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- The Patriot Shop -- Gun Free Household sticker
- U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments McDonald v. City of Chicago
- Amicus brief from Congress McDonald v. City of Chicago
- Black History Month
- Safariland Comp-3 Speedloaders
- Heavier Bullet Lighter Recoil and Power Factor
- Legislation addresses brandishing of guns | Deseret News
- Brady Campaign: Starbucks: Offer Espresso Shots, Not Gunshots
- YouTube - Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration
- Back from Hiatus...
- Op-Ed Contributor - What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons?
- Fort Worth Shutters All Schools
- Assault Weapons Ban...Loonacy
- California attempts to create another felon
- There is a shooting sport for everyone
- Never thought much of David Spade
- This Day in History December 18, 1996 - Ebonics
- Ammunition Accountability
- We are sorry Mr. Lincoln
- Assault Weapon, Assault Rifle, Machine Gun, etc...
- And we waited 7 years for this...
- Christmas Gift Idea...
- Department of Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update
- Finally after 14 years OJ gets what he is due.
- Chainsaw Bayonet
- Assault Weapons Education
- You guns belong on foreign battlefields...
- Articles of Confederation
- I did not think I would live long enough to see the day...
- Positive Gun Story...
- Man arrested carrying weapons at hotel where Speaker Pelosi was staying.
- The 5th Amendment rights vs. police investigations
- Assault Weapons Ban Confusion
- Another one Bites the Dust
- Heller yeah...
- Choosing a New Gun Part 3
- Lead Dust and Particle Masks
- Choosing a New Gun Part 2
- Choosing a New Gun Part 1
- CHL / CCW and Law Enforcement
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I think I may buy a some of these for each of my neighbors who don’t want guns in “their” neighborhood.
Test the resolve of those who don’t support the 2nd Amendment by asking them to post one of these stickers on their front door. Let them know that research has shown that almost all violent crime offenders choose victims who are least likely to own a gun to defend themselves. Non-gun-owning households depend on gun-owning households for their protection because criminals don’t know the difference — unless they put one of these on the door.
*Disclaimer: For novelty purposes only — please do not actually post this on a household door as the occupants may be subject to visits by all manner of criminal molesters and miscreants.
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Reading the McDonald v. City of Chicago transcript I ran across the classic liberal debate technique of using false logic. I was wondering as I read, if Justice Breyer was going to bring up the fact that Chicago has all the gun bans to protect the children…and everyone wants to protect children. After all, anyone who believes different (such as gun owners), must be horrible and should be stopped. [see Amicus Brief section below]
JUSTICE BREYER: You are saying they can have — no matter what, that the city just can’t have guns even if they are saving hundreds of lives, they cannot ban them?
MR. GURA: The city cannot ban guns that are within the common use as protected by the right to arms.
JUSTICE SCALIA: There is a lot of statistical disagreement on whether the Miranda rule saves lives or not, whether it results in the release of dangerous people who have confessed to their crime but the confession can’t be used. We don’t — we don’t resolve questions like that on the basis of statistics, do we?
MR. GURA: That’s correct, Justice Scalia, and as your opinion -
JUSTICE SCALIA: Well, why would this one be resolved on the basis of statistics? If there is a constitutional right, we find what the minimum constitutional right is and everything above that is up to the States. If you want to have, you know — I think we mentioned in Heller concealed carry laws. I mean, those are — those are matter that we didn’t decide in Heller. And you may have a great deal of divergence from State to State, and on that I suppose you would do statistics, wouldn’t you? Or the legislature would.
MR. GURA: Well, Your Honor, we do agree that statistics are not important to determine whether or not a right -
JUSTICE SCALIA: For the judges. For the judges.
MR. GURA: That’s right.
JUSTICE SCALIA: But they would be for the legislatures.
SCOTUS Transcript McDonald v. City of Chicago (application/pdf Object).
Amicus Brief (McCarthy / Quigley)
Simply put, local governments need the latitude to address the unique problems that threaten the public safety of their communities,” said Congressman Quigley. “The conditions in Chicago, where 500 school children have been involved in gun-related incidents in the past two years, fortunately don’t exist in rural or even other urban areas across the country. We are by no means saying that a gun ban is necessary everywhere, nor are we trying to encumber the lifestyles or rights of enthusiasts, collectors, or hunters. But the children of Chicago and their families have a right to live without fear of gun violence as well, and the city must be allowed to continue protecting that right with sensible regulations.
Remember when you go vote in November to thank these people by voting them out of office. The following Members of Congress have signed the amicus brief mentioned above:
- Representative Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04)
- Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05)
- Representative Gary L. Ackerman (NY-05)
- Representative Timothy H. Bishop (NY-01)
- Representative Robert A. Brady (PA-01)
- Representative Lois Capps (CA-23)
- Representative Michael E. Capuano (MA-08)
- Representative Yvette D. Clarke (NY-11)
- Representative Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-01)
- Representative Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11)
- Representative Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
- Representative Joseph Crowley (NY-07)
- Representative Danny K. Davis (IL-07)
- Representative Diana DeGette (CO-01)
- Representative Eliot L. Engel (NY-17)
- Representative Sam Farr (CA-17)
- Representative Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
- Representative Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
- Representative Mazie K. Hirano (HI-02)
- Representative Michael M. Honda (CA-15)
- Representative Steve Israel (NY-01)
- Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
- Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)
- Representative Henry C. Johnson, Jr. (GA-04)
- Representative Patrick J. Kennedy (RI-01)
- Representative Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (MI-13)
- Representative James R. Langevin (RI-02)
- Representative John B. Larson (CT-01)
- Representative Nita M. Lowey (NY-18)
- Representative John Lewis (GA-05)
- Representative James P. McGovern (MA-03)
- Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-14)
- Representative Doris O. Matsui (CA-05)
- Representative Gregory Meeks (NY-06)
- Representative George Miller (CA-07)
- Representative Gwen Moore (WI-04)
- Representative James P. Moran (VA-08)
- Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
- Representative Grace F. Napolitano (CA-38)
- Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-08)
- Representative Donald M. Payne (NJ-10)
- Representative David E. Price (NC-04)
- Representative Charles B. Rangel (NY-15)
- Representative Steven R. Rothman (NJ-09)
- Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
- Representative Bobby L. Rush (IL-01)
- Representative Linda T. Sánchez (CA-39)
- Representative Janice D. Schakowsky (IL-09)
- Representative José E. Serrano (NY-16)
- Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter (NY-28)
- Representative Fortney Pete Stark (CA-13)
- Representative Edolphus Towns (NY-10)
- Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20)
- Representative Anthony D. Weiner (NY-09)
- Representative Lynn C. Woolsey (CA-06)
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The big questions:
- Is Congress beating its drum (in the Amacus brief) because it cares about the 2nd Amendment or because it cares about the political correctness of Civil Rights?
- How would the 103rd U.S. Congress answer this question?
- Have we come full circle and now Gun Rights are more important than Gun Bans, according to Congress?
