The New York Times’ article Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns “exposes” gun journo “extremism.” It’s based on an unsurprisingly sympathetic profile of Dick Metcalf. You may remember Mr. Metcalf as the Guns & Ammo writer given the old heave-ho after writing a column suggesting that government regulation of gun rights isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Suffice it to say, Warren Zevon’s Poor Poor Pitiful Me. More specifically, this: “Mr. Metcalf said he invited a reporter to his home because he despairs that the debate over gun policy in America is so bitterly polarized and dominated by extreme voices . . .
He says he is still contemplating how a self-described “Second Amendment fundamentalist” who keeps a .38 snub-nose Smith & Wesson revolver within easy reach has been ostracized from his community. “Compromise is a bad word these days,” he said. “People think it means giving up your principles.”
Yes. Yes they do. Keeping in mind Senator Barry Goldwater’s famous quote “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.” Now for the juicy bit. In its effort to diss gun journalism in general, the Old Gray Lady reveals that Guns & Ammo’s reviews are bought and paid for . . .
Reporters and editors say that reviews are often written in close consultation with manufacturers. If a gun is judged to be of poor quality, magazines will quietly send it back for improvements rather than writing a negative review. The system is broadly accepted at these publications, gun writers say.
Mr. Venola, the former Guns & Ammo editor, described the relationship between the magazine’s editors and the gun makers as a necessarily cozy one. “You have to be in cahoots with the manufacturer, in order to make the publication appeal to the readership,” he said. “Say you write about boats. At some point you’re going to end up on the sun deck of a boat, downing sundowners after testing one, with the guy who makes it. It’s just how it happens.”
So, G&A has Sundowners’ Syndrome. Their “commitment to the Second Amendment” may be “unwavering” but when it comes to remembering the bad bits about a gun they’re “memory impaired.” Who knew? Except anyone who’s been reading the ballistic buff book in the last 55 years.
To be clear, The Truth About Guns tells the truth about guns. I chose that name because guns are a matter of life or death. You need to know the straight dope on firearms so that you can protect your life, the life of the people you love and maybe even innocent life. Oh, and your gun rights, too.
As for Dick’s assertion that 16 hours of state-mandated firearms training doesn’t mess with Americans’ gun rights, the writer doesn’t and won’t “get it.” As soon as the state steps in – BAM! – your rights are infringed. Oh, and as someone who just completed six hours of Texas CHL training (that somehow ran seven hours) I’d like to point out that these courses are also a violation of the Geneva Convention. That is all.
Why did they line up with their heads pointed forward in the end? Doesn’t that open you up to headshots and the classic brick to the head?
Coming to a Police Department near you!!
Like has been said upstream. I was, in a former life, an unvoluntary soldier (read draftee). We trained for riot control with bayonets and machine guns. Sorry, no live ammo on the line–the machine guns and snipers were behind to protect the soldiers in formation–the ones with bayonets– from gunfire from the crowd.
The army’s purpose was to protect federal institutions. In those days left-wing crowds caused quite a bit of destruction, and the only real federal police force were the FBI and T-men. Not much good for riot control.
The reason–they said–for no ammo in the line was that a favorite tactic for left-wingers was to hang to the back of the crowd, link arms, and push them into a violent confrontation. Oh, and fire randomly toward the front trying to get soldiers to fire indiscriminately into the crowd. Baby-killers we were anyway. Left-wingers have absolutely no conscience for the deaths of innocents. None.
Backup to your backup to your backup!
Seriously though, for some builds/circumstances, I could see a few legit use-cases.
“Do the founders of Evolve shoot? How can you talk about something you haven’t done?
Evolve is made up of both gun and non gun-owners. We are all affected by gun violence, whether we shoot or not.”
What does any of this have to do about “gun” violence? I smell a rat.
The video was perfectly fine until the end when they had the founding fathers act like idiots, shooting the gun at a piñata, playing around with their rifles irresponsibly. The subtext was that the founding fathers were dumbasses, thus invalidating the Bill of Rights. As many others are stating, this group is more anti-gun than pro-gun. It won’t be too long before they are advocating that most firearms should be banned from civilian use and ownership and the ‘scary’ ones should only be used for law enforcement and the military.
Hmm… So now I feel ashamed at having built this website. I knew the client was left leaning when I worked on it a few years ago, but they paid the bills. Now I feel guilty 🙁
Link to the video posted at the Aspen Ideas Festival
http://www.aspenideas.org/session/building-movement-keep-our-communities-safer
What the PepsiCo underwriting refers to BTW is the support PepsiCo has placed for the festival (possibly that specific venue of the festival) not necessarily the content of the event. (At least thats my understanding of how things worked)
WOW
This deputy needs to be presented a wallet from his department inscribed with “bad-ass mother-fvcker”.
In all seriousness I hope this gentleman makes a swift recovery.
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Please ‘say it ain’t so’, or else confirm that this shame is embraced by PepsiCo so that I can immediately cease purchasing all of your products and encouraging other freedom minded and liberty respecting Americans to do the same.
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Hickok45 is a rockstar!
The San Fernando chapter of MADD takes its mission seriously…
Fed up with being referred to simply as Mrs. X, Miss Y or “Dear,” women began to demand first names. It was a troubled time.
private sale loophole, see how they did that? A lot of drugs get sold through that private sale loophole too- and I hear that heroin overdose deaths are in the rise. I have been told addicts with clean records trade illegal drugs for guns. There oughta be a law. Or even a check box on a form for those straw purchasers.
I live in nys at this point, but am seriously looking at relocating. I say congrats to remington for moving. I’m sorry to the people that will lose their jobs. They should contact that pos governor and tell him that he is responsible for this move. I know some people will see this as remington bailing on us ny’ers but if they dont make a stance and just stay they will be out of business anywAys if douchebag cuomo continues with his anti gun crap. I feel that ALL gun manufcatures in nys should leave not just because of the safe act but the anti business friendly attitude and ridiculous high taxes. Ny wont be worth the toliet paper that the fleeing companies and people wipe their bums with in the end.
It’s low. I use 50 rounds a week for CCW practice (occasionally more – when I also do some rifle shooting for fun).
1200 rounds per agent sounds excessive. Even the NYPD could take out an agent with no more than 17 rounds in good light.
Is that like:: putting all of Connecticut on Double Secret Probation? I wonder if he plans to hold his breath as well.
Bahhh! These airsoft weenies! Back in my day we had paintballs and that’s the way it was and we liked it. 300 fps, stung like a bitch, paint would explode all over everything and we like it! You’d get hit in the face and taste soap for the rest of the day and we liked it! Someone would show up running hot and you’d get hit by a paintball that’d sting like a million bees and you’d like it! You’d shoot that fat ba$tard and the paintball would disappear into folds of his blubber and we liked it!
All this progress! Life was simpler then. You could spit paintballs at people and play the game for pennies a day, and we like it! None of this taking lighters apart. None of this subterfuge! The difference between a paintball gun and not a paintball gun was simple and we liked it! The line between combatant and non-combatant was fat as a chisel-tipped Sharpie and we liked it! You young
un’s make life unnecessarily rough on yourself and on us old folks and we don’t like it! Go back to paintballs and make life easy and us old folks with like it. This new fangled airsoft is difficult and expensive and we don’t like it…
The DHS don’t need too much accuracy when the target is only 1 foot from the muzzle.
