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Basically, I've been interested in firearms for a while now, and I'd like to get a piece of paper saying 'Trained Gunsmith [Insert Name Here]'. I see it as something practical, it's a trade, it has a huge annoyance factor to the Anti's and can hang it up next to my NRA membership. Thing is...

Basically, I've been interested in firearms for a while now, and I'd like to get a piece of paper saying 'Trained Gunsmith [Insert Name Here]'. I see it as something practical, it's a trade, it has a huge annoyance factor to the Anti's and can hang it up next to my NRA membership. Thing is...

What is the big picture for the second amendment at this time in your opinion? In my opinion: + Assault Weapon Ban sunsetted. + Gun manufacturers protection. - Still got Reagans 1986 no new full auto's law. - Despite all the rhetoric President Bush has done little pro-gun things beyond...

US troops fighting losing battle for Sunni triangle By Adrian Blomfield (Filed: 22/10/2005) The mob grew more frenzied as the gunmen dragged the two surviving Americans from the cab of their bullet-ridden lorry and forced them to kneel on the street. Killing one of the men with a rifle...

Interesting article.

Messing around with a geocities website [link in sig]. What would you consider as a legendary gun? By legendary I mean, a great design, numbers made, copied by its peers, right calibre, and so on, you get the idea. I've put down the Mauser 98, Browning Hi-Power, AK-47 and Remington 870...

Yep. Wondering if anyone can give me some pointers. Any good ranges, the relevant laws, can and can't do's and so on?

Talking heads says its a grenade placed behind a barrier. Blown out some windows. No injuries reported. One of them says from memory 'its frightfully easy to get hold of a grenade... What with all these returning servicemen, militaria collectors and general gun nuts around... it is very...

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I looked at the revolver forums faq on things to watch out for with wheel guns. While I know pistols are a whole different type of beast, I'm assuming there are a least a few common 'serious put the gun down and walk away' warning signs when looking at purchasing a second hand autoloader...

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OK I thought this would be the best place to ask this. In a lot of movies, I see a lot of bolt action 'sniper' rifles being transported around in parts then assembled on site to fire on whatever the film dictates. My question is does the reassembled rifle and scope still have accuracy...

...and in California of all places. Parent power detags US schoolkids By Lester Haines Published Friday 18th February 2005 15:22 GMT Parent protests have forced the scrapping of an RFID tagging scheme at an elementary school in California. The firm behind the technology decided to pull...

Burglary victim had gun South London Press THE victim of a vicious armed burglary is facing jail after confessing he kept a gun at his home "for protection". Steven Chapman, 47, told police from his hospital bed the .32 pistol was put through his letter box with a note reading...

Aiding and Abetting the Enemy: the Media in Iraq By LTC Tim Ryan, CO, 2/12 Cav, 1st Cav Div What if domestic news outlets continually fed American readers headlines like: "Bloody Week on U.S. Highways: Some 700 Killed," or "More Than 900 Americans Die Weekly from Obesity-Related Diseases"...

By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Published Saturday 15th January 2005 10:41 GMT FBI surveillance experts have put their once-controversial Carnivore Internet surveillance tool out to pasture, preferring instead to use commercial products to eavesdrop on network traffic, according to documents...

Iraqi insurgents now outnumber coalition forces By James Hider, January 04, 2005 IRAQ’S rapidly swelling insurgency numbers 200,000 fighters and active supporters and outnumbers the United States-led coalition forces, the head of the country’s intelligence service said yesterday. The...

UK police among worst in the world, says report DAVID CRACKNELL, POLITICAL EDITOR - January 02, 2005 BRITAIN has one of the world’s most ineffective police forces and highest crime rates, according to an authoritative report to be published this week. It says the police spend too much time...

Russia and China to Hold Joint Maneuvers By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press Writer December 27, 2004, 6:58 PM EST MOSCOW - Once-bitter rivals Russia and China will hold a massive joint military exercise on Chinese territory next year involving submarines and possibly strategic...