Congress has a long history of protecting the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was Congress, after all, that proposed the Second Amendment, and the rest of the Bill of Rights, to the States in 1789. Congress likewise proposed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866, following and to further Congress’ attempts in the Freedmen’s Bureau Act and the Civil Rights Act to restore to freed slaves their right to keep and bear arms. In addition, Congress has enacted statutes such as 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that protect and enforce the Second Amendment against state action and other statutes that explicitly declare its understanding of the Second Amendment as guaranteeing fundamental, individual rights.
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Well I survived another “Black History Month.” It must be getting close to Easter, because these guys are already celebrating.
Photo courtesy of Sniper’s Hide
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Several people have asked me how to modify the Safariland Comp-3 
speed-loaders for better reliability . If you have used a Comp-3 you may have experienced difficulty getting the cartridges to eject into the cylinder in a timely manner. Much of this issue has to do with the hole drilled in the center of the plunger, this hole was originally meant to keep the Comp-3 from actuating the center pin on the extractor rod. Since we are not worried about the extractor rod, while reloading, efficiency can be found in plugging the hole in the Comp-3.
To modify your Comp-3 you need a $0.30 part, which can be found at most hardware stores. Find the nut, bolt and nail section and look for Nylon Push in Fasteners: Size PIF 53 had the correct dimensions to plug the Comp-3 hole.
Simply push the fastener in the hole, no adhesive or other bonding agents are necessary. Once complete you will find the Comp 3 loads cartridges much smoother and it releases a little quicker.
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This topic is the age old discussion that is ongoing in most IDPA and USPSA clubs. The first time some one told me a heavier bullet has less recoil, I though they were nuts. After all Newton’s Third Law tells me that:
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Logic would dictate if you increase the weight of the bullet the recoil would also be increased. Thus a heavier bullet should have a heavier recoil, conversely a lighter bullet would have a lighter recoil. One thing that is often overlooked in the concept of a “heavier bullet has a lighter recoil” is the fact that part of the statement is left out; as I found through some basic research.
I started my research by looking up the mechanical physics concepts for both of the measurable elements. The measurable elements, in this case, are the Recoil (Newton’s Third Law) and the Power Factor (Momentum)
Newton’s Third Law
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The statement means that in every interaction, there is a pair of forces acting on the two interacting objects. The size of the forces on the first object equals the size of the force on the second object. The direction of the force on the first object is opposite to the direction of the force on the second object. Forces always come in pairs – equal and opposite action-reaction force pairs.
via Physics in the classroom.
Momentum
In classical mechanics, momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object (p = mv). It is sometimes referred to as linear momentum to distinguish it from the related subject of angular momentum. Linear momentum is a vector quantity, since it has a direction as well as a magnitude.
via Momentum – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Measuring Recoil
In this case, to measure the recoil, I am relying on the fact that Newton’s Third Law is correct, and the hypothesis that the muzzle energy of a bullet (the force at which the bullet is traveling away from the gun) will translate into recoil acting on the gun.
For example a 124 grain bullet traveling 1008.6 feet per second (FPS) has a muzzle energy of 280.04 foot pounds (Ft-Lbs). Multiply the product of the weight of the bullet (in grains) times the velocity squared and divide by two times the acceleration of gravity (32.174 FPS) times 7,000 grains per pound.
- (124 * (1 008.1^2)) / (2 * 32.17400 * 7 000) = 279.766572
Measuring Momentum
To measure the momentum of the bullet I simply used the IDPA formula for determining power factor which is identical to the momentum formula for physics. For example the Power Factor of a 124 grain bullet traveling at 1008.6 FPS is 125,066.
- 124 * 1,008.1 = 125,004.4
Putting it All Together
If I take the formulas and concepts above and do some quick calculating using a 124 grain 9mm vs. a 147 grain 9mm bullet, both at a 125,000 power factor (PF) I find the following:
Velocity required to make 125,000 PF
124 grain bullet = 1008.1 FPS
- 125,000 / 124 = 1 008.06452
147 grain bullet = 850.3 FPS
- 125 000 / 147 = 850.340136
Muzzle Energy at 125,000 PF
124 grain bullet = 280.04 Ft-Lbs
- (124 * (1,008.1^2)) / (2 * 32.17400 * 7 000) = 279.766572
147 grain bullet = 235.95 Ft-Lbs
- (147 * (850.3^2)) / (2 * 32.17400 * 7 000) =235.954682
So how is it all possible? How is it that the heavier bullet has 45 foot pounds less recoil? The answer lies in the mathematics used to calculate each factor. While Energy increases exponentially as the velocity increases the Power Factor only increases linearly. Thus by increasing the bullet weight and lowering the velocity to meet the power factor, the energy is exponentially reducing from the drop in velocity, while the power factor remains constant. So next time you hear “Heavier bullets have less recoil” make sure you correct the statement to its true form: “Heavier bullets have less recoil, if the power factor is held constant.”
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According to the folks over at Deseret News, Utah is considering a bill which would allow the brandishing of firearms in emergency situations.
SALT LAKE CITY — More guns may be making appearances in confrontations across Utah, adding intensity, for better or worse. Newly proposed legislation would be a green light for concealed-gun owners to openly carry firearms and, if threatened, draw or exhibit their weapons and verbally threaten deadly force. Depending on whom you ask, that gun-induced intensity could defuse confrontations more quickly, or it could lead to more deadly violence. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, said HB78 clarifies existing law with “affirmative language” that would provide gun owners another option to defend themselves or others around them. “This allows a gun owner to not have to go all the way and actually fire his gun,” Sandstrom said. “This would still be the very last resort, however. It doesn’t give you the right to just flash a gun at anyone who makes you mad.”
More at: Legislation addresses brandishing of guns
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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: is whining again. This time it is about the people legally “open carrying” weapons in Starbucks stores. Oh my what shall we do now… legal citizens, carrying legal weapons in a business. I think everyone should buy 2 coffees a day from Starbucks (one for you and one for your gun), to show your support for their refusal to ban guns in the stores. Brady Campaign whining:
But Starbucks is refusing to prohibit the open carrying of firearms in its stores, despite protests from loyal customers. Because of Starbucks’ refusal, the Brady Campaign has teamed up with CREDO Action to tell Starbucks to keep guns out of its coffee shops. The practice of packing heat in places like Starbucks is intimidating and could be potentially dangerous to our families and communities – and it must be stopped. It’s everyone’s right to sit in a restaurant or coffee shop with their families without intimidation or fear of guns, either concealed or openly carried. Under the law, Starbucks has the right to adopt a gun-free policy, with an exception for uniformed police officers. Such a policy can easily be implemented in most cases by putting up signs at store entrances. We need to tell Starbucks to bar guns in its stores. These individuals who have been carrying guns into Starbucks have all the firepower of a SWAT team, and none of the law enforcement training.
More here: Tell Starbucks: Offer Espresso Shots, Not Gunshots.
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Semi-comical, but sadly ironic founding fathers music video. YouTube – Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration.
