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Gun Meme of the Day: Afghanistan Edition
Just like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, the world may never know that the answer is Afghanistan. Cuz we left them there. Because reasons. Trump had a pretty good take on that.
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Disney Will Delete Hunting Scene Where Bambi’s Mother is Shot in its Upcoming Remake
By Matt Manda
The 1942 Disney children’s classic Bambi is getting a remake and chatter from Hollywood insiders suggests the reboot won’t include one particularly critical scene. Not surprisingly, producers are leaving out the scene when the titular young fawn’s mother is presumably killed by a hunter.
“Not to spoil the plot, but there’s a treatment of the mom dying that I think some kids, some parents these days are more sensitive about than they were in the past,” film writer and former director Linsey Beer told a movie news website.
Personal Defense Tip: Stay Frosty Out There, Especially Now
Just over a week ago, border state FFLs received a warning from ATF about criminals angling to acquire some heavy-duty firearms. This was, apparently, based on fresh intelligence that a unique, current, and active push among bad actors to acquire .50 caliber rifles and belt-feds was underway.
Then the attacks in Israel happened…and are escalating. Now we’re learning even more about how many “special interest aliens” from the Middle East have been illegally crossing our open southern border.
Armasight Announces New Pinnacle Premium Night Vision Kits
Earlier this year I spent some time in Utah shooting handguns and rifles in the dead of night at different distances using Armasight night vision gear. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. We used everything from their CO-Mini clip-on which works great in combination with a red dot, up to their new, not-yet-announced all-in-one night vision kits.
Armasight has finally dropped the veil on these and they’re calling them their Ultimate Night Vision Kit.
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Carter: Politicians’ Second Amendment Posturing in Campaign Commercials Is Insulting
JUST IN!
Launching my first ad today, “Lawman.”
SHARE today to help spread the word – Russell Coleman for Attorney General pic.twitter.com/oTlIsM0rAQ
— Russell Coleman (@RCforAG) October 6, 2023
In Malcolm Gladwell’s latest season of “Revisionist History,” a podcast, he focuses on Americans’ fascination with firearms and our pop culture obsession with iconic TV lawman Matt Dillon of “Gunsmoke,” a symbol of morality, law and order.
Gun Meme of the Day: Workout Included For Free Edition
This scenario has happened at this house many, many times LOL
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Gun Review: Wilson Combat NULA Model 20 Bolt Action Rifle
It was so light I thought Wilson Combat had sent me an empty soft case.
Unzipping the rifle case I realized what was inside, the newest addition to the Wilson Combat line, a precision .308 Winchester bolt action rifle weighing in at just 4lbs., 15oz. Wilson Combat has released the Wilson Combat NULA Model 20, and it’s everything I’d imagined it could be.
I’ve been hoping for this review ever since I read that Wilson Combat had purchased New Ultralight Arms (NULA) from its creator, Melvin Forbes, about a year ago.
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The 2023 Silencer Summit Was a Big Success
It all went down on August 8th, 9th, and 10th in Cheyenne, Wyoming at Thunder Beast Arms’ facilities. The 2023 Silencer Summit, the first of what will likely become an annual event (perhaps a traveling one), was effectively a silencer decibel measuring drag race. Suppressors from dozens of manufacturers — over 185 silencer/gun combos! — were tested with the best dB measuring equipment positioned in three metering locations and run by the sound testing experts at B&K.
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Riton’s New 3 TACTIX EED Enclosed Emitter Red Dot Sight
Nothing’s been hotter in the accessory market over the last couple of years than pistol red dots and as a subset of those, the hottest hotness has become enclosed emitter red dots. While they’re bigger and boxier than standard reflext sights, they keep dirt and the elements out of the works for more reliability in more conditions.
Riton Optics has just announced their new 3 TACTIX EED (enclosed emitter dot). We have one on the way for a full going over, but in the mean time, here’s their press release .