On an extraordinarily geeky side-note: the roleplaying game GURPS assigns each piece of equipment which a character may possess or to try to purchase a “Legality Class” from 0 to 4, which, when compared to the “Control Rating” (from 0 to 6) of the society in question, determines how hard it is to acquire. Modern day examples include (from GURPS 4th Edition):
LC 0: Banned. Weapons of mass destruction.: strategic missiles, orbital weapons platforms, intercontinental bombers.
LC 1: Military: Heavy weapons: air defense radar, sensor jammers, armed vehicles, land mines.
LC 2: Restricted: Light assault weapons: silencers, surveillance technology (wiretaps, etc), armored cars, burglar’s tools (i.e., lockpicks), explosives, dangerous drugs.
LC 3: Licensed: Handguns, hunting guns, radio transmitters, most unarmed vehicles, ordinary drugs and medical equipment.
LC 4: Open: Nonlethal weapons (e.g., tasers), home computers, radio and television receivers, cameras, most tools, first aid kits.
To determine if the item is legal:
LC=CR+1 or more: Any citizen may carry the item.
LC=CR: Anyone but a convicted criminal or the equivalent may carry the item. Registration may be required, but there is no permit fee.
LC=CR-1: A license is required to own or carry the item. To get a license, one must show a legitimate need or work for the government.
LC=CR-2: Prohibited except to police SWAT teams, military units, and intelligence services.
LC=CR-3 or worse: Only permitted to the military or secret police.
Now bearing in mind that this is a generic formula designed to fit virtually any society, GURPS normally assigns the modern United States a Control Rating of 3 (although some states are 4). Most countries on Earth currently range from 4 to 5, which is where leftists want to take us…as does, obviously, the police chief in question. I think it safe to speculate that most on this board would want the USA to go to a “2”.
This has been your moment of nerd culture for the day…
I have to say I saw the new Lego movie in 3D with my 6 year old son. They were not shy about guns in the movie or shoot outs. Helicopters with dillon machine guns chasing the main characters. Full on gun battle at the end that reminded me of the Matrix Revolution Zoin battle. The only part that made me raise and eyebrow was when the bad guy chopped off Vitruvius head (character with voice of Morgan Freeman and looks like Moses). The severed head then rolls to Emmet feet then starts talking to him. But I don’t think my son even noticed because that is what Lego mini figures do. You pop the head off and put it on a different body all the time. Many of his Lego sets have missiles that shoot off because that is what boys are in too. I guess that goes for BIG boys too.
“Mommy cult,” now your writers are going against you own policy.
Never buy a military vehicle from the French.
Even more reason to give California back to Mexico.
Please contact the Senate Majority Office immediately at 609-847-3700 and respectfully ask them to stop attacking lawful gun owners and focus on real problems in New Jersey. (The New Jersey Legislature) I meant to say the criminals.
[q] ”You can carry a weapon openly if this bill is adopted and I’m offended by that,” said committee chair Sen. Larry Martin (R-Pickens).”[/q]
Holy Cr@p this guy reminds me of a kid we had in the mess hall down at Hood, 8″ Arty Bn, in front of a Cooks meeting with about 45-50 cooks present he stood up and asked; [q]Why is everybody picking on me?[/q] Wow, well just blow me down lmao, the kid would have done better to hang a sign on his back saying I’m and idiot KICK ME! He did not last but a few more months and got a chap 13=failure to adapt.
Now if we could just make sure this idiot NEVER gets to forget these word he uttered! maybe he could just go home and cry on his wife’s shoulder.
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1. The budget cuts have hit some branches harder than others.
2. Aisle 7: Soft drinks, juices, 5.56mm ammunition.
3. Once again, the store was saved from the fiendish plots of the mangosteens.
This is great.
Congrats my Cali brethren.
Lets hope “stet”.
Cosplay and Commerce Combine at the new Mall of Duty
I disagree. He deserves anything and everything that happens t him while he’s unarmed. Him, and those like him, are determined to make anyone who’s not a government offical defenseless. Well, welcome to party, asshole.
Once upon a time, Nancy Grace was hot enough that defense attorneys used to file motions asking the court to keep her from wearing a certain outfit… Seriously! I’ve seen the motion.
Galluzzo did order that all ammunition to be destroyed. [sic] He said it was too old and dangerous.
Too old and dangerous? The same can be said about Galuzzo.
The post forgot to mention that it is a ’28mm’, apparently people are tired of wimpy .9mm
I wonder what kind of holster is necessary to contain an armor piercing handgun…some space age material or something.
In light of the 30 magazine clip/half second debacle, maybe we will be treated to somebody winging a FiveseveN at steel plates. Sacrilegious in the highest order to destroy such a cool gun, but perhaps worth it for demonstrative purposes.
But, but, Gov Nikki Haley is so pro gun! Wake up people, these RINOs are no different than the libtards, they give a crumb with the right hand and grab the pizza with the left. Nikki Haley sure has pulled the wool over alot of eyes, but she isnt fooling anybody who digs into her record. Her and Lindsey Graham are establishment style Repubs, not real Conservatives.
Wow
To some, ignorance is bliss.
50 mm magazine clip that fires 700 bullets through an off list lower printed plastic ghost gun, anyone?
Anyone who argues this is anything but a culture war is mistaken. The antis want to make even the printed or drawn image of a gun totally Taboo. If they succeed we lose because in a generation or two there will be too few of us to discourage the antis from total disarmament.
“Harmon’s position is that pictures of guns are harming the mental well being of children…images of guns are harming the mental health of children.”
WHEN I WAS A KID…. (oh geez, here it comes…)
Seriously. I skinned my knee, and didn’t sue the city. I watched news about Viet Nam, saw guns and didn’t cower in a corner. Watched riots on the news too. “The Riifleman” was a popular TV show (with questionable gun discipline), and the son looked up to his pa. We played cop and robbers, army, cowboys and indians, and at no time did I need psychiatric help.
We played. We fell down. We walked/cried it off. WHEN did everyone become a precious little snowflake that had to be protected?
Please, do not just say it’s all the liberal’s fault. I grew up in a liberal, gun owning household that believed in taking responsibility for yourself. I became an adult and still believed left of center. I vote my concerns and conscience. Not all liberals are DiFi or this clown.
Other than to gain complete control over everyone…what the hell happened?
Again, WHEN did everyone become a precious little snowflake that had to be protected?
All of the above, with an end to PM serving as a barometric indicator in our favour.
Unbelievable. I’m making a note of this date. I just read the stupidest thing I’ve ever read in my entire life.
Most interesting to me is that the numbers of denials and revocations stayed roughly the same despite the number of issued and valid ones increasing.
Yes. The second thing I looked at. Quite interesting.
If the SDVE is all people in California can buy, okay then, but it would be my last choice when shopping for a semi-auto handgun.
When I was in ROTC we landed two Chinook helicopters at Autzen stadium at the University of Oregon. We let out about 60+ cadets with M4s (yes real M4s) and then marched in formation to the ROTC Building. The looks on the few students near Autzen was funny as they had no idea what was going on. The looks on the students faces as we walked down agate street was priceless!
We also used to run around Alton Baker park with rubber ducks in Eugene. One group had the cops called on them who showed up and acted like asses, but eventually left the cadets alone.
