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Smith & Wesson Performance Center 1911 3” 9mm Round Butt Scandium Frame

Nov 04, 2017 |

Smith’s Performance Center pros have been busy little bees. They’ve just announced a few new guns that will have many of you (us) Smith weenies drooling. First up is a compact 1911, the PC 1911 3” 9mm Round Butt Scandium Frame. Just the thing for concealed carry. The Performance Center Pro Series SW1911 pistol offers consumers […]

Crime and Punishment

Washington Open Carry Advocate Pleads Out

by Robert Farago |

Feb 21, 2010 |

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The Open Carry movement—which lobbies for citizens’ right to carry licensed firearms in plain view—may have a champion in Duncan Dohmen. The 68-year-old Washingtonian was arrested last June for openly carrying a Smith & Wesson 1911 into a local McDonald’s. Speaking to the tricityherald.com, the [former] pistol-packer proclaimed “Rights not exercised are rights lost.” Then […]