“You can have guns for hunting. You can have them to ward off Mexican drug lords or whoever is going to storm into your house. Keep them there, in a locked safe. And if we by chance ever need a well-regulated militia for a revolution or zombie apocalypse, by god, we’re going to be really happy you were born with a micro-penis.” – Matt Bors, Dear Gun Nuts [via medium.com] [h/t A-RA]
It’s my understanding that military equipment must be procured from US sources. In fact, the army had to get a waiver when they made everyone wear those froofroo berets because they said they could only be made in China.
Lead is used in bullets. Bullets are needed by the military. I think something is missing from this story.
At least on the building end of things, all projects are subject to the “Buy American” act, which more or less states that if something is available “off the shelf” is manufactured in America, then you must use that product unless you can prove the case for why you shouldn’t. It’s ridiculous how many “off the shelf” items are NOT American.
Amazing how the party that cries out for local business and decries “corporations” also pushes aggressive legislation preventing the very thing they cry out for.
What a total tool.
I’m still trying to figure out how to use my penis for self defense. Anybody got any helpful tips? LOL.
The FBI underreport EVERYTHING. The UCR system just does that.
Justifiable homicide is a very fine technical point in law, varying from one jurisdiction to another. The more reliable – and more pertinent – measure would be to ask people who have shot other people dead if they FEEL they acted in a justified fashion. Ask the witnesses, ask the police.
Killing someone with good cause is more an issue of some informal concept of fairness rather than law.
Florida keeps its own data via the FDLE. If you look, you will see Florida is absent from the FBI UCR.
Maybe this is why every random gov’t agency has been stockpiling ammo.
-D
Dude $6 for a fully loaded AR15 magazine? Sign me up.
When they come knocking at your door just swat them with a wet rag .
That cartoon is racist. It is all white people. Not even one token ethnicity.
Yes, conceal carry or open carry have never deterred anything except all the mass shootings have happened in gun free zones.
The article mentions certain specifications to look for, but many of the manufacturers referenced actually cut those very same corners.
Remember if a manufacturer doesn’t say that they MPI and Proof their bolts, barrels, stake their gas keys, use mil-spec components, etc… then they probably don’t.
Those are selling points to a rifle and if a manufacturer meets those quality control standards they will advertise that they do meet those standards.
Manufacturers who DON’T meet those standards will probably never mention those standards. Keep that in mind when perusing a companies offerings.
FOR THE TRILLIONTH TIME.
THE NSSF IS THE ACTUAL GUN LOBBY THAT REPRESENTS THE MANUFACTURERS. THEY’RE OPEN ABOUT IT. GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. THE NRA IS A VOLUNTARY DUES ORGANIZATION. STOP TRYING TO SPLIT THE HERD, IT’S NOT WORKING.
Sorry for the caps, i just hate that talking point more than anything.
They are leftists. It’s what they do. It’s not like Alinsky is their A game and they switch tactics if it doesn’t work. They don’t have a B game.
By the cartoon’s logic would he want to do away with all police and laws since they don’t seem to stop all or even a lot of crime? Funny thing that logic.
Mr. Bors is coming up with a nice new spin. Notice how concealed carry laws were supposed to stop all mass (?) shootings. That open carry was supposed to stop “the crazies”. But both mass shootings and crazy people still exist, so let’s make the completely illogical leap and say that pro gun rights people want to be able to threaten people with guns all the time. No one has ever suggested that, or thinks that’s an idea to entertain at all. But it’s an attempt to counter the “they want to take our guns away” argument used against the anti rights faction. See San Antonio?, Mr. Bors might ask, they want everyone to walk around with an assault rifle! He doesn’t realize that rights are about choice, not want. Don’t care to walk down the street with an AR on your back? Neither do I. But I don’t want to be arrested if I choose to.
Unfortunately, the anti rights people have made noises for decades about civilian disarmament, and this past year has shown that they are still lie just under the surface of every progressive. No, Mr. Bors, it is not our side that has the irrational fears and desires.
More than anything, I’m getting tired of folks like this saying they’re not anti-gun.
Last year I bought my first gun, Taurus PT111, 9mm compact. I soon began to get frustrated with all the misfires (at least 1 per magazine) and the restrike trigger just didn’t seem right to an inexperienced shooter. After a LOT of research and talking to a LOT of knowledgeable people, I traded in my Taurus for the XD(m)c. Holy cow! What a difference! It never misfires and my accuracy has noticeably improved. Yeah, its a little heavier, but with a heavy belt it sure feels good encased in my Sneaky Pete holster.
