Always check your rental car for stray guns before returning it. Always. Police in Spartanburg, SC were called to a local Hertz Rental office after employees reported finding a loaded 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition inside a car returned Thursday morning. The vehicle had been rented to a 25-year-old Florida man at an airport in Huntington, West Virginia. According to the police report, the employee found a black Stevens Model 320 pump 12-gauge (similar to above) loaded with four round of buckshot and 22 additional rounds of ammunition in an open box, as well as a pair of Nike running shoes, a pair of socks, an ashtray, a travel computer adapter, two men’s watches, and an unopened can of dip. There’s a story here, but I don’t think we’ll ever know what it is. Read on . . .
Your Lockdown of the Day™ comes to you from Fayetteville, North Carolina. E.E. Smith High School, which was in session on Saturday for a snow day make-up day, was locked down after a former studen fired a BB gun inside the school and in the parking lot. No one was hurt in the incident. Surveillance video shows that Antionwan Haskins entered the school about 11:06 a.m. and fired several shots from the BB gun into a wall near the principal’s office. He proceeded outside where he fired at least one shot at the principal’s car, damaging the windshield. He then left the school and went home, but his mother brought him back to the school to turn himself in to authorities. He’s being held on charges of possession of a weapon on school grounds, disorderly conduct, disrupting students and injury to personal property.
The Alabama bill that would allow people to carry loaded pistols in their cars without a permit has stalled in the Senate, with Republicans unable to muster enough support to overcome a Democrat filibuster. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Scott Beason, who last year sponsored and passed another gun bill that made getting a concealed permit easier and lifted the state’s long-standing restriction on carrying a gun on “property not one’s own.” That change essentially legalized the open carry of handguns anywhere it was not expressly forbidden. One member of the current bill’s opposition is Republican Sen. Phil Williams, who said he supported gun rights but [There’s that nasty “but” again.] could not vote for a bill that would decrease the number of gun permits purchased in Etowah County, because those permits, he says, pay for school resource officers. Nothing to do with safety, just revenue. The leader of the filibuster, Sen. Rodger Smitherman, did not actually express opposition to the bill, but rather, was upset about a vote earlier in the week on a bill related to the Birmingham Water Works, and had warned lawmakers he’d try to slow the process down. Revenue and temper tantrums. That’s how the sausage gets made.
This is an interesting looking free-float rail system from SureFire, although I’m generally leery of anything labeled “proprietary.” Opinions?
According to an article at news.com.au, guns, ammunition, and shooting are a daily part of life in Pretoria, South Africa where Oscar Pistorius is on trial for murder. The article is written with a definite sense of wonder at how matter-of-fact people there are about their shooting, saying that at the local mall, you can “shop for a new bedroom suite, have your trousers altered, or buy 200 rounds of hollow point ammunition designed to blow a hole in someone the size of a 50c piece.” Of course, there’s a hint of FUD from the innocent reporter, “Few Australians would … know the difference between hollow-point and solid ammunition or the characteristics of Black Talon versus Ranger bullets.” The author asked the proprietor of the shooting range where Pistorius practiced why anyone would want to buy Black Talon ammunition. His answer, described as “matter-of-fact, without any hint of embarrassment or disgust,” was, “To be more aggressive. Some people believe you have to put a solid in the magazine and then you have to alternate with hollow-point because if you shoot directly at a person then the hollow-point is better. But sometimes you have to shoot through a car door and then the solid is better.” Noted.
Jerry Miculek shows us the Targabot, an automated target system. Very cool, but apparently pretty pricey. I couldn’t find an official price, but Jerry said over on reddit that it’s “along the price of a higher end AR.” So a couple-three grand, most likely.
And finally, 22plinkster shooting skeet with an upside-down .22 pistol, using tracers for visibility.
So it took him three shots. I don’t think I could do it with five times that many, and right-side up.
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Antionwan?!
How the hell do you say that name?
when they start the games and piss people off. the rest of the to be screwed with will start making payback. there will be a lot of bleeding do gooders laying where ever they are found. it will be open season on uniforms.
I think this country is on the edge of a blow up and if they start the nonsense, it will blow up in their faces and then spread across the country. I have seen articles about what the 3 per centers will do and it will not be pretty. the cleansing of America will make the civil war look tame.
wake up connecticut leaders. and the rest of the states with attitudes.
“One day, very soon, life’s Twinkie gauge is going to go empty”…
Shooting clay birds with pistol isn’t really that hard. Just a bit of practice. Never tried it holding the pistol upside down. That was cool.
Needs more yoga…. 🙂
This is why everyone ought to carry a P3AT. You can’t fire a warning shot. The first one is the only round you’re pretty sure will go bang. 😛
Idiots. 7.62×39 is widely and cheaply available and will continue to be unless a new cold war starts. Russia will avoid any possible ammo sanctions by manufacturing Wolf, Bear and Tula ammo in the eastern block nations. Prices may jump a tad but availability will remain steady. There will be more US made 7.62×39 as well. James Yeager already started this BS scare, thanks Farago for continuing his BS.
Aint it Greeeat in The Sunshine State.
NEVER fire a warning shot. And never shoot to wound (it will be used against you plus there is really no such thing; you could hit an artery and kill the person, and you could hit them in the skull and they survive (i.e. Gabrielle Giffords)). If you shoot the gun, it is to kill. And NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER say to the police that you fired a warning shot if you did or that you were shooting to wound if you were.
Also be aware that in some states/localities, just brandishing the gun is considered lethal force. You might think that “lethal force” means if you fired the gun at the criminal, but it can simply mean brandishing it as well.
