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Fed Court Finds Search, Seizure Of Guns Ok Without Warrant Or Evidence Of Crime

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 13:13

A U.S. circuit court of appeals gave its blessing last week to the search of a gun enthusiast’s home, as well as the seizure of her weapons, while lacking both search warrant and evidence that she had committed a crime.

Read the rest of the article http://libertyunyielding.com/2014/05/21/fed-court-holds-search-seizure-guns-ok-without-warrant-evidence-crime/

Restaurant With ‘No Weapons, No Concealed Firearms’ Sign Robbed At Gunpoint

Thu, 05/22/2014 - 10:54

Short version: Because criminals — by definition — do not obey laws.

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Tune Up Your Gun Handling

Wed, 05/21/2014 - 13:47

Karl at USCCA has some great reminders. I’d be remiss to say that I never did any of these in my life.

https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/tune-up-your-gun-handling/

Killswitch Engage

Wed, 05/21/2014 - 10:54

Turns out that the smart gun maker Armatix GmbH has a patent for technology that could remotely disable one of their smart guns when a certain signal is sent from a satellite in orbit. Sorry, I don’t want to take the chance that someone could render my guns into funny shaped rocks. No thank you.

Hat tip: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/05/21/satellite-gun-kill-switch-patented/

Tracking Point XS1 1,123 Yard Shot

Tue, 05/20/2014 - 14:04

Feds Hit Online Gun Stores With “High Risk” Label

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 13:24

Some online guns stores say they are being targeted by the Obama administration. Federal regulators have classified those stores as “high risk” along with porn stores and head shops. Critics slam the move as an unfair way to put gun dealers out of business.

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How To Shoot A Pistol

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 13:21

Courtesy of Jerry Miculek

You’re The Problem

Fri, 05/16/2014 - 09:11

Public Safety Notice

Fri, 05/16/2014 - 00:17

Don’t be an idiot and try to dual wield shotguns. Otherwise, something like this (or worse) may happen to you.

Dual wielding shotguns

Live Firing

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 11:32

Bullet Proof Vests Don’t Always Work

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 11:23

Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said Blake Randall Wardell was hanging around with some other people in a garage at that location when he put on a bullet proof vest they had found.

Wardell asked the others in the garage to shoot him, and the shot from a small caliber weapon went above the Kevlar of the vest and into his heart, killing him, according to McCown.

The coroner’s office has ruled the shooting a homicide.

Read the rest of the article: http://freakoutnation.com/2014/05/14/south-carolina-man-puts-on-a-bullet-proof-vest-asks-friends-to-shoot-him-hes-dead/

I would have put a watermelon inside the vest to test it out rather than wearing it. You can always get another watermelon in the event that the vest fails, but you only get one life. A sad tragedy that could have been avoided.

Breaking: AAC Employees Offered Packages

Thu, 05/15/2014 - 11:19

Behind closed doors at the Advanced Armament Corporation facility in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Remington Outdoor Company told employees that AAC will be moving in February 2015. Our source inside AAC says all AAC employees were offered severance packages and told they could reapply for open positions at ROC’s new Huntsville, Alabama megafacility.

This is a breaking need story and will be updated with more details as they become available.

Source: http://blogs.militarytimes.com/gearscout/2014/05/15/aac-is-first-casualty-as-remington-begins-consolidation-aac/

How Quiet Are Suppressors?

Wed, 05/14/2014 - 10:36

Video Games

Wed, 05/14/2014 - 09:12

Start Here

Tue, 05/13/2014 - 08:59

NRA Freestyle and Mossberg are proud to present the first episode of NOIR–a talk show where host Colion Noir and co-host Amy Robbins dive into all things style, firearms pop culture and more.

Catch new episodes of NOIR every Sunday at 8 pm ET and again at 10 pm ET at http://www.nrafreestyle.tv/noir.

A Remarkable Thing

Mon, 05/12/2014 - 00:01

Brandon at Concealed Nation notes a remarkable thing that happened to him.

http://www.concealednation.org/2014/01/i-left-my-glock-27-loaded-for-3-years-straight-and-a-remarkable-thing-happened/

Basically my story too, except that instead of 3 years it has been 6.

World War 2! Tracing The History And Weapons Used

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 15:54

A Look back at some brief World War 2 history
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50 BMG vs 5,000 Sheets Of Paper

Fri, 05/09/2014 - 12:00

Japanese Man Arrested For Producing 3D-Printed Guns

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 13:39

Japanese authorities arrested a 27-year-old man Thursday for allegedly possessing 3D-printed handguns, some of which had the capability of firing and killing.

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May 2014 Gun & Gear Contests

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 12:40

At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, http://www.weapon-blog.com/gun-giveaway-contests/ has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for
the month.

Go forth and win… As always, feel free to share wherever you can.

If you are aware of any that I do not have on the list, please let me know by using the form located at http://www.weapon-blog.com/contest-notification/.

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