Archive for the ‘Guns’ Category
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
I don’t cover the gun scene nearly as much as I should, but there are several stories percolating throughout the gun community this week I thought were worth taking a look at:
In Virginia: More guns, less crime.
Want to read the gun-grabbers messaging playbook? Here it is. Additional commentary from Shall Not Be Questioned and The Gunmag.
This week in Astroturf liberal groups pretending they’re gun groups: The American Rifle and Pistol Association, The Sporting Rifle Association of America, and the American Hunters and Shooters Association.
Alphecca: “If Zimmerman had been pulled over in NY, NJ, MD, CA, or almost anywhere other than the great state of Texas, he’d be in jail on some trumped-up charges. Fortunately, it was Texas.”
Translating anti-gun gibberish into plain English. (Also via Alphecca.)
Maryland joins the parade of stupid (and unconstitutional) gun law states.
When a criminal assailant is beating your brains out, it’s no time to fret over being better armed. (Hat tip: Stuff from Hsoi.)
Borepatch covers a session on the Defense Distributed Liberator pistol at DEFCON.
Reporter talks to people firing AR-15s, forgets to write usual anti-gun claptrap. “It’s just a tool.”
Tags:AR-15, Astroturf, DEFCON, Defense Distributed, Democrats, George Zimmerman Trial, Guns, Marylnd, Texas, Virginia
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Sunday, August 4th, 2013
So Ace of Spades linked to this video of someone firing the .950 JDJ, the largest caliber center fire rifle ever made:
As someone with an irrational* desire to own something chambered in .50 BMG, it got me thinking: what other videos of people firing ridiculously large caliber guns are there out on the Internet?
I found some. (NSFW language in many of these.)
How about .577 Tyrannosaur?
.585 Nyati:
.600 Nitro Express pistol:
.600 Overkill:
20mm rifle:
And here’s the top loading version of the 20mm, in case you’re being attacked by multiple tanks at once:
And here’s the recoilless version of the 20mm rifle:
I think the technical word for that is “bazooka.”
And here’s the recreation of a one-mile kill shot with a Barrett M82A3 .50 BMG:
*Irrational in that the use case for such a gun starts to get into things like “Well, I’ve already killed several of the drug lord henchmen attacking my house, now I need to put a round through their engine block to keep the rest from escaping!”
Tags:.577 Tyrannosaur, .585 Nyati, .600 Nitro Express, .600 Overkill, .950 JDJ, 20mm, Barrett .50, Guns, video
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Monday, July 29th, 2013
The July grind is about to turn into the August grind. Enjoy the LinKSwarm while you can:
Mark Steyn on Detroit’s downfall.
America may not be Greece, but neither was Detroit.
Gun Owners are right to oppose all measures, because the goal of gun banners isn’t reducing crime, but the complete confiscation of all civilian firearms.
If Obama ever drew a crowd of 3 million people, the MSM would never stop proclaiming how awesome he is. But when the Pope does it? Meh.
When you shop at Costco, you’re buying ObamaCare.
Is it too much to ask that the director of the freaking 9/11 Museum not hate America?
I guess Anthony Weiner chose Carlos Danger as his sexing pseudonym because it sounds so much cooler than Prematuro Ejaculatoree.
Thanks to Slate, I now know that my twitter sexting pseudonym is “Pablo Kill”.
Maybe the MSM should stop doing fawning spreads on how elegant Huma Abedin is and start asking how she could earn $135,000 as a part-time government employee and still pull down $355,000 as a consultant.
That is, when she’s not playing footsie with Islamic radicals.
And now those Taiwanese animators on Anthony Weiner (possibly not safe for work):
Peaceful Treyvon protestors assault mother taking her 7-year old to the hospital.
A nifty neighborhood crime analysis tool for Austin. (Hat tip: Stuff From Hsoi.)
Given the chance to escape from unions, more than half of Wisconsin union members do just that.
Indonesia is banning bikinis for the Miss World contest. Well, Siberia isn’t having any of that foolishness.
Remembering World War II, Korean and Vietnam war vet and Congressional Medal of Honor winner Bud Day.
Tags:Anthony Weiner, Detroit, Guns, Huma Abedin, Jihad, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Obituary, Pope, Russia, unions, Wisconsin
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Friday, July 12th, 2013
Last night was the night when we, as Americans, set aside our political differences and came together to watch Sharknado. But time hurries on! Time for another Friday LinkSwarm:
50+ years of Democratic rule turn Detroit into a failed city.
