Category: Guns

New Shooter Report

Over at Breda Fallacy, she took one of her coworkers to the range. We all have to be evangelists for this sport if we’re going to win long term. And I for one, support bringing more women into the sport, especially attractive ones:

Monica met us at the range today, looking a little nervous. (Jimmy, the range manager, said to me, “You brought another one? I’m a little afraid to go to the library now.”) I let her handle all the pistols before they were loaded so she could feel what they were like since she had never handled a firearm before. I helped her with her grip, showed her how to load, put the gun in her hand and said, “Now. You’re ready. Loaded. Aim and shoot.”

And she did.

Good show Breda.

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Stark Difference

It’s quite a difference between the Philadelphia Media, which would love to see every gun owner get a knock at the door to turn them in, and doesn’t work too hard to conceal that sentiment, and the media in other parts of Pennsylvania. This Centre Daily article could easily be an NRA alert. Also this LancasterOnline article about archery bear season. I think you have to be a special kind of crazy to hunt bear with a bow. Finally, this article from Erie Times railing against the Governor’s bills. I think our governor would do well to remember that he’s Governor of Pennsylvania, not Governor of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania is a state that loves its constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

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Paul’s Common Sense

Let’s see just how common Paul Helmke’s sense really is.  He’s pushing Massengill’s recommendations, using Virginia Tech as the lever for his arguments:

  • All states should report information necessary to conduct federal background checks on gun purchases.

As I’ve said, I don’t have too many problems with HR2640.  But it needs to be paid for, which is why it’s being held up by Coburn.

  • Virginia should require background checks for all firearms sales, including those at gun shows.

Cho didn’t buy his guns at a gun show.  So why does this matter?  Only because it’s what they’ve been pushing for years.

  • The Virginia General Assembly should adopt legislation in the 2008 session clearly establishing the right of every institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to regulate the possession of firearms on campus if it so desires.

Because the regulation on the possession of firearms on campus worked so well to stop Cho, clearly we need more of the same.  Sorry Paul, last I checked the student manuals at most universities weren’t terribly effective at stopping bullets.

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Parade Article

I noticed that a few folks are covering the article in Parade that appeared last week. Of course, the best rebuttal I can offer to these claims by a reporter, who clearly didn’t bother to do any research beyond Brady Campaign talking points, is from the ATF itself:

Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retails seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.

That’s what the ATF says, in bold print, on the second page right before the present the data they collect on tracing trends. Of course, that doesn’t stop people from doing exactly what the ATF says shouldn’t be done with the data.

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Response to John Edwards

John Edwards, who’s views on the second amendment are well known:

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Of course, that hasn’t stopped John Edwards from saying he supports the second amendment and loves hunters:

I think, first and foremost, that we need a president who actually believes in the Second Amendment and in the individual right to own firearms. And, the importance in that, both for hunting and for protection, and I do.

Do these people think we’re stupid? If John Edwards supports the second amendment, I’d hate to see what not supporting it would look like. I was happy that Field and Stream yesterday printed Chris Cox’s response to Edwards:

Edwards, of course, ran on the ticket with John Kerry at a time when Kerry had sponsored legislation that would have banned common semi-automatic hunting shotguns like the Remington 1100, Browning Auto-5 and Benelli SBE. His running mate told America’s hunters that they could not be trusted with these “assault weapons.”

Apparently they do think we’re stupid. Not a great way to win over voters. Read the whole thing.

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Indoor Silhouette: I Suck

I went to try indoor silhouette at the club tonight.  Just for practice.  The short of it is that I suck.  I hit maybe 5 animals.  The sights on my pistol were way off, and with our bullet traps in the back, I couldn’t really see where my shot was going to know how to adjust my aim.  That’s what I get for just showing up at the range after not having checked my sights.  I got so frustrated I almost wanted to pull out my Glock and blast the animals with something I was more comfortable shooting.  Most of the folks there were competing in the scoped rifle category that I could see.  I think next time I’ll show up with the 10/22.  I prefer shooting rifle anyway.

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Analysis of Committee Vote

Based purely on what I know of Pennsylvania politics, which is admittedly incomplete, I thought I’d do an analysis of how the vote may likely turn out on the gun bills next Tuesday. I got a little bored with my descriptions of how the various representatives will hurt or help us :) Either way, the results of my analysis:

Likely votes against gun control: 15
Likely votes in favor of gun control: 9
Could go either way: 5

This is definitely no time to get complacent folks, because this could definitely break against us if Rendell is able to twist enough arms. The maybe people, and the chairs of the committee are the most profitable people to contact. But make sure they hear from you. Even someone on our side will like to hear that you appreciate their stand in favor of your gun rights.

I’ve provided links, as well as some speculation as to where the various state representatives likely stand. It’s important to contact friends as well as enemies. Click below for more.

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