Some people need to develop some skill at critical thinking. It might help people to prevent turning something simple like carrying a rubber duck into an incident. It is sad that “academic” institutions seem to do so poorly at critical thinking and research when they should be the experts at it.
And alex jones has been using video of you rotzee guys deploying from those shithooks ever since to prove that russian soldiers are training with fema to set up death camps. You guys made alex a millionaire.
They left out the Pitbulls, grenade launchers, poison tipped spears, brass knuckles, porn magazine that had “children” (when actually there wasn’t, they don’t have to prove it, they just have to say it, and security cameras.
That crap always gives me a good laugh.
I have an AK, loaded 30 round mags, a .40 caliber piston with extra loaded mags, lots of ammo and a SR22 pistol. Am I armed to the teeth? HARDLY. Would it sound like I was if the cops put it in a news release?
Only of they found my porn 😉
Wow the bar for “most attractive AG” must be really low.
Actually, the George H. W. Bush Gun Free Schools Zones Act of 1990 was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in United States v. Lopez (1995).
The Gun Free School Zones Act that we’re complaining about now was passed as part of an Omnibus Crime Bill by everybody’s favorite gungrabber, Bill Clinton, in 1996.
So complain about GFSZs all you want, but the law we’re dealing with is Bill Clinton’s baby, not George Bush’s. The Bush era bill hasn’t been around since 1995.
Each letter might as well be accompanied by a sample packet of vaseline…
I always get 6.5 Grendel confused with 6.5 Creedmore. I’m no ballistics nerd, does anyone want to save me the time of googling it and wading through 5 million forum posts?
I am so tired of hearing the “5.56mm underpowered” debate, I challenge any naysayers to take one directly in the head and then come back and tell me about the in effectiveness of the 5.56 cartridge, it’s like the 9mm debate, you can carry twice as much and there are a lot of dead people around the world because of the 9×19 and the 5.56×45. Ooooo Ahhhhh yes the 7.62×39 has a bigger bullet but I can also carry twice as much of my 5.56×45.
She knowingly, and willfully violated company policy without regard for the consequences, she doesn’t have a leg to stand on…this isn’t a matter of someone being denied their 2nd Amendment right, it’s more about someone deliberately and knowingly violating company policy…
DAT’Z WACIST! There, someone had to say it.
From the look on their faces, no doubt about it, he’s bonin’ ‘er.
So if you have a history of mental “issues” you can buy a car? A knife? An axe? Gasoline? Work as a caregiver in a pre-school?… Logical this isn’t
A reasonable compromise that wouldn’t infringe could probably be that everyone takes that 16 hour class as some class project in the tenth grade or something.
I actually love this and would support it. THe training is required for the permit, but it’s also free and mandatory. If you don’t want to get a gun afterward, don’t.
The key would have to be that folks who don’t grow up through public schooling would be trained by their parents, and that should the program ever lose funding, it also loses the force of law in its restriction.
When it comes to inalienable rights, there is no such thing as “reasonable compromise.”
No. None whatsoever.
This piece goes beyond the “gun nuts are nuts” mantra.
The subtext is one that feeds the “evil gun corporations” narrative.
They are going the “big tobacco” route.
They’ve been working that “Big ______” angle for quite some time now.
Didn’t you notice the “NRA is funded by the gun companies” line being pushed by the gun-control lobby after Shady Hook?
Or the attempts since the 1990s at least to use product liability lawsuits to drive gun-makers out of business?
Except Big “G”
Hey, Big “G” with Little “o”
Are you old enough to remember that one?
NY Times… Comments disabled. Shocking.
Maybe he can write stupid hat reviews for some magazine bought by that industry now.
Haha. Yes.
“I’d like to point out that these courses are also a violation of the Geneva Convention”
RF, please elaborate. I don’t understand.
In some civilized countries listening to an instructor read “Personal Protection in the Home” verbatim for 8 hours straight could be considered a form of torture…..
Depends on the instructor I suppose, I actually enjoyed myself during my CHL class and got something out of it. The instructor was a retired APD officer and did a good job of making the material digestible and in handling Q&As about the legality of situations. I also shot 300/300 on the range eval 🙂
16 hours…. I believe that might constitute prior restraint.
So, does that mean we’ll have to sit through 16 hours of civics that we have to pay for in order to vote?
“Mr. Metcalf said he invited a reporter to his home because he despairs that the debate over gun policy in America is so bitterly polarized and dominated by extreme voices . . .”
To be fair, he has a point since Dick Metcalf is an extremist as is anyone who so blatantly wishes to deprive other Americans of their God-given rights. And the media is chock full of others like him.
To some degree I agree with what Metcalf was saying. For example, It is in the best interest of all citizens, especially law abiding gun owners, that violent felons lose their right to have access to firearms. I think most gun owners would agree that this type of regulation is sound and necessary.
The problem though is that anti gunners aren’t starting from zero and often fail to recognize the volume of regulation that already exists. Unfortunately Metcalf forgot to mention this in his piece as well.
Furthermore, this notion of “compromise” suggests some degree of give and take, I.e. nobody gets everything they want but everyone gets something. This isn’t what the gun grabbers are asking for. The only compromise ever suggested is that the pro 2A compromise their rights by giving up something else. Metcalf probably would’ve avoided this storm had he mentioned something along these lines as well.
No, Metcalf’s argument was based on the incorrect definition of “well-regulated”. He based his entire diatribe on it meaning regulation, or law. The definition of the term as it was written over 200 years ago has nothing to do with law or regulation. That’s why Metcalf’s article, and subsequent ignorant statements, should be ostracized. He doesn’t understand what the 2A means, how can he support it?
Duh.Magazines make money by selling ads, and you won’t sell many ads if you’ve pissed off every company in the business by telling the truth about their products, good and bad.
Ultimately, there’s so much bullshit floating around regarding firearms in print media, online forums, and even YouTube that the only way to know if a gun is worth the trouble….is to buy it, shoot it, and find out for yourself , no matter the brand.
Two years back, I would have said to the new gun owner that they should research their purchase options online.Noawadays, I’d say they should go to the nearest dealer,rent some guns, and stay the hell off the internet .
ST, I’ve found the reviews here on TTAG to be pretty good. In fact, that’s what got me reading TTAG was the review on the Ruger SR9c when I was looking to buy my first pistol in about 40 years.
Guntests. No Ads. They buy most if not all of their test guns off the shelf.
Its like the NPR of gun magazines… but in a good way. I don’t buy the slick glossies. I am not really interested in reading manufacturer ad copy.
Alertness
Decisiveness
Aggressiveness
Speed
Coolness
Ruthlessness
Surprise
The principles of personal defense by Col. Jeff Cooper, it’s a must read for anyone with the warrior’s spirit.
He doesn’t understand what he said that was anti-2nd Amendment?
How about we just start with this quote from his article “I firmly believe that all U.S. citizens have the right to bear arms, but…”
He lost me at “but”
I only wish we could banish politicians for questioning the gospel of constitution. That is a proper use of extremism in the defense of liberty, and absolutely not a vice in any way.
I have opined here and elsewhere in the past that any elected official who voted in favor of legislation later found to be un-Constitutional should be immediately removed from office and a new election held (NOT a new representative appointed). Further, they should be no longer eligible to hold any elected position at any level of government nor any position paid for by tax dollars.
