barrage of disinformation, spin and outright lies we have come to expect as the norm when on gun issues could well wonder how 40 percent of the populace can be so thick." ... |
NRA's Keene: Americans Approve of Guns More Than Ever (video available)
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"The greatest accomplishment of supporters of the Second Amendment is the belief that 'guns are cool,' National Rifle Association President David Keene tells Newsmax.TV."
"Keene, speaking to Newsmax at CPAC Colorado, said that Americans oppose gun laws and it’s not just the work of the NRA or of the Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends to individual Americans."
"'The greatest accomplishment of the believers of the Second Amendment today over a decade ago or more is that guns are cool,' he said. 'That wasn’t the case before.'" ... |
Is the Gun Boom About to Go Bust?
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"'Shares of gun makers Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation and Sturm, Ruger & Co. Inc. were lower Wednesday [down around four percent] after an analyst at Benchmark noted that FBI background checks continue to grow, just at a slower rate,' streetinsider.com reports. 'According to the firm, adjusted FBI background checks rose 14.7% in September. While strong, September represents the second lowest Adjusted NICS growth rate this year, second to April’s 10.5% growth.' Add this into the mix: industry insiders told TTAG that supply has finally caught-up with demand. In fact, unless there’s another 'Obama surge,' and maybe even if there is, we could be looking at a glut of product in the market, driving down prices. ..." |
SHOT Show Recce: Only In Las Vegas
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... "But times have changed since my early 20′s, and when McCarron’s same moving walkways carried me past the above 8-foot tall sign advertising machine gun rentals, I knew we’d finally made our peace. ..."
"TTAG might not be fans of The Gun Store, but it’s pretty cool that the Sin City airport so joyously thumbs its nose at both Political Correctness and at the Constitution-shredding TSA. I’m almost surprised that the nervous crotch-fondlers and iPad-pilferers in the blue gloves haven’t mistaken the sign for a real live Security Breach and put a few rounds through it, just to be sure." |
David exposes Goliath
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"When I was in school, I was taught that newspaper reporters and editors were wise and learned individuals to be respected. They were experts at the use of the English language and generally unbiased and unemotional in their reporting of the news."
"Today, thanks to the 'new' media, we better understand how biased the major media is in its reporting of news." ...
"Nevertheless, I still believed editors, in particular were somehow more intelligent and above the fray. Little did I know that an everyday working guy like me would soon discover the raw anger and juvenile intellect of an editor of a major metropolitan newspaper." ... |
Knife Rights Founder Doug Ritter Receives Bill of Rights Award
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"Knife Rights Founder and Chairman Doug Ritter was given the 2012 Bill of Rights Award by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms on September 29, at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Orlando, Florida."
"The unexpected honor was presented by CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb."
"Gottlieb said, 'Doug Ritter’s pioneering efforts in defense of our Second Amendment knife rights are making a real difference, as out of control government bureaucrats in places like New York City are discovering.'" ... |
Gear Review: Gun Safe Wasted Space
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"Over the past two months, I've been studying safes. What makes them secure? What type of fireproofing works best? Where's the best place to buy a safe? Once you get a safe, though, there are other things to consider."
"I'm an exceptionally messy person. To the casual observer, I would appear close to catastrophe. I see it differently. I know exactly where everything is. Or I did before I got married. Now my things move. But I have started from scratch with the gun safe. Organization there is a bit more important. It can be dark and cramped. And when I can't find something in the safe, I can only blame myself." ... |
American Marksman Course: The USRA puts their shots in the X-ring with this course
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"I joined about 15 other shooters on Saturday, November 12th for a fast-paced and very enjoyable one-day American Marksman rifle shooting course put on by the United States Rifleman’s Association."
"Mother Nature treated us to a blustery fall day with lots of sunshine early and no shortage of wind or increasing clouds as the day wore on."
