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90° Barrels
Hat tip to Nathan at The Firearm Blog:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/04/22/90-degree-barrels-myth-confirmed/
Texas House Gives Final Approval To Open Carry
Texas is closer to becoming the most populous state to allow licensed open carry of handguns after Republicans pushed through a key vote in the state House.
House lawmakers in a 101-42 vote gave final approval to open carry on Monday after preliminarily passing the bill Friday. The state Senate has already approved a similar version and the chambers could send the measure to Gov. Greg Abbott to sign into law in the coming weeks.
Abbott and the Legislature’s strong Republican majority have pushed open carry as an important gun rights and self-defense measure. Most Democrats have opposed it, noting concerns from police in the state’s largest cities and gun control advocates about public safety.
Texas is only of only six states that don’t allow some form of open carry.
Source: http://abc13.com/news/texas-house-gives-final-approval-to-open-carry-/672811/
Always Follow The Safety Rules
1) All guns are always loaded.
2) Never point the gun at anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target (and you have made the decision to shoot).
4) Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
When Overkill Is Not Enough
14.9mm SOP long range sniper rifle. This thing has 0.5 MOA accuracy at 3000 yards and remains supersonic out to 5400 yards.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/LoneRanges/photos/a.10151768501198943.1073741825.270878163942/10153685980598943/
I was able to find a video of someone firing one and it doesn’t appear to have as much recoil as one would expect.
Magpul On Glock 17 PMags
OK we screwed up.
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Texas House Takes Up ‘Open Carry’ On Friday
Media partner Texas Tribune reports a bill to allow Concealed Handgun License holders to openly carry their handguns is up for a vote in the Texas House on Friday. That’s after one of the bill’s opponents halted debate on Tuesday.
Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, raised a point of order and said testimony from three different witnesses from committee hearings were incorrect. The website says the bill was sent back to the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, which immediately voted it out again after fixing the mistake.
The Tribune says once the open carry bill comes up for a vote, it should pass easily.
Eyes are also on the progress of a bill to repeal the DREAM act. That program offers in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.
See the breakdown of where undocumented immigrants pay in-state tuition.
Source: http://kxan.com/2015/04/16/open-carry-up-for-vote-friday/
Top GOP Senator Introduces Bill to Ban ALL Federal Gun Control
The Conservative Tribune has frequently written about individual states passing bills to nullify federal gun control laws.
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Thoughts On Texas Open Carry
C.J. Grisham of Open Carry Texas has some interesting thoughts on the unlicensed open carry of firearms in Texas.
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2015 NRA Annual Meetings
Schedule of streaming:
Friday, April 10
NRA-ILA Leadership Forum
1:45 – 6 pm ET / 12:45–5 pm CT
Confirmed speakers: Wayne LaPierre, Jed Bush, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal, Donald Trump, Rick Perry and many more. More info here: http://www.nraam.org/special-events/nra-ila-leadership-forum.aspx
Saturday, April 11
NRA Members’ Meeting
11a-2p ET / 10a-1pm CT
Confirmed speakers: Wayne LaPierre, Chris W. Cox and Jim Porter. More info here: http://www.nraam.org/special-events/annual-meeting-of-members.aspx
Mr. Jefferson’s Assault Rifle
High-capacity magazine? Check.
Capable of firing 22 aimed shots in a minute? Check.
A military weapon? Check.
Manufactured during the American Revolutionary War? Check.
The Girandoni was 22-shot, magazine-fed, nearly silent .46 caliber repeating rifle issued to elite Austrian troops from 1780-1815. Thomas Jefferson purchased two of these rifles, which he sent west with Lewis and Clark.
Remember it the next time some know-it-all—perhaps someone who used to have a cable show before he was fired for low ratings—says that the Founding Fathers only knew of muskets.
Hat tip to Bob Owens over at Bearing Arms. Bob’s got a great video on his article. Head on over to http://bearingarms.com/thomas-jeffersons-assault-rifle/ to check it out. Well worth your time in my opinion.
April 2015 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 The Weapon Blog is aware of for the month.
Go forth and win… As always, feel free to share wherever you can.
If you are aware of any that are not on the list, please use the form located at http://www.weapon-blog.com/contest-notification/ to get it added to the list.
Hardware Store Parlor Pistol
And this is why gun laws will never remove all guns.
Read the full story: http://imgur.com/a/n89C9