In other words, you violate your oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America” and you lose your place at the public teat. Forever.
When Arizona legalized concealed carry in 1994, the course required for certification was 16 hours. Some years later, it was reduced to 8 hours. Now, no course or permit is required for legal concealed carry, but a reasonably prudent person is well advised to get instruction and a permit.
Good thing everyone in Arizona is reasonable and prudent, then.
Imagine the reaction the NYT would have had if Mr. Metcalf had suggested “compromising” on voting rights. That maybe having to get a photo ID to vote wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Imagine if he suggested a 16 hour civics course requirement wouldn’t be such a bad thing. They’d be apoplectic.
Exactly. Because unimpeded access to the polls is a right. Keeping and bearing firearms, not so much. They do not and will not understand the 2nd Amendment is a right, not a privilege.
Exactly!
Metcalf just doesn’t get it. Requiring a course for a basic human right is asinine. Worse yet it penalizes people that can’t afford the course, can’t get to where the course is held, can’t take time off for the course, or cannot make it through the course because of health issues or learning disabilities.
To top it all off, all a state has to do is change the number of qualified instructors to zero, or raise the price, or both and it makes it harder for people to get firearms.
That he doesn’t understand this and whines about ‘compromise’ proves Guns and Ammo were right to toss his ass to the curb.
Absolutely!! Of course, the 2A is mentioned in the Bill of Rights, not so much for voting. There are some amendments, eliminating some reasons for infringement of voting rights, mentioned in the constitution. Nothing calling for a lack of infringement whatsoever on voting rights. Voting rights can be infringed except for some specific reasons, gun rights not at all. I guess they read it backwards.
I for one am willing to welcome Metcalf back into the fold. That is of course after he completes the required 5 years in the re-education camp. Thank the lord for common sense “first amendment ” word saftey laws.
It was only a matter of time that this approach would be pursued. People keep buying guns despite the bloody flag waving, despite the misinformation spread by mainstream news, despite the demonization of guns and gun owners. Now the whittling will begin. Deny gun rights individual by individual. Start with the mentally ill, then move on to people with physical disabilities and eventually citizens with so much as a traffic ticket on their records.
Or just define “mental illness” down, until you get to something like this:
“You have one of those evil AR’s (or multiple guns, or legally-acquired NFA items)? You likely have a screw loose because no one I know sees any need for civilians to have such things, and you therefore must be given a psychiatric ‘evaluation.’ It’s for the children, of course. And the fact that you were required to undergo psychiatric ‘evaluation’ proves that you must be stripped of all rights to legally own such inherently evil things, as well all of your other firearms. Which are also oh so icky, by the way. And if you resist our efforts to have you ‘evaluated,’ it just further proves how paranoid and in need of help you are.”
Paging Franz Kafka . . . .
Remember the USSR used mental institutions to imprison their dissidents in the 60s if they couldn’t kill or jail them otherwise.
the pairing of govt healthcare and gun control is perfect for the same move here.
Tell congress no and don’t see your doctor unless you are willing to be imprisoned or surrender your weapons.
Couldn’t happen here? remember: If you like your insurance you can keep your insurance! This will reduce the cost of insurance for a family of 4 by $2400/yr. Medicaid seeks reimbursement from estate for money spent on deceased for the last 5 years…
In scanning the comments, I see I am the only person looking forward to this gun. I like pocket .380s. Easier to shoot than pocket 9mms.
I have no issue with G&A being in the hip pocket of manufacturers. I read that magazine for information, not a completely balanced view. Sort of like me asking my wife, before going out for dinner, “how do I look?” I fully expect her to say, “you look great,” but if I really want to know more, I’ll look in the mirror.
Unvarnished reviews are available on the Internet and I use them as the mirror, as well as comments from people that actually own the firearms on various forums. Incidentally, G&A is not my favorite gun mag; that would belong to Rifle or Handloader on alternate months.
Looking at Mr. Metcalf’s comments (in original article and his initial “apology”) about his long involvement in the fight for gun rights, he actually believes he is one of us. He is of that generation that believed as long as the slide into tyranny is a slow one, maybe someday we’ll get our rights back. As long as the “gun community” participates in the assault on our rights we can at least ameliorate worse things that could have happened. Sort of like Chamberlin returning from Berlin holding aloft written reassurances from Hitler that Germany and England are still buddies.
At the end of the day, back in the nasty period from the mid 60s to mid 90s when gun rights became noticeably eroded, people like Mr. Metcalf did fight to keep some worse things from happening. Maybe. But we are living with laws that are the result of his generation’s compromises. It was only through stringent activism that recovering carry rights spread like wildfire in the late 90s. I’m sure Mr. Metcalf feels he fought the good fight. Maybe things would have been worse if people like him didn’t work with politicians trying to curtail their rights. But then again, “maybe” cuts both ways.
The truth about the fight for gun rights is that it is a time of no compromise, and Mr. Metcalf simply isn’t built for that kind of thing; he cannot live with the idea of being despised; he cannot handle being the “bad guy” in a bar fight. He could have kept his mouth shut – he could have disagreed quietly with the direction the fight for gun rights is going – and no one would have cared. He didn’t and for that he lost his job. He’s sort of like the old general in White Christmas who is just not up for the next great conflict. I’m sure that each of us will age out at some point. Sort of how life goes for most people. Except for the true believers. That is a fire that can burn a lifetime, and beyond.
Very well said Mark, thanks
“He is of that generation that believed as long as the slide into tyranny is a slow one, maybe someday we’ll get our rights back.”
Or he’s the type of generation that hopes the slide to tyranny doesn’t happen to bottom out while he’s on it. Disgusting.
So now we’re the extremists because we won’t ‘compromise’, huh? lol
We saw what THEIR proposal for compromise was… and if that wasn’t extremist, I don’t know what is. They caused the polarization with their extremism, not us.
Our proposal on the other hand is very moderate and sensible; maintain status quo. We don’t need MORE gun laws. We have enough of them as it is. Piling on more gun laws will do nothing to stop criminals and everything to infringe on law abiding citizens natural (and constitutionally protected) rights to keep and bear arms. Instead, maybe we should think about eliminating gun free zone death traps, or at least adding a little security to protect people while they’re stuck in them like helpless sheep. Wow, that’s SO extreme.
And underpinning it all is Dick’s extreme ignorance to whom we are dealing with. You honestly think we could TRUST these extremist anti-gun nuts enough to compromise with them on anything? Have you not seen the underhanded, late-night, while no one is watching, double-talking lies and treachery they have already used to push through draconian anti-constitutional legislation in NY, Colorado, etc?
Compromise? ….Yeah, ok DICK.
I reading the article from the other day I noticed this, “The original column topic was assigned/approved by G&A five months in advance.” It also says the article was submitted in September. Seeing that the article was approved in April I have to wonder if its original purpose was to placate us into accepting the new federal laws that were expected to pass. Since the article was accepted for print in September, long after federal anti-gun attempts failed, I have to wonder exactly how many still on the G&A staff are closet antis.
That’s a very interesting point. Was Metcalf a sacrificial goat, being close to retirement and all?
