Abhijeet Singh provides a brief discussion of the history of Indian gun regulations here (more detail is available by following the link):To trace the roots of India's anti-gun legislation we need to step back to the latter half of the 19th century. The British had recently fought off a major Indian rebellion (the mutiny of 1857) and were busy putt...

What you see is what was submitted, so if there’s something not there that you have, let me know.  I will leave this up until morning, then I’ll switch on voting in the morning.  By the end of the day, we’ll take the results and declare a winner: Go here to see the entries. Grizzly stuff, perhaps, but it needs to be done. Whether ...

As reported, the city of St. Louis, MO has wisely decided not to run another gun buy back program, which would have cost about $57,500: I’ve previously discussed how gun buy back programs are a waste of money because criminals wont turn in the guns that they will to commit crimes.  To briefly recap: Criminals don’t [...]...

By Larry S. Moore I recently enjoyed an opportunity to film several segments for the ODNR Division of Wildlife “Wild Ohio” television show. The show appears on PBS stations across Ohio. The segments were filmed at the Spring Valley Wildlife Area Range in southern Greene County. Division of Wildlife District 5 Manager Todd Haines was the hos...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Young hunters across Ohio again enjoyed success during the sixth annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23. Hunters age 17 and under killed 9,852 deer during the special two-day season, aimed at providing a high-quality hunting experience for younger Ohioans. Last year's youth hunt saw a deer harvest o...

So far we will be voting on the following entries.  I have made no effort to edit out any entries for being too graphic, given that unlawfully shooting someone through a door isn’t exactly a civilized act.  Even worse is evading prosecution. What you see is what was submitted, so if there’s something not there that you have, let me kn...

A longer discussion of the study can be found here.The University of Otago study found women who had an abortion faced a 30 percent increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. . . .the findings have implications for the legal status of abortion in New Zealand where over 90 percent of terminations...

I finally got them compiled and posted.  Be sure to let me know if I forgot to include anyone’s entry.  It’s quite possible I did, considering I did this in pieces.  Also check for mistakes.  Congratulations to the match winners: Centerfire (Iron Sights): AughtSix Centerfire (Scoped): BillH Smallbore (Iron Sights): Sebastian Smallb...

Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s a chilly Sunday morning here in New Hampshire, and I have to burn a few more pieces of my dismembered and axe-butchered trees. - Bruce The end of a tale of almost unbelievable moonbattery. RTWT       ...

These four treaties alone should engender some controversy. This article is from the SF Chronicle:President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to restore the United States' international standing extends far beyond front-page topics such as closing Guantanamo and banning torture, into areas as diverse as nuclear testing, the rights of women and people wi...

Wednesday’s post on Charter Arms’ New Rimless Revolver seems to have attracted a bit of attention from a wide range of sources. Opinions are varied, but check it out if you missed it. ...

Pretty clearly the new Obama Adminstration will have to ban the menace that is the evil chainsaw lug. ...

1) Mayor Bloomberg pushes for and gets passage of legislation imposing a 3.5 year, no-probation term for carrying without a license. 2) Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress shoots self in leg while carrying illegally. Mike Ditka, in the meantime, proposed that NFL players be banned from owning guns. A new "prohibited person" class?...

The Irish have a saying: Nil aon tintean, mar do thintean fein. "There is no hearth like your own hearth." Fittingly enough, in honor of the great truth it represents, I have this motto hanging in a small frame over my own poor hearth.We are back from a wonderful five-day sojourn at some good friends' ranch in another state. Matchless fellowship, e...

The modern Soldier of Fortune prefers the “full auto” chainsaw rail attachment over the old fashioned “blade” or “spike” bayonet. Pictured on an AR-15 Now available for the Saiga-12 shotgun (note the 20 round drum mag) Thanks jdun1911 for the tip. More about the chainsaw at ar15.com. ...

Not your standard golden AK or Dragunov. These were on display at IDEAS Pakistan 2008 by POF (Pakistan Ordnance Factories, the Pakistan stated owned arms and ammunition manufacturer). Photo by skybolt. Click to expand. The submachine guns are POF’s SMG-PK (Licensed built H&K MP5K). The Rifle is a G3A3. I am not sure about the pistol or s...

Via that ever reliable source of vacuousness, CNN:Pirates have reached a deal with the owners of a Ukrainian ship loaded with arms that was seized more than two months ago, an official with the Kenya Seafarers Association said Sunday....The ship, which is laden with Soviet-era tanks, tank artillery shells, grenade launchers and small arms, was seiz...

The AP has this quote from today:Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said she's willing to consider an auto bailout, but not before she Congress gets a clear accounting of the companies' financial situation."We need to behave like a bank," McCaskill said. "And we need to make sure that we get all of those internal financials and that we feel comfortable ...

A podcast by Syd Powered by Podbean.comTopics: Concealed Carry and Terrorist Threats, Remembering Ruby Ridge, Grizzly Bears and the .357 Magnum, Remington 185g +p .45 ACP ammunition, Ambidextrous Gunfighting.Front Sight Press is one of my favorite reads, and Syd's podcasts are well worth your time to listen to....

Finally got the safe delivered on Wednesday.  Bought it at The Sportsmen’s Center over in New Jersey, which is the closest Liberty Safe Dealer to my house.  It’s a Franklin 35, with brass hardware.  Picked it up for $1799, and they delivered it for $225. I also got the progressive press a reader sent me all set up and running, w...

Managed to get some range time in yesterday to put the Para through its paces. This was the pistol I was supposed to have all this time. Only one hiccup, and that was the infamous "ride the trigger" event where you can lock the pistol up if you only halfway release the trigger after a shot. My fault, though and not the pistol's. I was watching peop...

