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Colt. STI & Detonics pistol. SIG Sauer.
Colt As predicted, Colt Defense LLC has entered voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which will allow for quicker sale of operations in the US and Canada. Colt will be relying on a bankruptcy court-ordered auction of business assets to help pay down its $355 million in debt. The primary assets that it owns are heavily mortgaged intellectual property (patents) and the […] Read More
This day in history: June 16, 1987 (video)
On June 16, 1987, a jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the 1984 subway shooting of 4 young males (3 with criminal records) who attempted to rob him. (He was convicted of illegal weapons possession.) New York tabloids dubbed Goetz “the ‘Death Wish’ gunman” because the shooting seemed eerily similar to a scene in the […] Read More
Sara Tipton. Marine Raiders. New Army Pistols. Rednecks.
Sara Tipton: Off-Body Carry is a Non-Starter (Read this and watch the video.) Ooh-Rah The Marines renamed eight special operations units as Marine Raiders this week. The Raider name was made famous by WWII units that carried out risky amphibious and guerrilla operations. The units are part of the Marines’ branch of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), which includes special […] Read More
Rankin County, MS police impersonator
Officers arrested a Brandon, MS man this week in connection to an assault, handcuffing and kidnapping he allegedly committed while wearing body armor, a gun and a police patch. Deputies recovered “illegal” weapons, stolen items, several law enforcement badges, a police jacket, ball caps with “FBI,” “sheriff” and “police” printed on the front, a blue light and burglary tools. Gary […] Read More
Escapees
The AP reported this week that there are currently more than 130 state prison escapees on the loose across the country. This does not include the hundreds of thousands erroneously released, out on bail or parole, never caught, never convicted or never incarcerated. You are on your own.
Read MoreVPC on FBI records of armed self defense
My response to the widely repeated “news” reports this week which parrot the Violence Policy Center’s claims that FBI reports indicate that guns are “rarely used for self defense” is posted below after the link. Feel free to copy and post as your own response if you agree. Also here is a link to an article on John Lott’s response. In […] Read More
Charleston church massacre: Some observations
A lone white 21 year old man opened fire this week during a prayer or Bible study meeting inside a historic black AME church in downtown Charleston, SC, killing nine people, including the pastor (who was also a state senator and a supporter of President Obama and gun control), and leaving three survivors in an assault authorities described as a […] Read More
Safe with “The Only Ones”?
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. blames S&W M&P pistols for a rise in negligent shootings by deputies, who were trained to violate the rules and can’t keep their booger hooks off their bang switches. If you were taught, and learned, to keep your foot on the gas pedal, would you blame GM if your car moved? Veteran off-duty Neptune (NJ) […] Read More
Idiocy: Sandy Hook fallout & an armed robber
NY elementary school after-care supervisor fired after answering elementary school students’ questions about Sandy Hook shooting, following a required lockdown drill. 18-year-old armed robber Tamon J. Stapleton stormed into an East Knoxville, TN, convenience store at 2:30 a.m. and forced the female employee behind the counter and towards the register with a stolen 9mm pistol to her head. A friend […] Read More
Enemies: Gabby Giffords and the SPLC
Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly, who make a show of being “gun owners” while trying to take your guns away, may themselves be prohibited persons breaking the law by possessing guns. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing extremist anti-gun nonprofit that lists conservative people and organizations that disagree with it on social issues on a catalog of […] Read More
