The Truth About Guns

I’m going to try very hard not to get lost in the weeds on this one. That’s easy enough when you’re bandying firearms-related statistics about. The antis are masters at taking numbers out of context to further their civilian disarmament agenda. It’s important to stay focused and clear. So let’s keep this really simple. Here’s the graphic money shot and lead from the story on gun suicides at dailycamera.com:

This, of course, is news to no one who has played first person shooter video games within the last few years. The Call of Duty series has been on the slow decline ever since it reached the pinnacle of “shoot that enemy soldier in the face” gameplay with Modern Warfare, as Electronic Arts slowly bleeds the franchise for every shiny penny that it’s worth. There are other games stepping in to take its place, but as we watch this franchise launch itself up the water ski ramp and over the fenced-in shark, it’s good to note that video games have helped save the gun culture . . .

As Robert likes to say, culture eats strategy for lunch. The more people owning guns and liking guns, the less power gun control advocates will have. And when it comes to getting new shooters into their local stores to pick up a modern rifle or two, video games like Call of Duty have done more to bolster the ranks of the gun culture than anything else in

“Throughout this litigation, the city has offered a dizzying array of explanations about what the guidelines allow and don’t allow. It is literally impossible for a person of ordinary intelligence to determine with any degree of assurance whether a particular advertisement will be accepted or rejected.” – Goldwater Institute brief, Ban on ‘Guns Save Lives’ bus-stop ad is back in court [at usatoday.com]

The gun collection of a man who was killed in Greenfield, Indiana back in September went up for auction Sunday morning in Indianapolis. With over 370 weapons (including the 1917 machine gun above) and more than a million rounds of ammunition up for sale, the collection was valued at over $1 million. “This is a lot of responsibility,” said auction house president Earl Cornwell. “This has made my eyes bloodshot and taken years off my life, just being in control of all this ammunition and the guns.”

A gun buy-up in Encinitas, California netted 899 firearms and a liv

The 1994 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act mandates background checks on all new gun purchases from federal firearms licensees. The video celebrating this milestone in civilian disarmament is filled with half-truths.. The largest misdirection: the implication that the two million sales halted by NICS checks stopped bad guys from getting a gun and/or committing a crime. First of all, that stat’s up a startling – not to say incredible – 500k from President Obama’s 2013 claim. Second, it avoids the real question: how many successful prosecutions were made under the bill’s provisions? That same link from the Washingt

SWATing is a deadly, dangerous prank. Michael Adams, shown here, is charged with reckless endangerment and several other crimes for allegedly SWATing his neighbor in September. The indictment charges that Adams called 911 anonymously on September 16th, 2013 to report a hostage situation at his neighbor’s home. Adams described a man with IED’s strapped to his chest and pointing an AR-15 at him. He was arrested and charged after detectives traced the calls back to him. He’s since been released on $50,000 bail . . .

Upon receiving the call, the police predictably showed up en masse at the unlucky neighbor’s house and cleared it. The neighbor turned out to be lucky after all, because the house was empty at t

By Jessica C.

In the midst of the never-ending debates, when all of those opposing my right to bear arms accuse me of lacking a soul, I look back with fond memories at how I became an avid shooter. I will never forget my introduction to firearms, nor will I forget the legacy that has been passed down to me by my family. On an overcast afternoon, my mother and I walked into an unassuming range in Hoboken, New Jersey . . .

I was eight years old and the manager of the range, Carl, greeted me with a big smile. He helped me select my “eyes and ears” and then gave me a big round target that I held carefully as I followed my mother through the heavy door that led to the indoor range. After careful instruction, she handed me her Smith and Wesson .38 Special revolver and I carefully squeezed off the first round. When I saw it make contact with my target, my eyes lit

Former ATF Agent John Dodson was one of the chief whistleblowers on Operation Fast and Furious, a covert program that channeled over 2000 U.S. gun store guns to Mexican drug thugs. In 2011, Dodson told Congress that ATF bosses told agents monitoring these illegal guns to “stand down” and let the guns “walk.” Dodson’s cashing-in on his insider knowledge of Fast and Furious with a new book The Unarmed Truth. Americans looking for the unvarnished truth about the stingless ATF sting should look away now. The excerpt published in The New York Post offer no new insights into the extra-legal activities of an Obama administrat

This is not the trickiest trick shot Ms. Weiss has performed for her increasingly numerous and devoted fans. The 2012 NRA Women’s Champion Shooter is about ten yards from those eight soda cans. She’s shooting target loads from a  recoil-reduced Lone Star Arms SAIGA-12 shotgun. The sequence demonstrates KJW’s astounding ability to pick up a gun, any gun, take its measure and rock it like Roomful of Blues. More than that, it’s proof of the 26-year-old’s courage. This video was filmed, what, ten minutes after she’d first fired the Russian scattergun? One take. Notice how she blasts six soda cans with the same exact pace, then pauses before the seventh. It’s not a failure of nerve. It’s Kirsten doing what Kirsten does best: focusing in and waiting for that

The House of Representatives is looking to vote on the new Undetectable Firearms Act bill, proposed by Rep. Steve Israel, which would re-implement and expand the previous incarnation. Not only would the new bill ban 3D printed firearms, but it would ban “any major component of which, when subjected to inspection by the types of x-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.” What that means exactly is up to the interpretation of the Attourney General, Eric Holder, who is not exactly a friend of gun rights. So those polymer AR-15 receivers might soon be illegal if they don’t meet with holder’s approval. The bill also extends the ban to include plastic magazines that are printed in the home . . .