The sky wore a veil of gold and gray Cold Play - Prospeckt's March I missed shooting yesterday. In the morning, my favorite range was closed, but fighting a headache I was OK with that. In the afternoon a few of us went to an indoor range, but feeling even punkier, I only shot a few rounds and eventually went home, not being good company and jus...

Sebastian points us to a story with a happy ending: Victim shoots man during robbery try An armed robber who tried to stick up a man Monday night ended up getting shot when the victim pulled out his own gun, police said. Says a commenter: What a heartwarming story for the Holiday Season. It is people like this man that was being robbed that show t...

Story here. The background check system is supposed to be limited to licensed dealers checking out a potential sale, but the newspaper found that 10% of requests are from state troopers, not dealers....

Allen from The Whited Sepulchre posted excerpts from an interview with the photographer who got most of the photos during the recent Mumbai massacre in India . for more....

Long-time Gunblogger Kim du Toit bids farewell to the blogpsphere today. Drop by and and pay him a visit . ...

by Peter W. Wickham, Jr.AKA The Ol' Grey Ghost"The third part of my plan will be integrating service into education, so that young Americans are called upon and prepared to be active citizens."Just as we teach math and writing, arts and athletics, we need to teach young Americans to take citizenship seriously. Study after study shows that students ...

I’ve previously discussed the phone poll that is being run in Cook County, IL in order to justify a draconian gun ban.  This poll is still active, and you do not need to be a resident of Cook County to take the poll: The ISRA has posted an urgent alert: ” In order to justify passage [...]...

I did not go to the Market Hall gun show this weekend, but from all accounts it was packed. Folks were lined up around the block to get in, and once inside were greeted by vendors asking $30 for standard GI AR mags and hundreds of dollars over MSRP for the AR's themselves. I understand that one vendor had SKS's for $600. The demand is exceptionally...

I’ve always appreciated the exposed hammer, side by side 12 Ga shotguns. Coach Guns as they are now called. These are Interstate Arms Corp, Model 99W Side-by-Side 12Ga with 20" barrels, blue metal and walnut stocks. These have 3" chambers, improved cylinder bores with a two round capacity, exposed hammers and a bead front sight. H...

“And so, it has come to this.” ...

Only a small group of determined monsters created the carnage...And perhaps the most troubling question to emerge for the Indian authorities was how, if official estimates are accurate, just 10 gunmen could have caused so much carnage and repelled Indian security forces for more than three days in three different buildings....by exploiting a disarm...

Cape Ann is a very open Harbour and accessible to large Ships, which made me immediately send off, Col: Glover and Mr. Palfrey, with orders to raise the Minute Men and Militia of that part of the Country, to have the Cargo landed without Loss of Time and guarded up to this Camp; this I hope they will be able to effect, before it is known to the Ene...

Kim DuToit steps down from blogging. Kim was one of the first bloggers I ever read. I bought two of his books. I guess I'll get around to reading them now.....

To Kim du Toit.  Today is the day he retires from blogging. ...

Kim du Toit bids his readers farewell. ...

A review: it was literally standing room only. ...

On this date in 1954, Ann Elizabeth Hodges of Oak Grove, Alabama was napping on her sofa when, all of a sudden, an honest-to-God rock from outer space came through the roof of the house, smashed her big ol' Philco console radio, and slammed into her, leaving her rudely awakened, bruised all up and down one side of her body, and the only person in d...

Here' some good blues:Canned Heat: "Woodstock Boogie"....

The precipitation is stacking up in the yard outside my window. What a great day to go shooting!I think some speedloader drills with numb fingers are in order today. Especially because, now that I think about it, I've never worked with HKS speedloaders while wearing gloves before. I imagine that it could be downright comedic with the little size 32...

I carry protein bars around in the range bag as having slightly low blood sugar, I don't eat a little something with protein every 4 -6 hours I will get a bad headache and I agree with my friends, if you don't feel good best to stay home from the range. After talking with friends after shooting it was discussed - it IS on the advice of a doctor. ...

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I blogged about the new AR57 earlier this year. The AR Five Seven is a one piece 5.7×28mm upper that attaches to a AR-15 lower and uses the 50 round FN P90 magazines. 57 Center posted a few photos of their new integrally suppressed AR57 model: How cool is that! An integral suppressor encompasses the barrel which is ported at various strategic p...

Sebastian D’Souza, a picture editor at the Mumbai Mirror, whose offices are just opposite the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji station, heard the gunfire erupt and ran towards the terminus. "I ran into the first carriage of one of the trains on the platform to try and get a shot but couldn’t get a good angle, so I moved to the sec...

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Waxman as Bat Boy?  I can believe it. ...

I’ve previously discussed how Chicago’s anti gun rights politicians spend millions in taxpayer money on bodyguards for themselves at at time when ordinary Chicago citizens are dying faster than US soldiers in Iraq. The Sun-Times now reports that Chicago City Treasurer Stephanie Neely and Chicago Alderman Edward M. Burke, still have pol...

Dave Hardy contributes to the discussion about whether the Mubai shootings would have been lessed if people had been able to be armed: I’d agree there was a good chance casualties would have been reduced. Rush into a crowded room shooting, and there’s a big difference if the attacker has to worry about getting shot in the back. Not to m...

Handgun carry in a nutshell:Carry your gun - it's a lighter burden than regret. Damn skippy.....

Over at SayUncle, There were armed policemen hiding all around the station but none of them did anything It’s funny, recently, a coworker ask me what the deciding factor was that inspired me to own a gun.  I told this person Katrina did, and how the Government said it’s not their responsibilty to protect the citizenry.  Granted, I don...