A half dozen Civil War-era firearms will be up for auction this Friday in Carmel, Indiana, including a Morse carbine, a rare firearm that never made it into mass production. The .50-caliber breechloader was one of the most technologically advanced weapons of the Confederacy, but had one major flaw. The gun’s hammer, used to cock the weapon, also served as a catch to keep the trapdoor closed over the ammo chamber. But when the hammer was cocked, the trapdoor cover could pop open if the gun wasn’t held level. Tilt it 45 degrees or more, and the shell would fall right out. Also up for auction are percussion muskets from 1855 and 1861, and a flintlock musket from 1816. More photos are over at usatoday.com. Read on . . .
The Fergus Falls Journal reports that gun carry permits in the adorably named Otter Tail County, Minnesota, more than doubled from 2012 to 2013, according to the annual report released last week by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. A total of 963 permits were issued in Otter Tail County in 2013, compared with 418 the previous year. Ten years ago, in 2003, the number was only 294. Statewide, Minnesotans received 60,471 permits in 2013, nearly double the 31,657 issued in 2012. There are 165,295 valid gun carry permits in Minnesota as of February 28th. Permit-holders committed 1,023 crimes in 2013, significantly higher than in prior years, but more than half of those were DWIs or other traffic offenses. There’s no listed information about how many of the crimes were gun-related. Just another example of how the civilian disarmament movement propaganda that gun ownership is falling is just more lies and deceit from people that don’t seem to know how to do anything else.
The next time someone attempts to tout universal background checks to you as the cure to all the ills of the gun world, ask them what difference that would make in cases like this. Police have identified the suspect in the theft of a 9mm handgun from Dunham’s Sporting Goods in Chesterfield, Michigan on February 21st. Kevin Todd Gilbert is wanted on charges of larceny of a firearm, first-degree retail fraud and a felony firearm offense. He was seen on store surveillance video reaching into the back of the display case and removing a handgun while employees were busy elsewhere. He then placed the gun in the front of his jacket and left the store. If only he had bothered to fill out that 4473, they could have stopped him from stealing that gun, y’know?
Indiana appears to be about to pass a law that will allow guns on school campuses if they’re securely locked in a vehicle trunk. The rule was added as an amendment to a bill under consideration regarding police gun buyback programs. The school campus proposal was heard during three separate committee hearings at which the public could and did speak. Shannon Watts was there at the final one, speaking on behalf of MDAGSACSI:NYFBIBBQBRB, or whatever they’re calling themselves this week. According to wibc.com, supporters of the bill characterized it as a “common-sense assertion of Second Amendment rights.” Way to use their language against them.
A bill that would allow military veterans and former LEOs to carry guns in Florida classrooms advanced out of a Senate committee on Monday. Those individuals would still have to undergo additional training and receive authorization from school leaders. The bill still has a ways to go, needing to pass three more committees before it makes it to a floor vote. The bill would require 40 hours of school safety training, eight hours per year of active shooter training and four hours per year of firearm proficiency training. The legislation was heard in its first House committee today. Even if the bill does eventually pass both houses and is signed into law, there may not be any visible changes, as the final say will still lie within the school districts, and many superintendents are not interested in anyone other than uniformed law enforcement carrying guns in their schools.
22plinkster and IraqVeteran8888 (Eric from Moss Pawn & Gun) got together to find out “How far is a .22LR accurate?”
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Greg with the faggot grin.
Minnersoter is FILLED with apprehensive progressive panty twisters.
I lived on the southwestern-most edge of the Twin Cities, and opinions seemed evenly split while I was there. All of the vapid anti-2A legislation that was inspired by Sandy Hook was shot down, which is encouraging. The flip side is that “common sense” reforms like voter ID were nixed… I just don’t get it. In any event, Governor Dayton certainly fits the bill as a progressive panty twister.
I think they prefer to be called DFLers.
You can use your imagination as to what DFL stands for.
“It’s not about gun control… it’s about gun safety!”
Gun safety is the new gun control.
Reduced capacity magazines – for the children and for safety
Background checks and training… for safety
more mandatory training… for safety.
**insert gun control proposition here** for safety
So my Marlin Model 60 would be prohibited in New Jersey? Cool…
BTW it also wears a thumbhole stock which I’m sure elevates it to WMD status.
Now is it time for all firearm owners to forget about those manufactured in New York and Connecticut and to specifically add the following to your own prohibited purchase list: Remington®, Bushmaster® Firearms, DPMS/Panther Arms™, Marlin®, H&R®, The Parker Gun™, Mountain Khakis®, Advanced Armament Corp. ®, Dakota Arms®, Para™ USA and Barnes® Bullets. If you remember S&W’s actions during the Clinton years you’ll remember our economic actions effected change in the corporate mindset. Did I say boycott?
I see the “misogynist” argument thrown at TTAG a lot by that side.
Misogynists are people who hate or distrust women.
How is wanting women to be able to use weapons to defend themselves anything except the exact opposite of that? I’ve helped many women learn to use firearms and I’ve helped a couple go through the process of buying their first guns. I want them to be empowered and able to defend themselves and I’ve actually devoted time and money to making that happen.
Like it or not, a 100 pound woman is just not the equal of a 260 pound man in a fair fight. Hell, I’m a 5′ 10″ 225 pound male military veteran and I’m not the equal of a lot of men in a fair fight. A firearm is an equalizer. It makes the oldest, most frail woman able to protect herself against a gang of attackers.
So to recap… I want women (and men) to be able to be armed.
I trust women with their right to self defense. I’ve actively supported them in learning to responsibly exercise that right.
The other side would prefer they use a rape whistle or call 911 and hope for the best. They do not want you exercising your natural right to protect yourselves.
But I’m the misogynist?
Now I know why Eric Holder is so hot to reduce dopers sentences, he is making room for all of the new gun felons.
It looks like Mr. Hampikian’s worst fears have come true. Idaho’s governor signed the campus carry bill into law yesterday.
BTW, a very nice Krafftian fisking of the good professor.
Better to have and not need than to need and not have. Super storm Sandy hit and needed a generator had one for 3 years never needed it before, until I did. Carrying a firearm is easier than carrying a cop. When seconds count the police are minutes away……….
But you can use the cop like a shield, you can’t do that with your gun. Can you?