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Tragic Deaths in America Every Single Day

January 25th, 2011 · Comments Off

Says Clint Fiore: It’s easy to watch the hot story of any particular moment of whichever tragedy has captured the media’s spotlight and be misguided into out of proportion emotional responses. 42 People are murdered, each day 6 People are murdered by illegal immigrants, each day 0.29 People are murdered each day in ‘mass shootings’ [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Government · Guns · Media · The US

Do Laws Work?

January 18th, 2011 · Comments Off

The media has fallen over themselves saying that Tuscon shooter Jared Loughner obtained his Glock 19 legally, so therefore to make sure this doesn’t happen again we need more laws. The assumption is that criminals actually obey laws. But before anyone can legally purchase a firearm you must fill out and sign a sworn document [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Guns · Media · The US

With Friends Like This …

January 11th, 2011 · Comments Off

Last Saturday there was a shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and a federal judge that left six dead, including the judge, and 14 wounded. The shooter was a lunatic named Jared Loughner. Within hours of the shooting several media outlets and liberal elites are bemoaning the Glock 19, the firearm used in the shooting, [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Government · Guns · The Left · The Right · The US

1-9-11

January 9th, 2011 · Comments Off

Today’s date is 1/9/11. There is a historic pistol called the “1911“. The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. John M. Browning designed the firearm which was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. The M1911 is still carried [...]

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Tags: Guns

Ruger + Jeff Cooper = Scout v.2011

January 2nd, 2011 · Comments Off

Michael Bane says that Ruger had a recent sit-down with the folks at Gunsite over Col. Jeff Cooper‘s Scout Rifle concept, a handy, light instrument “that will do a great many things equally well…” Developed in conjunction with Gunsite instructor Ed Head, the Ruger Gunsite Scout Rifle is a new platform in the Ruger M77® [...]

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Anti-gun = Anti-individual = Anti-freedom

December 30th, 2010 · Comments Off

All of the anti-gun groups go out of their way to convince people that they’re not actually against personal ownership of guns, just that the country needs “common sense” guns laws to keep everyone safe. But what are these “common sense” laws that groups like the Brady Bunch always talk about but rarely explain, via [...]

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Tags: Assault Weapon · Concealed/Open Carry · Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Gun Free Zone · Guns · The Left · The US

Resist Or Comply?

December 28th, 2010 · Comments Off

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered a resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly founded upon total nonviolence. This concept helped India to gain independence, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Yet Gandhi also [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Guns

Christmas Wishlist

December 14th, 2010 · Comments Off

In case someone wins the lottery and cannot figure out how to spend all that money, here’s my Christmas Wishlist: Spread The Word:

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Tags: Guns

A Moral Dilemma

December 12th, 2010 · Comments Off

I went to the bank the other day. Was I obligated to call in a report on myself? Spread The Word:

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Tags: Freedom/Independence · Georgia · Gun Free Zone · Guns

Dear Santa …

December 11th, 2010 · Comments Off

Romanian AK Draco Pistol, 7.62×39, only $299 at J&G Sales. In case you didn’t know what to get me for Christmas. http://www.jgsales.com/ Romanian AK, Draco, 7.62×39Spread The Word:

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Tags: Guns

Guns OK At Hartsfield

December 10th, 2010 · Comments Off

Flying Shiznit! Lookie what I found: The mayor doesn’t like it, but the city is no longer stopping people with legal weapon permits from carrying their weapons into Hartsfield-Jackson airport. “The fact of the matter is, we’re complying with state law, so it’s not something where we had a choice,” said Mayor Kasim Reed. Absolutely [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Freedom/Independence · Government · Gun Free Zone · Guns · Law Enforcement

Virginia Tech Too Slow?

December 10th, 2010 · Comments Off

Virginia Tech violated federal campus security law when it waited too long to inform students about a shooter on the loose during a 2007 rampage that killed 32 people, the U.S. Department of Education says in a new report. Huh? This is not a day-care with 20 kids, it’s a college with 30,000 students scattered [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Gun Free Zone · Guns · Law Enforcement · School · The US

Evil In Atlanta

November 8th, 2010 · Comments Off

What started out as a small party at a home this weekend ended up with between 60 and 80 people. The parents asked the party-goers to leave, and a fight began between two girls outside the home. One of the females hit a male, who said he wouldn’t hit a girl but would hit the [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Guns

SIG762?

November 5th, 2010 · Comments Off

Says The Firearm Blog: We just received a phone call from our contact at Sig and Sig Sauer is producing a SIG 556 chambered in 7.62×39. This new SIG556 will have a AK-47 bolt and it will support standard AK-47 magazines. Apparently these new models are in production and will be shipping from the factory [...]

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Tags: Guns

New York Man Uses AK Improperly to Defend Family And Gets Arrested

September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Via CBS New York: George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · Law Enforcement · New York