Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ohio Homeowner Fends off Early-Morning Burglar

by The LearnAboutGuns.com Author March 4, 2010 Learn About Guns

As reported, an armed homeowner from Cincinnati, Ohio reportedly used his gun to fend of an early-morning burglar:
Police say that the man was in his home at 1 AM, in a secluded area on the 4400 block of Hillside Avenue, when he heard a burglar attempting to break in.  Fearing for his safety, the homeowner [...]

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Oklahoma Senate Approves Firearms Freedom Act

by Jay March 4, 2010 Rifles, Pistols, and Jay

On to the house and then it becomes law.

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William Delahunt Has Been Bishoped

by Jay March 4, 2010 Rifles, Pistols, and Jay

The man who was the prosecutor when Amy Bishop shot and killed her brother isn’t running for Congress again. The seven term Democrat has had a tough month. The woman who killed three people in Alabama also killed her brother on Delahunt’s watch. Then, when he should have been home answering questions he was over [...]

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RMEF, ISE to Team for Stronger Expos, Elk Camps

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

RMEF and ISE introduced the Ultimate Elk Hunter’s Raffle…

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RMEF, ISE to Team for Stronger Expos, Elk Camps

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New Bushnell Trophy XLT Scopes Feature Greater Light Transmission

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

Bushnell has redesigned their top selling line of Trophy series scopes for 2010 with a host of new upgrades…

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New Bushnell Trophy XLT Scopes Feature Greater Light Transmission

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Hunter’s Specialties Explains How To Grow Green Food Plots

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

Rodney Dyer explains how to can save money and reduce the amount of chemical fertilizer needed to maintain healthy deer food plots…

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Hunter’s Specialties Explains How To Grow Green Food Plots

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Virginia’s Morgan Griffith up to Old Tricks To Avoid Pro Gun Bills

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

Republican Majority Leader Morgan Griffith is up to his old tricks of hiding behind procedure to avoid having to fight for our liberties…

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Virginia’s Morgan Griffith up to Old Tricks To Avoid Pro Gun Bills

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Outdoor Sportman Spotlight on Predator Pursuit with Host Cal Ferguson

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

The farmer jumps out of the truck and shoots the mule, all the while cussing his neighbor….

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Outdoor Sportman Spotlight on Predator Pursuit with Host Cal Ferguson

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Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009

by cocked and loaded March 4, 2010 Cocked and Loaded

Thats more than 21 of the worlds standing armies…more

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Senate Courts Special Subcommittee Action Today

by VSSA March 4, 2010 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Senate Courts Special Subcommittee reported five bills to the full committee today and recommended to Pass By Indefinitely (PBI) the rest. Below is the action taken on each bill. H.B. 49. PBIPurchase of handguns; repeal one-gun-a-month limitation. …

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Senate Courts Special Subcommittee Action Today

by VSSA March 4, 2010 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Senate Courts Special Subcommittee reported five bills to the full committee today and recommended to Pass By Indefinitely (PBI) the rest. Below is the action taken on each bill. H.B. 49. PBI Purchase of handguns; repeal one-gun-a-month limitation…

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Senate Courts Special Subcommittee Action Today

by VSSA March 4, 2010 Virginia Shooting Sports Assoc.

The Senate Courts Special Subcommittee reported five bills to the full committee today and recommended to Pass By Indefinitely (PBI) the rest. Below is the action taken on each bill. H.B. 49. PBI Purchase of handguns; repeal one-gun-a-month limitation…

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Wyoming State Hunting Championships May 8 in Upton

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

All Wyoming and South Dakota youth 18 and under who have passed hunter education are eligible to showcase their hunting skills and probably learn a little…

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Wyoming State Hunting Championships May 8 in Upton

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Welcome to the (electric, folding, high-tech-looking) future.

by Tam March 4, 2010 View from the Porch

In via email: It’s not exactly a flying car, but it’s still way futuristic-looking. Kinda like if Batman had a Segway.Still, it’s stupid expensive for something that’s too slow for the street and too motorized for the Monon Trail. Do want, but only in …

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South Dakota Firearms Freedom Act Passes

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

South Dakota Governor Michael Rounds has indicated that he’s comfortable with the SDFFA and will sign the bill when it reaches his office…

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South Dakota Firearms Freedom Act Passes

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SWAT Digest Announces New Website Design on swatdigest.com

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

These changes are part of SWAT Digest’s ongoing efforts to deliver content on behalf of its members and subscribers to the tactical community..

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SWAT Digest Announces New Website Design on swatdigest.com

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Crosman Corporation Announces New European Distribution Center In Shannon, Ireland

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

This European distribution center (EDC) and warehouse will streamline the order flow process and ensure product delivery within 7 days to anywhere in Europe…

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Crosman Corporation Announces New European Distribution Center In Shannon, Ireland

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Sums it up quite nicely

by Cemetery's Gun Blob March 4, 2010 Cemetery's Gun Blob

“[Businesses] shouldn’t be coerced, like they’re being coerced by the Brady Campaign,” Loomis said to nods of agreement. “We’re not trying to abridge Starbucks’ rights. … They are.”
ARTICLE
via Roberta X

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Blade-Tech Adds U.S. Made, Kydex Reinforced Leather Gun Belts