"The kind folks at Dewitt County Sportsmen’s Club hosted us, with club VP Ed Adcock not only shooting much of the day, but also playing a wonderful host and making lunch for those in attendance." ... |
Gun Test: Beretta Nano
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"Among the new crop of compact, lightweight semi-automatic pistols designed for the armed citizen who carries concealed is the Beretta Nano, a polymer-frame, single-stack semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9 mm Luger or .40 S&W and made in the United States." ... |
South Carolina Themed AR15
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"Palmetto State Defense, based in Greer SC, is offering a South Carolina Themed AR15 patterned rifle. It looks pretty good. It comes adorned with Palmetto State Defense’s South Carolina themed logo and the upper and lower are both anodized in 'South Carolina Blue'." ... |
From the Deepest Depths of Uselessness: Chiappa 1887 T-Model Lever-Action Shotgun
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"Chiappa makes guns for cowboy action shooting. Think Westworld—only you shoot at targets rather than robot cowboys and everyone goes home at the end of the day. So it only makes sense that Chiappa would introduce a replica of the stockless lever action 12-gauge shotgun deployed by the Cyberdine Systems T-800 Model 101 in Terminator 2. Wait. What? No it doesn’t. Especially as any attempt to 'spin cock' the Chiappa 1887 T-Model Lever-Action Shotgun T2-style 'violates pretty much every gun safety rule in existence.' That’s the warning issued by americanrifleman.org's Bill Gil Horman. As you might expect, the NRA writer both is and isn’t impressed with the $995 long gun. ..." ... |
A Visit from the ATF: How would you handle it?
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"Ever thought about how you’d handle a visit from the ATF? Until recently, I’d been mercifully free from that particular bit of foreboding, but that changed last week when I received a call from a friend of mine about a gun." ...
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Submitter's Note: First, DO NOT LET THEM IN YOUR HOME!
If they want to ask you some questions offer to meet them in a public location or their office but do NOT allow them inside your house/apt./whatever.
Also I would strongly recommend getting a mini tape recorder (or two) and, after checking the laws in your state, record the conversation.
If you have the wherewithal or are friends with a lawyer; bring him/her with.
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Sneak Peek: Wby X, the new guns from Weatherby
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"Weatherby has for generations been associated with certain iconic words and actions: hunting the world’s largest and greatest game with the company’s venerable Mark V bolt-action rifle, the admiration of the rifle by Hollywood stars like John Wayne and Roy Rogers, and the Western lifestyle come to mind. Now, the company adds to the iconic list the letter 'X' and everything that single letter connotes today." ... |
Glockworx Magazine Well: IDPA legal?
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"In the photo of the day below this, you’ll see my Gen 4 Glock 35 all set up with Arredondo basepads and Glockworx new Gen 4 SpeedFeed magwell. Now, the goal of this gun is to build something that can be used in IDPA ESP with .40 Minor and in USPSA Limited division. The magwell fits in the box, so there’s no issue there, but the question of legality is somewhat more vague." ... |
Etiquette for the Gun Shop and Range
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"Eric from Colorado writes:"
"'Last show you and the guys were talking about welcoming the 20 and 30 year olds into the firearms culture. To help us younger guys fit in could you address the proper etiquette to adhere to in Gun Shops and on the Shooting Range? For instance, if there is a sign posted that states 'no loaded guns' does that mean if I have my Concealed Weapons Permit I cannot carry it into the store?'"
"This is a great question! Some Gun Shops can be a little cliquish. There are five shops in my area one of which just went out of business. I am not at all losing any sleep over it because in the five years that I have lived here they never accepted me into their Fraternal Order of the Flannel Shirt club. ..." ... |
NY: Stop blocking gun control
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"There’s considerable talk these days about bringing state legislators back to Albany for a special legislative session."
"There are lots of issues out there for a special session — including a pay raise for legislators. But after dramatic bloodshed in New York City and across the country, there is one issue that seems to be falling through the cracks: gun violence. That’s why we must go back to Albany for a special session."
"This year, 1,329 people have been injured or killed by guns in New York City alone." ... |
Bonnie and Clyde guns sell for half a million at auction
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"The personal sidearms of history's most infamous crime couple sold for more than half a million dollars at auction Sept. 30. The two guns, Bonnie Parker's Smith & Wesson .38 Special and Clyde Barrow's Colt .45 together sold for $504,000. The guns were taken off the duo on their deathbed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. May 23, 1934."