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Been busy for the last 9 months, now I have a bit more time to mess with the blog. A lot has happened since my last post, (Stimulus not working, NRA is becoming more powerful, Y Ted K is gone for good, Scott Brown elected, Democrats are on the run). Anyhow it is good to be back.
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Jimmy Carter… shut up already. This op-ed proves you know nothing of this subject. Go back to your peanut farm!
Carters conjecture on why none of us want to own an assault weapons is quite a leap in logic. It is the equivalent to: “None of us want to eat peanuts, because we don’t want to dig them out of our turds.” This kind of absurdity gets the ignorant masses wound up.
But none of us wants to own an assault weapon, because we have no desire to kill policemen or go to a school or workplace to see how many victims we can accumulate before we are finally shot or take our own lives. That’s why the White House and Congress must not give up on trying to reinstate a ban on assault weapons, even if it may be politically difficult.
An overwhelming majority of Americans, including me and my hunting companions, believe in the right to own weapons, but surveys show that they also support modest restraints like background checks, mandatory registration and brief waiting periods before purchase.
via Op-Ed Contributor – What Happened to the Ban on Assault Weapons? – NYTimes.com.
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I have a one word comment for this: ASININE!
The city of Fort Worth is shutting down its school system for 10 days in an effort to stop the spread of swine flu, even as top U.S. leaders warn parents not to take children whose schools are closed to daycare or their workplaces since doing so would offer the same potential for the virus to spread.
via Fort Worth Shutters All Schools; WHO Warns of Likely Pandemic – washingtonpost.com.
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Great comments from Coulter on Gun Control:
Let’s All Surrender Our Weapons — You First!
Ann Coulter
Wednesday, April 08, 2009The rash of recent shooting incidents has led people who wouldn’t know an AK-47 from a paintball gun to issue demands for more restrictions on guns. To be sure, it’s hard to find any factor in these shootings that could be responsible — other than the gun.
So far, this year’s public multiple shootings were committed by:
– Richard Poplawski, 23, product of a broken family, expelled from high school and dishonorably discharged from the Marines, who killed three policemen in Pittsburgh.
– Former crack addict Jiverly Wong, 41, who told co-workers “America sucks” yet somehow was not offered a job as a speechwriter for Barack Obama, who blockaded his victims in a civic center in Binghamton, N.Y., and shot as many people as he could, before killing himself.
– Robert Stewart, 45, a three-time divorcee and high school dropout with “violent tendencies” — according to one of his ex-wives — who shot up the nursing home in Carthage, N.C., where his newly estranged wife worked.
– Lovelle Mixon, 26, a paroled felon, struggling to get his life back on track by pimping, who shot four cops in Oakland, Calif. — before eventually being shot himself.
– Twenty-eight-year-old Michael McLendon, child of divorce, living with his mother and boycotting family funerals because he hated his relatives, who killed 10 of those relatives and their neighbors in Samson, Ala.
It might make more sense to outlaw men than guns. Or divorce. Or crack. Or to prohibit felons from having guns. Except we already outlaw crack and felons owning guns and yet still, somehow, Wong got crack and Mixon got a gun.
After being pulled over for a routine traffic violation, Lovelle Mixon did exactly what they teach in driver’s ed by immediately shooting four cops. Mixon’s supporters held a posthumous rally in his honor, claiming he shot the cops only in “self-defense,” which I take it includes the cop Mixon shot while the officer was lying on the ground.
I guess Mixon also raped that 12-year-old girl in “self-defense.” Clearly, the pimping industry has lost a good man. I wish I’d known him. I tip my green velvet fedora with the dollar signs all over it to him. Why do the good ones always die young? Pimps, I mean.
Liberals tolerate rallies on behalf of cop-killers, but they prohibit law-abiding citizens working at community centers in Binghamton, N.Y., from being armed to defend themselves from disturbed, crack-addicted America-haters like Jiverly Wong.
It’s something in liberals’ DNA: They think they can pass a law eliminating guns and nuclear weapons, but teenagers having sex is completely beyond our control.
The demand for more gun control in response to any crime involving a gun is exactly like Obama’s response to North Korea’s openly belligerent act of launching a long-range missile this week: Obama leapt to action by calling for worldwide nuclear disarmament.
If the SAT test were used to determine how stupid a liberal is, one question would be: “The best defense against lawless rogues who possess _______ is for law-abiding individuals to surrender their own _______________.”
Correct answer: Guns. We would also have accepted nuclear weapons.
Obama explained that “the United States has a moral responsibility” to lead disarmament efforts because America is “the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon.”
So don’t go feeling all morally superior to a country whose business model consists of exporting heroin, nuclear bombs and counterfeit U.S. dollars, and of importing Swedish prostitutes, you yahoo Americans with your little flag lapel pins.
On the other hand, the Japanese haven’t acted up much in the last, say, 64 years …
Fortunately, our sailors didn’t wait around for Obama to save them when Somali pirates boarded their ship this week. Stop right now or I’ll ask the U.N. to remind the “international community” that “the U.S. is not at war with Somali pirates.”
Gun-toting Americans are clearly more self-sufficient than the sissy Europeans. This is great news for everyone except Barney Frank, who’s always secretly wondered what it would be like to be taken by a Somali pirate.
Police — whom I gather liberals intend to continue having guns — and intrepid U.N. resolution drafters can’t be everywhere, all the time.
If a single civilian in that Binghamton community center had been armed, instead of 14 dead, there might have only been one or two — including the shooter. In the end, the cops didn’t stop Wong. His killing spree ended only when he decided to stop, and he killed himself.
“The shooter will eventually run out of ammo” strategy may not be the best one for stopping deranged multiple murderers.
But it’s highly unlikely that any community center in the entire state would be safe from a disturbed former crack-addict like Wong because New York’s restrictive gun laws require a citizen to prove he has a need for a gun to obtain a concealed carry permit.
Instead of having Planned Parenthood distribute condoms in schools, they ought get the NRA to pass out revolvers. It would save more lives.
Copyright © 2009 Salem Web Network. All Rights Reserved.
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Communist California LEO arrested this guy for transporting an assault weapon he had paperwork for…
So this begs the question: If you legally own an assult style weapon, and you have the proper paperwork are you not allowed to move the weapon to use it?
Also if I have to hear in a “Post 9/11 world” one more time I am going to kick someones butt.
Man with guns at airport says he’s law-abidingSunday, January 11, 2009LOS ANGELES The man arrested at Los Angeles International Airport with a trunk full of guns and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition said Saturday that he is a law-abiding weapons enthusiast who had no idea he might be breaking the law.
A day after he was arrested for suspicion of felony transportation of an assault rifle, Phillip Dominguez said he’s confident he’ll be exonerated.
“I’m a law-abiding, taxpaying gun enthusiast. I have no felonies up until now,” Dominguez said.
Airport police saw it a little differently.
“In the post-Sept. 11 (2001) environment, it is well-known by weapon owners that airports and weapons simply do not mix,” said Los Angeles Airport Police Chief George Centeno.
