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Quote of the Day: Yeah, That Ought-a Work Edition
“If we do this enough years in a row and gain momentum, maybe in a few years we won’t have this issue. Guns should only be used for sporting or self defense. There’s no other reason to be out using your gun.” – Gun range owner Bill Kucyk in Gun shop owner: No ammunition sales on New Year’s Eve [at detroitnews.com]
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Happy New Year From TTAG
“Looks like Amax bullets,” TTAG tipster TP observes. “Tough to be accurate with the Barrett. I’ll take my McMillan over it all day long.” I’ll say this about that: regardless of the gun or ammo, shooting the cork off of a bottle of expensive champagne without harming the surrounding glass is an impressive feat. Pouring a portion of the bodacious bubbly onto the desert floor, less so. Not to mention all the other bottles sacrificed for this demonstration. Still, you have to do something dramatic when you set gunfire to NFL Films background music. From all of us to all of you, have a happy and a healthy 2015
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Is This The Stupidest Gun Control Idea In The History of the World Ever?
“Two young people with toy guns were mistakenly shot dead by police this year – one just 12 years old,” nj.com reminds us. “In both cases, cops thought a fake gun was real. Watch the videos of these incidents to see how easily this happens. A 22-year-old took a fake air rifle off the shelf in Walmart, while yakking on his cell phone. He pointed it at no one. Yet thanks to a false 911 call, police rushed in. He had just enough time to cry out, ‘It’s not real!’ before they shot him dead. In the other incident, also caught on video . . .
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Quote of the Day: Generally Speaking, No Edition
“What it basically means is that we have a shrinking number of guns we are allowed to sell in California. There is nothing that makes these guns anymore dangerous to their users or in a defensive situation. It really comes down to will the manufacturers put down the money to have their firearms approved for sale in California.” – Steven Rubert in Stricter state gun laws start January 1st [at fox5sandiego.com]
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