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Defensive Gun Use: Phoenix Man Shoots and Kills Home Invader Who Threatened His Family
Ricky Gomez began pounding on the door of a home in central Phoenix at about 11:00pm last Thursday night. He pounded long and hard enough that he broke a window in the door and then let himself in. That was a mistake.
As a next door neighbor notes, the area has a crime problem. From Fox10 . . .
“The light rail is right up there,” said [neighbor Roger] David.
Superintendent Who ‘Isn’t a Gun Person’ Has Trained Armed Response Teams in Two Ohio Districts
Before starting these armed response teams, what was your experience with firearms? Did that influence your feelings about the program?
I’m not even a gun person. When I first did this in 2013, the most I ever shot was a BB gun. I’m not a member of the NRA or anything like that. This all started with just sitting down with our sheriff and talking about the needs. We watched some film of some active shooter situations and I thought to myself, “My goodness gracious.
California Legislature Passes an Anti-Gun Bill That’s Too Extreme Even for Gavin Newsom
The left coast is where gun rights go to die — at least until they can be challenged and overturned in the courts — and California is its epicenter. It’s the Mordor of civilian disarmament.
It isn’t widely known, but the California capitol building doesn’t have a dome over it like most state capitols. Instead, it has a tower with an all-seeing eye that scan’s the landscape, tirelessly searching for new and more innovative ways to infringe on citizens’ Second Amendment rights.
Calling Forth the Militia: Armed Americans Need to Make Ready to Defend Themselves
By Lee Williams
The enemy is at the gate. One need only look at the Iranian-backed genocide in Israel to see what they have in store for this country if their plans succeed.
Clearly, Joe Biden helped get us into this dire situation.
Biden allowed millions of military-age males to enter this country illegally, including hundreds on the terror watch list. You could see them rallying yesterday in major cities across the United States, celebrating the terrorist atrocities in Israel.
The Israeli Terrorist Attack Should End the Gun Control Debate in the US…But It Won’t
This really should be the end of the gun control debate in the United States.
— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) October 8, 2023
Over the weekend, Georgetown Professor Law Professor Randy Barnett reacted to the reports of terrorist attacks and slaughter in Israel with the tweet above regarding the never-ending debate over gun control in America. After hundreds of defenseless citizens died and thousands were injured, Israel relaxed its regulations on civilian gun ownership.
Horse, Barn Door – Israel’s Minister of National Security Announces Relaxed Rules for Civilian Gun Ownership
In our post this morning, we predicted that following the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists across southern Israel this weekend, the government, which has kept a relatively tight hold on gun ownership by Israeli citizens, would relax that policy. Huddling in safe rooms, waiting for hours for help from police and the military while murderous Palestinians go house to house cutting down men, women, and children tends to drive home the benefits of an armed populace.
What Do You Do With an M60 Machine Gun? Vince Gilligan Finally Figured it Out
With all those moving parts, what cracked open the ending [to Breaking Bad]? And when did it become apparent that Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz would play a key role in the final two episodes?
The biggest single fear we had was what to do with that damn machine gun. At the beginning of the final run of 16 episodes, we had Walt buy a machine gun in the trunk of a Cadillac.
Gun Control Can’t Take the Place of a Healthy, Cohesive Civil Society…And It Never Will
Here’s a blistering hot take: gun control isn’t even close to a sufficient substitute for a healthy moral and civil society, and it never will be. Limiting individuals’ civil liberties erodes their rights for no defensible purpose or lasting societal gain.
People like to talk about Europe a lot for comparisons to the US where gun crime is concerned, but several European countries which are the most respectful of gun rights also have lower homicide rates than their far more restrictive neighbors.
Full California: City of Ojai Recognizes the ‘Personhood’ and Legal Rights of Elephants
The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) finally got their way. A local city council has voted 4-1 to adopt a resolution to declare that elephants aren’t just animals and instead deserve “the legal rights of a nonhuman animal.”
This has been a long-term effort by NhRP, one during which they’ve been smacked down by courts several times. They’ve been on the receiving end of irritated and annoyed judges who were forced to listen to their arguments.