“I think when I speak about it, at least it gets them to pause and think. It makes it real, the damage that guns can do.” – Rhode Island Rep. Jim Langevin in A Personal Quest to Make Guns’ Toll More Visible [via nytimes.com]
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I wish they would come to South Carolina. We are VERY gun friendly here.
He can go on living with all the perks of being a state rep. with his guards and all. I’ll go on living with a 9mm next to my bed.
Maybe it’s time we stop letting millionaire entertainers dictate the course of our country.
Tell that to Chenin Duclos…
At this point, even if this nonsense doesn’t pass, MAGPUL should
move. Better yet, offer bonuses and incentives to their employees
to move with them. So don’t just deprive Colorado of a thriving
company (albeit in corporate self defense) but take their tax base
with you.
He jagged around now he’s gotta redd up and get a new johb awhile.
Can’t be doing this in PA. ‘Shall not be questioned.’
Perfect case of having no clue about your audience.
Exactly.
I hope that the other yinzers who read this contact Casey and Toomey, who claim to be Pro 2A BUT, support the AWB and 10 round restrictions among everything else.
How many shootings happen in a week around Pittsburgh? How many armed robberies? It’s not the legal gun owners committing the crimes. A lot of the media in Pittsburgh isn’t to gun friendly.
“Slide Release”?
What is that?
One should never use the ‘Slide Lock’ as a ‘Slide Release’.
Never.
What detrimental effect does using the slide lock as a release have on the firearm? Or is it a safety/other concern? I try not to do this, however, it is something that seems to be pretty common.
So months ago when the attack on “assault” weapons began I very nicely sent out emails to specialty firearms parts manufacturers who would suffer from new laws, politely encourageing them to take a photo of their entire staff so it could be shared how many hard working Americans would loose their job. I got no response from Magpul so I wonder if they should be concerned now? Oh well
Garbage in, garbage out. Imprisonment, obviously, is not the ultimate One-Size-Fits-All solution. How do we know this? America has the largest percentage (and sheer numbers as well) of its population in prison, and it’s difficult to prove that imprisonment reduces crime rates.
Make that “impossible to prove”. Virginia has had the same “illegal gun, do not pass go on your way to prison” system for… I dunno. At least fifteen years, maybe more, and for every politician on the make to present cooked data to prove it works, there are an equal or greater number of folks who can prove it doesn’t.
With the planned takedown of standards of living for most of us (so that the super-rich can grab most or all of the marbles), it’s pretty clear that crime rates for certain types of crimes is going to escalate. It’s pretty easy to understand that people with few or no options will do what’s necessary to survive. Some of them will do it in particularly awful fashion. Some will retain their humanity.
I don’t particularly like the way I put all this, but I’m not going to go back and fix it.
I’m pleased to say it sounds as though Guns Save Life is not only on Garry’s radar, but we’re getting to him!
John
This the case for Magpul to do what La Rue and Barret did to states who attack peoples rights. If they ban guns and mags Cops get NO mags or rifles. CO police can go with 30-30s and .38 revolvers for work.