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Gun girl. Collectibles. All-American double rifle.
You know you’re a gun girl if . . . You have a box or a drawer dedicated to holsters. You have more than eight gun-related t-shirts. You think about on-body carry and holster options while choosing your outfits. You criticize TV shows and movies when they get firearms terms and actions wrong. You drool over the latest models from […]
MS handgun training at Precision Shooting Center
Precision Shooting Center, Forest, MS, has announced that three of the finest hand gunners Mississippi has ever produced will begin holding one-day seminars each month at its facility beginning in January, 2016. LTC Pat Cronin (MHP retired), CPT Phillip Hemphill (MHP retired), and MSG Dan Rawlinson, (MHP), are National and World champion law enforcement handgun competitors. They have chosen twelve […]
Kentucky trooper shot dead
Killer reportedly an anti-violence Ferguson Protester who supported another cop-killer The man accused of fatally shooting a rookie KY State Police trooper Sunday night was shot and killed after troopers commanded him to drop his gun. When he refused and aimed his weapon at them, he died of stupidity. Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, died hours earlier following a traffic […]
Bad boys (and girl) – ‘The Only Ones’
An unidentified veteran 51-year-old Massachusetts state trooper sergeant shot himself in the leg with a shotgun loaded with buckshot this week while carrying a shotgun into his new cruiser, State Police said. He is expected to survive, and hopefully be wiser. You hear a lot of reports of “cop leg,” but not too many with a shotgun. “Fearing for their […]
Natchez defensive gun use. Talking to police. Infographic.
Natchez, MS defensive gun use Talking to police — “Concealed Carry and the Right to Remain Silent – Part 1” Infographic — private firearms ownership & police deaths over time (source — Officers Feloniously Killed vs. Private Firearms 1961 to 2013)
Delta State University ‘gun-free zone’
You’ve heard about the Delta State University (MS) professor shooting his rival on campus this week. “The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning hereby prohibits the possession of pistols, firearms or other weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on its institution premises or at any of its institutions or […]
Download: study explaining bias in right-to-carry law studies
From John Lott: New refereed publication in Econ Journal Watch: Explaining a bias in recent studies on right-to-carry laws. Follow the links to download.
Idiocy. Tips for Darwin candidates. More.
Tips for Darwin candidates: If you get shot robbing a house, don’t go back and try to rob it again. If you shoot yourself in the leg, don’t do it again. A 16-year-old Tulsa, OK boy was listed in serious condition at a hospital after accidentally shooting himself in the leg for the second time in three months, according to […]
September 18, 2015 product highlights
There’s been a lot of chatter about the FIREClean gun lube product, with accusations that it’s nothing but canola/rapeseed/take-your-pick vegetable oil. The company doesn’t say what’s in it, but their patent application says three or more vegetable oils. I’m not sure what the fuss is about, unless it’s that they’re selling Crisco for a buck an ounce. Either it works […]