"Both guns are in good condition, ready to load and take to the range if you're brave enough to shoot an artifact even though they've got wear and have obviously seen rigorous use before. They also have excellent provenance, including FBI records tying it to the scene of the shooting that ended the pair." ... |
It Should’ve Been A DGU: Luck Runs Out Edition
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"This is a tough one to write. Not because of the events, or the people involved; tragedies like this are tough for anyone to stomach. No, this is my first 'Should’ve Been A DGU' post, a subject of internal debate for me. ..."
"Barbara Preidt is dead. She was shot by a masked assailant after winning a few bucks at the penny slots in a casino on North Carolina’s Cherokee Indian reservation. She didn’t have to die. The thug got what he wanted — her purse — but that wasn’t enough. But he wanted her life, too, and he took it with a single round to Mrs. Preidt’s chest at close range. Her husband, lying on the ground near her, could do nothing to stop the horror. And that pisses me off." ... |
NJ: Bodega Association’s Answer to Crime: We Don’t Want to Be Armed, We Just Want Bulletproof Vests
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"Resigned to the fact that Newark is a perennial, high crime city – according to neighborhoodscout.com, the chances of becoming a victim there are about 1 in 94 (see graphs for details) – bodega owners and workers are desperately looking for ways to make their jobs safer."
"One way to accomplish that goal in the immediate future, they argue, is to have the government (via the taxpayer) chip in on some ballistic vests."
"So, last week, the Bodega Association of the United States met with Newark Mayor Cory Booker to discuss a deal in which the city would subsidize bulletproof vests for store owners and store clerks." ... |
Univision News' Fast and Furious Investigation Prompts Congressional Inquiry
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"On Tuesday, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) pressed the Department of Justice to provide information about 57 Fast and Furious weapons found at Mexican crime scenes, which were first exposed by a Univision News special investigation on September 30."
"In a letter obtained by Univision News and sent to Attorney General Eric Holder, Issa and Grassley inquired about the previously unreported Fast and Furious guns that were linked to violent crimes and featured in the Univision News report. The letter pays special attention to three firearms connected to an ATF gun-tracing operation that were used in a massacre of 15 teenagers in Villas de Salvarcar." ... |
VT: Gun groups back MacGovern over Sanders
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"Republican U.S. Senate candidate John MacGovern has won the backing of the National Rifle Association in his bid to unseat Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., but an NRA spokeswoman said Thursday her group isn’t planning to work actively on MacGovern’s behalf — for now."
"'I don’t know what the decision is on that,' said the spokeswoman, Jacqueline Otto. 'We make decisions based on campaign developments.'"
"Otto said MacGovern scored an A on a candidate survey, and the NRA took into account MacGovern’s votes when he was a Massachusetts lawmaker in the 1980s. Sanders got a D- rating." ... |
NY: Report Calls Chamberlain Shooting Justified
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"A third-party review of the White Plains police department has deemed the shooting death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. 'totally justified'."
"White Plains police officer Anthony Carelli shot Chamberlain Sr. while police responded to an early morning medical call from Chamberlain's apartment ... The shooting garnered national attention, with some claiming police used excessive force." ...
"Professor Michael Walker, one of the committee members, analyzed the use of force in the Chamberlain Sr. case. In the report, Walker states 'the shooting of Mr. Chamberlain was totally justified and took place only after negotiations and all non-lethal means were unsuccessful and Mr. Chamberlain came at a police sergeant with a knife.'" ... |
Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists
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"A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuable intelligence on terrorism, a Senate report concludes. It portrays an effort that ballooned far beyond anyone's ability to control."
"What began as an attempt to put local, state and federal officials in the same room analyzing the same intelligence has instead cost huge amounts of money for data-mining software, flat screen televisions and, in Arizona, two fully equipped Chevrolet Tahoes that are used for commuting, investigators found." ... |
MI: Drug enforcement unit officers under investigation in Eastpointe
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"One Eastpointe Police officer has resigned and another faces an internal department hearing in the wake of allegations that drugs used in investigations were handled improperly and that forfeiture items were sold on Craigslist."
