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TTAG reader RA writes: “It’s unfortunate, but it is hard to stop a shooter when you have no weapon. From paragraph 9 of the CBS article: ‘Benoit Bringer, a journalist with Agence Premiere Ligne who saw the attack, told the iTele network he saw several masked men armed with machine guns. He said two officers arrived on bicycles, then — apparently unarmed — they left.'” It’s also worth noting that France has extremely stringent gun control laws.

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“This is how it usually works, though. Americans create technology much faster than lawmakers can regulate it. That can be a positive thing; in this case, however, it’s a dangerous one. As Cody Wilson said when he created the first 3D-printed gun, ‘I recognize that this tool might be used to harm people—It’s a gun.’ And guns are scary for that very specific reason, especially when they’re cheap and easy to make.” – Adam Clark Estes in 3D-Printed Guns Are Only Getting Better, and Scarier [at gizmodo.com]

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The current generation of bumpfire devices are nice, but they limit your options. You need to replace the stock and the grip on your rifle to get them to work, and if you have an AR-15 pistol then you’re just plain out of luck. One 18-year-old college student decided to try and fix that situation, and has come up with what he’s calling the “SlipGrip.” The idea is similar to the bumpfire stock, except the only thing that moves is the grip. Perfect for AR-15 pistols and those who don’t want to swap out the stock on their rifle. Easier to install, too. Will it ever actually come to market? Dunno, but we hope so.

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Brice McCunn of McCunn Specialty Firearms wants to remind us that there are Internet portals that continue to restrict our right to commerce in legal products. He writes:

Hi Guys,
Just wanted to send you this to reconfirm and show Facebook is obviously still antigun. We are opening a new gun shop and indoor shooting range next month in southwest Iowa. I wanted to pay to run a targeted ad for a few days on Facebook to let people know about our opening. This is what I got right away from Facebook.

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