Guntalk had Springfield on the show and he stated what was swapped out: http://guntalk.libsyn.com/guntalk-2013-10-13-part-c
How are the triggers on the XDs? My service XD trigger has a lot of take up, a little bit of over travel, then a longish reset, but after reset there is additional take up before getting to the wall again. This has kept me from seriously considering an XDs as the trigger on my shield is adequate. I know the trigger is different on the XDs, does anyone care to comment on how the XDs compares to the shield or glock triggers?
Years ago, I bought an Alexander Arms .50 Beowulf. Great gun for buffalo, but a bit much for plinking and home protection. I wasn’t too keen on .223, but when everything went to hell after Newtown, I figured I should have a .223 AR, just to have one. I had a Para TTR upper with folding stock, that I had been given several years back. So I bought a “Blemished” Aero Precision stripped lower for $100 and a Palmetto State Armory Lower Parts Kit for $60, and put it all together. It works quite well, and I like the folding stock feature.
No comments huh? And I’m the coward with a small dick for wanting a gun?
I guess it take one to know one.
Of course 90% of subjects are for stronger background checks when they have been told over and over that such a law would somehow make them safer and catch the bad guys. Explain to folks that no study has ever proven that any sort of gun control is effective in reducing crime, then ask the question again.
Anyone else get an ironic tingle from the namesake of the town (Herculaneum ) in which the smelting operation is located is one of the two towns decimated when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD? Just sayin’.
“Mass Shooting Prevented by Hundreds of Armed Citizens at Historic Alamo Monument”
There, fixed it for you Mr. Bors. As he can’t prove it didn’t happen, then I submit that it did.
might want to research this a bit more.. all is not lost, apparently, for lead recycling
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientific-american-recognizes-rsr-commitment-152200527.html;_ylt=A2KJ3CdZPmVSRXkAIKZDDex_
“Who needs trigger discipline when you have this sweet mask and a 10″ TV? #swag”
These uneducated and unsupported generalizations about an entire group of people supporting and exercising a fundamental right as old as civilization itself are childish.
This is a fancy form of ad hominem. It’s name calling. They’re attacking us, and not the validity of our argument. He’s just calling us pussies, saying we have psychological problems and insecurities.
It’s insane that this can be construed as a rational argument.
I will read anything on this site. Twice. But this article was a lot like talking to my ex-wife. In the end, I came away thinking, huh! what? Wait. What?
That sure is a lot of projection. I didn’t know psychics actually existed!
As for his anti-dumbass comment… All he has to look at is dgu stats and then he will see who the dumbass is.
Flameproof trousers? You’re a better man than I Gunga Din. I would have used a full nomex suit!
To be honest, I don’t really see how the rantings of one of the four-percent deserves an article.
Read any of the gun threads on fark and you will see the above dozens of times, repeated to death.
Dude, go call the guy in Nairobi who went into the mall to find his brother a p***y. Dare ya.
I don’t want to be a hero, except maybe once in a while on my XBox. I sure as hell am in no hurry to get in any gun fights. I just want to blow off a few rounds once in a while with friends for fun, work on my marksmanship as a hobby and not be a useless tw*t if lightning ever does strike and I find myself in a bad place & able to help.
Once again, thanks to all you folks that vote Democrat. Hope you are happy.
Dear Matt Bors,
I have a camera, a ruler, and $50 to bet you. Ill even include a favorite gun in the photo for your enjoyment. If you would care to take this bet, you can reach me at: [email protected].
Cheers,
Josh
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Does the revision RX inserts work in other eye pro?
I have seen more cases of poor QC in 2 years. I have sent back 4 Ruger revolvers for numerous issues. My single action Bisley Hunter was sent back 3 times. On the fourth time they gave me a new gun. I have seen piss poor AR parts from all kinds of manufactures. I have sent back tons of parts to top manufactures that lack QC. Some manufactures have cooperated and some have argued. I have paid money out of my pocket to send back some of this junk. Recently I looked at an LMT 308 at a local store. The upper receiver had such heavy tooling marks that I was disgusted. LMT is an ISO 9000 company. How can this shit make it to the stores? The kid working at the gun store had no attention to detail. I told him to send it back to LMT, and he argued that someone would by it. WTF. This is America. Lets have some fucking pride in our shit. Is that so much to ask?
This is what America has become.
Nice rifle, and very pretty, but….the price!
Yes, yes, we talked this to death a few weeks back about cheaper .22’s not being well made, or well-made ones costing far more than many of us can reasonably afford. I could indeed buy the Volquartsen or an Anschutz if I wanted to. I would just have to sell my M1A, and that is something I will not do.
