Black Powder Pistols in the News

[AlexanderA]

It warms my heart to know the Remington .44s can still get the job done.

Especially when fitted with a .45 LC conversion cylinder. And, a conversion cylinder can be acquired with the same lack of formalities as the percussion gun itself. Only when the two are assembled together does it become a Title I (cartridge) weapon.

 

[gtrgy888]

There are hundreds of thousands of police in the U.S. and you watched very few "standing down." Before you run your mouth you need to know what you are talking about. As of today there have been 150 duty deaths in 2021. You aren't going to call those men and women cowards. Stop watching Cops and NCIS because you are not an expert on law enforcement and your posts make you look small.

We’re facing a crime wave that hasn’t been seen since the 70’s largely due to department level policies that prohibit actual police work. My opinion is shared by many in blue who have retired or resigned in disgust this year.

 

[Choctaw]

I’m three decades in and don’t hang out with a lot of old retired cops who have never faced this. I doubt you know more officers than I do but maybe I’m wrong. 99% of the agencies are doing a great job dealing with this crazy society. Instead of complaining step up. We’re hiring. No? That’s what I thought.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Saw that link about suicides involving black powder firearms. I couldn't get past the abstract of the article (pay site). Author of The Rape of Nanking Iris Chang klled herself with an Ruger Old Army.

 

[BEEMAX]

It is good to remember that the Federal Government takes Jurisdiction over firearms
under the Interstate Commerce Clause. If a gun is made in one state and the powder/cap
is also made in that state,then it is under the Jurisdiction of State Law. If nothing is
shipped across state lines then it is State Jurisdiction. The Federal Jurisdiction is
extremely limited but rarely tested. Having said that, the States often have stricter gun
laws than the Federal Government. Jurisdiction is key. Whenever a gun enforcement
action is taken, the Court involved will require a legal basis for the Jurisdiction. In the News
now, we see Texas stating that they have the Jurisdiction to build a wall and protect their
borders. There is, in law,the doctrine of dual sovereigns, and the Tenth Amendment makes
Texas correct. Texas has that power,the Supremacy clause pertains only to what the Constitution
places under Federal Jurisdiction. The Founders never intended for Interstate Commerce
to apply to guns,only to Taxation and duties. Remember the first Federal Gun
control was caged as a "Tax". There should be a greater focus on Jurisdiction. Everyone just assumes that whatever Government wants to do is legal--not always.

 

[AlexanderA]

It is good to remember that the Federal Government takes Jurisdiction over firearms
under the Interstate Commerce Clause. If a gun is made in one state and the powder/cap
is also made in that state,then it is under the Jurisdiction of State Law. If nothing is
shipped across state lines then it is State Jurisdiction. The Federal Jurisdiction is
extremely limited but rarely tested.

The gun market is national in scope. Even if a gun is totally made and sold in one state, it still has an effect on interstate commerce. This basis of federal jurisdiction has been upheld in cases like Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942).

 

[gtrgy888]

I’m three decades in and don’t hang out with a lot of old retired cops who have never faced this. I doubt you know more officers than I do but maybe I’m wrong. 99% of the agencies are doing a great job dealing with this crazy society. Instead of complaining step up. We’re hiring. No? That’s what I thought.

I doubt you want a recruit in my kind of health, but I’ll bet even I could have held a riot shield and watched my leftwing city burn under orders to not engage last summer. In actuality, I got to be much busier keeping a perimeter. I hope you Texas folks were more vigilant than that about anarchists breaking city wide curfew. My shotgun and I were possibly the only force in my neighborhood last summer while lines of riot officers patrolled public property blocks away leaving us on our own. Cars burned, people got hurt, but town hall was safe and sound. As I understand it, my city wasn’t the only place where citizens at home were suddenly deputized whether we liked it or not. Maybe I shouldn’t criticize department policy, but my neighbors and family felt abandoned by police and I’d like to know why I saw lines of cops on local news downtown retreating from thrown rocks, effectively emboldening the crowd. Not one nonlethal deployed, not one arrest made despite a busted cop car window and attempted arson. Maybe you can explain if that’s standard procedure and if I owe it respect.