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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
3:32 pm [darkshadow316]	On Shotgun training. Just passing on information about my shotgun training.  Luckily we did not do it entirely with slug rounds so my shoulders really were not that sore.  I was however quite sore after being shot with a bean bag round.  That left a bruise for about a week. Still, good training. I was issued a shotgun but I have an old one from my Dad and brother who both have since passed on. It's in bad shape and probably needs some heavy duty work.  It's a Mossberg ( I think) and it's probably about 20 years old.  Can someone point me to a good site for reference on restoring old guns? Current Mood: curious (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
8:10 pm [sashok_privetov]	Cleanliness and bore brushes. The manliest exercise in the world that I can think of is cleaning one's firearms. A real test of willpower is not to curse after putting a patch through what you thought was a clean arm, right after a bore brush (8 Comments |Comment on this)
12:29 am [skreidle]	Fired for *Finding* a Gun on the Job Wayne County Worker Fired after Finding Gun on the Job | My Fox Detroit -- [John Chevilott found a gun, secured it, brought it back to the road yard in Westland, which is Wayne County property, before he turned it into police. That seems to be where the problem lies because right now in Wayne County there is not a policy describing what to do if an employee finds a gun on the job.] (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 7th, 2012
12:39 pm [darkshadow316]	I know this may be a silly question but... Hey Gang, I am taking three days of shotgun training for work this week. I have not fired a shotgun since academy years ago. The one thing I remember is the barrel gets very hot and it can really do a number on your shoulder. Any tips and tricks to minimize the wear on my shoulder? Current Mood: curious (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
1:33 am [skreidle]	KC, MO Police vs Legal OCers 16 Open Carriers vs Several Police Officers! | ChiangKCMO | YouTube -- [5/13/2011 Steak N Shake incident. They had the paddy wagon ready to go! This is the entire (uncut post recording) open carry Steak N Shake incident. KCOC and MOOC pushing for good LEO/OC relations.] Poor officers -- not only were they unable to coax any IDs out of any of the legal OCers, nor arrest anyone, nor convince the manager to kick them out (!), but the manager went so far as to tell the officers that they were the only ones causing a problem! :D Current Mood: amused (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
8:11 am [dracphelan]	Apparently New Mexico Wants to Cut Down On Tourism New Mexico has dropped 10 states from its list of concealed carry licenses they honor. Now, every state that borders New Mexico, except Oklahoma, they no longer honor their permits. This also means those states will most likely no longer honor New Mexico's permits. I was thinking about a trip to New Mexico this summer. Now, I will avoid the state like the plague. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
8:06 am [daddygod]	"Recently, the New Mexico Department of Public Safety announced an end to recognition of CHLs from, and reciprocity agreements with, a large number of states -- including Texas and other states, many that neighbor with New Mexico. This stems from a new and different interpretation by NM DPS of that state's reciprocity law, which requires other states' concealed carry statutes to be as stringent as, or substantially similar to, New Mexico law." New Mexico statute 29-19-12E requires that in order for a state to be recognized by NM, their provisions have to be “at least as stringent or substantially similar” to New Mexico. NMDPS has generally found six things that make a state substantially different from New Mexico, and therefore would disqualify that state from being recognized: Permits issued locally rather than by the state; No fingerprint-based background check; Permits issued to persons under 21 years of age; Permits issued to resident aliens; No classroom (static) training required; No live-fire (dynamic) training required. http://www.dps.nm.org/index.php/nm-concealed-carry/reciprocity-agreements/ (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 30th, 2012
11:58 pm [skreidle]	The Anti-Gunner and the Overly-Helpful Dog The anti-gunner and the overly-helpful dog | Lagniappe's Lair -- [I was asked recently if I'd recount a tale about a date I'd gone on with a seriously anti-gun girl. And it's true. I went out with one once. But to be fair, I didn't know that she had this mental illness at the time I asked her.] (4 Comments |Comment on this)
