The Truth About Guns

“Próis Hunting & Field Apparel not only takes pride in putting an accent aigu over the letter “o” ‘not being one of the guys’, the company thrives on celebrating the most dedicated female hunters around the globe,” the company’s AmmoLand presser proclaims. “It’s why the company sent out a clarion call to the industry once again to seek out this year’s most die-hard female hunter – a gal who thoroughly exhibits determination, a passion for the hunt and involvement in conservation management and community. The competition was stiff, but there can only be one winner who will claim the coveted title and prize. This year’s Próis Award goes to Rachel Ahtila.” [Full press release after the jump.] I met the Canadia

I’ve been shooting for around 36 years, but I had never a seen a break-open three-barreled rifle and shotgun combo.  So when Chris Dumm and I stopped by the Merkel booth at SHOT Show, I thought I had stumbled cross something, um… ”new.” Calling Chris over, I said: “Check this out.” He comes over and says: ”Oh, cool, a drilling.” ”A what?!”, I responded with a confused look on my face. Chris says “It’s a drilling: a three barreled rifle shotgun combination.” Surprised that Chris would know anything about high-end European rifles, I asked: “How did you know that?” He responded “There was an article on TTAG a while back, for one thing. They have been making these things for over a 100 years in Europe.”  Hmmm. Ok, I’m feeling kinda stupid at this

As a math-challenged gun writer, I love me some info-graphics. That’s true even when the stats are provided by an anti-gun group like top-criminal-justice-schools.net, who couldn’t resist chiding pro-gun folk with a picture of a 1911 in their gun death stat info-graphic. And proclaiming that “U.S. gun deaths are off the chart” – at the top of their charts. Anyway, it seems clear that moving to a farm is the best way to decrease your odds of buying the farm via gun homicide. Saying that,

Medical marijuana is all the rage these days. States all across the US are proposing new laws either implementing a system for legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes, or making recreational use legal once again. But the state of Illinois has decided that they don’t want to let another opportunity to confiscate firearms from law abiding citizens go to waste, and have proposed in their new law that people who are prescribed medical marijuana must turn in their FOID card — and their guns . . .

An article appeared in the Chicago Tribune today entitled “Proposed medical marijuana rules: Your pot or your gun” and gleefully describes how the prop

“It was just a little accident. Dave is an excellent marksman. Apparently the Glocks don’t have the trigger safety that they should have.” Huh? Them’s fightin’ words, GLOCKnoids! That’s Connersville, Indiana mayor Leonard Urban trying to explain away his top cop’s negligent discharge that send a round through his own leg. But you gotta give it to Chief David Counceller. As usatoday.com reports, he’s not making any excuses. ”‘I need to pay more attention,’ Counceller said. ‘I know what the dangers are. It was pure carelessness on my part.’” There’s still a problem, though . . .

Actually there are two. The

“I’d gotten tired of carrying guns, a little bit. I don’t know how I ended up carrying so many guns, I really don’t. I hate the f**king things!” Irish actor Colin Farrell told Total Film magazine. “I think I’d gotten tired of doing some films that were thematically quite similar – that revenge and retribution played a prominent role in.” So it’s official: Hollywood’s hoi polloi (e.g. Miramax movie mogul Harvey Weinstein) are coming out against firearms ownership and swearing off movies that rely heavily on gunplay. Note: unlike Harvey . . .

Colin’s been here before. And admits his moral “weakness.” “I’ve been saying for about three years I thin

In which Billy declares himself and unflinching, unreasonable gun rights advocate. Step off, gun grabbers!

In the wake of pharmaceutical manufacturer embargoes and a botched execution attempt in Ohio, several state legislatures are considering bringing back the firing squad. Which way would you rather go? Or alternately (and let’s not get too gruesome here) how would you send murderers back to hell, the drip or the bullet? . . .

Several major pharmaceutical manufacturers have stopped selling the drugs which comprise an executioner’s deadly chemical cocktail to prisons. This has led state penal institutions to experiment with previously untested drug combinations to administer their lethal injections, and the results have been, in some cases, horrifying.

Dennis McGuire, shown above, gasped and convulsed for 25 minutes in an Ohio death chamber after receiving an experimental two-drug cocktail recently. His family has sued the state for ‘cruel and unusual punishment’, and other states are trying to avoid making Ohio’s mistake.

Wyoming and Missouri

So, the GLOCK 42 is a woman’s carry gun. And, we discover, a man’s carry gun too. But I’m wondering about GLOCK’s decision to show the pistol as the right choice for off-body carry. Regular readers will know I consider the perfect gun for off-body carry any gun that’s carried on-body. In other words, if you like your off-body carry you can keep your off-body carry. Period. But I don’t recommend it to anyone, ever. Not even if the bag has a holster compartment (:14). At :30 GLOCK gal emerges from her meeting into the proverbial dark parking garage. While she’s situationally aware, her right hand swings free and her left’s curled around the bag. Aside from the fact that she forgets to pause to scan the environment, I’d like Annie to get her gun in time to attack her attacker(s). At :36 GLOCK gal shows us why off-body carry sucks . . .

