You could subtitle this year’s announcements from Ruger as “variations on a theme.” Cribbing off their success with the American Rifle in .30-06, Ruger is expanding the line to include an “All Weather” version in stainless steel and additional calibers such as .243 Win, .22-250, .308 Win and many more.
Also thrown into the mix are a new line of rimfire American Rifle entries. The guns will be in .22LR, .22WMR and .17HMR, and all have the same interchangeable parts to give you the proper length of pull and cheek rest position.
I somewhat agree, at least with the part about not giving so much “glamor” coverage to the murderer. A school shooter is going to be famous after a shooting, but to repeat coverage of him over and over again is probably not helpful. Perhaps one story a day after the shooting – a brief biography of the shooter and possible reasons that led to the tragedy, and then that’s it.
Part of the problem, as I see it, is that too often, coverage of all other news is set aside when one of these mass murder incidents occurs. The coverage seems to go on endlessly and dominate the news stations. If this news story was treated like most news stories … it’s given its time, and then other news stories are given their normal time … then perhaps that would not give the fame-seekers the attention that they want, and yet still get the news out about the incident.
As some other folks here mentioned, I don’t think the killer should be referred to as a “shooter.” He should be referred to as a “mass murderer” or “killer” or something of that sort. All of us are “shooters” but we are not murderers.
All of that said, I’d definitely like to see more coverage of any heroes who stop the shooting (e.g. the Arapahoe HS resource officer), and also coverage what anti-gun policies were in place that enabled the tragedy to occur. Just imagine if a reporter actually reported the full truth …
Bob: “Our reporter, James Nicehair, is on location. James, what can you tell us?”
James: “Well, Bob Studioguy, we’ve had a shooting incident at Typical Suburban High School. What we’re hearing is that a TSHS current student, for reasons unknown, entered the building and started shooting at his classmates and teachers. We’ve been told that he brought in an AR-15, a common semiautomatic rifle that is normally used for hunting, sport shooting and self-defense, and a Glock 17, a common semiautomatic pistol that is normally used by both police departments and private citizens for defensive purposes.”
“While there is a ‘gun free zone’ sign posted outside, it’s pretty obvious that the murderer ignored that sign. Given that most criminals disobey laws, this shouldn’t come as any surprise. Given the student’s age, it’s also obvious that he acquired these guns illegally.”
“And despite some heated discussion at the last school board meeting, the kids and teachers at the school were apparently left defenseless by the school administration. The school district not only refused to allow administrators and teachers with a concealed carry permit to carry their concealed weapons on school grounds, but they also refused to provide an armed school resource officer, which – as the incident in Arapahoe HS in Colorado shows – can minimize the damage of a school shooting. The school district claimed that the problem was not enough money, but there would been minimal expenditures required. Several of the teachers already have concealed carry permits, some retired military veterans would have volunteered as school resource officers for free, and Jack Veteran, owner of Jack’s Local Gun Range & Training Center, had announced at the meeting that his business would provide free training to those who would be protecting the school. Instead, the school administration enabled the shooter by leaving the students and teachers defenseless, allowing this tragedy to happen.”
“At this time, we have been informed that 9 students and 3 teachers have died, and 24 other students have been wounded. The response time of the police was seven minutes, in part due to a bad traffic accident that had snarled up traffic on local roads. The only reason this tragedy was not worse is because a parent who was visiting the school took action. As soon as gunshots were heard, she ran to her car, grabbed her own rifle, and within a few minutes she was able to confront the murderer, who then took his own life.”
“Back to you Bob.”
Bob: …….
seconding Second Amendment’s comment. My p3at would fte by the 3rd or 4th round. i did the double extraction spring trick, have only had 2 issues in 200 rounds, and those were seriously limp wristed. you have to hold this gun tight so the mussel flip doesn’t use up all the kinetic energy in the slide. and it has some serious mussel flip.
it does throw the empty cases a long long way now.
I want this also.
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Why is Stephen King presenting him with the award?
30-06, .270, 308, 7mm-08, 22-250 and .243 Win have been the base models for over a year.
The ,223 is the new one on the block.
Now if they would only add a 6.5mm caliber and a stock option that wasn’t jet black.
The imbedded link is spelled wrong. Mauser Jagdwaffen not Mauser Jagdwaffer.
But Jagdwaffer may be a new hunting pastry for on the go.
Did you take all these photos?