Common Folk Using Common Sense

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Browning’s 1911

July 5th, 2008 · Comments Off

My personal choice for immediate self-defense is a Taurus PT1911, a modern adaptation of John Moses Browning’s venerable Colt Model 1911.

The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. It was designed by John Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985, [...]

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Tags: Guns

Court Ruling Protects Our Gun Rights

July 5th, 2008 · Comments Off

By Dave Workman at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the Second Amendment means what it says, and that the right “of the people” to keep and bear arms applies to individual citizens regardless of service in a militia, Helmke and crew undoubtedly are feverishly trying to rework their strategies on [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · The Left