Daily Archives: June 15, 2010

How Not to Buy a 20mm Gatling Cannon for your Museum

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Don Gammill Jr.

Driving past the “future site” of an upcoming aviation museum the other day, I noticed that a new old airplane had joined the rotting vintage fleet in the fractured parking lot.  Sitting between a wingless C-141 Starlifter and a stodgy … Continue reading →

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NRA: “Campaign Ad Disclosure Law Imposes Onerous Restrictions on Political Speech”

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Robert Farago

As TTAG has reported, the National Rifle Association (NRA) negotiated an exemption from a forthcoming campaign ad disclosure legislation. H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act “Requires any person making independent expenditures exceeding $10,000 [for a political advertisement] to: (1) file a … Continue reading →

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ArmaLite Limited Edition AR-10 1913 Carbine

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Robert Farago

ArmaLite would like you to know that they’re offering a limited run of AR-10 1913 Carbines. So now you know. The AR-10A4CBNF 1913 features a National Match two-stage trigger, 16″ barrel, 1913 quad rail handguard, Picatinny gas block, Flattop Picatinny upper receiver, forward … Continue reading →

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Humor of the Day: Five Ridiculous Gun Myths…

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Martin Albright

  Back before Al Gore invented the Intertubes, giving us the likes of The Onion, we had to get our laughs by reading plain old paper magazines (barbaric, right?)  Mad Magazine, of course, was the top of the heap for … Continue reading →

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Lies, Damn Lies and Crime Statistics

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Donal Fagan

Hey, isn’t it great that crime is on the wane? We must be doing something right. Or are we? We can certainly pull up stats that say crime is going down. And we can attribute less crime to better policing, … Continue reading →

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MT Congressman Rehberg Introduces Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Robert Farago

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg, Utah’s Rob Bishop and Georgia’s Paul Broun have introduced the Firearms Freedom on Federal Lands Act. The proposed legislation is designed to appeal to their gun-clinging voter base. I mean, “prevent the Secretaries of Agriculture and … Continue reading →

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Guns Are Fun! Until Someone Puts an Eye out

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Robert Farago

Seriously. No protective eyewear? And if you’re willing to forgo the idea that I’m a sick bastard for even thinking this, look at that and then look at this.

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