Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Statement from Remington on HS-Precision

From AR15.com:
To get this thread back on topic - update from Tommy Millner at Remington:
Because its thanksgiving and everyone is off, we have not made contact with HS. We have taken any reference to HS from our web site..

When you first emailed me I honestly did not recall horiuchi's name so you caught me unawares. I also do not read the blogs so the fact there was an issue came as a surpise.

In any event, HS makes a great product and we are a large customer of theirs. Why they would pick a super controversial spokesperson is beyond me. Doing this violates pure business common sense. Early next week we will use whatever persuasive powers at our disposal to get HS to do the right thing..

Do me a favor and tell those on the bolgs that Remington and I are now fully aware of the issue, in full agreement with the outrage, and will do what we can t exert pressure on HS to reverse course.

Thanks

Tommy
[Via Rick R]

The Aim of Mayors

We're having a gathering of eagles, and I didn't know about it.

Mayors Against Guns is coming to Cleveland this afternoon. Had we known in advance, we could have organized a delegation.

Instead, I have to settle for today's Gun Rights Examiner column.

GUNS Magazine: December 1958

"The Rifle in Atomic War."

"Crossfire" letters about the Swiss "Nation of Riflemen."

Guns, ballistics, hunting, shooting and the classic period ads and prices (check out the Solothurn on pg. 45).

The December 1958 issue of GUNS Magazine is now online.

Enjoy.

A Tale of Two Citizens

Meet Mr. 138 and his perfect counterpart, Bearcat357, with his motto "I [club] Libs."

Try as I might, I can't decide which one I'm prouder to share a Republic with.

Maybe if We Ignore it it Will Go Away?

Using November 25 as the earliest starting point I can find, I'm tempted to post a daily reminder...which would make this Day 8...

Checkpoint Gun Check


We spoke the other day about the proposed domestic deployment of 20,000 troops. A question has been posed to me via email about this photo from the MSNBC story:
Notice the green banding on the weapon of the soldier (a woman?) at the left? Now maybe that just has to do with the sling mounts - but I've also seen those types of markings on unloaded weapons - specifically there so one would know they were unloaded.

Maybe someone else would know more on this - but it led me to wonder if she was just out standing there like a scarecrow?

Anyone who can educate us on this, please do so.

We're the Only Ones on an Easy Path to Easy Money Enough

“(Shamah) sought all those privileges as a police office as just an easy path to easy money,” Morrissey said.
Goodness. If we can't trust Windy City "Only Ones," who can we trust to show us the right path?

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

[Via The Bitter Clinger]

We're the Only Ones Displaying Affection Enough

According to court documents, the 14-year veteran of the department threatened to post sexually explicit pictures of the woman and sell them on eBay if she "did not immediately respond to his communications, answer his questions about her contacts with other people or agree to resume sexual relations with him."

Some "Only Ones" really know how to romance a gal, don't they?

Pac-Man Eats Ditka?

“Pacman to Ditka: “From my cold, dead hands!”...

Mr. Ditka’s proposal to strip all professional football players of their God-given right to self-defense is nothing less than communism.”
This one is making the rounds in the gun community and it seems some in our ranks are eating it up.

Understand that "Serious Sports News Network" is a satire site.

The other joke, of course, is that meathead Mike Ditka.

[Via SameNoKami]

This Day in History: December 2

On 02 December 1775, John Mayfield of Browns Creek, a Ninety-Six District militia captain serving under Colonel Thomas Fletchall, was captured along with several other officers at McLaurins Store in the Upper Saluda region. The commander of the Whig forces that captured Mayfield was Colonel Richard Richardson, who, shortly after the capture, wrote a letter to the ad hoc Whig Council or Committee of Public Safety in Charles Town (Charleston).

Monday, December 01, 2008

Another One Bites the Dust

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford arrested on federal charges
What is it with these guys...?

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

[O]ne of my first concerns involved police arresting gun owners who open carry--a legal practice that can still result in dangerous encounters with law enforcement officers who may not know that (or may know and act anyway).

Here's today's Gun Rights Examiner column. Tell a friend.

We're the Only Ones Straight and True Enough

"It's purely an issue of safety," Woznick said. He said he isn't able to test residents "to make sure that their aim is straight and true."
We all know average citizens are just too incompetent to safely handle dangerous and powerful assault air rifles. Besides, with all the documentation we've amassed here at WarOnGuns, what kind of squirrely person wouldn't place total faith in the "Only Ones" to protect their nuts?

You gotta wonder who would know if somebody just took care of the nuisance by themselves on the sly...

[Via MacEntyre]

A Modern Muster

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The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.
I can't help but wonder what kind of paranoid fool/disloyal American would even worry about that. Besides, if you really want to help, just go about your business and muster on over to the mall.

[Via Avg Joe]

It Would Be Like Atlas... I Dunno... Shrugging or Something...

Saying Texas firearm laws are overly restrictive, a group of gun advocates is lobbying state lawmakers to permit wearing handguns in plain view.
Y'know, if everybody just did it, what could they do about it?

Our problem is that nobody will--because they know they'd stand alone--and even be condemned by the majority of their fellow gun owners for making "us" all look bad.

This isn't to put down the open carry activists--they're doing what they can with what they've got.

You Didn't Say "Mother May I?"

Burress, the police said, did not have a permit to carry a gun in New York City. A law enforcement official said that the gun, a Glock semiautomatic pistol, was recovered at Burress’s home in Totowa, N.J.
How did NYC get authority to do that?

And he could still "still face felony charges that could result in up to seven years in prison" even without intent to harm anyone?

Bloomberg and his New York "Only Ones."

Did I mention I don't think we use the term "Nazi" anywhere nearly often enough?

Getting the Nazis the Voters Deserve

Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who has already passed a bill that bans smoking in a car with children, is now trying to extend the ban to the state's parks and beaches.
See, litter laws aren't enough. They never are. If you don't behave in ways we don't approve, well, you'll either bend to our will or we'll ultimately kill you if you defy us hard enough.

And naturally, Jenny doesn't like guns, either.

Oh, and since we're at the beach, all you Godwin's Law nazis (who invariably misinterpret its meaning to discourage use of the term) can go pound sand. The beneficiaries of not calling Nazis Nazis are Nazis, and when you consider the word is derived from "national socialist," I don't think we use it anywhere near enough.

The First Thing

[T]he first thing I want to know is who the hell gave Macy's the authority to lock people in their store?
Point taken, but actually, the first thing I'd want to know is who the hell does Macy's have who could stop me if I decided to use all means at my disposal to go through their frickin' glass door?

[Via cycjec]

Early Warning

I have this quote direct from Sarah Brady in a letter addressed to me:

"On Election Day, we helped deliver a strong victory for President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden. They will be two of the most powerful allies we have ever had."

Alan Korwin reveals some early Brady plans...

[Via Ron W]

From This Point On...

...we go nowhere unarmed.
Everyone realizes we live in a dangerous world, right?

[Via Sam W]