So. Here’s my question (hopefully Dyspeptic Gunsmith will chime in on this specifically) – wouldn’t a CZ455 American with a glass-bedded action and trigger job be just about as good as the Volquartsen at maybe half the cost (which, while still really steep, is attainable without letting go of something else), all other factors being equal (same optics, ammo, etc)?
And yes, I have a 10/22, unmodified in any way whatsoever…for the moment.
Tom
PS: I don’t know where KJW hails from but it’s way too early to be mentioning snow and frost and all that. I haven’t even so much as winterized the bike yet :p
I’ll carry a gun to stay alive. Call me insecure, I don’t mind. My life is worth more than this guy’s opinion.
I carry a gun because I want to, and unless I know you, I see no need to justify my decision or explain myself beyond that.
The pulled over 40 tons of lead off the ground at a range near me. Trap shooting for years there. It had been almost 20 years since it was done last and the club made thousands of dollars to pay taxes, upgrade the heating system, etc.
Didn’t Dyspeptic Gunsmith go on a rant about this just the other day? As Andrew said in the very first comment, issues can be engineering or QC, and a given company can have either, both, or neither. Unfortunately the trend is to rush it (whatever it is, guns or cars or computer software) to market in beta, and clean up the mess later.
In answer to MJ’s question in the post, I’m not a dealer, but I seriously doubt you’re getting the “picked over” bad apples because you’re a small dealer. The quality issues are industry-wide and I’d bet everyone is seeing them pretty uniformly. There may be a few really big dealers getting pick of the litter, but that’s the exception, and as rule everyone is getting “you get what you get.”
I feel about guns similarly to the way I feel about cars — I won’t buy either one in its first model year. It takes about a year for all the bugs to show up.
Yes, I want everyone around me to respect me because I have a gun, that’s why no one around me knows I have a gun on me.
As already brought up, the projection is off the charts with this one.
I wonder what he would do if he started to talk to someone that was carrying concealed and let him know midway through the conversation.
Freak out like a pussy !
The best response to this tool is a simple “TL;DR”. It burns the trolls like fire.
If I was down there I’d have carried 2 rifles of the same make, but one looking all innocent and traditional and the other tacticool’d out and “scary”. Likely my M14s given that this is the only “before and after” pair I have set up at the moment.
-D
I’d like to go to an open carry demonstration with my M91/30. Just seems right, except they probably wouldn’t let me go with the bayonet fixed…
I wonder how the bullet drop is affected when firing a weapon upside down. Aren’t most guns “preconditioned” to fire their bullets in an initially upward arc?
Great review. Like all holster opinions though, extremely subjective. Just ordered one per this review and will post up when it comes in. My current holsters with similar attributes are: CBST, CB ‘quick clip’ and Minotaur by Comp-tac. I carry a full-size firearm in almost all cases, either a M&P .45, or XD tactical. Based on my holster experiences, a single belt clip and a loaded full-size just don’t mix. With a smaller, lighter gun (I used to carry a glock 30 in a CB ‘quick clip’ (one wide belt clip)), the ‘sag’ or increasing/decreasing cant of the gun as you carry it, changed, but it was manageable. Switching to the full size and ordering another CB ‘quick clip’ made the limitations of a single belt clip obvious, to me anyways. I then ordered the super tuck, and it was a tremendous leap forward in terms of keeping the ‘cant’ of the pistol (and as a result, the ride height also) consistent. I was pleased with the supertuck, but like everyone else, was always looking for a better option. The Minotaur was more comfortable, equally adjustable, but bulky. With two belt clips, the design was very similar to the super tuck, actually. I now have used the Minotaur for two years and have modified it quite a bit, trimming leather here, cutting down the kydex and polishing edges there. But I’m always open for another rig. The only reason I would even consider a single belt clip design (like the N82 Pro) is the backing material (suede), strikes me as both comfortable, and if I’m right, more likely to ‘grip’ my underwear or undershirt material, thereby providing some extra resistance to the aforementioned cant issue with a single clip design. The CB and the minotaur both have a (now that they’re broken in and well used) semi-slick back, that essentially slides around against my clothing. The suede however….that might make a difference… We will see. The off-gassing comment is almost laughable, I must say. I work in the automotive industry. I know my…ahem…German company has studied this extensively and if ‘offgassing’ bothers anyone, I strongly recommend never driving a modern car again. You are breathing in (particularly on a hot day) varying amounts of VOCs and other ‘offgassed’ chemicals that would make the diminutive kydex holster emissions seem like pure O2 in comparison.