Of all the fancy Sigs, I say the Tyr looks the best. This is just absurd.
That’s right – it’s a cheap bastard’s gun. I own one, and love it for what it is: it’ll tuck into the pants with that bolt-on belt clip. It can be picky about what rounds it wants – but it easier to conceal than those fat glocks. Great gun.
Soldiers deal with the enemy on a battlefield. Cops deal with their masters on American soil. That’s why they’re held to a different standard. Now, if they want to treat American citizens like the enemy on a battlefield, citizens will respond in kind. It’s no wonder this jack-booted thug, Troy, is in lock-step with another member of the Blue Wall. Small-dicked men with a Halloween costume and gun. Snowden’s list of every government employee is ready to be released at his death or command. Any “tough guy” with a toy badge better keep that in mind every time they deal with their employer, the American people.
Yikes! They don’t have to take away our guns, or even our ammo. Just make it legally complicated to do anything with it out of its case….
“■The ATF claims the raid on Ares Armor was about an unrelated investigation, hinting at the manufacturing kerfuffle that I discussed this morning.”
Or the ATF was POed that they had the audacity to get a restraining order and convinced another judge that a search warrant was ‘needed’ for a ‘different issue’.
Choose darker woods, like walnut or cherry, for a den or a bedroom.
The future is bright for dry erase boards and more efficient communications.
That means teachers need to make necessary changes in
the classroom to protect allergy-sensitive students.
Looking at Marlin’s myself for a larger caliber hunting rifle. But I actually have this Rossi 92 in .357 mag. / 38 special and I love it. First things I did to it was remove factory rail, put on the iron rear site and trim down the tube spring. Once I got it sited in it shoots straight as a good .22 rifle. I can shoot most 130 grain 38 special lead rounds for plinking or 158 grain Fiocchi SJHP rounds for hunting without adjusting the sites. Maybe I just lucky with mine but had to share my experience after reading the downplay on the accuracy. Just this weekend I took mine out to the range, hung some weights buy hay bail cord and was cutting them at 37 yards. Bench rest of course, but that’s pretty accurate in my book.
I don’t really understand all the “confusion” – if you read the various statements, the court filings and the timeline it’s not all that confusing. Yes, Ares was doing a bunch of “paid build party” stuff that put them on the ATF’s radar but that’s not the issue here.
– EP made a polymer paperweight that was very easy to convert into an AR lower. They advertised it as an ATF-approved “not a firearm” but they didn’t get a determination letter, which is The Thing That Matters. EP gets raided by the ATF
– Ares is an EP distributor, they talk to ATF and agree to hand over EP’s paperweights. Ares seeks a TRO and the TRO is granted. FWIW – It looks like Ares may not have served the ATF with notice of the TRO, which, if true, is a significant mistake by Ares.
– ATF gets the TRO modified to (1) order Ares to preserve all evidence and (2) allow ATF to execute a search warrant.
– ATF does get a search warrant and raids Ares.
The hearing is on Thursday at 1:30, should be interesting.
*gags*
Of course, since it is in Europe only the landed gentry will ever see a firearm in any case. Only the wealthy are able to afford the permits and licensing to be in the market.
Those skinny little Serval legs fit over the tiniest holes.
For more information on your eligibility to marry in Hillsborough
County Florida look at the Clerk’s Office. I grieved because she needed emergency
surgery and failed to survive the night.
If you’re at the point where lethal force is necessary, for gods sakes just do it. A warning shot only gives your target time to attack you, by aiming somewhere other than your target you are taking your weapon away from where it needs to be,and you never know where that bullet will go. July 4th this year in my county a 7 year old got killed from some jerk firing his gun off in the air somewhere in the distance, who of course never was found
My warning shot are the ones that miss the target. Howver, if you really decide to fire one I recommend using the DGU equivalent of the intentional grounding rule. Fire a shot about five feet in front of the bad guy. That way you have a “receiver in the vicinty of the shot.
While I disagree with the intent of the women in the picture, and I find the MDA group to be hypocritical, alarmist and factually incorrect, I don’t believe it is fair nor is it right to use this picture with the title “Quote of the Day: Lipstick on a Pig Edition”. That can be taken as a direct insult on the particular women in the picture. We need to be better than our enemies, show that pro-freedom and pro-2A people are not willing to sink to the level that the control groups do; no need for personal attacks, insinuation or insults. Destroy the message, not the messenger.
From the reference article at The Hill:
“Congress locked the door, so moms are going through the window,” said Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action
I find it ironic and appropriate that Shannon is using a burglary analogy to describe her attempts to steal our second amendment rights. I really don’t believe that they care if their actions to accomplish their goals are illegal or immoral so burglary just pops in her head to describe their actions.
“John Wilkes Booth?” A “Celebrity?” GMAFB
If I was one of those whose late form placed them at risk, or just about anyone else in CT with an unregistered weapon, I would arrange a very discrete hiding place; when they came looking, I would tell them I destroyed the firearm.
CT knows about a lot more than just the late forms. CT collects a state level form (DPS-3) on any purchase through a dealer in CT. I’m not sure when it went into effect, but it’s been around for many years. Unlike the feds, it sounds like they kept all those forms.
So, they can look up any guns sold with the DPS-3 and see which are considered assault weapons. Before the deadline with the new laws, you could request from the CT police what they know about, and what needs to be registered.
That being said, they don’t know about out-of-state purchase, people moving, or person-to-person sales that weren’t registered.