“He just made a very bad decision, and should not have been carrying those weapons,” airport police Sgt. Jim Holcomb said on Friday. A call to an airport police spokesman seeking further comment Saturday was not immediately returned.
Dominguez, 47, of Orange, said he went to the Los Angeles airport to pick up a friend from Baltimore on Friday. They intended to go target shooting at an outdoor range in San Bernardino County.
As Dominguez entered the airport’s ring road, his truck was pulled over for inspection. Dominguez says he knew police would want to look inside the locked cover of the truck bed so he got out, opened it and declared that he had firearms there.
Dominguez said he had 16 pistols, including an 1858 black-powder Army revolver. He also had five rifles one of them an assault rifle and nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
Dominguez said he didn’t think he was breaking any laws since all the weapons and ammunition were in separate, locked boxes. At least half a dozen times since Thanksgiving, Dominguez said he made similar stops at the airport carrying his guns and never saw a police checkpoint.
He showed officials the paperwork proving the assault rifle was registered and gave them the keys and combinations of all the lockboxes, he said.
Dominguez said he was handcuffed, taken to a jail, and held for six hours before he was booked. He was released after his family posted $50,000 bail. But his guns and his truck were confiscated.
He faces a Feb. 6 arraignment.
Dominguez, who owns a construction company - as well as about 80 guns – says he doesn’t blame airport authorities for stopping his truck for inspection. But he believes security should be looking for ex-felons and bank robbers. And he intends to fight.
“I’m contacting their worst nightmare - an attorney,” he said.
Dominguez’ laywer, Bruce Colodny, said it’s true that carrying weapons at airports is a sensitive subject but “there’s nothing sinister about this. Despite the fact they’re controversial, assault weapons continue to be lawfully possessed.”
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Just when you thought you tried all the shooting sports, one more has emerged. The Zootshooters:
This sport looks a lot like Cowboy Action Shooting, with different costumes.
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I never thougth to much of David Spade until now…. Kudos to you David for not being an anti-gun weenie.
From the The Arizona Republic
Actor’s $100K donation to benefit Phoenix officers
Gift expected to buy 50 semi-automatic rifles for Phoenix officers
by Michael Ferraresi – Dec. 23, 2008 12:00 AM
An unexpected donation from actor David Spade is expected to provide Phoenix police with enough money to buy an additional 50 semi-automatic rifles for patrol officers in 2009.
The $100,000 gift announced Monday means as many as 300 officers could soon be armed with Bushmaster AR-15s, even in light of recent debates between police and union officials about the availability of the high-powered weapons during the city’s ongoing budget strife.
Advocates said the need to arm more patrol officers with rifles has only grown since union officials proposed in 2006 that officers should be allowed to buy their rifles if the city is unable to provide them. Police leaders met recently on the issue but have yet to expand the self-purchase policy beyond handguns and shotguns. Spade, a Scottsdale Saguaro High School graduate, provided the money to a non-profit police foundation after seeing a jarring television news report about gun violence. Police leaders said Spade told them he was inspired to help keep the community safe.
The comic-turned-movie star provided the check to Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris early Monday but did not appear at the press conference. The Phoenix Police Foundation expects to use the $100,000 on rifles.
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The folks from ammunition accountability are at it again this year. Although this piece of legislation keeps dying every time it is proposed, they are trying again. There tag line of saving lives one bullet at a time is comical at best. The system has many conceptual problems, including increasing the manufacturing cost of ammunition, as well as local, state and federal agency administrative cost. The thought that one could track a criminal through a registered bullet is a little far fetched.
What makes one think if criminals steal guns, and deface serial numbers on guns, they will not do the same for ammunition?
From WND:
Group asks states to track citizens’ ammo
Organization claims it is ’saving lives 1 bullet at a time’
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2008 WorldNetDailyLegislation to trace ammunition is pending in several states, and many gun owners are concerned that it is just another attempt by anti-gun groups to violate citizens’ Second Amendment rights.An organization known as Ammunition Accountability is pushing to make coding technology mandatory across the nation. Its website claims it is a group of “gun crime victims, industry representatives, law enforcement, public officials, public policy experts, and more” who are “saving lives one bullet at a time.”
If states pass the legislation, manufacturers will be required to laser etch a serial number into the back of each bullet and the inside of cartridge casings, a patented process developed by Seattle, Wash., resident Russ Ford and his business partners, Steve Mace and John Knickerbocker.
According to Seattle Weekly, the men couldn’t find an ammunition manufacturer to agree to stamp bullets, so they hired a lobbyist to push for state legislation to require the laser coding. They launched the Ammunition Accountability website and successfully introduced bills in the following 18 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington.
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I bet old Abe is rolling in his grave this morning as once again corruption has struck the Land of Lincoln. It is hard to believe honest Abe is still associated with Illinois as the shameful art of corruption is afoot. A lot has changed since the 1850s, maybe the state should change it’s motto to the “Land of Stinkin’.”
From Fox News:
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested at his North Side home Tuesday morning. His chief of staff John Harris was taken into federal custody as well.
The criminal complaint by the FBI agents said the two had been arrested on federal corruption charges. Each were arrested on two charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery.
Blagojevich and Harris will have an initial appearance in U.S. District Court Tuesday.
The arrest is the latest step in a three-year probe of “pay-to-play politics” in the governor’s administration. A statement by U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Blagojevich and Harris “allegedly conspired to sell U.S. Senate appointment, engaged in pay-to-play schemes and threatened to withhold state assistance to Tribune Company for Wrigley Field to induce purge of newspaper editorial writers.”
Federal authorities were permitted by a judge to record the governor secretly before the November election after raising concerns that a replacement for President-elect Barack Obama would be tainted.
Fitzgerald’s office said the 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was taped conspiring to sell or trade Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife.
With two governors in a row (Ryan and Blagojevich) arrested and charged with fraud, conspiracy and abuse of power; and the history of Illinois politics and corruption. The fundamental question is: ”How are we supposed to trust anyone from the Illinois political machine?”
Obama keeps saying “trust me.”
I say, “Yes, Obama I trust you…are a corrupt piece of fly crap, from a corrupt power base in Illinois.”
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This video was posted by the NSSF a few months ago, but is great information for the general public. This video explains the differences between Assault Weapons, Assault Rifles, Machine Guns, Semi Automatics, and so forth. It is very well done, from a respected source.
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Most of the news media is buzzing about the closing of Gitmo and the progress of the court cases of the alleged hijackers from September 11, 2001. ABC had these observations (the red quote by KSM is the most interesting):
With victims’ family members in attendance, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks asked to postpone an earlier offer to plead guilty to murder charges and voiced concern that he might not be sentenced to death if he and his co-defendants plead guilty.
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“Are you saying if we plead guilty we will not be permitted under the law to be sentenced to death?” he asked Army Col. Stephen Henley, the judge presiding over the pretrial hearing in the war-crimes case at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, also known as KSM, is facing charges of murdering 2,973 people. He has admitted to developing the plot to fly airplanes into buildings and allegedly insisted the planes hit buildings, even when Osama bin Laden purportedly said hijacking them and crashing them in the ground would be enough.
