The Weapon Blog
7.62×39 To The Neck And Survived
The following case study is of a friend of mine (written with his permission) who was shot through the neck by an AK-47 during an operation from a range of about 150 meters. The bullet entered the back of his neck just right of the midline and then blew out the front of the left side of his neck. Remarkably, he not only survived, but has subsequently made a near-complete recovery, and has conquered both the North and South Poles on foot! This case study is fascinating from both a terminal ballistics perspective, as well as from a medical perspective regarding the immediate and delayed effects of the temporary cavitation, or pressure wave, emanating from the high-velocity bullet as it passed through his neck.
Read the rest of the article: http://sofrep.com/45384/45384/
On “Engaged In The Business”
The eloquent Michael Z. Williamson pokes all kinds of holes in the executive order unveiled yesterday.
ATF has guidelines for what constitutes “Engaging in the business” of selling firearms, though has no concrete definitions on how many guns one may sell. The new “advisory” they just published as part of President 0’s new “gun control” push simply reiterates exactly what they already say.
Here is a layman’s summary of the matter:
To buy new guns at wholesale, one must have an FFL–Federal Firearm’s License, which come in several flavors for selling, smithing, manufacturing, ammunition, explosives, and with addenda for import or restricted National Firearms Act weapons–silencers, machine guns, short barrels, destructive devices and certain oddities.
If one plans to “Engage in the business” of selling firearms, new or used, an FFL is required.
Read the rest of the article: http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/index.php?itemid=388
January 2016 Gun/Gear Contests
At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, http://www.weapon-blog.com/contests/ has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for the month.
Go forth and win… As always, feel free to share wherever you can.
I really need your help. The list is a bit lean this month. If you are aware of any that are not on the list, please use the contact form to get it added to the list.
Specific Safeguard
“The Bill of Rights was added as a specific safeguard to prevent the federal government from denying Americans those guaranteed rights,” said Governor Abbott. “Today, the President trampled the purpose and substance of the Bill of Rights by unilaterally imposing Second Amendment restrictions. After failing to pass gun control measures through Congress, the President is yet again resorting to unilateral executive action in place of the democratic process. Despite the President’s latest attempt to undermine our liberty, Texas will take every action to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.”
Greg Abbott
Governor, Texas
January 5, 2016
DOJ Cross-Checking Gun Buyers With Terror Lists
A federal class-action lawsuit filed this week accuses the Justice Department of treating “every potential gun owner like a terrorist” by requiring the cross-checking of names of firearm purchasers with those on secret watch lists.
Paloma Capanna, an attorney, filed a complaint this week against the Justice Department’s top brass in Rochester, New York, to raise objections to the federal government’s use of rosters containing the names of suspected terrorists when reviewing proposed firearm purchases. Ms. Capanna is a policy analyst with the Shooters Committee on Political Education, a New York-based gun rights group.
Read the rest of the article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/24/justice-department-sued-for-cross-checking-gun-buy/
Stag Arms Manufacturer’s License Revoked
Bob Owens at Bearing Arms notes that: Stag Arms, the Connecticut-based AR-15 manufacturer, has lost it’s federal firearms license as a result of not properly keeping track of serialized lower receivers.
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National Gun Buyback Bill Introduced
So many things wrong here…
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2015 Assault Weapon Ban Bill Introduced
Besides banning the manufacturing of AR-15s and related firearms, the ban would put in place “new restrictions on the sale of already existing assault weapons.”
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Beretta M9A3 – First Look
Head on over to http://imgur.com/gallery/O9Wva to see the rest of the gallery!
Without Due Process
I had planned on writing some comments about the above video, but the folks at Bravo Company USA have hit the nail on the head here. Denying an individual the right to travel by plane is vastly different than denying an individual’s constitutionally protected rights. You do not have a right to fly on a plane. You do have a right to keep and bear arms.
How Is This Even Possible?
Willful misdirection to further an agenda, or ignorance are the only options I can see. Either should be grounds for dismissal.
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The Endgame
A professor from George Washington University has let slip that gun control is not the end goal — complete disarmament is the end goal.
...How To Break In Your Leather Holster
Some folks are perfectly happy with a Nylon holster that is affordable, reasonably durable and comfortable. And that is fine. However some folks want a holster that is not just a functional accessory, but some something that looks good, feels good and keeps their weapon secure too.
...Rand Gets It
Interestingly, they accumulated this arsenal in California that has ten-day waiting period, has no private sale of guns. Every gun regulation that President Obama has advocated for California has already and it didn’t stop this. I think ultimately that the rules that you make for gun control, people who are intent on killing themselves aren’t too concerned with the rules. Law-abiding citizens are.
The quote above starts at 3:10 in the video segment below:
I Will Not
From keyboard of Michael Z. Williamson:
No, I will not give up my guns. Now, what are you going to do about it?
If you say you’ll send someone to take them, then you’re admitting to a belief in using pre-emptive state sanctioned violence for political ends. The state can use that same violence against any other group it disagrees with, and you’ve endorsed the concept. Congratulations. You’ve just justified my reason for having guns. You’re also a coward, unwilling to act on your own behalf. You’re only comfortable with contract violence.
If you’re not going to do anything, then you’re just a whining, bleating sheep, and a moral coward I can safely ignore. This results in no harm to you. You have every right to be a bleating sheep. But, the bleating sheep don’t get to herd the sheepdog, and do get eaten by wolves.
So are you a coward or a fascist?
Either way, I am unswayed by your impotent bleating, and choose to ignore it.