The man that hires the editor and signs the pay checks is the man that sets the tone for a publication, those that don’t tow the line end-up as copy boy, we saw that with Recoil Mag owned by an Obama Bundler
the same is true here
The Vortex 1-6 Razor Gen2 is 1/2 MOA adjustments.
Sometimes the very ‘configurability’ of the AR platform bedevils its effective use. That is, it can be so customized for a particular purpose that it nearly forsakes all others. I’ve tried to find the optimal configuration(s) that would cover the most ground over several builds but the extremes at either end of the rifles envelop seem nearly impossible to have in a single configuration: Quick and simple up close and accurate at long range.
Having read your review of this scope it sounds like it very well may allow truly effective use across the range of the platform and that has me excited. What doesn’t excite me is the price, $2200 is a lot of money for a scope to set on top of a utility rifle so I suppose I’ll be going without this particular piece of gear. Still, even when it’s out of reach it’s nice to know such things exist and what the lowdown on them is and for that, I thank you.
From the article, “At the same time, the Administration is committed to making sure that anyone who may pose a danger to themselves or others does not have access to a gun.”
It sounds like the administration is committed to overstepping their bounds. The right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed based on someone’s aversion to a potentiality (i.e. that they “may” pose a danger to themselves or others).
In fact, part of the reason people arm themselves is because they want to preserve/ensure their ability to pose a danger to others – specifically, to those “others” who mean to do them harm.
In the presser from the other day, His Majesty (or one of his Propaganda Ministers) made the comment that the proposed rule was written AFTER a public comment period. Was I asleep when that happened? Was notice only published in the Federal Register or CBD? Or was the announcement pure, unadulterated fantasy?
More overreach by the Feds. The reporting issue is something that states themselves should be handling as they see fit. Mental health records are not uniformly kept in each state, so they can’t hope to be reported uniformly. Should it be uniform? Possibly, but it shouldn’t be up to the Feds.
This is more anti-liberty activity that could be easily solved by good guys with guns in current gun free zones where the bulk of these shootings take place. The feds are ignoring the logical solution and attempting to go after low hanging fruit.
The most the Feds should be able to do in this situation, is make a ‘recommendation’ to states, not any kind of law, ‘rule’ or (defacto) code changes. Let’s face it, the Admins (past and present) use ‘rule change’ to skirt actual Congress driven codification, which is what the Constitution requires. The Admin and Judicial branches were never meant to codify laws.
By doing this and getting away with it (presumably Congress will stand idly by per normal) a legal precedent is set for the Judicial branch to apply the technique to other areas. Let’s face it, legal precedent is what drives law these days as much as proper codification. Law classes (seemingly endless reading of case after case after case…) and current ‘state of normalcy’ WRT the courts bear this out.
someone needs to explain to (Little) Dick that sour grapes make for bitter whine . . . .
DUDE – READ FRIGGIN’ HELLER ON WHAT “WELL-REGULATED” MEANS AND THEN COME BACK. Oh yeah, read up on the Federal Militia and various state militias. A liberal at work tried to argue that if I was in a militia then she would support my “right” – sucks for her when I showed her federal and state statutes and then she didn’t want to “argue” further.
I didn’t realize that Chinese billionaire already bought the NYT.
Still, if convicted of a violent felony, you lose that right to own a firearm.
Because Shawn said so. And because it seems reasonable. And because hey, it doesn’t affect me.
This kind of logic is precisely why we need to have open discussion – because for every Shawn arguing for this one seemingly “reasonable” restriction right here there are many thousands of others arguing for other seemingly “reasonable” restrictions. Anyone supporting an absolutist interpretation of the 2A must surely concede that “shall not be infringed” means exactly what it says, regardless of whether or not it happens to apply to a 67-year-old widow who wants to buy a shotgun to protect herself at home but who can’t because of a felony assault conviction 44 years ago (she’s white, by the way, and she goes to church most Sundays). Or how about the 28-year-old who was just released for attempted murder (he’s not white, by the way, and he doesn’t go to church, and he has scary tattoos on his face)? So who decides what the reasonable restrictions are? Shawn? You? Dick Metcalf? A community board? The politicians who are focused on getting reelected every 2 years? Looks like we need to do some talking. Guys and gals, I think that what Dick Metcalf was trying to do was some of that talking that we need to do. Because if we don’t talk about what it means to have “reasonable” restrictions, then we’re all the way down at the bottom of the very slippery slope of an absolutist 2A interpretation (by which logic *any* limitation of “arms” shall not be infringed – – “I’d like two fragmentation grenades and a stinger missile , please”
Bleh, 9MM isnt even a great round, much less a 9MM with half the powder charge. Even if James Yeager says otherwise.
not a fan of striker fired guns, that’s why i own fnx and sigs. not liking where this is going
Alright. Expensive scopes turn me on in a sick way, but they are for the most part overhyped. Proof in point, on a bet I ran a stock dpms oracle with a 2.5×10 firefield acog like clone. Did I do as well as my custom rig, no. But I ran mid pack in that shoot with what everybody would call junk. The average plinker just won’t use these ultra expensive scopes to their potential. Just my 2 shiny pennies.
God grief. The cost alone is a huge turn off.
Like everything else about it.
Even the ‘friend’ price is too much.
Stop with all the butt hurt, Dick.
You’ve been weighed in the balances and you’ve been found wanting, move on with your life, you do not measure up.
I have had 2 Charter Arms Bulldog .44s, for a year now. I like them. They do shoot low, but it depends on the ammo. I just shot some 200 gr Cowboy Loads, little bit to the right, not bad. Same day I shot my Single-Six with .22 win mag, Shot high. I recomend the AGI video by Bob Dunlap. I was having trouble with light strikes from the Cowboy ammo gumming up the Firing Pin Channel. Got in there and cleaned it up. I really like shooting those guns. I have a Ruger LC9, now that shoots low. I shoot at silouhette targets 15-21 ft. Now if you want to spend $990 On a S&W, it is a free country. I was looking at 5 reviews on a 625(which I would like to have.) 3 of the 5 had problems, but they all gave 5 stars.
I like this time of year. Just before SHOT show.
Everybody is scrambling to get the jump in announcing new stuff.
Just don’t like where I see prices going.
After years writing for gun magazines, Dick Metcalf had to know there was going to be a response from readers. G&A, who let his article through until the uproar started, also should have seen it coming. Those who are angry at Metcalf should be equally angry at G&A for printing his article in the first place.
Worst of all, Metcalf still doesn’t get where he’s wrong. A single mother or retired person who has a low income shouldn’t be forced to choose between food or paying for a CCW class. To put them in that position denies them their right. I’m no professor at Cornell or Yale, but I can see that. Why can’t Dick Metcalf?
I’ve always loved my P250. It is a failure, however.
Why?
Do I hate the trigger? Do I hate the grip?
NOPE — Love everything about it.
It’s a failure because I can never find after market kits or accessories for it. The P250 has all the signs of being retired.
I’ll definitely give this P320 a look. I love the modularity of the P250. If the P320 is well supported by Sig, I’ll definitely snag one.
I’m completely happy with my P250 as well, but you’re right that its days are numbered. SIG will keep it in the catalog for a whole (mostly to make the P230 look better) and then they’ll sell the rest of them off to CDNN or centerfiresystems or some other undertaker. I’d love to pick up a 45 ACP at that point.