Only in America do you get to plead guilty and have a lesser sentence. I guess Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was thinking he was in his home country where you can be executed for just about anything.
KSM will have to wait a few more years before he is martyred as he wishes. When he does eventually die he will appear before the [one and only] Almighty God (יהוה), where l am sure lesser sentences will not apply.
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While looking for Christmas gifts, I ran across this t-shirt (http://www.shopmetrospy.com/cNcgraphics).
I may have to buy a couple of these for my friends:
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This is great news for all of us who enjoy the outdoors.
U.S. Department of the Interior – Office of the Secretary – www.doi.gov – News Release
Date: December 5, 2008
Contact: Chris Paolino
202-208-6416WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Lyle Laverty today announced that the Department of the Interior has finalized updated regulations governing the possession of firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. The final rule, which updates existing regulations, would allow an individual to carry a concealed weapon in national parks and wildlife refuges if, and only if, the individual is authorized to carry a concealed weapon under state law in the state in which the national park or refuge is located. The update has been submitted to the Federal Register for publication and is available to the public on www.doi.gov.
Existing regulations regarding the carrying of firearms remain otherwise unchanged, particularly limitations on poaching and target practice and prohibitions on carrying firearms in federal buildings.
“America was founded on the idea that the federal and state governments work together to serve the public and preserve our natural resources,” Laverty said. “The Department’s final regulation respects this tradition by allowing individuals to carry concealed firearms in federal park units and refuges to the extent that they could lawfully do so under state law. This is the same basic approach adopted by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Forest Service (USFS), both of which allow visitors to carry weapons consistent with applicable federal and state laws.”
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From Fox News:
O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping in a failed attempt to recover sports memorabilia from two collectibles dealers.
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There will be the possibility of parole after six years, Judge Jackie Glass said.His co-defendant Clarence “C.J.” Stewart received the same sentence.
Before the judge handed down his sentence, Simpson apologized to her and the Las Vegas court after learning he won’t be able to be freed on bail if he appeals.
Simpson appeared at the hearing in a blue prison jumpsuit, shackles and handcuffs.
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This is just too strange for words…I wonder if BATFE considers this an appropriate use of a bayonet lug.
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The NSSF has put together a great fact sheet on Assault Weapons. The fact sheet debunks many of the liberal myths that have been floating around since the 1990s.
Attention liberals…find a friend that can read this to you. You may learn something.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON SO-CALLED ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’
What has erroneously been termed an “assault weapon” is a semi-automatic firearm that fires just one bullet with each pull of the trigger (versus a fully automatic firearm — machine gun -
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- which continues to shoot until the trigger is released). Specifically, legislation has incorrectly defined an “assault weapon” as a semi-automatic firearm that can accept a detachable magazine and has two or more of the following cosmetic features (it is these cosmetic features that distinguish the firearm from other “non-assault weapons.”):
• A folding or telescoping stock
• A pistol grip
• A bayonet mount
• A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one
• A grenade launcherNone of these features figure into the criminal misuse of firearms, regardless of their appearance.
SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION
There is a tremendous amount of misinformation surrounding the issue of so-called “assault weapons.” Below are several of the more misleading allegations related to these firearms followed by corresponding statements of fact:
Claim: A commercially-sold “assault weapon” is a machine gun and has no place in civilian hands.
Fact: A so-called “assault weapon” is NOT a machine gun or automatic firearm. Automatic firearms were severely restricted from civilian ownership under the 1934 National Firearms Act. A so-called “assault weapon” is functionally no different than any other “legal” firearm. These guns fire in the same manner as any other semi-automatic firearm (one shot per trigger pull – no spray firing), they shoot the same ammunition as other guns of the same caliber and are no more powerful. What differentiates a so-called “assault weapon” from other guns is cosmetic; for example, the type of stock on the gun, which makes the conventionally operating firearm look more like a military firearm.
The gun-ban lobby understands that the confusion over what is and what is not an “assault weapon” only benefits them. Consider this statement from Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center:
“The public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons — anything that looks like a machine gun is presumed to be a machine gun — can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.”
Claim: Semi-automatic “assault weapons” are high-powered guns that are meant for war.
Fact: So-called “Assault weapons” are more often than not less powerful than other hunting rifles. The term “assault weapon” was conjured up by anti-gun legislators to scare voters into thinking these firearms are something out of a horror movie. These guns are used for many activities. In fact, the Colt AR-15 and Springfield M1A, both labeled “assault weapons,” are the rifles most often used for marksmanship competitions in the United States. And their cartridges are standard hunting calibers, useful for game up to and including deer.
Claim: The 1994 “assault weapons ban” helped to reduce violent crime.
Fact: A recent comprehensive study by the Centers for Disease Control — hardly a pro-gun entity — looked at the full panoply of gun control measures — including the “assault weapons ban” — and concluded that none could be proven to reduce crime. Homicide statistics demonstrate that the miniscule use of so-called “assault weapons” in crime (less than 1 percent) continued to decrease after the ten-year ban expired in 2004 and their manufacturing and sales resumed.
Another study, commissioned by Congress, found “the banned weapons and magazines were never used in more than a modest fraction of all gun murders.”
The report also noted that so-called “assault weapons” were “rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.”
Conclusion:
Crime control legislation should be based upon solid facts, not emotions, cosmetics or appearance. Semi-automatic firearms are now the most popular type of firearm in America and are used for a wide variety of legitimate sporting purposes, including hunting, small game control, target shooting and personal defense. They should not be banned.
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Reading Obama’s regurgitated tripe on gun control drives me nuts. His mission is to enact the Assault Weapons Ban permanently in an effort to “protect the children.” Citing that Assault Weapons belong on foreign battlefields not in our streets. I am certain Obama and the rest of the Liberal Democrats will not stop with one ban, but rather will try to ban CHL/CCW, ammunition and other items.
I wonder if the people in this picture wished they had not been subjected to gun registration and gun control. I can really see the Liberal logic in the concept of total gun control safeguarding the children. I am sure the mothers in this picture are not the least bit worried.
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Today is November 15 and on this day in 1777, the U.S. took a major step forward in organizing a democracy. The Articles of Confederation were published. Remember the freedoms you have…use them wisely.
The Articles of Confederation
Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.Article II, Articles of Confederation
On November 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. Submitted to the states for ratification two days later, the Articles of Confederation were accompanied by a letter from Congress urging that the document
…be candidly reviewed under a sense of the difficulty of combining in one general system the various sentiments and interests of a continent divided into so many sovereign and independent communities, under a conviction of the absolute necessity of uniting all our councils and all our strength, to maintain and defend our common liberties…
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“I did not think I would live long enough to see the day…” Many are saying this about the election of Obama as the first quasi-black (Nigerian, Hawaiian, Indonesian, whatever) POTUS. However, I am saying it about recent actions by the NY Judicial system. I was amazed this week when I heard the NY Courts recognized the rights granted to individuals under the Heller decision, and gave back a firearms permit to one of NY States citizens. In Colaiacovo v. Dormer the State of New York had revoked a mans firearms permit and CHL/CCW permit because his distraught wife had committed suicide. While it was gravely unfortunate that the mans wife had taken her own life, the pain was exacerbated by the State of New York in revoking the mans right to defend his home and workplace by stripping him of his gun rights.