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

The belts are made not to flex or breakdown under the weight of a weapon worn for concealment or competition…

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Blade-Tech Adds U.S. Made, Kydex Reinforced Leather Gun Belts

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My Favorite Quote…..

by spgfld1903 March 4, 2010 Gun Values Board

“The problem with ‘post-modern’ society is there are too many people with nothing meaningful to do, building ‘careers’ around controlling the lives of others and generally making social nuisances of themselves. They justify their meddling by discovering social ‘problems’ and getting the media to magnify them out of all proportion.” -Graham Strachan

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Woods, Wind and Wheels

by Brigid March 4, 2010 Home on the Range

It was one of those sticky days in early September,when the thought of another day of play was tickling my conscious like a pilfered cookie. From my room I could hear the siren call of those last bronze days of summer, moving like music, flowing like honey in bright sunlight that danced against my window. I was in grade school and it was time to seize the day, as school was starting very soon.

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Police Recruit In Negligent Discharge

by Jay March 4, 2010 Rifles, Pistols, and Jay

Update: The recruit was in a parking lot adjacent to the academy.
Over at Maddened Fowl there’s a story about a police recruit who shot himself in the leg unloading a personally owned firearm in his car. Internal affairs is investigating because apparently they aren’t supposed to bring firearms to the training area.
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Officer, arrest that man!

by Tam March 4, 2010 View from the Porch

Finally, three shadowy conspiracies laid to rest in one petulant outburst:We assassinated President John F. Kennedy. We assassinated Martin Luther King. And we assassinated Robert F. Kennedy — and we’re proud of that.Well, now we know who was on th…

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Safer Streets 2010: You won’t get safer streets with Hate.

by LA Gun Rights Examiner March 4, 2010 LA Gun Rights Examiner

Some of us really want to get back to safer streets. Many servants behave as if they cannot use safer streets. Assisting them is the lame stream media now castigating Militia. This blocks our road back to safer streets in 2010. Hate is now and has be…

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Leupold Promotes Pat Mundy to Communications Manager

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

An avid hunter, shooter and handloader, Mundy oversees a staff of six in developing and implementing advertising, public relations, interactive and other marketing communications…

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Leupold Promotes Pat Mundy to Communications Manager

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Mindset: Beats brawn any day.

by Miguel March 4, 2010 Gun Free Zone

You are young, ballsy and without morals. You see an elderly woman and think to yourself: “Hmmm! Easy pickings!” You do your thing and you go home sore and humbled. According to Miami’s Channel 7 News, it seems that’s what happened to a young punk in Hialeah who had a wee bit interaction with an [...]

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Supreme Court Hears Landmark 2nd Amendment Gun Case

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

States may have grown accustomed to violating the rights of American citizens, but that does not bootstrap those violations into something that is constitutional…

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Supreme Court Hears Landmark 2nd Amendment Gun Case

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GRE Round Up for Mar. 4

by David Codrea March 4, 2010 The War on Guns

There’s some good stuff being turned out. I hope you’re availing yourself of it, and importantly, sharing these links via emails, on blogs and forums, with your local newspaper editor, etc.A common complaint is media bias and absence of representation …

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TurboDyne Suppressor for .50 BMG Rifles from AWC Systems Technology

by AmmoLand March 4, 2010 AmmoLand

When deploying a .50 BMG rifle in any trouble situation, silence is the key to keeping the operator safe and hidden…

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TurboDyne Suppressor for .50 BMG Rifles from AWC Systems Technology

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We’re the Only Ones Poking Our Heads Out Enough

by David Codrea March 4, 2010 The War on Guns

There was a shot, then Malone, a police officer assigned to Roosevelt Island in New York City, and the doctor who was tending to his grandmother poked their heads out the door of the room…Lupienski was also wounded in the leg when the gun discharged …

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Tim-Tom Rips One…

by David Codrea March 4, 2010 The War on Guns

…and boy, does it smell…[Read]It’s not surprising–he’s such an a******. As his temper tantrum comments prove.Ed M sends a good related cartoon.[Via An Illinois Voter]

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A coupla’ polls to vote pro gun and support Starbucks

by One Sensible Progressive March 4, 2010 The Bluff

You’ve probably seen all these on Snowflakesinhell.com, but in case you haven’t, please vote on this poll and this poll (items 2 or 4 on the latter). We’re blowing away the anti-gun guys in both cases, of course, but there’s no such thing as too wide o…

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Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Sarah Brady Paradise…

by David Codrea March 4, 2010 The War on Guns

A Devon yachtsman who kept a sawn-off shotgun for protection against piracy has been jailed for a year. [More]Weren’t we just talking about worthy heirs…?[Via Jeet]

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Lobbyist for National Declaration for Domestic Violence Order Kills Husband

by Jay March 4, 2010 Rifles, Pistols, and Jay

A lobbyist for the group hoping to create a database of those convicted of sex crimes  and domestic abuse has, ironically, killed her husband.
Arelisha Bridges is a lobbyist for the National Declaration for Domestic Violence and yesterday she allegedly shot her husband of a few weeks after arguing with him outside. She then tried to get [...]

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Worthy Heirs?

by David Codrea March 4, 2010 The War on Guns

I wonder if this guy thinks the sacrifices his generation made were worth it. [Read][Via Jeet]

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