3:31 pm [r_frigg]	Remington 700 not consistent group My friend asked me to test his Remington 700.  Rifle done about 12000 rounds and he suspects that it is time to change a barrel, but as tight ass jew man with careful spending habit he just wanted to make sure that barrel is the issue. so he asked me to send few rounds down to 100 yard mark. ( please help  ) (33 Comments |Comment on this)
1:53 pm [hyperdyne]	Russia to destroy 4 million guns http://www.shotgunnews.com/2012/04/26/russia-to-destroy-4-million-guns/ Vorobiev says both fairly new and historic arms will be destroyed to preserve jobs at arms plants. (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 27th, 2012
2:30 am [nebris]	Woman in Jail for Shooting at Abusive Husband: Why Didn't Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to Her? http://www.alternet.org/rights/155173/woman_in_jail_for_shooting_at_abusive_husband%3A_why_didn%27t_stand_your_ground_laws_apply_to_her Nowadays the words "Stand Your Ground" have almost become synonymous with "no fair" and "unjust," due mostly to the non-arrest of George Zimmerman the night he shot Trayvon Martin and that law that protected him up until just last week. But the cases of John McNeil and now Marissa Alexander have highlighted the inconsistencies in the law's application. According to a blogsite pleading her case, in 2010, Alexander found herself in a violent confrontation with her husband. Her husband already had a history of abuse towards her and other women in the past, causing Alexander to place an injunction for protection against violence on him. On this day in particular Alexander says that her husband, unprovoked, assaulted her in the bathroom of her home. She managed to get out of his grasp and ran to her car in the garage to leave, but realized that she didn't have her keys. She was also unable to open the garage door to get out because of a mechanical malfunction. At this point, she was very fearful for her life, but knew that she had to at least get her cell phone to call for help. That's when she grabbed a gun, for which she had a concealed weapon permit. When she walked back into the kitchen area, she saw her husband again, who was supposed to be leaving through another door with his two sons (her stepsons). When he saw her, she says he screamed "bitch, I'll kill you" and charged at her. She then pointed her weapon at the ceiling, turned her head and shot in the air. That scared her husband off. But, he promptly called the police and told them that she shot the gun at him and his sons. She was taken to jail where she has been sitting ever since. Alexander has been trying to use Florida's Stand Your Ground laws to defend her actions, but to no avail. A judge ruled that Alexander was actually in the wrong, saying that she could have exited to safety through one of the other doors or windows in the house instead of crossing paths with her husband in the kitchen. "I am a law abiding citizen and I take great pride in my liberty, rights, and privileges as one," pleads Alexander on the blogsite telling her story. " I have vehemently proclaimed my innocence and my actions that day. The enigma I face since that fateful day I was charged through trial, does the law cover and apply to me too?" Tags: guns: the other pro-choice issue Current Mood: Militant (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
10:12 am [skreidle]	Stand, Move, or Seek Cover: An Analysis Stand, Move, or Seek Cover... What Works in a Gunfight | Guns, Guns, and More Gosh Darn Guns -- [Most people would agree that making yourself a moving target and seeking bullet-resistant cover could only help one's chances of winning a gunfight. Having an inquisitive mind, however, I've always wondered exactly how much of an advantage one could expect to gain over his opponent through the use of movement and cover.] (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
1:01 pm [arbat]	Bank Of America McMillan Group International, LLC: McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing, McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with Bank of America for 12 years. Today Mr. Ray Fox, Senior Vice President, Market Manager, Business Banking, Global Commercial Banking came to my office. He scheduled the meeting as an “account analysis” meeting in order to evaluate the two lines of credit we have with them. He spent 5 minutes talking about how McMillan has changed in the last 5 years and have become more of a firearms manufacturer than a supplier of accessories. At this point I interrupted him and asked “Can I possible save you some time so that you don’t waste your breath? What you are going to tell me is that because we are in the firearms manufacturing business you no longer what my business.” “That is correct” he says... (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
