Remember, we live in a land governed by our Constitution, and only our Supreme Court has the final say on exactly what the individual parts of the Constitution mean. It doesn’t matter what any of us thinks as an individual, or if we do or don’t agree with a court ruling. Any law, as interpreted by this highest court in the land, is a law we must all obey. The only way the Constitution can be legally altered is via amendment. Therefore, if individuals or groups don’t agree with any segment of the Constitution, they should either accept it or try to change it via an amendment. — from Gun control: Watch out for that first step at blueridgenow.com
BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys for Glock, Inc. have filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the Second Amendment Foundation’s case in California, Pena v. Lindley, a lawsuit challenging the state handgun roster requirements that include microstamping and magazine disconnects. Read the rest of the press release here.
Some local officials in the tiny town of Exeter, Rhode Island are feeling the heat for what some perceive was a Second Amendment infringing measure, and may lose their jobs over it. Four of the five town council members are facing recall after asking the state’s General Assembly to allow the state attorney general to process the applications for concealed weapon permits. Under current law, those seeking a permit may apply to either the attorney general or their local police. Since Exeter doesn’t have a police department, the job now falls to the town clerk. The four council members argued that the clerk — also the town’s lone elected sergeant — lacks the resources to conduct proper background checks. Gun owners say the change will make it harder to get permits, and are angry. The difference is that by state law, local authorities “shall issue” permits, while the attorney general “may issue” permits. This certainly seems to be one more example of gun owners who are sick of giving up their freedoms, and are determined to do what they have to in order to keep them.
OK, I’m going to warn you. This story doesn’t have guns in it. But it’s pretty funny. KTAR, the Voice of Arizona, reports that two men are in custody following a high speed chase in Pinal County Sunday night. Officers got a call about people loading marijuana into a car near I-8. When officers arrived, the vehicle sped away, reaching speeds of 100 mph. The car eventually stopped. Sherriff’s spokesman Tim Gaffney says the driver, 25-year-old Ruben Soto-Gonzalez, ran through a nearby dairy farm and was tripped by a farm worker, causing him to fall face down in manure and to be stepped on by a startled cow. The passenger, 40-year-old Daniel Aguilar-Alvarez, was found hiding under a bush. Inside the vehicle, deputies found 160 pounds of marijuana worth $120,000. The cop probably had a gun. That’s my hook to TTAG.
Guns.com has a recap of a series of tests done by Ballistics By The Inch (BBTI) to see if polygonal rifling is really as good as its proponents insist. They took two 18″ barrels, one of each type, and tested several types of ammo in it. They then chopped an inch off, recrowned, and tested again, repeating this process until there was only 2″ left. The goal was to see if at any point polygonal rifling delivered higher muzzle velocities than traditional rifling, and with what consistency. Go here to read the guns.com writeup, and for that test plus brain-melting amounts of additional data, the full BBTI site.
Richard Ryan torture tests a Samsung Galaxy Gear watch and then puts a hole in it with an HK417. As far as a destruction video goes, it’s not terribly interesting; he’s done much better ones. However, what I did find interesting was how much the scope and mount walked around under recoil during the slow-motion part of the video. You can see the front end of the cantilever mount flex down toward the top rail, the whole scope pushes forward and down, and I seriously expected the top turret to come flying right off. Pretty crazy.
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One day, when I grow up, I’ll get a big boy carbine. Until then, I will keep shooting my flawless hi point, 10 for 10 head shots at 100 yards.
Wow, two domestic disturbances, two brandishing complaints, two recantations. Perhaps time to keep away from the ladies for a while, eh, George?
too bad we can’t move Maine and Vermont closer to Texas, looks like they would fit right in…
Always the skeptic, I would not believe everything one reads on the internet. A quick search of PCP Tactical for Government awards came back with the following website data. http://www.dodsbir.net/selections/abs2013-1/socomabs131.htm It seems that the government contracts to “deliver advanced lightweight polymer sub-sonic ammunition and an improved .50 caliber precision round” look more like development contracts than production contracts. I do not know if I would risk my guns doing someone else’s Beta testing. If the ammo blows up your gun, can you recover the costs of a replacement gun based upon defective product, or do you have to sign a release not to hold these guys responsible for damage to your gun? Beta testing software or a new version of Call of Duty is one thing, the worse thing that will happen is you have to reload your software. When your gun or your face can get damaged, that is a different question; although, some of you guys are probably so ugly that a new face would do you good. If you sign up and pay your bucks, make sure you do not have to also sign a waiver of liability; or I would think twice.
Ma Brady, I’ll take an F state. If you’re out, a D state. In fact, I’ve only lived in D and F states. What’s MY grade, Ma Brady?
Now, let’s be fair. It COULD have been a real gun….
http://www.swissminigun.ch/home.html
I’ve never wanted an “F” before. There is a first time for everything, today is that day.
Frightening piece of firepower? Only if your a crazy, statist libturd (democrat).
Whenever cop lovers proclaim how the police and military would never allow themselves to be used maliciously against the American public, I point to the TSA and ask when exactly does the “Stop the insanity!” plea go out and who exactly are you expecting to make it?
It discusses me how progressives use advances in technology to trample the 2A. “Oh, this new yuna has a scary shoulder thing that goes up…BAN IT!”. “We’ve invented a technology that can detect most concealed firearms through use of x-rays…BAN ALL GUNS IT CAN’T DETECT!” Disgusting.
I just ask to ask why….why would you even TRY to go through airport security with an UNCASED sock monkey?…What’s the world coming to?
Now we need a film with sock monkeys taking over an airplane and holding the passengers hostage…..you will never guess what the ransom if for….ah ha…hmmmm
I found a Massad Ayoob post which is apropos of the 2A and provides an interesting response to people who use the term “take the law into your own hands”.
Having to walk home after hunting is so junior high. Does your mommy drive you to the movies too? Get a second car tough guy.
That was idiotic. Not everyone is a “rich gun guy”, and so long as he was within his rights, I would suggest that makes him of better character than you by a large factor. Have a nice day.
Sigh; another so called gun owner saying how useless having guns are for self-defense. .
He actually made some good points about working together as a community to stop powerful business interests from picking our politicians for us: but then he lost me when he starts saying those same politicians really don’t want to take our guns away.
And then at the end of his article, he asks the question if his ideas make him a socialist; yep; he is, socialists/communists are known for having the guiding principle “the end justifies the means”, when mass murder is a given to achieve their “end”, being a poser as a gun owner is a minor subterfuge to move their agenda forward.
How nice to see them using experts on what people should own use and possess for competition.
The U.S. criminal penalties are the weakest on Earth. There is NO DETERRENT factor if you give them weak penalties and let them live in country clubs. These scumbags have “rights” now.
We’ve done the same type of math in the fight against pit bulls for many years. It’s all the same thing.
At the end of the day it’s a good exercise but you’re still simply responding to their game cry – their battlefield, their rules.
They want to win people’s opinions to agree with their false premise. They don’t care how accurate or inaccurate it is.