Do I train physically for self defense? Yes and no.
Regardless, at the risk of portraying firearms as magic talismans, one of the important reasons to carry a firearm is so that I don’t have to spend 8 hours a week conditioning myself to be able to take on a 250 pound sculpted male with 6-pack abs in his early 20s.
I might also point out that all the diet, conditioning, and training in the world is of no use to a 120 pound woman who has to defend herself from a 250 pound man in good physical shape.
I recommend that people maintain decent physical conditioning simply so that they can operate a firearm and conduct themselves effectively in a self defense scenario. For that, you don’t really need any additional training per se. If you eat good foods and get exercise in normal daily activities, you’ll be ahead of the curve. For example, instead of parking at the closest parking space in a store parking lot, park in a far space with a decent walk. Instead of taking the elevator at work, take the stairs. (If you work on the 50th floor, then take the elevator to the 45th floor and walk up the last 5 flights of stairs.) Instead of paying someone to mow your yard, mow it yourself. If you live in a northern climate, shovel the snow from your driveway rather than using a snowblower. I think you get the idea.
I’m digging the occasional “snuck in” link to a cutie.
Now, what were we talking about?
I’d be more interested if it wasn’t modular. Sacrifices are made in order to design something that can play many roles. Make a striker fired line, with a purpose built 9, .40/.357Sig, and .45 then make it in full, compact, and subcompact.
That, I’ll buy. Not this modular crap, unless unbiased reviews show it to be a gem. But I won’t be holding my breath.
Absolutely – for a whole host of reasons: health, appearance, longevity, clarity of mind, enjoyment of life….and, to ensure that I am in good enough condition to defend myself if I need to, either in a physical confrontation (mano-a-mano) , or otherwise….I suppose being able to sit on an attacker to immobilize them can be an atvantage in some instances, but I’d rather be able to outrun them if I have to, or have the endurance to outlast/out maneuver them if I need to. Besides, I want to ensure I’m around for a long time to make the political lives of anti-freedom politicians miserable, and to ensure we have the numbers to continue the fight to protect our rights…(and who doesn’t mind breaking the stereotype to boot?)
there is a program that combines fitness and shooting. its called crossfit firefight. check it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_YFl3s1Pyc
If you’re not taking care of yourself physically, but you carry a gun, or ten, then you’re being unrealistic about the facts of life.
You’re far more likely to die by your own fork than by the someone else’s gun.
I was at the gym this morning and caught a portion of the Melissa Harris-Perry show when the panel was discussing this decision. I was aghast. They might as well have been from a different planet. I had to come back and read the decision again just to make sure I wasn’t the one on another planet. I wasn’t. Considering that this was all caught on video, and that there was clearly a violent attack in progress, I was amazed that the MHP panel felt that the only way the defendant would have deserved to have protected himself with a gun was if the attacker had actually pulled a gun.
The MSM is trying to soften the inevitable news next year that guns reduced Chicago-land’s crime rate.
It will be a clarion call: Freedom works. Thus must that clear outcome be muddied as much as possible.
I am a moronic troll / the end.
You do realize that Jim Fixx dropped dead on the track years ago. When your time comes…
I say why not go ahead and credit guns with every good thing that happens from now on? Cancer gets cured? Armed citizens. World hunger ends? Standard capacity magazines. It’s no less ridiculous than what they’ve done to us for decades.
Why no love for the SWFA 1-6x? It’s almost exactly what you’re looking for. I recently picked one up and love it. Only downside is that she’s a heavy one, but it does have a mil reticle and 1/10mil adjustments and a lot of other nice things…and it costs less than half of what Leupold wants for this thing.
For example: statisticians say that correlation does not equal causation. And you need a large enough sample size to have useful results. I believe the Lott survey and recent Harvard and CDC studies have all come to same general conclusion: that increased private citizen legal gun ownership correlates to lower crime against citizens. And that is an inconvient truth the State Run Media™ ‘strangely’ seems to avoid.
If I have that correct then
I’m happy that Metcalf is hurting. He deserves to hurt. We get enough attacks from our opponents without a so-called ‘friend’ back-stabbing us.
I got to the link for Israeli super models.
Newish design, first year of production = unproven reliability and high potential for design defects. I love SIGs, but I’ll wait a year.
SWFA 1-6 has better glass.
Define attackers. I view age, and lifestyle induced illnesses as attackers and work out to beat them.
I’m hardly perfect but I’m getting better most days so that works.
Being in shape helps my confidence and self-awareness (it’s a lot easier to be aware of my surroundings when I’m not out of breath and feeling beat from walking a few blocks). So there’s that.
I would say a good portion of the issue with the Austin PD is poor leadership and a selection process that values diversity and equality more than competence. That shows every time I read Pravda….I mean the Austin American Statesman.
As of a minute ago, the no one is batting 73.44%
Nice!
“Not even for an AK.”
I don’t think this implies that Liberal Tears are good for anything, nor that they make good lubricant. But merely that, in a pinch, it would get you by if you owned an AK.
I guess what I’m saying is that the AK is the manliest, most resilient of firearms. In much the same way that AK owners don’t cry or get gummed up if there’s a little dust blowing.
While most gun owners are crying about being afraid of what the government might do next, and how best to dig a hole and hide and ‘stay off the radar’ I’m willing to bet that the ones standing up and shouting “WOLVERINES” are probably the AK owners…
You know… Just sayin’… AKs, like their owners, can take the crappiest crap, handle it, and keep on rockin’.
Cenk and his YTs are statist, gun-grabbing enemies of America. Keep them on your lists.
Wow, that’s a lot of opinions to pack into the second paragraph. One might do well to just separate that out to a separate article instead of cluttering an otherwise decent review.
$700 msrp? for a striker fired gun?
This thing better clean itself to be that much more expensive than a Glock or M&P.
I noticed that a refresh after voting does not prevent voting again; brief experimentation indicates multiple voting is possible. This poll’s results will, unfortunately, be innacurate.
I live smack downtown Seattle and can tell you many locals are sympathetic to legal gun ownership. All it takes is one walk past third and pike to see why.
For our brothers in WA state lets hope the poll shows we will win over the fascist in Seattle.
These people ain’t f-ing around. GOOD!
Who says old guys can’t do squats?
Citizen militias are a good thing.
I think GZ is on on Kel-Tec’s payroll
“Do you work out and eat right? Is your ability to fend off attackers part of your motivation?”
Yes and yes. It is much easier to do many things if you are healthy and in reasonably good shape.
From the headline my first thought was, “depends on who is paying for the ammo.”
Still trying to figure out how this is worth $700 vs a Sig P226, P220, or P210.
Why buy an unproven striker pistol when you could have one of the best pistols in the world instead?
Needs 30-rd mags.
*100 round drum. Or a belt. And a giggle switch.
You’d lose credibility if you didn’t. You’d also be terrible people.
Don’t be stupid, of COURSE you shouldn’t! It’s obvious that you should let ME do it!
And it will be out of stock forever.
I’ve always wanted a butler like the pink panther had that would surprise me from time to time…lol.
bet it has some awesome hydraulics in the butt stock tube, and a spring that would be proud on a Humvee..