2:36 pm [fervid_dryfire]	Uzi (or any "SMG") as an "improved" handgun? The latest in Warrior Talk news strongly advocates the Uzi, specifically, as sort of an "enhanced," PDW, superior alternative to the handgun. It's an interesting bank of thoughts that got me thinking this isn't too bad of an idea...but let's be honest, using the term "SMG" is a little pretentious (and as at least one commentator noted, there's a HUGE difference between running an open-bolt Uzi vs. a closed-bolt one!), and they would've been better off saying "pistol-caliber carbine" or SBR, in the case of the Uzi featured in the article. Technical legalities notwithstanding, of course. If I were carrying a G17 (like the subject in the article apparently is), I think I'd rather be using a Kel-tec Sub2000 or one of the Mech-Tech CCUs; that way, you get the not-insignificant bonuses of mag compatibility AND- especially in the case of the Mech-Tech- a much better, cheaper way of attaching accessories (well above and beyond the Uzi). Oh yeah, and they cost a heckuva lot less than an Uzi right now (and that's even considering that you need an "extra" pistol frame for the Mech-Tech!). The advantages of the L-shaped mag clamp, as described, were also quite interesting. I don't like the idea of the used mag "poking back at me" after a reload, though. =P Thoughts? Current Mood: thoughtful (15 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
7:48 pm [skreidle]	Self Defense in the Home Food for thought, if your firearm(s) of choice isn't(aren't) handy when the shit happens to go down at home or elsewhere: The Elements of Protection- Self Defense In the Home | Home on the Range -- [Look around you. If you come face to face with a criminal in your home and you don't have a firearm within immediate reach, what would you use to defend yourself?] (2 Comments |Comment on this)
11:59 am [louiscipher]	Not right... but I want one!!!!! http://www.battlemug.com/Home_Page.html (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
9:05 pm [komotomo]	Excuse me, NRA? BITCHSLAP!!! In case you missed it, Ted Nugent just made one of his usual "insightful" comments. He said that if Obama is re-elected, he'll "either be dead or in jail." Why... the HELL... is this guy a spokesman for ANYTHING, let alone an organization dedicated to a civil right? Why the HELL is the NRA still handing him a microphone instead of throwing him out the door? Even before this last stroke of insane idiocy, he has been a horrible representation of gun owners. He makes us look like psychotic fair-weather murderers. I.E. he makes all the bull said in opposition to the Stand Your Ground laws seem quite feasible. The NRA seriously needs to drop him like the poison pill he is and put as much distance between it and him as they can manage. [crossposted to personal journal] (30 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
6:40 pm [hyperdyne]	Buy A Gun, Defend The Constitution A nicely written piece ...You’ll find that on the firing range you’ll meet like-minded people... and that you’re having a great time taking control of your destiny. http://www.onepagenews.com/2012/01/04/buy-a-gun/ (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
7:31 am [clifty_man]	Do-Gooders Bloomberg in the news again.  I approve the writer's philosophy about do-gooders. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/10/hurt-fire-and-brimstone-from-the-church-of-do-good/ (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, April 9th, 2012
12:27 pm [hyperdyne]	Google translation from Russian: exotic cartridge form factor 5.56h45 was developed in the mid-1960s by the infamous MB Associates, made ​​famous rocket gun Gyrojet product intended for use by these things the American Special Forces in Vietnam, for the temporary disposal silent guard dogs used by the troops of North Vietnam. Regular sleeve chuck 5.56h45 drilled from the bottom, and it vsavlyalas pocket pistol cartridge .25 ACP (6.35 Browning), with a small charge of gunpowder. Inserted in the front pocket adapter inside the channel had diametron 0.03 inch (0.76mm). This channel is charged by a needle-bullet (trade name javette), a diameter of 0.76mm and a length of about 3cm. The bullet-tip had a composite structure - a relatively heavy tungsten head part and a long light "pole" of a magnesium alloy that obsepechivalo aerodynamic stabilization of the non-rotating needle in flight "Pole" of the micro-dart was cross-threaded, so it kept paralyzing (soporific) agent. Fired from a gun at a speed of about 800 feet per second (240-250 m / s), such a micro-bullet is easily punched animal skin, without causing any significant pain, so that a guard dog just quietly fell asleep for a while, allowing the Special Forces pass it without causing any suspicion. origin: http://mpopenker.livejournal.com/1428519.html (7 Comments |Comment on this)