… gun sales are up 30%. Now if the folks who are buying all these new guns would get involved and get engaged, we might be able to make some progress over there.
Category: Guns
Speeding Up Silhouette Matches
One of the time consuming things in running silhouette matches is having to make the line safe, go down, and reset all the animals. Resettable targets would be ideal, but not many people make them, and some brands have issues with the animals popping back up on you.
I went down to club this morning to check out some targets we’re considering using for our air rifle and air pistol silhouette matches. They are made by a guy up in Binghamton, New York. His company is called Noteworthy Targets, and make these 1/10th scale NRA Air Gun Silhouette targets that reset. We shot at them all morning with a hard hitting .22 caliber air pistol, a high powered .117 air rifle, and my .177 air pistol. They worked pretty well. The demo model brought down for us were air rifle targets, and my .177 couldn’t knock the rifle rams over at the regulation 18 yards, but if we get lighter air pistol ones made, that shouldn’t be a problem. The great thing is, when they go down, they stay down. They are also fully adjustable, so you can adjust how heavy you set them. Today we had them set pretty heavy. The animals also screw on to the shaft, which is nice in case you need to take them off for repair.
He makes a lot of other steel targets if you want to get into shooting at steel. It’s a lot of fun, if the range you shoot at allows it.
Sheriff to Residents: Cowboy Up!
A Sheriff in Mason County in Washington State is encouraging local residents to arm themselves in response to budget cuts in the department.
“I won’t say vigilante days, but we’re back to days when there wasn’t very much law around,” Bob Clark said. “We live in a very remote area and it’s a constant worry.”
Sheldon was quoted in a local newspaper as calling people on Seattle’s Queen Anne and Capitol Hill “wimps.” He has since backed off that statement.
Sounds like my kind of Sheriff.
UPDATE: Ooops… :g/Sheriff/s//County\ Commissioner/g
For those of you not Unix geeks, replace Sheriff with County Commissioner. That’s what happens when I skim through an article.
US Conference of Mayors Demands Brady Agenda
Yet Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, president of the mayors’ conference, says there is little time to spare. He says his group wants the assault weapons ban reinstated and federal legislation to limit gun purchases.
“Typically, when these things happen in our cities, statements are made, and then the issue goes away,” he says. “It doesn’t go away for us. We need help.”
It won’t go away for you until you have the courage to remove dangerous people from society, rather than trying unsuccessfully to remove dangerous objects. We can’t all live in a padded cell. The really interesting bit of this article, though, is the graphic:
So we know these things a) are not new, and b) tend to spike with bad economic times. All things considering, it’s pretty clear gun laws don’t have much of an effect.
Bloomberg to Run Anti-Gun Ads in Virginia
NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is paying for ads to run in Virginia urging a ban on private sales.
New York’s mayor and relatives of Virginia Tech massacre victims are releasing a new television ad next week urging the state to close a gun show loophole.
The second anniversary of the shooting is next Thursday.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will join victims’ relatives in Arlington on Monday to release the ad.
Two quick things:
- The Virginia Tech shooter did not buy his guns at a gun show or through a private sale. This ad serves no purpose other than to use the victims to advance a political agenda.
- The timing was picked for no other reason than public relations grandstanding considering the Virginia General Assembly went out of session in February. In fact, they met for the last time this week just to review vetoes and actually overrode two vetoes of pro-gun legislation.
How to Pass Gun Control: A Liberal’s Plan
This screed suggesting the “new” idea to enact gun control is laughable.
The solution is obvious, create an alternate organization that supports gun ownership but in a responsible manner. I would call the new organization the “American Rifle Organization” (ARA) or something similar. (sic)
They would have progressive gun ownership rules like the following:
1. Support for single action rifles, shotguns and Revolver Handguns only.
2. Licensed and certified gun ownership.
3. Separation between public, police and military style weapons. It would be illegal for the public to purchase or own police and military style weapons.
4. No public ownership of automatic or semi-automatic weapons.
Apparently no one told the Air America hosts that someone is already trying it, and it’s not working.
Campus Carry Update
If the polls released over the past few days are making the Brady’s crap their pants, this news is going to have them reaching for the Imodium.  The Missouri House has passed a bill that eliminates the restrictions that people with concealed weapons licenses face on college campuses.  Best part? It passed 106-41. A House committee in Texas also recently passed the same bill, 5-3, sending the bill to the full House for consideration.
We’d like to congratulate the new NRA State Liaison for Missouri on the victory there. Prior to her new position in State and Local Affairs, she was the Media Liaison who handled blogger outreach, sending us press releases and answering our questions. So we’re very happy for this accomplishment.
Small of Back Carry
Brillianter takes issue with a method of carry we’ve probably all tried at some point or another, namely small of the back carry. I carried this way for several months when I first got my license, because it seemed like a reasonable place to conceal.
Strong side carry seemed too bulgy and when you first start to carry, you think everyone can notice that. Truth is, bulges along your side are normal these days with all the crap people carry around with them. Bulges along your back are not.
Now I carry a Glock 19 at 4:00 strong side, in a Kydex in-waistband holster. If I can’t wear an outer-shirt, 2:00 works with a shirt pulled over, even though it’s not as comfortable. The Kel-Tec P3AT I carry in a pocket holster either in the strong side front pocket, or in my inside coat pocket, which makes for a nice cross draw.
Inky Looking for Content, Finds Brady Campaign
It looks like along with all of their money, the Philadelphia Inquirer has also lost all of their creative thinking abilities. In an effort to fill their editorial page this morning, the Inky decided to simply publish the current Brady agenda and slap their own name on it, calling it an editorial.
But the starting point has to be stricter gun control measures – including a national assault-weapon ban, wider reporting of lost and stolen guns, universal background checks, and limits on handgun purchases.
Round 2 of Helmke v. Feldman
It appears that Paul Helmke and Richard Feldman are back for another round of point/counterpoint today.