These guns and air rifles are the take – what authorities call a massive cache of private guns – in Moonford, Australia, a tiny farming community with virtually no crime. That is, there was no crime there before the Australian government created it with its intrusive “gun control” laws, taking advantage of the act of a madman and the emotional response pushed by their national media. Now all guns must be registered. All guns must be locked up. All guns are subject to inspection at virtually any time. When I considered a trip to Australia a few years ago, I learned that even spear guns and blowguns are subject to control. It’s chilling confirmation that gun registration is gun confiscation . . .

This 100% 3D-printed GLOCK 17 showed up on Reddit late last night and has caused a stir. Nevermind the fact that the bullets are plastic as well and that this gun could never fire. Under the proposed Undetectable Firearms Act and the 3D Printed Gun Ban the simple act of printing these parts would become a felony — since they’re gun parts and the new laws would ban plastic gun parts. The laws helpfully don’t differentiate between toy guns and the real McCoy when it comes to parts that are verbotten. What’s the over/under on how long it takes before the GLOCK mothership sends a cease and desist order to the printer’s doorstep?

By D. A. Nguyen

Growing up the child of parents who relocated to this glorious country from Vietnam, life as a second generation immigrant was a lesson in learning cultural differences, acceptance, and being accepted. My family, like many that come to America, started off as outcasts within our own community. We struggled to find neighbors that understood why we didn’t put out candy on Halloween night, friends that wouldn’t hate us for not knowing to bring gifts to a baby shower, and peers that believed in the same family values we hold so dear.  After a few years, we learned of these new customs and were able to establish long lasting friendships and niche within our community . . .

My parents had trusted friends from work, temple and my siblings and I found friends through school and extracurricular activities. Whenever there was a problem, we were able to count on each other for support and ways to solve it. We prot

Now that I’m living in Texas, I’ve been giving serious consideration to stashing a “trunk gun” in the CLS. A lot of gun folk recommend a pistol-caliber carbine for the job. According to Captain John Raguso’s review the Kel-Tec Sub-2000 is the best thing since God fashioned a female from Adam’s rib. But I carry a pistol (or two) for a primary and I’m so into shotguns. When I shoulder Big Ben all my troubles seem so far away—even when they’re up close and personal. But really, I need something I can walk to town/shelter with. I guess. I dunno. Your thoughts?

The natural human right of self-defense has no minimum income requirement. Nor does the natural, civil, and Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms. Few things bother me on such a deep level as laws and measures intended at doing nothing more than making gun ownership more expensive and, therefore, pricing it out of the grasp of certain classes of citizens. It’s racist, classist disenfranchisement, pure and simple. Worse, the very same politicians telling us that requiring ID to vote is somehow a “poll tax” and an infringement on peoples’ rights are the same people who then turn right around and push for new transfer fees, annual registration renewals, mandatory safety classes, special taxes, insurance and safe storage requirements for firearms. Laws and regulations banning firearms based on their (low) price – so-called “Saturday Night Specials” – are nothin

David Frum is, well, here’s the columnist’s bio: “I’m a conservative Republican, have been all my adult life. I volunteered for the Reagan campaign in 1980. I’ve attended every Republican convention since 1988. I was president of the Federalist Society chapter at my law school, worked on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal and wrote speeches for President Bush—not the “Read My Lips” Bush, the “Axis of Evil” Bush. I served on the Giuliani campaign in 2008 and voted for John McCain in November. I supported the Iraq War and (although I feel kind of silly about it in retrospect) the impeachment of Bill Clinton. I could go on, but you get the idea.” Actually no, no you don’t. Not unless you know that Frum is a proponent of civilian disarmament. Which you can guess from the Tweet above. Here’s an excerpt fr

The Boker Solo II has absolutely nothing to do with the Kimber Solo. Except maybe that both of them are outstanding choices for EDC and CCW, respectively. Boker’s original Solo is a great knife, but its 3.75″ blade made it a tad large for discreet pocket carry so Boker brought designer Jens Ansø back for a quick downsizing. With a more EDC-friendly 3-inch blade, the result is eine kleine Selbstverteidigungmesser.

Jump over to The Truth About Knives for more…

“We are looking for the needle in the haystack, and the haystack is all the gun purchases.” – Assistant Special Agent in charge of the ATF Houston division Todd Reichert, Rising Texas guns sales add to ATF agents’ workload [at chron.com]

“A first-time drug dealer [not shown] who ‘went from zero to 100 miles an hour’ was sentenced Friday to the equivalent of almost six years in prison,” ourwindsor.ca reports with plenty of equivocation. “Michael Nicholls, 26, had no criminal record of any kind when he was caught with a pharmacy of hard drugs and an arsenal of weapons to protect them in his Kitchener apartment.” Ah yes, an arsenal. I don’t think that means what the reporter thinks it means . . .

Along with an assortment of drugs, Canadian cops confiscated

…two sawed-off shotguns, a handgun, two flick knives, a stun gun, bulletproof vests