This last week the New York Supreme court handed down the decision (citing Heller) that the State of New York can NOT strip a man of his right to defend himself and his home using firearms. This is a big blow to New York State, and is a “Smack Down” which is long overdue. Hopefully the breakthroughs provided by Heller will continue to spread.
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Hell must have truly frozen over: the Star Telegram [AKA the Startle Gram] ran a positive story on firearms. It is great to hear this gentleman finally got a family heirloom back in his possession.
This story is a good reminder for all of us to keep an updated list of our firearms and their serial numbers.
Mystery solved: Woman on WWII vet’s gun ID’d
Posted on Sat, Aug. 30, 2008
Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler spent much of early Friday morning on the phone, talking to people about the Case of the Dark-Haired Beauty on the .45 Pistol.But none of the callers could answer Fowler’s questions about the seized weapon — who was the woman in the photos beneath the pistol’s custom plexiglass grips and who was the gun’s owner?Then, about mid-morning, an emotional Jim Morris called from his home in Stephenville with a story about a Nebraska girl who met a young officer from Texas and sent him off to fight the Germans.
Within a few hours, the case was solved.
“I have no doubt it’s his pistol,” Fowler said. “It’s a great ending to a mystery.”
Morris, 62, can hardly believe that he opened his morning Star-Telegram and saw his father’s service weapon and his mother’s picture, in the hands of the Parker County sheriff. He had all but given up hope he would see it again.
“Nothing in this world that I owned had more sentimental value to me,” he said. “That gun meant the world to me. It means the world to me. I was in tears when I read that article.”
Last October, someone stole three guns from Morris’ house, including his father’s .45-caliber Army pistol. He filed a police report with Stephenville but did not have the serial numbers.
Two months later, sheriff’s deputies in Parker County seized the weapon while executing a search warrant at a house near Azle. But because the serial number wasn’t in a crime database, they didn’t know to whom it belonged. They put it in a property room, where Fowler — a history buff — found it this month and renewed a search for the rightful owner.
Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, James L. Morris — born in Palestine, reared in Maypearl — dropped out of the Texas Tech University engineering program and enlisted in the Army. The Army sent him to officer candidate school in Virginia.
There he met Velma Cashatt, a girl from Harrison, Neb., who had gone to Washington, D.C., to work for the government during the war.
They married before he shipped out with the 82nd Engineer Combat Battalion, which landed at Omaha Beach two weeks after D-Day. Morris served as the battalion’s executive officer and later its commanding officer as the unit fought through France and Germany in 1944 and ’45, including the Battle of the Bulge.
“He got to see a lot of the horrors of that time,” his son said.
The custom, plexiglass hand grips came from the windshield of a crashed German bomber.
“His men took that windshield out and made those grips for his weapon,” Jim Morris said. “They really admired him.”
His father died last September at the age of 89. His mother died in 2005.
About 10 years before his father died, Jim Morris, a retired Navy chief petty officer, asked him for the gun. After losing it for nine months, he plans to drive to Weatherford on Tuesday to retrieve it and thank Fowler.
“I never thought I would see it again,” he said. “My son will get it when I pass away.”
Fowler, for his part, isn’t quite done with the case.
“I expect I’ll be filing charges of possession of stolen property on the guy who had it,” he said.
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Sheesh… I wonder what would have happened if the poor guy in this story was transporting the firearms in question as gifts for friends and relatives. I never knew that checking into a hotel with your firearms, which I personally would not leave in the rental car, would get you arrested. As the story plays out I will have to watch and see if the guy was a crazy person or just an average Joe who became a victim of circumstance. My bet is it was the latter.
Man arrested carrying weapons at Pelosi hotel
By P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press
Article Launched: 08/24/2008 12:47:18 PM PDT
DENVER—A Wyoming man remained jailed Sunday after trying to check into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s downtown Denver hotel while carrying two hunting rifles and two pistols.
Pelosi was briefly evacuated from the hotel on Saturday when 29-year-old Joseph Calanchini of Pinedale, Wyo., tried check in to the hotel, authorities said.
Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said Calanchini faces a charge of unlawful carrying of a weapon after police officers at the Sheraton hotel noticed him carrying a rifle-type case while checking in. Wiley said he didn’t know if the weapons were loaded.
Pelosi and other guests were briefly evacuated from the hotel but were never in danger, Pelosi spokesman Brendan Daly said.
“The speaker was never in any danger and she appreciates the quick and professional response of the police,” Daly said.
Calanchini remained at Denver City Jail on Sunday on $10,000 bond, said Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Steckman. Calanchini did not have a concealed weapons permit, said Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Authorities said Calanchini was in town on business and had had the weapons worked on, including the mounting of site scopes, to prepare for an upcoming hunting trip.
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While I can appreciate the need to investigate crimes, and have the utmost respect for law enforcement officers; I cannot agree with the tactics employed by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in their investigation of a shooting in Weleetka, OK.
Excerpt from Tulsa World article:
The OSBI agents knew the caliber of the guns used in the killings, so they merely checked with area gun dealers and pawnshops to determine who had bought or recently pawned .40-caliber Glocks.
That prompted concern Tuesday among many in the public, who noted that Oklahoma does not have a gun-registry law nor a central database of gun owners.
Tom Harris, an agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Tulsa, confirmed that.
According to Harris, most states, including Oklahoma, and the federal government do not have lists of registered gun owners.
He said the only way to get a listing of gun owners is by canvassing gun dealers or pawnshops individually to find out who bought weapons — as the OSBI did.
Harris said gun dealers — “federal firearms licensees” — have to fill out ATF form 4473 whenever a weapon is purchased. The form lists the buyer, the address and other pertinent information.
They also have to contact the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to determine whether the prospective buyer can legally purchase a weapon.
Harris said the 4473 forms stay with the gun dealers and are not submitted to any government agency. They are, however, available to law enforcement.
If a gun dealer goes out of business, the 4473 forms are stored in an ATF warehouse, he said.
Thus OSBI developed a Pseudo list of gun owners in the area with a particular make and model of pistol. These owners were then contacted and asked to volunteer their weapons for testing by OSBI. These tactics, while they may have been the only option for the OSBI, skirt on the edge of Oklahoma laws and individuals rights. In particular laws that prevent Oklahoma from maintaining a list of registered gun owners etc.
Individuals who either ignored or did not comply with the original request are now reprieving letters requesting compliance. The OSBI, should take note that individuals may ignore these requests based on the 5th amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Hopefully this crime will be solved by OSBI without further trampling of individual gun owners rights.
