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The Packing Rat fires the Full Auto FN. [Video] ...

advocate self defense with firearms for the simple reason that they are the best tools yet invented to stop a home invader or other criminal from committing a horrible crime.  Complementing gun ownership for self defense are home security considerations, as discussed below. Dogs I’ve had dogs for most of my life, and see them as valuable [.....

One day after the National Rifle Association endorsed "Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin for President and Vice President respectively", Barack Obama attempted to continue his attempts to hide his anti-gun record from voters. News outlets across the nation on Friday reported on Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's attempts to assure gun owners that t...

Sad. I mean really sad.Tonight, at dinner, I ate the last tomato. There are no more. The season is over. It was good while it lasted, but it's over.Sic transit gloria....

Fairfax, VA - After a three-year legal battle over the unconstitutional confiscation of lawfully owned firearms, the City of New Orleans has agreed to settle a law suit by the National Rifle Association (NRA). A permanent injunction has been issued against the city, Mayor Ray Nagin and current Police Chief Warren Riley. The Second Amendment Foundat...

A friend of mine from the University of Chicago has this piece in last Friday's New York Times.There are two faulty assumptions here. First, saving America’s banks won’t save the economy. And second, the economy doesn’t really need saving. It’s stronger than we think.Bear with me. I know that most everyone has been saying for a couple of we...

Our Saturday breakfast with the Sportsmen for McCain director didn’t turn out as well as we had hoped.  We wanted to keep the group small, so we sent out our invitations to key people in the shooting sports and club culture in Southeastern Pennsylvania.  I had more than 10 RSVPs, but only one person showed up.  There’s one thing abou...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this:Keovongsa Siharath was arrested in Henry County on charges he punched his stepfather.Jeffrey Churchill was charged with assault in an altercation with a woman in a mall parking lot.Calvin Thomas was taken into custody in DeKalb County on a concealed weapons charge.All three are now officers with the Atlanta...

The Armed School Teacher's comment on the previous post brings to mind the nature of different sports. Soccer: Soccer hooligans terrorize European games, tearing down goal posts, assaulting opposing fans, and rioting. Shooting's equivalent: Two spectators get dirty looks for muttering "Semper Fi" a little too loudly after a Marine takes his shot...

I didn't know Todd Jarrett, our instructor at Blackwater, had his own webpage, but here it is. He was a superb instructor. Tho from my standpoint, I was like a high school student taking serious college courses; I really needed more experience and training to (1) be able to benefit more and (2) to save him the trouble of remedial ed. I'm a decent ...

Murdoc has taken time out of his busy schedule to travel to South Carolina’s Buck Ridge Plantation for Remington’s 2009 New Products Seminar. Three days of presentations and range activities. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it. I’ll have more on this in the next few days. ...

……..to tear down, and clean my firearms.  Talk about a mucky mess.  And the typical sign that it’s time, is when they don’t function properly.  Just sayin’……………….. And another sign, is when you break the certain time barrier, start talkin’ big cause you pushed yourself, and ...

Looks like a bill (NJ A1282) to stream line NJ CCW process is making the rounds.  Don’t know how it could affect me, but other people who require a CCW for employment of some type, might find the process easier.  After taking a *Use of Force* class earlier this year, with regards to NJ Law, it’s easy to see how NJ views self defence v...

Last time I checked, I live in NJ Congressional District 9, rep’d by Steve Rotham, and his seat is up for grabs in Nov, and I’m hoping to upseat him come Nov 5.  So far, it appears that his #1 opponent is Vince Micco.  Don’t know what all his views are on many topics, but where it counts, it’s safe to say we’re on th...

It is the second Sunday of the month, so it must be time for the Lone Star IDSA match, and today was a great day for it. Sunshine, mild temperatures and a slight breeze made for great conditions for running and gunning. This was my first match since the Gun Blogger Summer Camp, and is the last match before the club championship. I was looking forwa...

Each year, on the first really miserable day of the coming "dark season" I take a sheet of paper and a sharp pencil and try to outline an action plan for the coming winter. Today, during a cold, gray, and drizzly morning, I decided it was time. I make blocks for the months and a long list of things I would like to accomplish. This year I figure tha...

This is from an address that Obama gave in 2007 to a group of community organizers.With all the claims about fraudulent voter registration, Politico notes that "Obama’s campaign has also shelled out about $800,000 to an ACORN subsidiary, Citizens Services Inc., to help with voter registration efforts. Although ACORN says it is nonpartisan, its re...

Reader Jedi-Unix (here's his blog) has this thought: "As much as I hate to... ATF's got a damn good case here. Let me point you to Mike Williamson who detailed why, it changed my mind: http://mzmadmike.livejournal.com/42839.html http://mzmadmike.livejournal.com/43279.html "This evaluation is valid provided that when the stock is assembled with ...

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1) Mow the lawn so that ninjas, pirates, or killer space robots approaching the house will at least have to go prone, rather than being able to walk upright in the tallgrass prairie.2) Organize reloading supplies.3) Find all my ammunition and sort it. There are still a couple of big boxes chock full of ammo left unexcavated from the move, including...

TD gets ready to break out the big guns with some Eurometric chamberings. Makes me want a double in 9.3x74R really, really badly. Until then, my T/C Encore in .405 Winchester will have to do......

Yuri's mother passed away last night. My deepest condolences....

If I get a visit from the ATF or State Police, my reaction will be “Gun trafficing?  Hell no.  Have you been watching the poll numbers?!?!?”  In these trying economic times, the mildly pessimistic will hoard their money.  The real pessimists will hoard ammunition       ...

Here's a couple by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils:One of my favorites:Chicken Train, takin' chickens away....

...I'm sporting a blister on my trigger finger from several hundred rounds of double-action revolver work. Soon the callous there will return.I shot a little over 100 rounds of .22LR through my Model 34, and put probably 200 rounds or more of .38 Spl downrange. Some of it was shot through my Model 64 snubbie, but the vast majority was fired through...