In California you can buy any handgun you like—provided it’s on the California Department of Justice’s list of acceptable handguns. [Click here to view the government-sanctioned selection.] Every now and again, not often, the CA DOJ adds a handgun to the GTG (Good to Go) list. On September 27, they decided that the Smith & Wesson Model 10-14 is OK for sale. The what? I’m no “Smith weenie” (as Ralph calls himself) but I reckon the 10-14 is a fairly enigmatic choice for modern self-defense. Don’t get me wrong: there’s nothing wrong with the 10-14 per se. It’s just that the DOJ recently de-certified 28 pages of perfectly useful modern revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Where’s the sense in that? The 10-14 was the last of the mass production Smith & Wesson Model 10’s. Unlike its predecessors, it has an internal lock. Go figure. [h/t Duane]
I live in the East Bay. Big 5 in Fremont always has .223, 5.56, 9mm, .40, plus a decent stock of hunting ammo and 12 gauge shotgun shells. It is not cheap though. They actually had two Mini-14s for sale too. Dicks recently opened in Livermore and will open soon in Daly City. Also have to mention Annie’s Guns, Fremont’s only gun store.
Great article for a paper puncher.
If you want a varmint gun the makes bullets explode on impact. Go 1:7 twist. a 1:9 or 1:8 twist may not kill a gopher or rabbit, but a 1:7 is impressive.
Meat Head can’t read a comma nor understood what “The People” means.
I believe, if you stop paying fees to he state, your gun drops of the list. The lack of fees paid makes the gun unsafe
Hey Nick,
What did you think about the eye relief on this? I’m debating between a combo of this plus a Red Dot, or getting a 1-4x variable scope. Thank you
Im not 100% but i think one of the gun rights groups has or is filing a suit about this list.
She is entitled to her grief, and I sympathize with her loss. Her mother’s death was and is a tragedy. But she is not entitled to dictate my right to defend myself, my family, and yes, MY STUDENTS.
She can call being armed “grotesque”, but you know what’s grotesque to me? The thought of being powerless and watching children die.
Signed, another elementary school teacher / gun owner.
A shepherd can use a shotgun to drive away most if not all animal predators that they would encounter in Iran. Heck, it could even drive away casual human predators.
A shotgun’s major deficiency is limited range. Smaller shot would only be effective on large predators out to maybe 10 yards. Buckshot would be effective out to about 30 yards give or take. And slugs would be good to about 50 yards. (Slugs would remain lethal beyond 50 yards but it is difficult to hit your desired target past 50 yards.)
In terms of civil unrest, 10,000 shepherds with shotguns would not be much of an offensive force unless they are willing to suffer huge losses. That is probably why their governing authority is okay with the shepherds having shotguns. And it is why our governing authorities in the U.S. are basically okay with citizens who have shotguns.
Many 80 year old grandmothers have successfully protected themselves against violent criminals with their guns, I’m pretty sure none of them were marines.
Heck, I bet you could find instances where frail old grandmothers and diminutive women have successfully protected themselves against actual trained Marines (and soldiers of other varieties), thanks to having a gun.
The issue today is that our 230+ year experimnet is self government is failing and failing titanically. One large factor is the media is failing to do its job of reporting on the crimes of government going on in our country nationwide. An uneducated poulace cannot vote effcetively. The media, sellects, omits, fabricates, distorts, and outright lies in its reporting of so called news. They are no better than Bagdad Bob, Joseph Goebbels, or Pravda of the old Soviet Union. This regime is in an outright race of criminal activity assaulting the constitution and the American people. Almost every thing wrong with this country can be traced to the 545 people in DC. That includes the POTUS and the SCOTHUS. Today our country is in what in aviation is known as a graveyard spiral. It will end the same for all of us in disaster.
A shotgun in Sicily, especially one that’s been cut down, is referred to as a “lupara.” It means “for the wolf,” because Sicilians used to shoot wolves with their shotguns.
Shotties are very adaptable and are just the ticket for predators, no matter how many legs they might have.
If the gun in question is tethered then it is not “possession”. If not . . . then by most standards it is. If you get caught on the street w/ a rock or 2 – that is considered “possession” even if you were holding it for someone else. You have a knife on your person when arrested? Does not matter that your grandma already paid for it and you were bringing it to here. You are considered to be in “possession” of a weapon regardless if said weapon is lawful/unlawful or legal/illegal to possess.
Remember merely having a certain amount of a banned substance can equal “intent to sell”.
One rule for us, another for them.
EVERYONE needs to be prosecuted to the LETTER of the law. Only then can they be changed. Selective enforcement of ridiculous laws only works when the people making those choices are your friends.
Ill take the Glock all day long. It has a very simple battery of arms, and simple is always better.
1911, add a 50rd drum, because that’s how I roll.
In regards to the brandishing story, this is why it is worth it to pay the tint tickets one a year or so and put tent on your vehicle windows. Also keeping a heads up to any close vehicles, especially taller buses and trucks, that may be able to see a must.