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Among the arguments made by gun control advocates are to be found examples that are mean-spirited or just plain silly, but one I came across recently is the most inane I’ve seen in a good long while—and that’s saying something.  Salon.com writer D. Watkins has a proposal for those of us who wish to exercise gun rights:  “Want a gun? Take a bullet: Take this, gutless NRA cowards — you can have a gun, once you understand the pain of being shot.”

Those both for and against a controversial gun control, measure filled the Missoula City Council chambers this week (Photo: Kurt Wilson/The Missoulian)

This 6-barreled engraved shotgun was picked up by police in Brazil. Seems legit. (Photo: Impro Guns)

Clinton, seen here at a Latinos for Hillary event on Oct. 16, seems to have the strong endorsement of the Brady Center. (Photo: Hillary 2016)

Brew City Shooter’s Supply, formerly known as Badger Guns. (Photo: Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

A number of national gun control groups, including those backed by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, are pushing for more background checks. (Photo: M.Scott Mahaskey/Politico)

Black lives matter, but so does the right to bear arms, was the message presented to area residents by demonstrators. (Photo: AL.com)

(Graph: Gallup)

Sure it looks kinda silly, but you know if you saw one on a gun show table for a good price, you’d think about it.

Top Shot Chris Cheng steps up from his traditional .22 rimfire trick shots to the beefy .460 Smith and experiences the “ring of fire” first hand.

The .460 has been around for about a decade and is a stretched and (if it can be imagined) more powerful version of the vaunted .454 Casull for which  Smith designed their beefed up X-frame revolvers to help contain it.

Not content to set the roman candle off with the more traditional long-barreled XVRs, Cheng and co. went with the shorty 3.5″ version and the unburnt powder produces some interesting pyrotechnics.

Bonus points for the Man in Black background music.

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Michael Santiago, 25, said he had the gun for protection. (Photo: CPD)

Michael Flaig, 31.

Midland Texans watch as a new marker memorializing Sgt. Michael Naylor in unveiled on Highway 191 just west of Loop 250 Thursday (Photo: Tim Fischer\Reporter-Telegram)

Douglas Moody, 31, now faces several charges and is being held without bond. (Photo: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office)

In The New Yorker‘s financial section, the iconic magazine discusses how the National Rifle Association’s power comes from a refined message along with loyal followers.

A U.S. Appeals Court upheld that gun control laws passed in New York and Connecticut following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School do not violate the Second Amendment.

The 57-page ruling released Monday specified that laws prohibiting large-capacity magazines and features commonly attributed to assault weapons in New York and Connecticut are constitutional.

The cases were brought to the appellate court by numerous state gun rights groups.

This article will be updated with more information throughout the day.

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An Chicago-area gun dealer was sentenced to four years in prison for selling nearly a dozen guns to people he understood to be prohibited buyers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced last week.