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Gun Meme of the Day: Gun Vote Edition
Posting this one today as it’s related to this article from a couple hours ago. You gotta gun vote, y’all!
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Asked About Hurricane Ian Looters, Notes ‘You Loot, We Shoot’ Warnings
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis has his hands full with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. It pretty much trashed southwest Florida and damaged homes all the way across the central part of the state.
As business owners and residents begin the massive cleanup process, he’s stressing law and order. And when discussing those who would take advantage of the destruction, the Governor noted that property owners had written “You loot, we shoot” on the plywood used to board up their buildings.
Silencer Review: Dead Air Sierra-5 5.56 NATO Suppressor
Launched this spring at the NRA Show, Dead Air’s new Sierra-5 silencer is a compact, heavy-duty suppressor designed for hard use on .223/5.56 firearms. Available from Silencer Shop with either a KeyMo mount system or a Xeno mount system, I got my hands on one of each and ran them through their paces over the last couple months.
With a pinned and welded KeyMo flash hider already installed on the muzzle of my Radian Weapons Model 1, it was the perfect host to test out a Sierra-5.
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High Speed Gear Announces the New Better Inner Belt With Magnetic Buckle
From High Speed Gear . . .
High Speed Gear has announced the release of the Better Inner Belt, which provides the security of a traditional inner belt with the comfort and modern design of the Vigil EDC Belt.
Similar to the HSGI Vigil EDC, the Better Inner Belt comes with a low-profile magnetic buckle, that is designed to fit through most traditional belt loops. Available in both hook or loop with outward facing material; depending on the user’s preferred equipment.
CNN Surprised By What We All Know: New Firearm Owners Are Heavily Liberal, Female, and Minority
As we’ve covered fairly heavily since the start of COVID times, lockdowns, pandemic insecurity, escalating crime, and the handcuffing of police put an afterburner on first-time firearm purchases. The last couple years have shattered all previous records for gun sales, but the story behind the story is a tough pill for The Left to swallow.
The anti-gun side of the body politic has always pushed a narrative that all those hundreds of millions of firearms in the U.S.
Hunting Lessons Re-Learned in Africa
The shot looks great in the video.
A trio of Mountain Reedbuck rush up a steep hillside; the border of South Africa and Lesotho.
A man drops, oddly crouched with a rifle on the opposite side of the canyon.
“Last one, last one!,” a rushed whisper from the PH.
“I need a distance,” from the man with the rifle.
“200, 220, 230,” from the PH.
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SAF Sues to Block Connecticut’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
From the Second Amendment Foundation . . .
The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in federal district court, challenging the ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Connecticut, and asking for declaratory and injunctive relief.
SAF is joined by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and three private citizens, Eddie Grant, Jr., Jennifer Hamilton, and Michael Stiefel. Named as defendants are Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, plus James Rovella, commissioner of the state’s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; Chief State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin and several other officials.
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Gun Meme of the Day: House Husband Edition
No hate. If wifey’s career is better for whatever reason, I think hubby as the “house spouse” focused on raising the kids is better than both spouses working jobs and the kids at daycare or whatever, and better than the man working a worse job just cuz he’s the man. The meme’s still funny though, cuz Mr. Mom getting an allowance from his wife will always be a little funny. Sorry.
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The Gun Control Industry Demonization of Gun Makers’ Ads is an Intellectually Dishonest Witch Hunt
Gun control advocates are ready to start grabbing pitchforks and torches in their attempt to drive out firearm manufacturer advertisements. They say they fear that today’s advertising is running to a tipping point where they need to rally the villagers to chase the monster pieced together by mad gun advertisers out of town.
Today’s gun ads, they claim, are a horrific menagerie of “toxic masculinity,” fearmongering and anti-government militancy. Except none of that is true.
Gun Review: Arex Delta Gen.2 M 9mm Pistol
The world of 9mm polymer-framed striker-fired guns is vast and seemingly ever-growing. Every major company has some form of that pistol. Even small, relatively unknown companies known for their metal-framed, hammer-fired guns are making polymer frame striker-fired guns.