David Stockman says the recovery is bunk.
Ted Cruz would make a formidable Presidential candidate.
Thomas Sowell: The Left refuse to grapple with the issue of Evil. “Disarmament means making decent, law-abiding people more vulnerable to evil people.”
ObamaCare mandate delayed. “It has become a trope among defenders of the law that its flaws are the fault of Republicans because they don’t want to fix them. They must have seen their own peculiar version of Schoolhouse Rock!: The first step in making a law is jamming a massive bill down the opposition’s throat. The second is whining that the opposition won’t fix problems inherent in the bill jammed down their throats.”
The FEC is another IRS scandal waiting to happen.
Speaking of the IRS, they’ve been told to audit Americans, but to give out fraudulent refunds to illegal aliens.
A week after he’s deposed, the Obama Administration suddenly realizes that Morsi is an undemocratic asshat.
Vladamir Putin’s thugs put on a showtrial for a guy three years in the grave.
Big Jolly notes that Texans overwhelmingly support Attorney General Greg Abbott on Voter ID.
Salt is no longer bad for you. Now, when do we get an apology from Nurse Bloomberg?
Tags:2016 Election, David Stockman, Democrats, Detroit, Egypt, FEC, Guns, LinkSwarm, Mohammed Morsi, ObamaCare, Sharknado, Ted Cruz, Thomas Sowell
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Friday, June 28th, 2013
It’s supposed to hit a 106° in Austin today. Sadly, not all of these links will help you keep your cool…
12 different IRS offices targeted conservatives.
Over 1,100 patients were starved to death at NHS hospitals in the UK. Funny, I don’t remember that being mentioned in the Olympic tribute to how awesome NHS is…
Marco Rubio aide: We need illegal alien amnesty because American workers suck.
Blue collar Americans having trouble finding jobs. I’m sure that has nothing to do with our ruling political elite’s decision to allow unlimited illegal immigration of unskilled workers…
Every Republican voting for amnesty better get ready for a primary challenge.
Obama camapign workers convicted of voter fraud in Indiana. This was for the 2008 Democratic primary, so it will likely be many years before see starting seeing convictions for the Obama campaign’s various 2012 voting fraud efforts…
Noam Chomsky attending the opening of Hezbollah’s “Death to Israel” theme park.
People told me that if I voted for Romney, the U.S. military would start blocking access to liberal news sources. And they were right!
The Atlantic says that Obama “succeeded” in Libya but is failing in Syria. If Benghazi was success, I’d hate to see what failure looks like.
And speaking of Benghazi, Libya just let one of the suspected attackers walk. Thank God we have Obama’s smart, sophisticated diplomacy in the Middle East…
Beer now unaffordable in Greece. And you thought they had riots before…
Second Colorado Democrat faces a recall election over gun control.
Magpul to give away 1,500 30-round magazines just two days before Colorado outlaws them.
By the way, there’s a Facebook page to show support for bringing Magpul to Texas. But most of the rumors I hear have them moving to Wyoming.
The Amarillo Globe-News has a message for gun manufacturers thinking of relocating to Texas: Come on down!
Texas executes its 500th murderer. Don’t mess with Texas. Or we will end you.
Speaking of ending you: Don’t try to commit armed robbery in a concealed carry state.
Nurse Bloomberg continues to underwrite anti-gun ads, shoot himself in the foot. (Hat tip: Alphecca.
In order to prove vegans aren’t a creepy cult, website seeks to out and harass lapsed vegans.
The Onion channels Jay Carney: “Well, Time To Go Out In Front Of A Bunch Of People And Lie To Them.”
The mystery of Lori Ruff, AKA Becky Sue Turner. No one know who she actually is…
Tags:amnesty, Benghazi, Border Controls, Colorado, Crime, Democrats, Euro, Foreign Policy, Greece, Guns, Hezbollah, Illegal Aliens, Indiana, IRS, Jihad, Lebanon, Libya, Magpul, Marco Rubio, Michael Bloomberg, NHS, Noam Chomsky, Obama Scandals, Republicans, Socialized Medicine, Syria, Texas, vegans, Voter Fraud
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Too much going on, so here’s a LinkSwarm to start your day:
Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others.