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- Heller Kitty Rifle
I decided to investigate this confusion and came to the found the following:
The EXPIRED (1994-Sept 2004 enforcement period) assault weapons ban (officially know as, Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994) had the following restrictions:
The Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 specifically prohibited manufacture and sale of:
- Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models)
- Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil
- Beretta Ar70 (SC-70)
- Colt AR-15
- Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC
- SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12
- Steyr AUG
- INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22
- revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12
In addition, the bill banned any semi-automatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and that also has at least two of the following characteristics:
- a folding or telescoping stock
- a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon
- a bayonet mount
- a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor
- a grenade launcher;
The bill banned any semi-automatic pistol that can accept a detachable magazine that also has at least two of the following characteristics:
- an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip
- a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer
- a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the
- nontrigger hand without being burned
- a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol is unloaded;
- a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm
- Finally, the bill banned any semi-automatic shotgun has at least two of the following characteristics:
- a folding or telescoping stock
- a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon
- a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds
- an ability to accept a detachable magazine
It should be noted although the Federal ban expired in September 2004, Certain states have maintained restrictions on “assault” type weapons.
Info from NRA (Pre-Heller):
“Assault weapons” are prohibited in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. Some local jurisdictions in Ohio also ban “assault weapons.” Hawaii prohibits “assault pistols.” California bans “assault weapons”, .50BMG caliber firearms, some .50 caliber ammunition and “unsafe handguns.” Illinois: Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park, Morton Grove, Winnetka, Wilmette, and Highland Park prohibit handguns; some cities prohibit other kinds of firearms. Maryland prohibits “assault pistols”; the sale or manufacture of any handgun manufactured after Jan. 1, 1985, that does not appear on the Handgun Roster; and the sale of any handgun manufactured after January 1, 2003 that is not equipped with an “integrated mechanical safety device.” Massachusetts: It is unlawful to sell, transfer or possess “any assault weapon or large capacity feeding device” [more than 10 rounds] that was not legally possessed on September 13, 1994 and the sale of handguns not on the Firearms Roster. The City of Boston has a separate “assault weapons” law. The District of Columbia prohibits new acquisition of handguns and any semi-automatic firearm capable of using a detachable ammunition magazine of more than 12 rounds capacity and any handgun not registered after February 5, 1977. Virginia prohibits “Street Sweeper” shotguns. (With respect to some of these laws and ordinances, individuals may retain prohibited firearms owned previously, with certain restrictions.) The sunset of the federal assault weapons ban does not affect the validity of state and local “assault weapons” bans.
The states and cities that maintained parts of the ban have caused this ban to live on. Thus the root of the pre-ban / post-ban confusion. Luckily this ban is only in certain geographic areas which have been anti-gun for some time. Perhaps with some more time and decisions out of the Supreme Court, we can get back to normal.
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Good to see another one of the Chicago suburbs give up on the futile gun bans. Hopefully if enough suburbs give up on gun bans then the leaders of the Communist Party of Illinois will give up their hold on Chicago.
Updated 7/29: Morton Grove repeals landmark gun ban
July 29, 2008
By Nick Katz nkatz@pioneerlocal.comMorton Grove trustees Monday threw out the village’s historic handgun ban.
But Trustee Georgianne Brunner, the only one to vote against the repeal, said she may be back with a proposal to require Morton Grove residents to register guns with the village.
The 5-1 vote repealing the 27-year-old ban on possession of handguns in the village came in a packed council chamber while news cameras clicked and a large number of reporters scribbled.
Unlike the usual village board meetings, Monday’s was covered by radio, television, daily newspaper and national wire service reporters as the village joined some other Chicago suburbs that have or plan to repeal similar bans.
Morton Grove gained national attention in 1981 when the handgun ban, the first in the nation, was approved during a series of contentious meetings that brought out both supporters and opponents of gun control.
The measure, challenged by local lawyer Victor Quilici, withstood a court challenge and was upheld by a U.S. Court of Appeals. The U.S. Supreme court declined to hear an appeal of that decision.
But in a June 26 ruling in a Washington D.C. case, District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, in a 5-4 vote, the right to have handguns at home for protection. It also said that regulations such as requiring that guns be disassembled or have trigger locks are unconstitutional.
The NRA-ILA Site Updates also chimed in on this subject
After court ruling, towns rush to repeal gun bans
In 1981, this quiet northern Chicago suburb made history by becoming the first municipality in the nation to ban the possession of handguns. Twenty-seven years later, Morton Grove has repealed its law, bowing to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that affirmed homeowners` right to keep guns for self-defense.
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Fox News is reporting Heller is back at it. Heller and two others filed a federal lawsuit against Washington DC for having overly restrictive gun regulations, now that the gun ban has been overturned.
Gun Ban Plaintiff Dick Heller Files New Lawsuit Against Washington, D.C.
Monday , July 28, 2008
WASHINGTON —AP
The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that overturned Washington’s 32-year-old handgun ban has filed a new federal lawsuit against the city.
In a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Dick Heller and two other plaintiffs allege that the city’s new gun regulations still violate rights guaranteed under the Constitution.
The lawsuit cites the District of Columbia’s unusual ban on firearms that carry more than 12 rounds of ammunition, which includes most semiautomatic handguns.
The suit also claims that the city’s regulations make it all but impossible for residents to keep a gun ready for immediate self defense in the home.
The Supreme Court struck down Washington’s handgun ban June 26. The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation July 15 in an effort to comply with the court’s ruling.
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This is Part III in a series, to read this series from the beginning see: Choosing a New Gun Part 1 and Choosing a New Gun Part 2
I acquired a couple of 40 S&W caliber handguns to try out. The first was a Springfield XD Sub Compact, the second was an H&K P2000 (standard size). Both of the guns had a good feel to them in grip and in balance.
First up was the Springfield XD 40 SC
I ran a target out the the 7 yard line and put a few test rounds through the gun. For a target I used an Alco Transitional Target I [TRS-I US Treasury Silhouette 14" x 20" Blue], for ammunition I used CCI Blazer Brass.
Observations
The Springfield XD had no mechanical issues, fed, fired and ejected every round on cue. The gun was very loud, most of this is due to the 3″ barrel, so be prepared for a rather loud report if you decide to shoot an XD compact.
The grip was a little short, but this was cured with the addition of a Pierce Grip.
First 9 rounds fired out of the gun put a 5″ group on the paper. (4″ group if you do not count the one flier round).
Results
I ran another hundred or so rounds through the gun to try out different drills, such as weaver, strong hand, and weak hand. Overall the Springfield XD performed well, with the exception of the loud report.
Next up was the H&K P2000 40
I ran a target out the the 10 yard line and put a few test rounds through the gun. For a target I used a USPSA cardboard target, for ammunition I used CCI Blazer Brass.
Observations
The HK P2000 had no mechanical issues, fed, fired and ejected every round on cue.
The grip felt a bit small in diameter, but this was cured by changing out the backstrap to the larger size.