I’ll just buy a 20 round box of brass for it, and spend a week or two at the cornputer to figure out how to set a load for it, then I’ll steal tire weights for a few months to cast bullets, and then I will have at it. You guys shoot .50 BMG’s all day long, so what the heck is so expensive about ammo for this one? There are a few places I can think of where I could use a 5,000 yard shot that will take down a freight train, can’t you? Pink Mist anyone?
Robert Seddon
you can load 50BMG for $1.50/rd if you look hard enough.
now, hornady a max bullets are expensive, but pulled bmg bullets are fairly cheap.
I-594 is about more than just sales. Want to go shooting with a buddy out in the woods? Want to shoot each other’s guns? You’ll each have do a background check. Only if you go to a recognized range, are you exempt. Temporary transfers are affected, too. They’re not advertising that point. They want everyone to think it only applies to sales. Lying bastards!
Almost all of those AKs are old as dirt and have a third pin for FA. Only one I see that could maybe be an FF gun is a Draco pistol.
Just goes to show, people will always get the things they need/want regardless of laws, and much to the chagrin of gun banners, guns can travel across borders by boat and plane.
I can’t believe that Valverde isn’t dead already.
Shoot it? Hell yes. What else would you do with it?
Did anyone else notice the angle of the magwell?
Or she could have recanted because she simply made it all up ’cause she was pissed at him.
It’s a semi-auto .338 Lapua.
What’s not to love? Just shoot the damn thing so we have some videos to watch, will ya’? Inquiring minds in the Armed Intelligencia are dying to know. 😉
All the fitness in the world is useless if you don’t train to shoot while exhausted, gasping for air, and hyper alert from a massive amount of adrenaline in your system.
You will move real fast when your life depends on it. The question is how will you shoot when you find yourself staring down your front site? When you can simulate being terrified of taking your eyes off your front sight post, you can train for self defense.
That being said, no one fitness option is the answer. A little bit of everything is the ticket. Be able to move fast, but controlled. Be able to pick things up, but quickly and efficiently. Be able to fight, but not get entangled in a brawl. Your #1 goal in self defense fitness when you have a firearm is establishing standoff. You have a gun. You want to use it. Create space, find cover, gain the advantageous position, and engage.
I am sure these British libtards will LOVE being muslim.
The .338 has a respectable recoil pulse. You need a robust firearm and an efficient muzzle brake to accommodate it. If the Mark 18 Mod 0 doesn’t weigh at least 18 lbs curb weight then, in the immortal words of Samuel Goldwyn, include me out!
Charlie
http://cdn.bearingarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/muskets.jpg
Ruger LCR .38
I do not trust removable magazines. Especially in a last-ditch holdout weapon.
I’ve been chatting up the signature gatherers ever since I saw them start showing up at farmer’s markets and in front of certain upscale grocery stores in the Seattle area. It didn’t take long for me to pick up on the fact that only about 1 in 5 of the people gathering signatures are locals who legitimately care about the cause. The bulk of the people I’ve met gathering signatures are paid shills, predominantly brought up from California. Not to cast aspersions on the type of people who are attracted to my industry, but I noticed right off that most of them were aspiring actors or production assistants in need of a job. None of the bussed in signature gatherers that I talked to had a solid knowledge of the issue. Once we got past the list of flimsy talking points* that they had been provided they freely confessed that either they had no real opinion on guns, or that they were actually in favor of guns “but… it’s a job.”
Each time I stood there talking to the signature gatherers I saw a handful of people sign the petition. When drawn into the conversation I was having with the signature gatherers, the people coming to the table to sign quickly fell into the “usual suspects” category- people who have little or no personal experience with guns, whose opinion is entirely fueled by the anti-gun media echo chamber. My personal favorite was the woman who came to the defense of the signature gatherer that I was light-heartedly grilling, explaining that she was signing because she didn’t like her SON being able to buy guns at “one of those gun shows.” Intrigued, I asked if her son was a felon, had psychological issues, violent tendencies, or had exhibited any behavior that to her suggested that he shouldn’t be allowed to own guns. “No” was her reply to each “I just don’t like guns and I don’t think he should be able to go get whatever he wants at one of those gun shows.”
One of those gun shows most probably run by Washington Arms Collectors, where parking lot sales are prohibited, licensed dealers conducting background checks abound, and anyone who wants to buy a gun from a dealer or another individual needs to be a card-carrying member of the WAC who has passed a background check in order to receive their membership.
People who put their names to paper in support of these laws (and I guarantee my father is among them) have no concept of what it is that they’re supporting, or why. When pressed for details the most commonly expressed sentiment is that they’re supporting these laws because they simply don’t like guns, and the subtext is that they want to punish the people who do like them.
I’m legitimately afraid that they’re going to win. Not because these laws are so broadly supported, but because people on the West Coast have a tendency toward apathy when it comes to protecting their rights from people who are intent on using the law to dictate the behavior of others. This movement was bought and paid for by a few monied individuals who have the financial clout to swell the anemic ranks of true believers with out-of-state astroturfers, but if we lose this fight it’s going to be because when it’s time to vote thousands of gun owners who have a personal stake in the outcome will count on “someone else” to defend their rights for them.
*Prohibiting private sales will stop criminals (including violent felons) from breaking the law “because they’ll think twice if they have to go through a background check to get a gun”, straw purchases will cease entirely, veterans, especially combat veterans, are left too unstable from their experience to be allowed to own guns, requiring background checks will stop mentally unstable people from aquiring guns even though there’s no framework in place to detect or document these people, private individuals who own guns are ticking time-bombs waiting to go on a murder spree or possibly rob a bank, requiring background checks will allow the authorities to trace guns used in crimes even if the guns have been stolen from their lawful owners, only police officers and military personnel have sufficient training and/or experience to be eligible for firearm ownership… (and yeah, that came after “veterans are too unstable to own guns”).
Like most of You I’m surprised Glock would release a 380 ACP pistol thats not all that compact. Its hard to believe this is what Glock thought the market wanted. I looked at most of the compact 9’s on the market and ended up with the Kahr CM9. I wish the Kahr had the same pedigree as the S&W or the Beretta, but none were as small or as light as the CM9. I”m not expecting anything game changing from Glock when they do release their slim 9. Maybe Glock thinks they are to late to the compact slim 9 party?
You’ll shoot your eye out !!!!
Looking for a small caliber handgun for my wife, was looking at P22 Walther, they come in pink and other colors for women. Smith & Wesson .38 lady smith hammer less was another option. Any ideas ????
Sure Americans have a right to buy Sudafed, just because the right has been trampled does not mean it does not exist. It comes under the right of free contract, protected by the ignored 9th and 10th Amendments.
Furthermore, just because our idiot politicians passed a useless law to address the fictional problem of people buying out Walgreens and CVS to go all Walter White in some excluded trailer in the woods, doesn’t mean we continue to useless laws just because we feel it might, maybe, possibly, probably not, not likely address something.
Man…I swear I’ve read this exact review here before…repost? Or am I crazy?
Sabaton- The White Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLTpKs2ylP4
“Almost night, a crimson horizon paints a thousand lakes red.
As your army approaches in the east, a hunter is switching his prey!
All alone, a man with his gun, wanders into the wild- tracks you down, you cannot hide- once he is onto your trail!
Into the night, a flash in the darkness- White Death is heading your way!
The fear of his foes, a hero at home- hundreds will fall by his gun!”
