There have been a string of a half dozen robberies in D.C. in the last 10 days where the perpetrators (not shown) threatened their victims with stun guns before relieving them of their belongings. Luckily in the most recent incident, after giving up their bikes, the victims were able to flag down nearby MPD officers, who scooped up the misbehaving miscreants. Whether the two arrestees were responsible for the other recent robberies is still unknown. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, and in the land of the (legally) disarmed, the law-abiding are the losers . . .
The Second Amendment as a tourist attraction… Forbes contributor Susannah Breslin (“I cover the business of sin”) has a story about gun tourism in Hawaii, of all places. At the Royal Hawaiian Shooting Club — located in a high-end mall that has stores named Cartier, Fendi, and Hermes — guns are tethered by cables and padlocks to keep them pointed downrange, and the clientele breakdown is listed as 60% Japanese, 30% from New Zealand or Australia, and only 10% locals or from the mainland. Check out the link for more, and scroll to the bottom for a photo that will make you cringe.
WJLA in Maryland trots out a big ol’ straw man in their story about a couple Maryland fire departments holding gun raffles when they say that “some are criticizing the timing of the gun giveaway so close to the Navy Yard shootings.” Try as I might, I couldn’t find any examples in either the video or the accompanying story of anyone criticizing anything. I’m sure they just edited those interviews out. Their headline says that the gun raffle “raises questions,” but it seems like the only people with questions are the reporters trying to stir the pot.
A family that said their child was threatened at school sent out an email blast over the weekend, resulting in over 200 absences on Monday. The parents say an 11-year-old sixth-grader at their child’s school threatened last week to bring a gun to school and kill their son because he “hated him.” After the 11-year-old was interviewed, admitting his actions to the principal, he was allowed to return to class. The parents sent out the email in response to an administration that they say is not doing enough to stop an ongoing pattern of bullying by the 11-year-old and others. Police are still investigating.
Citing industry and business changes, MidwayUSA is doing away with their dealer pricing tier as of January 1, and “inviting” all of their dealer customers to become retail customers. Among other reasons listed, “the separation between dealer and retail pricing has narrowed to the point where the prices are predominantly the same.” Full text of the notification letter can be found here.
“Did you SEE Aliens?”
New drinking game: Whenever you hear Nick say an understandable word that’s not “Can you guys hear me?” you drink. Full sentence, finish your glass.
Outside of the kitchen, this is what I like my woman to be proficient at.
Robert, you woefully misstated this to make your point. Sure, the vast majority of guns used in crimes are stolen, but they are not used by the person who stole them in most cases. Instead, the thief sells them to another individual who then uses them for a robbery rape or murder.
See what that implies? If those criminals would have done a back ground check, then the police very well might have caught the thief or the perp. Instead, we have another firearm sold with no back ground check or verification used in a crime. A gun may have seven hundred owners before it is used in a crime, and 698 of those are irrelevant. its the last two, the criminal and the schmuck he got it from that matter.
Robert, Robert Robert, how could you be so easily misled?
AR always wins. Why cops and soldiers play with them. More accurate, less recoil, more rounds (all three of these reasons also help against multiple intruders). And if the fight goes outside…….forget about it at any distance, AR destroys. Remember, the AR still has twice the energy of the ‘man stopping’ 357, or a 44 magnum, that can dump ALL the energy into the victim instead of a fraction, because the 44 over penetrates so badly.
…..and when the BAT flew into the room, Bill’s gun safety class experienced ‘technical difficulties’.
The one class where the honkey outperforms the asians.
It is amazing how many times this photo has been stolen and used without my permission. Decent people would ask first. Upstanding people who care about gun rights would ask first.
Remember class in the case of a real emergency, we will be protected by the sign on the front of the building that states: Gun Free Zone
“So the first step to making a great sammich is hunting down the prefect game.”
I know a lot of people with FFL03’s sign-up with Midway, but did anyone every really get any special deals? I do not ever recall getting any super duper discounts and lately there has not been any.
I going to assume that expenses have gone up which has been squeezing margins.
Not sure this was news worthy
It was sent in by someone who thought it was. I’m on the fence.
“It’ll be a generation before the effects of this bill will be felt.” – Maryland Delegate Luiz Simmons
It will be a lot longer than that. Most firearms last a lot longer than one generation — depending on your precise definition of one generation. The Marlin .22 caliber rifle that I purchased in 1985 is in excellent condition and shoots just as well today as it did 28 years ago.
Some firearms will be scrapped from misuse or improper care. And some people who like to put several thousand rounds through their firearm per year will wear them out before the next generation. But the vast majority — I would venture to guess at least 80% — will be in fine working order in 50 years.
Not to mention that firearms can be rebarreled and most any other part can be replaced. The part that’s classified as a “firearm” is just the frame, which is basically a solid chunk of steel, aluminum or plastic with a few moving parts attached to it. If they somehow passed a national ban on the manufacture or import of any new firearms there would be a huge industry pop up to maintain the ones we’ve got. The frames could last for centuries. The only way to get rid of them is to come and take them (and I don’t think they’re prepared to try that).
Make the punishment fit the crime. Can we dig him up and hang him just to be sure?
1. Incoming Republican White House Intern class.
2. Classes? We don’ need no steenken’ classes!
3. Transfers from the Joe Biden ‘Buy a Shotgun’ School of Idiotic Thought.
4. Aspiring Betty Crocketts.
5. Classed and maybe Injurious.
A forty year old musician that has never had a hit trying to cash in? Check.