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ATF document admits to retaliation and ‘ethical violations’
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... "'Poor management has killed morale,' the document admits, recommending that the concern that 'management takes care of management' requires the bureau 'Punish managers commensurate with their level of responsibility … higher position + intentional malfeasance = greater discipline and accountability.'"
"Among related problems specified were an 'unfair disciplinary system … disparity of discipline between management,' and, significantly, 'retaliations.'" ... |
Bill Frady: How I Became an Anti-Gunner, Part 2 – The Conversion
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"After my unfortunate role as the teenage trigger man in a negligent discharge that almost claimed the life of my friend, I was forced to deal with what happened alone. Not because my parents didn’t care, but simply because I internalized what happened. In 1976, there was no Internet. Cable TV was in its infancy. I had never heard of Jeff Cooper. I was in a new city with no friends. There was only me and I blamed the gun, as well as myself . . ."
"After all, if there hadn’t been a gun I wouldn’t have shot my friend. And I wouldn’t have felt so guilty and ashamed. Ipso facto." ... |
Fighting On: Combat-wounded veterans prove being a warrior is all in the mindset.
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"Although his eyes were shielded from the glaring Arizona sun by a pair of Revision shades, the black lenses couldn’t hide the look of sheer determination on Andrew Bottrell’s face as he gently pressed the trigger of his Predator Tactical 1911 Shrike. An instant later, his focus was rewarded when a neat little hole appeared in the center-mass region of the silhouette target. Bottrell was pleased, but not surprised. Missing at 15 yards is simply not an option, he reminded himself, as he lifted his sidearm from his prosthetic leg, rotated upwards 180 degrees to help support the pistol he held in his one remaining hand." ... |
Fastest Gun in the West (video story)
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"Our glorious leader was on Gun Owners of America radio last night, and thankfully someone recorded it for posterity. You can listen to the whole thing by clucking the banner above, or just clicking this here link. Discussed in this interview include Feinstein’s re-introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban, Bill Frady’s series of articles about being an anti-gunner, and much more. ..." |
Smith & Wesson backlogged on gun orders
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"Smith & Wesson, the gun company, reported record-breaking quarterly earnings yesterday. Sales were up 19 percent in after-hours trading. The firearms manufacturer is on a roll."
"Net income for fiscal first quarter 2012 approached $19 million, up from $2.3 million a year ago. Sales soared to a record $136 million, up 48 percent. The backlog of orders is valued at $392 million, up a whopping 164 percent over a year ago. Smith & Wesson cannot make guns fast enough." ... |
Tom Shafer: Get Out Alive!
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"Tom Shafer addressed the audience at our Independence Day meeting and talked about mindset and tactics to survive a critical incident."
"Shafer noted that most of the general survival books mention basic stuff like how to build a fire, but it seems most of them gloss over using a firearm defensively. Shafer talked about a new book he read titled, 'Get Out Alive' which features a chapter called 'Surviving an Active Shooter'. Shafer talked about some of the points made in the book and elaborated on them." ... |
Gear Review: TAPCO Intrafuse Furniture for the AR-15
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"There’s little doubt that standard AR-15 furniture sucks. Thankfully, the AR-15 platform design is modular and allows the user to VERY quickly change out that standard furniture. That easy interchangeability has led to an explosion of aftermarket parts to dress up your rifle, and one of the most popular manufacturers of aftermarket AR-15 parts is TAPCO. But how good are they really? . . ." ... |
Gun Review: New Colt Mustang (video available)
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"The concealed carry debate is oddly contentious. Some devoted readers will dismiss the Colt Mustang because it is a .380. No other reason. They won't look at a pocket pistol chambered in anything other than 9mm, or .45 ACP."
"I know where I stand. The .380 can be effective. It is certainly effective enough for a back up gun. I'm of the opinion that the .380 is ideal for a defensive weapon, especially when fired from the right gun."
"And this is the right gun. The Colt Mustang. The new Colt Mustang." ... |
Browning adds two new X-Bolt big game rifles chambered in .375 H&H Magnum
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"Browning is announcing two new models of X-Bolt rifle chambered in the powerful .375 Holland & Holland Magnum for the discriminating and perhaps globe-trotting hunter. One is the new X-Bolt Hunter and the other the X-Bolt Medallion with open sights."
"Both new rifles follow in the footsteps of Browning's more utilitarian X-Bolt Stainless Stalker with open sights, a lightweight X-Bolt rifle also chambered in .375 H&H Magnum, but with a simple finish and synthetic stock. These new rifles add both mass and class with American Walnut stocks and deep blue finishes." ... |
No, Really: Govt Warns Of 'Zombie Apocalypse'
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"'The zombies are coming!' the Homeland Security Department says."
