Daily Archives: June 3, 2010

“Is there a better way to celebrate a finished Bachelor thesis than to try out a new gun?”

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Is that a trick question?

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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Via foxnews.com: A gun … for wireless networking? It’s weird, but it’s true. A few years ago, John Hering — who’s now the CEO of Lookout — built a data-sniping rifle that could hack its way into the Bluetooth networks … Continue reading →

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Newly Empowered BAFTE Throws Firearms Industry Into Turmoil with New Gun Transfer Rule

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

With all this misleading talk of gun-grabbing U.N. treaties, American gun rights groups got seriously sandbagged by a sudden change in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (BAFTE) rules for moving guns around the country. gundigest.com provides the … Continue reading →

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UK Considers Tougher Gun Laws After Lake District Spree Killing. But What?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

The UK is one of those countries where the cry “something must be done!” is not just political pandering. When something happens, something happens. Something that almost always involves an expansion of an already expansive central government, at the expense … Continue reading →

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Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Eastwood

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Jim Sutherland

There has always been a rule of thumb: You don’t mess with Clint Eastwood. The guy just turned eighty and we still advise against the idea. Clint Eastwood is a tough guy’s tough guy on the screen, and the beauty … Continue reading →

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BATFE Assumes Control Over All Federal Firearms Licensing

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Robert Farago

Our friends at the Department of Justice just sent us this heads-up re: the little federal agency that could (and now, in fact, will): the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive. Question: why the hell don’t the feds call … Continue reading →

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Dr. Gunlove (Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Firearms)

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Brad Kozak

I’m no gun nut. Aside from a belief that we all have an inalienable right to defend ourselves, our families, our fortunes and our sacred honor, I’m decidedly NOT a “guns are the answer to everything” kind of guy. I’m … Continue reading →

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