If someone points a firearm at me, you can bet I will be pointing one back at them!
RF…
I disagree with your “No right to buy Sudafed” comment. One of the most overlooked and important pieces of the Constitution seems to be the Ninth Amendment: “The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
At the time the Bill of Rights was written, many worried the inclusion of specific rights would imply people possessed those rights alone, which was never the intent of the Bill of Rights or any other part of the Constitution. The Ninth Amendment was included to make sure that point was never forgotten. We promptly forgot it.
The Ninth Amendment says we have the right to keep and bear arms even if the Second Amendment didn’t… which it does. The Ninth also guarantees my right to Sudafed so long as someone is willing to produce it and sell it to me in a mutually agreed upon transaction with a single state (pesky Commerce Clause).
Billy the the Kid, by Joe Ely
Big Iron, El Paso, by Marty Robbins. For that matter, Robbins’ entire GunFighter ballad album.
What Ms Watts and Moms Demand will never openly tell you is that they wholeheartedly support mass arrests of gun owners who will not comply with bans. And I`m going to call BS on her claims that they have gun owners who are members of MDA. Recently I had a Twitter debate with a MDA member who claimed to be a Class 3 dealer. Another load of bull squeeze. MDA never tells you how much gun control is enough.
By the way, Nick, you look like a bad ass in that fourth pic.
If those were Russian diplomats, we’d be at war by now.
And I’m willing to bet this guy isn’t a 2a supporter.
Very good stuff!
I want a Tavor badly but I just can’t rationalize it right now since I already have the Aug and I just built my AR pistol.
Cute!
That was some serious over penetration on that white tail mid-video.
You farking imbeciles make me laugh out loud! What a pack of gun pansies, what rubes! Ha ha haha oh, wow, I gotta show some others how the more-guns-than-teeth set thinks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Spot on! The fools here are embarrassing, the shame real Americans with their boy toy gun hobby nonsense. Basically they are infants who’ve never grown up. It’s a clear example of what ignorance and paranoia creates in shut-ins.
drop the tint- Gunplay
or
gunwalk- Lil Wayne
Maybe its time to put this blog on the pay no mind list for awhile. The bigger it gets the more smug it becomes. Now you’re taking cheap shots at Mas Ayoob. A guy who’s forgot more about guns than you or I will ever know. If that’s not enough now you seem to be committing violation #1 of Gun Jerks; criticizing for the sake of criticizing other people’s choice of firearm. You seem to particularly dislike the Glocks. Is it because it brings a level of functioning never seen before at its price point. Does it make you mad that there is a decent gun us poor folk can get our grubby hands on? I use to really like this site but it seems maybe someone needs to check their ego at the door.
I predicted it before reading the entire post … the no-knock raid was for marijuana and stolen guns. This no-knock raid was unnecessary … as are almost all no-knock raids.
Maybe this will be the impetus for the po-po to search a home the old fashioned way: wait for the suspect to leave and then enter the home.
Better get your paperwork in now, too, folks.
I’m fairly certain that the BATFE’s proposed changes are going to go through eventually, especially knowing the way this gubmint likes to fuck us over at every single turn on every single thing imaginable.
I’ve carried a Mil Spec as a duty weapon for a couple of years. It works for me. I’m an old dinosaur who learned to shoot a 1911 when that was all we had – and seven rounds of .45 ACP were lots better than six rounds of .38 special. Forty years later the 1911 still fits my hand and I can hit the target with it. The Springer magazines were nothing to brag on so I carry four McCormick 8 rounders on my belt and one in the pistol and I’ve never felt that I was poorly armed. BTW the grip safety has never caused a problem for me.
Shoot what works for you and I’ll do the same. Be safe
Hey, I live in a city (not Pyongyang), where being eaten alive by packs of wild dogs is at least a once-per-year news story. Would that everyone walked around with AK’s, AR’s or other household self-defense firearm of sufficient firepower to repel that deadly menace.
An AK is my HD weapon for now. I will be switching to an AR when I finish building it.
G42 is a .380 single stack, 13 oz. pistol. Six plus one round, I think. It’s very small, about the size of a Beretta Nano? I hope they chamber it in 9mm as well.
For some reason I think I’d be really good at keeping that water gun pressurized…
Why no-knock? Last time I checked it was pretty hard to flush guns or pot plants down the toilet.
Even if the gun manufacturing company answered the questions the police FORCE wanted to here just to obtain the contract, that would put them in the center of a libel suit. They won’t answer, If they do the CEO should be fired. If they answer the questions, there should only be one answer. ARTICLE 2…
Time to start contacting gun companies to let them know how we feel about it, After all how much more do they make selling retail?
Open Carry and the sight of firearms in general will NEVER be normalized if no one bothers to do it. A right not exercised is a right lost.
Siting on your couch smokin’ a little smoke shouldn’t be anymore illegal than sitting on your couch drinkin’ a little drink.
My first CHL instructor was ex-military, recently separated from service after serving in the initial invasion of Afghanistan. Nice guy in his late 20’s or so, intelligent, but prone to using some battlefield lingo. Not vulgar, just a little colorful. One pearl-clutcher complained during a break to the manager. Nothing happened. Complained again next break. Nothing happened.
Finally, frustrated with the instructor’s repeated use of the term “smoke-checked”, she tried to stage a mass walkout among us. When she got to the door, turned around, and realized that no one, not even her husband, was following, she skulked back to her seat; harrumphing and pouting all the way and the rest of the day.
You could almost see the little thought clouds, like in a comic strip, above the twenty other heads in the class that read “Wow. Just wow.”
@Chris Dumm
The picture you used in this article with the quote of “Recycled automotive batteries.” are actually not automotive. They are industrial equipment batteries, huge difference! If you are going to be “reporting” news do your own research and fact checking!
“Actual hunter:”
A registered democrat with a hunting license and double barrel 12 gauge, shooting ducks with nontoxic shot.
I’m about to be artificially duped into buying a Remington R51. As soon as it hits my local gun store!
We have a Facebook started for Henry (Hank) Magee supporters! Look up ‘Supporters of Henry (Hank) Goedrich Magee’
How could an application not be postmarked prior to January 1, 2014 and yet received in time for CT to send a letter dated January 2, 2014?
Sig is NOT a quaility firearm. There customer service is the worst. Paid a 1000 bucks for 1911, never shot it just worked the slide and the frame was cutting into the slide. Sig was worthless, said until I shot it, they would not look at it, after I shot they said I have put 500 rounds, then they wanted me to pay for shipping, then they wanted pictures, then they wanted me send on the slide in since it was scratched, two weeks later they said they needed the frame. Two months later they said they are busy and I will get my gun back after they look at it and decide it is a warranty issue. Later they call and say my warranty is VOID since I polished the feed ramp and any modification to the gun without them doing for 200 bucks, voids the warranty.
They suck on many levels – if you buy one of their Yugo’s you get what you get good luck, if it does not work when you need it, dead men don’t sue, and Sig knows it.
Unethical, unprofessional and frauds…
When I think of SWAT team member, I don’t think of an overweight (Farva) that can barely fit through the trailer door. Makes you wonder why he was elected to go in first and rest of the team was behind him.
That’s some fucxed up shit
Would it be fair to assume that their 5.56 rifles will be in the same price range as their .300s? ($1600)