First 12 rounds fired out of the gun put a 4″ group on the paper at 10 yds (removing the flier towards the bottom the group becomes a 3″ group).
Results
I ran another hundred or so rounds through the gun to try out different drills, such as weaver, strong hand, and weak hand. Overall the P2000 demonstrated good performance and accuracy.
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This week I was at the indoor range shooting and noticed a couple of other people who were there shooting wearing a particle mask (dust mask). This piqued my curiosity as I wondered why these people were wearing dust masks.
Shooting for Lead Poisoning Even with all the education about lead-based paint, lead poisoning is still found in children. One often unrecognized source of lead is indoor shooting ranges where the air can be contaminated with lead dust.
Inhaling air containing lead dust can result in high blood lead levels. The dust can also be brought home on clothes. This can cause secondary lead poisoning, particularly in young children. The highest blood lead levels the Baltimore City Health Department ever recorded were in an attendant who regularly swept up in an amusement park shooting gallery. (http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0816/is_n10_v9/ai_6885050)
The shooting-team coach was asymptomatic for lead exposure; in January 2002, he sought BLL testing from his health-care provider after reading about potential lead exposure at firing ranges. The BLL test result of 44 µg/dL was reported to EPHP in accordance with the Alaska lead surveillance system, which requires laboratories to report all BLLs >10 µg/dL. An epidemiologic investigation by EPHP revealed that the man was the chief range officer and shooting-team coach for firing range A, which was used primarily by adolescents. In February 2002, EPHP tested BLLs for all seven members of the shooting team, who were aged 15–17 years. The mean BLL was 24.3 µg/dL (range: 21.0–31.0 µg/dL). BLLs for 14 nonshooting family members were significantly (p<0.05) lower (mean: 3.5 µg/dL; range: 1.0–7.0 µg/dL) (Table). EPHP advised parents of the team members that their children should discontinue use of the firing range.
Range A, an indoor firing range, was used by the shooting team on school property in a multipurpose building that also housed a hockey rink. A utility fan located near the bullet backstop ventilated the range; no formal range maintenance protocol was observed. An environmental evaluation performed in May 2002 by an independent environmental and engineering consulting firm concluded that the range and its ventilation system were contaminated with lead dust. Three months after their initial testing, the four shooting-team members available for retesting all had lower BLLs; their levels declined from 29 to 16 µg/dL, 23 to 11 µg/dL, 22 to 16 µg/dL, and 21 to 14 µg/dL (retest mean: 14.3 µg/dL; range: 11–16 µg/dL) (Table). Range A was closed for 1 year, during which time the building was renovated, and a new ventilation system was installed.
This study indicates the problem is not so much in the shooting activities but rather in the ventilation system of the indoor range. I checked recently with the indoor range I normally shoot at, I was glad to find out that the range has a high quality negative pressure ventilation system. This evacuates the lead dust and other contaminants to reduce ingestion.
For those who are the belt and suspenders type, you may wish to wear a particle mask. Just make sure you use a mask that will be effective. Lead dust is not mitigated with a regular particle mask, a HEPA mask required to protect against lead dust.
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Respirator: If you are creating lead dust or fumes while working, you can breathe in the lead particles and get lead poisoning. A HEPA respirator prevents you from breathing in dust that may contain lead, but it will not stop fumes. This is not the same as the thin particle mask that many construction workers wear. The difference is that this has a HEPA filter that traps even the smallest lead particles and it should fit your face snugly with no gaps where air can get in around the mask. Some people cannot wear a respirator for medical reasons.
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This is Part II in a series, if you have not read Part I it can be found here Choosing a New Gun Part 1
Searching the Internet for information is a bit like getting on a telephone “party line” and asking for an opinion. I spent several hours researching the various calibers for a carry gun and finding a lot of opinion, conjecture, and supposition.
There were several interesting sights offering various bits of data, mixed with conjecture. One of the best quotes I found during the research was on The Box O’ Truth
People often say, “I think…”, “I suppose…”, “I bet…”, when discussing facts like penetration of ammunition.
There is only one way to know how much a certain round penetrates.
You must shoot it into a medium and see for a fact.
Results found: 9MM penetrates slightly more (one additional sheet of plywood) than 45ACP
I visited several other websites that had were of the same opinion (9mm fast, 45 slow). A few websites, however, proclaimed the 40 S&W as a good mix of the two.
After a couple more websites, with ballistics results, I started to understand Ayoob’s comments about ”Morgue Monsters and Jello Junkies.” There was a seeming endless, sometimes contradictory, stream of data available.
.40 S&W 155 grain Federal Hi-Shok JHP, 1/7/91:
Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity Bare Gelatin Clothed Gelatin Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion Glock 22 4.5″ 1167 fps 13.75″ 0.61″ 19.50″ 0.51″ .40 S&W 165 grain CCI/Speer Gold Dot JHP, 11/17/97:
Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity Bare Gelatin Clothed Gelatin Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion SIG P229 4″ 1076 fps 13.05″ 0.65″ 15.80″ 0.60″ .40 S&W 165 grain Federal Tactical HydraShok JHP, 2/27/97:
Test Gun Barrel Length Velocity Bare Gelatin Clothed Gelatin Penetration Expansion Penetration Expansion H&K USP 4″ 1007 fps 13.85″ 0.62″ 15.15″ 0.64″
After all of the reading and research, I decided it was time to get a 40 S&W caliber firearm and go to the range.
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A few weeks ago, I bought a new boom-stick (handgun) to use as my primary carry weapon. I spent a few weeks researching, and after careful consideration I decided on an H&K P2000 in 40 S&W caliber. Getting to that decision was a journey…
The choice in brand of firearm was fairly easy as I tend to be bias to H&K products, however, the choice in caliber was an issue. I had read about various calibers (9mm, 10mm, 40 S&W, 45ACP, 50AE, etc.) and their stopping power, accuracy, penetration rate, and other factors. I found there were studies to support nearly every type of ammunition for personal defense, with the exception of 22 short, 25 Auto, and a few other small calibers. The 40 S&W appeared to be a good fit as it had characteristics that were put it between the 9mm (for capacity) and the 45 ACP (for power).
I decided the best way to make final decisions decide was to rent or purchase a 40 S&W caliber handgun and try it out…
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There are many who think an armed citizen is a bad thing. There are an equal if not greater number of people who thing an armed citizen is a good thing. Browsing around the Internet I found an interesting perspective from a law enforcement officer.
Excerpt from Cowtown Cop
CCW permits from a law enforcement perspective
As a law enforcement professional I strongly support the right of a citizen to carry a firearm for protection of themselves and others. I believe that this is not only a right but a responsibility that should be taken very seriously. You are ultimately responsible for the safety of yourself and your family.
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Imagine the relief when the driver hands you a drivers license and a CCW permit. Those two things tell you a lot about a person. One, I can know for certain who this person is and two, this person has subjected themselves to a criminal background check and the State has said yes, we trust you with a concealed weapon. This is probably not a bad guy here.