She’s engrossed in conversation with a friend. Her bag <

It probably had to happen, right? We don’t know if the scat-obsessed brain trust at tacticalshit.com cribbed their idea from Congressman Steve Stockman or not. Whatever the inspiration, they’re now selling gun oil under the Liberal Tears name. According to the site, guns have only two enemies; rust and liberals, and Liberal Tears protects against both. And all for just a Hamilton. Such a deal!   [h/t DrVino]

I met National Rifle Association Veep Wayne LaPierre at SHOT Show. We had a brief moment of togetherness between booths; just me Wayne, his bodyguard and his Executive Assistant. What’s he like? Let’s just say any similarity between Mr. LaPierre and a Disney Audio-Animatronic is strictly coincidental. Mr. LaPierre launched into a spiel that included something not unlike a fist pump accompanied by “We gotta win in 2014!” OK, then. To be fair, busy! Also, Wayne’s world is so big it makes aircraft carriers look like hydrofoil racers. So it’s no surprise, really, that it’s taken the NRA five days to respond to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s threat to “make them wish they weren’t alive.” Over at

“We’re not trying to take guns away from people. We’re trying to keep guns out of the wrong hands.” – VA Lt. Governor Ralph Northam, Little movement predicted on gun laws [at dailypress.com]

Last night, California legislators modified bill SB808. If enacted, it will force all gun owners to register any and all future or previously home-built firearms regardless of type. In other words, the Golden State is about to create a new class of criminal. What’s the bet the recently beneficiaries of $24m in state funding – the Armed & Prohibited Persons System (APPS) – will experience a little mission creep? Click here to read the amended text on the official website or make the jump for the relevant section . . .

CHAPTER 3. Assembly of Firearms

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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” or “assembling” a firearm means to fabricate or construct a firearm, or to fit together the compon

TTAG reader Jeff Anderson writes:

I’m a member of a gun rights organization called GeorgiaCarry.Org. I watched the social media site “Thunderclap” for several days this week. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ affiliate Georgia Gun Sense “group” started a page to “Tell Georgia lawmakers: more guns, in more places, makes us less safe.” Their goal: to get a hundred people to click “support” using a social media site. After seven days they came up 14 people short. Let that sink in. They were unable to get 100 people to click on “support” in a week. Let’s look at the GeorgiaGunSense Twitter feed panic in reverse chronological order . . .

“A BART police officer was fatally shot by a department colleague Tuesday afternoon during a probation check in the East Bay, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office,” kron4.com reports. “BART officer Tom Smith [now deceased] and several other officers had forced their way inside one of the units during a probation check when the shooting occurred. The subject of the search was on probation for crimes committed on BART property and was not at the residence at the time of the incident. Both officers were wearing bullet-proof vests, according to officials. Alameda County sheriff’s Sgt. J.D. Nelson said he assumes that the officers had their guns drawn as they entered the apartment but that the details of how or why the officer’s gun went off remain unclear.” Went off. Yeah. Sure.

Arapahoe County, Colorado sheriff’s investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who stole a bunch of ammo from a Centennial Walmart. In October. According to cops, the man forced open the locked ammo case, loaded a bunch of it into a shopping cart, and wheeled it out the door. He reportedly stole ~1000 rounds of .223, ~1000 rounds of 7.62, and ~100 rounds of .40 S&W. No word on why it took them three months to ask for help. . .

Your Lockdown of the Day™ is out of Kirkwood, Missouri where a reporter working on a story about school safety

This clip starts out discussing the Florida movie theater shooting by a retired LEO who hates texting. But scroll forward to about 2:15, because this is where CNN’s talking pie-hole (and disgraced former News Of The World editor) Piers Morgan starts to beat his civilian disarmament drum. When his hyperbolic questions fail to elicit a compliant response from Pasco County (FL) Sheriff Chris Nocco, Jolly Old Piers stops even pretending to interview him, and simply interviews himself for the rest of the clip.

I’ve really got to hand it to Piers Morgan. Not only has the disgraced former News Of The World editor dodged questions about his possible involvement in the UK phone hacking scandal (with all of the credibility of Barry Bonds’ steroid denials,) he’s also managed to find safe harbor in the United States, where it’s easier to avoid pesky searches and interrogations by the London Metropolitan Police.

Mo

Most people don’t use their rifle as a primary weapon but hope to get to it in time if the need arises. For those people who do use a rifle for primary defense, the ability to have it with you at all times is critical. I’m thinking of a farmer who may need to use their firearm against four-legged critters or gun owners preparing for the day when the s hits the f. Carrying a rifle all day is harder than it seems. The first time I was in a training class that required participants to carry the rifle the entire time – including breaks, reloading and lunch – proved how unwieldy it can be. The rifle swings around, hitting both objects and yourself. It’s physically uncomfortable, both in terms of weight and chafing. And paying constant attention to muzzle disciple can become tiring. By day three of my course, the inconvenience all but disappeared. If you want to be able to carry a rifle for long periods of time, there is simply no substitute for practice. For