"Both officers were in the department’s drug enforcement unit and 'veterans in the teens of years of service,' according to Eastpointe City Manager Steve Duchane. One officer resigned last week, and the other officer is suspended with pay, pending his department hearing this week." ... |
PA: Officer Who Hit Woman Will Be Fired (video available)
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"Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will take 'Commissioner's Direct Action' against Lt. Jonathan Josey, the Philadelphia police officer who hit a woman during a public event on Sunday."
"That means that effective on Thursday, Lt. Josey will be suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss." ... |
NY: Man fatally shot during traffic stop on Grand Central Parkway
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"An unarmed Army National Guardsman was pulled over on a Queens highway and shot to death by an NYPD officer from an elite unit today — and the DA now is probing the incident that the victim’s friend is calling a case of police 'road rage.'"
"Noel Polanco, 22, had his hands on the steering wheel of his 2012 Honda Fit moments before Detective Hassan Hamdy shot him once in the torso, a woman sitting in the front passenger seat told police, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said." ... |
MD: D.C. police officer says PG police beat him
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"A D.C. police officer filed a $3 million civil lawsuit Wednesday against two Prince George's County police officers, saying the officers beat him with a baton and struck him in the face while he was handcuffed during a confrontation outside a Fairmount Heights restaurant and strip club."
"Officer Richard Merritt, a 23-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, said police officers used 'excessive force,' striking him in the legs with their batons as they attempted to get him to lay on the ground and punching him several times in the face after he was restrained, according to a civil lawsuit filed in Prince George’s County Circuit Court." ... |
This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: South Sudan Edition
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"'South Sudan’s security forces are shooting, torturing and raping civilians in the country’s east, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday, urging the government and United Nations to do more to stop the abuses.' reuters' lede fails to mention the key fact about the unconscionable suffering inflicted by these Owellian-named 'security forces.' But the news service does get there eventually: 'Soldiers and police have been fanning out across Jonglei – home to a huge, largely unexplored oil field – to try and collect thousands of weapons left over from decades of civil war that are now fuelling tribal clashes and a growing rebellion.' Kudos to Amnesty International for flagging the firearms-related fatalities. Brickbats for their 'solution' . . . " ... |
IL: Illinois FOID Frustration
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"By an annoyed Illinoisan"
"Not to be too cynical, but could it be that the Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and the rest of the suburbanoids who want to continue to deny Illinois citizens their Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms are using the state’s fiscal problems against gun owners? Are they counting on a lack of funds and the total incompetence of the Illinois State Police (ISP) in their administration of the firearms owners identification (FOID) cards? Have they thought it through to the extent that – gasp! – if concealed carry were somehow legalized in Illinois, the ISP would probably be in charge of the CCW paper chain, too, and would most likely botch that the same way they have botched FOIDs? . . ." ... |
OH: ATF Offers Reward in Gun Shop Burglary
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"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Youngstown Police Department, announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for the theft of firearms from High Powered Armory, 2500 Market St., Youngstown, Ohio, on Sunday."
"ATF and the Youngstown PD are investigating the theft of 36 firearms. ..." ... |
IL: Democrats taking fallout from war on gun owners
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"Eric from Colorado writes:"
"Days of our Trailers has a withering attack on the civil-rights hating Democratic hack Marty Moylan.""He’s going to try and ban ’50 cal machine guns’ in Illinois."
"Wait. They’re already banned in this state. What is he talking about then? Oh right. He’s talking about semi-auto firearms like the AR-15, not 'machine guns'. You know. 'Assault Weapons'." ... "Marty Moylan is the same upstanding gentleman who cheerfully accepted a donation from a gun shop in his district, only to stab them in the back with his deceptive mailings." ... |
OH: Report: Thousands of felons on the lam - Many Ohio criminals aren’t pursued; issues include lean budgets, jail space
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"The Dayton Daily News reported recently that there are tens of thousands of wanted Ohio felons on the loose, and that not many of them are being actively sought."
"From the article:""After six years on the loose, James Scott Jr. was arrested during a random traffic stop – the way many of those wanted on felony warrants are picked up ..."
"'There's just too many,' said Pat Sedoti, U.S. Marshal in charge of three Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Teams. ..." ... "According to the article, the newspaper spent the past two months gathering data and talked with experts and authorities at the local, state and national level about the issues and problems that keep them from bringing more fugitives to justice." ...
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