A Houston, Texas gun range (not pictured) has filed suit against the city to avoid being shut down over what it calls an “antiquated ordinance” requiring gun ranges to have steel bullet traps. Top Gun of Texas has a state-of-the-art rubber bullet trap, installed during construction in 2009 by Action Target of Utah. Since then, the range has passed annual inspection every year until now, when they were advised they were operating out of compliance with the 40-year-old city law. The range points out that “the state of the art in the 1960s is antiquated today. The old-style bullet trap detailed in the ordinance worked by firing a bullet into a steel plate pointed downward at a 45-degree angle. The lead bullet would hit the steel plate, disintegrate, and fall into pieces on the sand pile below. We have since come to realize that inhaling lead particles is not a good thing. That is why the rubberized system is now the industry-standard.” Top Gun seeks an injunction to stop Houston from closing its range . . .
Your Lockdown of the Day™ comes from Tremont High School in Tremont, Illinois where the school was placed on lockdown for a few hours last Friday morning. Shortly after classes began, students discovered an undisclosed quantity of .22 caliber ammunition in a school hallway. Multiple agencies responded and swept the campus, searching students, lockers, and vehicles, before finally lifting the lockdown around noon. Authorities believe there is no threat to students or staff, with Illinois State Trooper Dustin Pierce saying, “Very well could be an accidental incident. It’s still early to know that. However with things happening around the country, we take every one of these situation very seriously and we treat them as if it is a true emergency.”
A Republican legislator in Oklahoma has introduced legislation that would prohibit the punishment of students for possessing small toy weapons or using writing utensils, fingers or their hands to simulate a weapon. Students also couldn’t be punished for drawing pictures of weapons or wearing clothes that “support or advance Second Amendment rights or organizations.” The Oklahoma Education Association immediately came out in opposition to the measure, saying it would remove local control from teachers and administrators. My question is, if those teachers and administrators are abrogating their responsibilities by throwing up their hands and pointing at zero tolerance policies, what control would they be losing that they haven’t already given up voluntarily? [H/T: Pascal]
Florida Carry, Inc. has filed suit against the University of Florida, alleging it illegally bans guns in dorms and other residence halls. Sean Caranna, executive director of Florida Carry, said that the actions taken by UF in the wake of the recent Appeals Court decision don’t adequately comply with the courts decision. He says by restricting weapons anywhere on campus, UF is violating the constitutional rights of people to possess weapons in their homes. Caranna also criticized the university’s workplace violence policy, which list “carries a weapon” under a list of warning signs and “unacceptable behavior to address.”
The MFT Battlelink Minimalist AR-15 stock was mentioned in this space back in September, and to be honest, I didn’t really get it. Recently Colion Noir did a brief video review, and now that I’ve seen it in action, I’m a little more interested now for a future lightweight build. I’m not really a fan of the fixed stock option that many people go with as a lightweight option; I just think this looks better. Thoughts?
A couple days ago, Nick brought you photos of a cutaway IWI Tavor SAR, and while the photos were cool, they were static. Here’s Primary Weapons Systems demonstration of their Long-Stroke Piston System in an actual firing cutaway AR-15, filmed in slow-mo. Very cool.
Finally, your educational video for the week. Hickok45 takes us for a walk around the Schofield revolver by Uberti.
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funny that the shotgun is marketed as the premier 3-gun shotty.
“The Vepr 12 gauge shotgun is known around the world as one of the finest IPSC and 3 Gun shotguns made.”
What exactly does ‘water resistant’ mean in this instance?
It seems that hickok vid is a bit old, but I watched a lot of youtube this week trying to keep up with Shot. Still seems like TTAG has done a veru good job covering the better but more expensive items.
I just love when politicoans look to ancoet laws on the books to screw people over.
Libtards (democrats) equal death. Don’t vote for them now. Save the bullets for later.
Oh, no worries man. I know an attack when I see one and that wasn’t one. I just saw the opportunity for a tangent and took it. Keep on providing excellent digests with just the right level of snark and we won’t have any problems.
I agree with most of the others that $3,800. is “Way” over priced for a Hunting gun without a “All-In-One” Scope on it like the “Eliminator 3” on it as well… And even then it should be less than that price as a Combo…. I’m looking for a 1 MOA at 400 Yards gun, in a 300Win Mag with a Elim-3 for under $3,000 for hunting with a “CAMO” stock and barrel… I don’t want a “SHINY” gun to hunt with so I never get anything because they can spot it a mile away, and I can only shoot a little over a Half mile!! They should have the Shot-show open to the public on Friday and Saturday so the “Real” buyers can not only see what is going to be available, but can also let the makers know what they want as well!! That’s the “MOST” important thing right there!!! That way maybe we can get what “WE” want the next year!!
For what it’s worth, DeLeon also goes after airsoft guns every year, trying to make bright toy-like colors mandatory. Currently it’s SB 199. Also affects BB guns. Paintball guns (some of which look quite similar to firearms) are exempted due to paintball companies’ lobbying. In fact, they encourage the bill in the hopes of eliminating the competing airsoft industry. The effect would be felt nationally as the vast majority of airsoft guns are imported via CA from China/HK/Taiwan/Japan.
Get them while you can. Amazon has a good bit available.http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=80%20lower%20receiver&sprefix=80%25+lower%2Caps%2C152&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A80%20lower%20receiver
“Authorities searched students, lockers and vehicles before lifting the lockdown around noon.”
Am I the only one who’s going to question this? Students were searched. Were any of them asked to consent? I’m not talking about lockers here, I’m talking about their persons. What would happen if a student said “I don’t consent to searches.” to one of the cops?
Cars were searched. Was consent asked for, were there any warrants issued?
Children in schools basically have no rights.
Something like a year ago I did a write up on why I love to shoot, and I think that it pretty well explains why I love guns as well, here is my summary paragraph:
“In all, shooting is a way to stay active, be outdoors, and have fun; while all the while giving the shooter a significant challenge to his or her willpower and focus. It also is empowering and can provide important piece of mind when you hear that bump in the night. Recreational shooters like myself don’t shoot because we have to, we do not anticipate an attack, we just like to have a good time with friends while also teaching ourselves some discipline; it’s just like any other recreational sport. Shooting is my sport and that is why I love to shoot.”
I would add when answering the question on why I love guns that I find them very simple to do maintenance and modifications to: I can really just drop in parts on tons of different weapons, you can’t do that in a lot of hobbies. So guns give me a mechanical challenge as well as shooting them challenging my discipline and muscle control.
Sadly many more good innocent people will die regardless of whatever happens in Mexico. It is a good point that this new group’s leadership might go corrupt since that seems to be the way of things especially down there in Old Mexico.
If you’ll excuse me, gentlemen, I’m going to make myself a ghost cup of ghost tea and a ghost bowl of ghost cereal before the baby wakes up and needs her ghost diaper changed.
I’d rather have Arsenal’s siamese-twin 1911.
Sad story. The officer is going to question his judgment to shoot for the rest of his life. Taking a life is hard to deal with. Yeah he could have used no lethal force but police officers are poorly trained. Most officers train by shooting paper and hand to hand combat in a gym. The problem is they don’t get enough stress training. As an instructor I love simulation. It hurts like hell and puts you under a lot of pressure.
“Concealed Carry in Schools, Zero School Shootings. Coincidence?”
Yeah, probably. But it won’t be a coincidence when a legally carrying citizen stops a school.
My takeaway from this is there’s a market for an independent consulting/auditing group that specializes in NFA compliance for small firearms businesses. If only I were qualified and had the money/contacts to form such a company.