Arex is more or less known for its metal-framed SIG P226 style clones. Recently they moved into the crowded market of striker-fired 9mms known as the Arex Delta Gen.2 series. Today we are looking at the compact variant, the Delta Gen.2 M.
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VIDEO: Young Teens Show Off Their Illegal GLOCK Full-Auto Switches
The ATF has been fighting a losing battle against “GLOCK switches” for years now.
It started as yet another illegal import from the likes of Wish.com.
ATF agents were scurrying around trying to chase down buyers of the switches. Back in 2019, they had their hands more than full trying to find he buyers of at least 2900 of the switches.
But thanks to 3D printing, there’s less and less need to resort to Asia for illegal pistol conversion accessories when it’s cheap and easy to produce them right here.
Highland Park Victims, Families Sue Smith & Wesson For Making and Selling a Legal Firearm
Following the settlement reached between the Sandy Hook families and what remains of the old Remington, victims and families of high profile shootings — usually backed by gun control industry attorneys — now see what they think is a way to skirt the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. Their new tack is to claim “misleading advertising” somehow convinces would-be killers to buy their firearm and shoot innocent people with it.
Pelican’s New Extra-Long 1755 Air Long Case
If you own a Pelican case, you know why it’s pretty much the go-to choice for traveling with your guns and keeping them safe and sound when you do. They’re damn-near indestructible. Now they’ve added a new extra-long 55-inch case to carry your most lengthy rifles and shotguns with plenty of room to spare.
Here’s their press release . . .
Pelican Products, Inc., the global leader in rugged, mission-critical protective cases and coolers, launched the longest injection-molded case, the Pelican 1755 Air case.
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Alaska Bans Carrying Guns On Its Ferry Boats…Is That Constitutional?
Recently, I was looking at options for visiting Alaska. It’s a real bucket list item, and I’d like to take an epic trip from Key West to the North Slope in Alaska, from the southernmost point you can drive to in the U.S. to the northernmost point. But I’d like to do something a little more chill on the way back to the lower 48. I want to load my weird car on a ferry and take it easy for a few days on the way down to Seattle.
Jackpot: Texas Couple Find M-16s In Cases Sold As Military Surplus
When you buy government surplus from the military, it’s supposed to be double and triple-checked that nothing “inappropriate” is in the lot that’s being sold. However, for one couple in Texas who buys large quantities of military surplus for resale, they got quite a surprise in cases designed to transport M-16 rifles.
One of the crates — no doubt heavier than the others — contained 12 M-16s…of all things. Full-auto capable and ready to rock.
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 350 X-Frame Revolver
It didn’t take much imagination to come up with the name. Almost 20 years after Smith & Wesson introduced the X-Frame revolver and the .500 S&W Magnum to the world, Smith has taken a decidedly different turn with the X-tra large wheel gun.
For 2022, they made a middle-bore on the big frame. They call it the Model 350 and chambered it in .350 Legend.
I’m a huge fan of these huge guns and not just because JDub likes ’em thicc.
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Prosecutor in ‘Rust’ Movie Set Homicide Moving Towards Potential Criminal Charges for Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin has been looking down the barrel of potential criminal charges after he fired a fatal shot on the set of his film “Rust” last year in New Mexico. Baldwin initiated a negligent discharge that killed his Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film’s director Joel Souza.
Now, the local prosecutor, Mary Carmack-Altwies, has asked the state of New Mexico for special supplemental funding to prosecute “between one and four people,” apparently including Baldwin, over the homicide.
Kentucky School Shooter Who ‘Still Hears Voices’ Denied Parole, Will Serve Life Sentence
By Travis Loller, AP
A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will have to spend the rest of his life in prison without another opportunity to seek parole, the Kentucky Parole Board voted Monday.
Michael Carneal, now 39, told parole board members last week that he would live with his parents and continue his mental health treatment if they agreed to release him.