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In Defense of the 'Hobbyist' Gun Owner
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A couple of trainers have fairly recently started to use the word “hobbyist” to refer to, well, the sort of people they claim they don’t cater to. The normal pejorative in these circumstances would be “gamer,” but that’s not accurate in this case because plenty of the people to whom the epithet was directed only casually shoot competitively, if at all. Instead, the targeted demographic consists of people who have taken on shooting in general—and perhaps self-defense-specific shooting in particular—as a hobby. People who get to the range more than once a quarter, take multiple classes on the topic, etc.
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New policy: Military Bases can Shoot Down Trespassing Drones
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The Pentagon has signed off on a new policy that will allow military bases to shoot down private or commercial drones that are deemed a threat, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said Monday. The policy itself is classified and was transmitted to the services in July, Davis said. Broadly, it outlines the rules of engagement for a base when a private or commercial drone is encroaching upon its airspace. On Friday, unclassified guidance was sent to each of the services on how to communicate the new policy to local communities.
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FL: State Wastes Money on Suits
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Gov. Rick Scott chooses his legal battles the way President Trump selects White House communications directors. Only the ones who ultimately pay the price are Florida taxpayers. The Associated Press reports that since Scott took office in 2011, the state has paid at least $19 million to cover expenses and fees for lawyers who have sued the state. He recently agreed to pay $1.1 million to cover the legal bills of physicians and medical organizations who successfully challenged the “docs vs. Glocks” law that prohibited doctors from talking to their patients about guns. |
The Presidents' Guns: 9 Presidential Firearms
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Guns have been integral to our country since November 15, 1620. Why then? It's when Miles Standish and his troops carried matchlock muskets as they explored Cape Cod and the New World. Throughout our country's history, notable athletes, actors and actresses have been hunters, shooters, or both. As the most powerful person in America is our President, let's have a look at some of their favorite firearms and fun they have had while shooting them. |
Guns of Chicago
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As Fourth of July fireworks boomed overhead on Chicago’s West Side, Tim White, a community organizer and peacemaker, was preparing for the worst. More than 100 people were shot over the long holiday weekend, and White has made it his mission to stop those who might try to retaliate. |
SAF Travel Advisory to Gun Owners: ‘Avoid California'
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The Second Amendment Foundation today took an extraordinary step Monday by issuing a first-of-its-kind “travel advisory” to American gun owners, warning them to stay out of California.
“Right now,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, “I wouldn’t suggest to any gun owner that they even travel through the state, much less to it as their final destination.” |
The Foolishness That Was New Jersey’s Gun “Buyback”
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On Thursday, New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino bragged that the state had taken in nearly 5,000 firearms in its recent “buyback,” and proclaimed residents to be safer as a result. “Take every gun that can fire a bullet and hurt or kill someone for $100, $120, $200, we'll spend that every day of the week,” Porrino told news12.com. “It’s money well-spent.” Rather than money well-spent, it was really just smoke, mirrors and feel-good puffery.
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WA: Puyallup Apartment Resident Opens Fire at Armed Intruder
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A resident opened fire at an intruder who broke into his apartment late Sunday in Puyallup, sending the suspect to the hospital and then on to jail. The drama unfolded at about 10:35 p.m. when police responded to a report of shots being fired at the Chestnut Hills Apartments in the 200 block of 21st Avenue SW, said Acting Capt. Dan Pashon of the Puyallup Police Department.
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Should Your Mayor be Allowed to Carry a Gun in City Hall?
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State Rep. Nino Vitale is pretty confident he can take care of himself: he is a firearms instructor who routinely carries a weapon, he has 25 years of martial arts training and he runs 20 miles a week. But state law prohibits the Urbana Republican from carrying his concealed guns inside the Ohio Statehouse and other government buildings. Given today’s hyper-charged political environment and the recent shooting at a Congressional softball team practice, Vitale wants to change that. |
Campus Rape Survivor: I Wish I’d Had A Gun To Defend Myself
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A campus rape survivor is speaking out about guns on college campuses, saying that she could have fended off her attacker had she been legally carrying a gun. Three years ago, Shayna Lopez-Rivas was sexually assaulted on Florida State University’s campus. Today she’s advocating for campuses to allow permitted students to carry guns on campus, so they can protect themselves from an assault like the one she went through. |
SD: Silencer Co. Offered Free Shooting Demo on Suppressed Firearms at the Rally
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For those bikers that like to have a little extra protection close by or at home ... one company is offering free trials of their quiet firearms. The group brought in a variety of firearms for shooters to test free of charge with no hearing protection needed. This company wanted to provide the opportunity for those visiting the rally this year from other states and countries to get to experience suppressed firearms. |
VT: Gunshots Project Data- Gun Deaths In Vermont, 2011-2016
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VPR compiled a database of all of the gun deaths in the state of Vermont between the beginning of 2011 and the end of 2016. The database has information about every person who died by gunshot during that period: including age, veteran status, marital status, education level and other details that can help Vermonters better understand which parts of their community are most affected by gun deaths.
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The NAACP’s Ludicrous Travel Advisory Against Missouri
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is back in the news again. At its national meetings this year, the organization voted to approve its first ever “travel advisory,” warning minorities and other chosen victim groups not to travel to Missouri because it might not be safe and their civil rights are likely to be violated.
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AL: The Face of Armed Citizens in America is Changing and Alabama Leads the Way
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At first glance, not many people would guess that Beth Alcazar of Chelsea, Alabama, owns guns and has a concealed carry permit. Much less would they take a look at her and assume that she’s an action pistol competitor, NRA lifetime member, and USCCA-certified firearms training counselor. In other words, if there’s a stereotype for gun ownership, this outgoing wife and mother of three is probably not the image that comes to mind. But the face of gun owners is changing in Alabama and across the nation. |
Country Singer Dustin Collins: ‘Without the Second Amendment, There Is No First Amendment’
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Country singer Dustin Collins opened up about the ties between a wide array of American freedoms and the Second Amendment in an exclusive interview Sunday, in which he told Breitbart News: “Without the Second Amendment, there is no First Amendment.” Collins currently has a single out titled “Cold Dead Hands.” It is a declaration to gun-grabbers everywhere that the Second Amendment has been preserved by generation upon generation and that preservation will not end on his watch. |
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| A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks. — Thomas Jefferson, Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318, Foley, Ed., reissued 1967. |
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