"Tongue firmly in cheek, the government urged citizens Thursday to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, part of a public health campaign to encourage better preparation for genuine disasters and emergencies. The theory: If you're prepared for a zombie attack, the same preparations will help during a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake or terrorist attack." ... |
Our Romance With Guns
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"When [redacted] ... walked into a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in late July in Aurora, Colorado, and opened fire, killing twelve and injuring fifty-eight, the national spotlight was, once again, trained on America’s peculiar romance with guns, and gun violence. As after the shootings at Columbine, Virginia Tech, and a Tucson shopping mall, gun control advocates revived their calls to ban guns and gun rights advocates renewed their arguments that if more people carried guns, killers like [redacted] might have been stopped. National politicians, meanwhile, including President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, expressed sympathy but steered clear of proposing any specific reforms ..." ... |
Bloomberg: Nope, Schumer’s the One Who’s Wrong About Obama and Gun Control
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"A couple days ago, Senator Chuck Schumer critiqued Mayor Michael Bloomberg for what he felt was a false equivalency between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on gun control. Earlier this morning, however, Mr. Bloomberg fired back and said Mr. Schumer is 'just wrong' on this matter."
"'The disgrace is once they get into office, then they don't do anything,' he said after addressing both candidates' failures on economic policy. 'Guns, I've been riling against guns. But neither presidential candidate has said what they'll do. I saw Senator Schumer–who I agree with on an awful lot of things, but in this case I think he’s just wrong–he says, 'Obama's a lot better on guns than Romney.'" ... |
SC: Mother Defends Her Toddler by Shooting at Daytime Home Invader
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"According to GroupState.com, A SC mother became fearful when a man she didn’t know kept ringing her doorbell around 10:45am. The woman took her young child to the bedroom with her and locked the door."
"The man at the front door then kicked it in, entered the home, and then kicked in the bedroom door where the mother and child were hiding. While she may have been hiding, this mother was far from defenseless. Once in the bedroom the mother armed herself and met the intruder with gunfire as he kicked down the bedroom door." ... |
Who will gun owners vote for, and why?
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"Both parties have held their national conventions, the platform planks regarding gun rights versus gun control have been revealed, and now it is time for gun owners to carefully consider their choices for the Nov. 6 election."
"Here in Washington, there’s a critical race for governor and attorney general, and at the national level, the White House and Congress are at stake." ... |
AK: Anchorage To Pay $5.5M To Settle Rape Lawsuits
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"The Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska will pay more than $5.5 million to 11 women who claimed they were sexually assaulted by a police officer now serving 87 years in prison for rape, Mayor Dan Sullivan’s office announced Tuesday."
"The settlement ends the lawsuits against the city, but some of the victims plan to continue separate civil actions against former office Anthony Rollins." ... |
IL: IDNR has been misappropriating Pittman-Robertson monies for years
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"The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is misappropriating millions of dollars that should have been earmarked for the state’s sportsmen."
"The Pittman-Robertson Act, an 11-percent federal tax on guns, ammunition, and fishing and archery equipment is about the only tax most sportsmen don’t mind paying, unless the funds are misused." ...
"Rather than using the money as intended, an investigation by the Illinois Policy Institute has revealed that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is pumping the state’s Pittman-Robertson Act funds into two state universities at Champaign and Carbondale." ... |
WA: Seattle urban v. Washington rural in wolf war
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"The Seattle Times is finally catching up on its wolf war coverage, but public reaction to Friday’s wolf update about plans to kill at least four of the predators is as interesting, if not moreso – and telling – than the story."
"What becomes quickly obvious from reading many of those comments is that some wolf advocates rank among the worst social bigots on the landscape." ... |
LA: Sales tax holiday set from Sept. 7-9
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"Hunters and campers looking to stock up on supplies for upcoming hunting seasons can take advantage of this weekend’s Sales Tax Holiday, Sept 7 to 9."
"Customers across the state will pay no sales taxes on firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during the Louisiana Second Amendment Weekend tax holiday. Eligible purchases, from guns to archery items to all-terrain vehicles designed for hunting, will be exempt from the 4 percent state sales tax and local sales taxes." ... |
IL: Cops: Gunfire hits school bus full of kids in Chicago
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"Police say no one was injured when a bullet ripped through a school bus taking students to a Catholic school in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago on Friday."
"The bus had 25 children onboard and was picking up two more children for school around 7:48 a.m. at 106th Street and Calhoun Avenue when shots rang out, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak told NBC News." ... |
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| Some of the worst abuses of government force in recent years were precipitated by technical and victimless gun-law violations. For example, the BATF claimed that the Branch Davidians possessed machine guns without paying the required federal tax and filling in the proper registration forms. So a tax case worth less than $10,000 led to a 76-man helicopter, machine gun, and grenade assault on a home in which 2/3 of the occupants were women and children. — Dave Kopel and Dr. Michael S. Brown, Prohibition Fever, NationalReview.com |
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