Recent content by para.2

If you can't make the shot, don't take the shot.

As I told my 13 year old daughter last night as we were watching the president's petulant rant,... 90% of the American people wouldn't agree on pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving!

Walther PPK-S, .380/9mm Kurz. Scary accurate. Seriously, if I could see it, I could hit it with that thing, but I still, 30+ years later, have the scars on the back of my strong hand from the slide. Like a razor!

'Words have meaning, and the office of the President is an influential one. If he misspoke publicly, he needs to correct himself just as publicly. Otherwise, he is willfully leading people to believe an untruth that would have them support revocation of a civil right and a fundamental change in...

^^^ I honestly see that as being so rare as to be a straw man type argument, if not urban legend. It just doesn't happen enough to worry about, unless you're the one guy in a decade it happens to.

“… if you want to learn how to use a semiautomatic weapon, join the United States military.” Vice President Joe Biden, March 27, 2013 “Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State”. Heinrich...

The actual study is here, if anyone is interested: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1661390 I'm still slugging through it, but here's a few highlights: Our study has limitations. First, the legislative strength score, which tallies a single point per law, has not been...

Another article on the same subject with a slightlty different take: http://news.yahoo.com/more-gun-laws-fewer-deaths-134804944.html The key, to me is the last sentence,"Wintemute said it's likely that gun control measures are more readily enacted in states with few gun owners — a factor that...

.256 win mag in an old, Savage lever gun.

I would say yes. The only way laws like this get passed is that people don't realize that elections have consequences. They keep electing the folks who espouse these laws, because they like their stance on this or that other issue. Only when enough of the given electorate realizes that their...

You notice there are no handguns on the specifically exempted list? I'm mildly surprised that the m1 Carbine and Garand, and SKS are specifically allowed, but other than those, the list is page after page of "manually operated" or single/double barrel weapons which aren't subject to the bans...

A number of years ago, taking my youngest son in for vaccination, the doc asked me if I had any firearms at home. I was younger, more confrontational, and taken by surprise, so I Looked him in the eye and said "That's none of your G--D-mn business!" That resulted in a several minute lecture from...

Sadly, I have heard and read things in the mass media in the last 24 or so hours confirming the idea that they feel, "Some animals are in fact, more equal than others." Flat out stating that the president's and other leaders kids are more important and worhty of protection than others. "I...

During the run up to this railroa....er, vote, there was some discussion as to the impact on employment in and around Ilion, NY, where Remington makes their R-1/1911 clone. I suspect that's where the "7 rounds" comes from.

I know. I had never seen it,either! Hmmm... if grinding is required, maybe these will last awhile longer. They're not dead, just not as bright as they could be..