[E]verybody and their brother-in-law can just pretty much show up and don’t know anything about firearms, but feeling macho that day, they just show their driver’s license, and there they are.
This is an armed nation. Twenty-five percent of your fellow 'civilians' own firearms, and have a God-given right to carry them around. Except for writing traffic tickets for revenue, they have just as much right to chase and apprehend a fleeing felon -- or to present a weapon in defense of themselves or others -- as you do. This includes black folks. Get used to it.[Via End the War on Freedom]
The Mexican President, Vicente Fox, calls them ruthless and dangerous migrant hunters, and Mr Bush has called them vigilantes, but Ms Foust and Ms Mercer look more like the grandmothers they actually are.
One of the three robbers who burst into Kent Jewelry & Loan ordered Buell to his knees and then jammed a handgun against the back of Buell's head, hard enough to leave a knot.
But the single gunshot that startled Frank Buell was from a pistol fired by his father, Nick Buell, who was taking aim at another robber.
THIS ISSUE of GUNS Magazine marks the completion of our first year and we should like to take the occasion to report to our readers on our progress.
Started to fill a void in the gun publication field, GUNS has devoted its first 12 issues to a popular, highly-readable, attractive presentation of all phases of gun sport. Recognizing that the field of firearms is more than just a highly technical specialty but rather a popular passtime for millions of Americans, GUNS has endeavored to dramatize and popularize all phases from collecting to Western interest, from pistol target shooting to trap and skeet.
The editors of GUNS see in the growth of the sport a healthy trend back towards the day when the USA was truly a nation of marksmen. We have attempted to counter the do-gooder, namby-pamby crowd who views every target shooter as a potential criminal. To us the freedom to indulge in gun sport is a basic concept of the founding fathers written into the Constitution and GUNS intends to do its utmost to defend that principle not only in these pages but in every other way possible.
Certainly the 25 million Americans who own firearms are also anxious to defend their rights. To them guns are an exciting, intriguing sport. The interest in gun sport is reflected in the remarkable growth of GUNS Magazine in a single year. Our circulation has doubled since our first issue. Thousands of gun enthusiasts have indicated their faith in our future by subscribing for periods anywhere from one to three years. Our subscribers are found all over the earth, from Sweden to Indo-China, from Argentina to Egypt.
Most heartening has been the response not only of advertisers but of readers to ads. Many gun dealers have reported that they have had a phenomenal number of inquiries and sales as a result of their advertisements in GUNS Magazine.
On the occasion of the completion of our first year in business, GUNS wishes to thank every one of its readers and advertisers for their wonderful support and express the hope that we can continue to merit that loyalty in future years to come.
Santa baby, slip a shotgun under the tree, for me
I've been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
An Oakland police officer was hospitalized Wednesday night with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an accident that occurred at the Police Department's administration building, according to a police spokesman.
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"If I can keep a gun out of someone's hands by not keeping one in my house, that's what I'll do. I figure if I'm in a situation I can either talk my way out of it or it's my time, then it's my time. I was brought up in church. It's not that I'm tough, it's just those things don't scare me."
You'd better hope to God you never have to put that inane theory to the test, pal.
All the bad choices documented in this article--but it's the gun's fault...
And Gary, Indiana used to be such a nice place...
[Thanks to HZ]
The UW family practice residents conducting the gun safety study made the following recommendations:
All gun purchases should have background checks and waiting periods.
All gun owners, not just hunters, should have safety training.
All guns should be stored in a safe, locked place where children and people other than the owner can't reach them.
Gun manufacturers should be required to put safety devices, such as trigger locks, on all guns they sell.
All physicians should be trained to ask their patients if they own guns and to counsel patients on gun safety in a non-judgmental fashion.
It is too easy to buy a gun in Maine. And in New Hampshire. And in Vermont.
Just ask the people in Massachusetts, where it is much tougher to get a firearm -- at least legally.
A man wearing only socks was arrested along a busy street after witnesses said he fired a gun at afternoon traffic.