Snowden: Obama made all NSA abuses worse. Well, making things worse is Obama’s magic touch…
The NSA confirms it can listen to domestic phone calls without a court order. Or so Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) said a few days ago, but now he’s trying to walk his statement back.
Even Al Gore is shocked at the NSA’s sweeping domestic surveillance. Hey Al: That’s just what happens when you have no controlling legal authority.
Don’t tell the liberals, but conservatives actually won the Arizona voting rights case.
Erdogan cracks down in Turkey. (Hat tip: Claire Berlinski’s Twitter feed.)
Q: What do Democrats call illegal aliens who have beaten women and children? A: Evidently future Democratic voters, since they refuse to amend the Gang of 8 illegal alien amnesty bill to exclude them.
A rundown on Texas gun laws signed into law from the most recent session. (Previously.)
Democratic Rep. John Larson (D–Con) whines that it’s so very, very unfair that ObamaCare applies to congress. Hold on, Rep. Larson. When I can get some time on a scanning-tunneling microscope, I’ll see if I can find an appropriately sized violin.
Maureen Dowd slams Obama some more: “When the man who polled where to take his summer vacation and whether to tell the truth about his affair with Monica Lewinsky tells you you’re a captive of polls, you’d better listen up.” Bonus: Description of the NSA program as “No Call Left Behind.”
A new crime control initiative in Houston: arm the law-abiding. More on the Armed Citizen Project here.
Second Amendment activists gather twice the necessary number for signatures to force a recall election for Colorado Senate President John Morse.
Animal Rights activists get Obama Administration to end testing on chimps. So much for liberals being part of the “science-based community.”
SooperMexican makes brutal fun of the SNAP Challenge. (If you’ve never heard of the SNAP challenge, it’s another variant on the “Any time conservatives cut a dime of government funding, 10 million children starve!” argument.)
Scientists invent a robotic cat. Evidently it has the “massive indifference to your presence” and “not coming when you call it” parts of a cat’s personality down pat…
Tags:Al Gore, amnesty, Border Controls, Eric Snowden, Guns, Houston, Illegal Aliens, IRS, Jerrold Nadler, Jihad, Maureen Dowd, NSA, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, robots, SooperMexican, Supreme Court, Turkey
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
I know I’m a bit late to this party, since it was on Slashdot months ago, but people are evidently still freaking out over the Precision Guided Firearms Tracking Point rifle. That’s the rifle with the integrated fire control computer that automatically adjusts/delays the shot until it’s dead on target, radically reducing human error.
A writer friend fretted over someone using this to take a out a kindergarten.
Don’t. Spree killers simply don’t use $17,000, 20 pound rifles firing .338 Lapua.
This gun would be the exact opposite of a spree-killing gun, because it slows down the rate at which you fire to make a perfect on-target shot, the opposite of the spree killer’s MO. It’s also a distance weapon that’s too heavy and bulky to easily carry around. It’s a weapon for rich big game hunters and wealthy gadget freaks.
Spree killers aren’t into cool technogadgets, they’re mentally unstable losers looking to erase the shame of their own failures in a spectacular act of bloody criminal catharsis. (Plus a few completely insane, like the Tucson and Aurora shooters, whose motives are unfathomable.)
In that hypothetical kindergarten killing spree with the Tracking Point, our nutjob is only going to get 2 or 3 shots before his victims run screaming out of his scope range. He’d rack up a much higher body count by walking in with an AK or Mac-10.
Might this type of rifle be used for other types of crimes? Maybe high-end, long-distance hits and assassinations: One shot, one kill from a mile away. But the downside is that this is way too bulky and conspicuous to carry around for that purpose, and all the Tracking point guns seem to be chambered in exotic big game calibers, so legal owners of such a monster will probably come up on a list of possible perps pretty quickly.
About the last thing people need to worry about is potential spree killers with $17,000 burning a hole in their pocket. You’re more likely to be killed by a cow.
Tags:.338 Lapua, Guns, Tracking Point
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Dwight was kind enough to provide a quick rundown on a few pro-Second Amendment bills making their way through the Texas legislature. He also linked to the TSRAPAC site, which includes even more bill information. (I’ve also found Texas Firearms Freedom useful, and it includes a few more bills.) Since I’ve been meaning to do a rundown on these, and since I run a full-service blog, here’s an even more brief, high level summary of the state of various bills, with links to the text of the bills themselves:
Reduce CHL classes to 4 hours (HB 47/SB 864): Awaiting Governor Perry’s signature.
CHL BAC (HB 153): Would set allowable blood alcohol content for a CHL holder carrying at .08 (same as for DWI), up from the current “0.0”: Passed House, appears to be dead in the Senate.
Requires advanced notice from hotels that ban guns (HB 333): Awaiting Governor Perry’s signature.
Open carry for CHL holders (HB 700): Died in committee.
“Come and Take It” (HB 928): Preempts the federal government from using state officials in Texas to enforce unconstitutional firearms restrictions. Passed House, Democrats in Senate threatening to filibuster.
Campus Concealed Carry (HB 972): Passed House, passed out of Senate committee (SB 182), needs 21 votes to get Senate floor vote.
Clarification of display of firearm (SB 299): Technical bill, basically changes definition from “fails to conceal” to “displays.” Awaiting Governor Perry’s signature.
Limiting improper 30.06 signage (HB 508): Prevents cities from improper, unenforceable posting of PC 30.06 sign. Passed House, on the Senate calendar for May 20.
Ease in CHL fingerprinting requirements (HB 698): Let’s those living more than 25 miles away from a digital fingerprinting shop self-submit fingerprints. Passed House, on the Senate calendar for May 20. (According to TPPF‘s David Guenthner on Twitter, this has passed the Senate, so it’s awaiting Governor Perry’s signature as well.)
Prevent asking for a Social Security number on a CHL application (HB 1349): Passed House, passed Senate committee, pending vote in the Senate.
Sell rather than destroy confiscated firearms (HB 1421/SB 343): Awaiting Governor Perry’s signature.
Combine revolver/automatic CHLs (HB 3142): Currently, if you pass the CHL practical test with an automatic, you could carry either an automatic or a revolver, but if you passed with a revolver, you could only carry a revolver. This bill eliminates that distinction. Passed House, scheduled for May 20.
Eliminate “Gun Free Zones (HB3218): Died in the House.
I can’t find any online record for the stuff scheduled for May 20. I’ll let you know if I do.
Tags:CHL, Guns, handguns, Texas
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Friday, May 10th, 2013
For a shocking change of pace, the Friday LinkSwarm will be on Friday:
“How can we ‘gun people’ honestly be expected to come to the table with anti-gunners when anti-gunners are willfully stupid about guns, and openly hate, despise and ridicule those of us who own them?” Read the whole thing.
Sheila Jackson Lee wants a National Gun Registry.
The lovely qualities of Jihadi Facebook pages: “The further I crawled down the extremist rabbit hole and the more caved-in skulls and headless corpses I saw.”
Union politics helped create the Baltimore Booty House.
“The Euro cannot be destroyed by any craft that we here possess. It was made in the fires of Frankfurt. Only there can it be unmade.” What does it say when Sauron wants the ring, er, Euro destroyed as well? Though once again: Austerity hasn’t failed in Europe, it hasn’t been tried.
“It was one thing to do amnesty during the white hot Reagan economy of the mid to late 80s. It’s quite another to do it in the midst of the Obama depression.”
Harry Reid unwilling to bargain in raising the debt ceiling? I say fine and dandy. Just cut government spending across the board until the budget is balanced.
“Detroit in worse shape than previously thought.” I don’t see how that statement can be true for any story that doesn’t include the word “cannibalism.”
London mayor Boris Johnson thinks it would be a good thing for democracy if the UK were to just walk away from the EU.
Travis County Democratic District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg is out of the clink after serving half a 45 day sentence for DWI. A jury will evidently determine “whether her drunken driving was habitual or whether the recent arrest was the result of a one-time event.” Because lots of people without alcohol problems suddenly decide “Hey, I’m going to go cruising around town with an open bottle of vodka and a blood alcohol level of .239! That sounds like a great idea!” I might believe that…if Lehmberg was 21.
Ted Cruz 1, Obama 0:
Tags:amnesty, Boris Johnson, Budget, Crime, Detroit, Euro, Guns, Illegal Aliens, Obama, Rosemary Lehmberg, Sheila Jackson Lee, Ted Cruz, unions
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