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Lugar made a rifle?
Guns

Lugar made a rifle?

Who knew? But it’s beautiful.

April 6, 2025
Road to Hell, good intentions, etc.
Get Off Your Butt and Train Guns Self Defense

Road to Hell, good intentions, etc.

I’ll spare you the details. It’s just been half crazy around here, but in a good way. Everyone is fine, everything is fine, but busy.…

March 31, 2025
Try not to be shocked
Guns

Try not to be shocked

This just in via the UK Daily Mail–there’s no correlation between the strictness and severity of gun control laws and the incidence of mass shootings.…

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023
Alinsky’s Rules work both ways
Guns Laughter Is the Best Medicine

Alinsky’s Rules work both ways

An enterprising fellow shows up at a gun “buyback” with 110 3D printed guns and receivers and gets $21,000 for his troubles. Of course, his…

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
A Sunday Thought
Earworms Guns

A Sunday Thought

No, I’m not jumping into the Sunday tunes thing. But this song has been an earworm for a couple of days, so I figured I…

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022
It’s somebody’s birthday!
Guns History

It’s somebody’s birthday!

For a change, the birthday of John Moses Browning, who designed the 1911, M1917, M2, Hi Power and many other guns, is not slipping my…

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022
Didn’t we used to talk about guns here?
Guns

Didn’t we used to talk about guns here?

Blue Collar Prepping has a nice article on chamber casting. It’s a pleasant read after all the Afghanistan stuff today.

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Speaking your piece
Guns

Speaking your piece

Folks, it’s time to chime in on the proposed rulemaking by the BATFE that is meant to make firearms ownership such a burden that people…

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021
Saving us from…what exactly?
Guns

Saving us from…what exactly?

I haven’t seen it elsewhere. Silicon Graybeard brings us the Bad News, all 115 pages of it, on the BATFEIEIO’s latest push to obfuscate gun…

May 10, 2021May 9, 2021
Remember this picture?
Guns Statists Gonna State

Remember this picture?

Ir seems like it’s being scrubbed from the Intertubz. Right when this guy is coming up for a vote to be the head of BATFE.…

May 6, 2021May 5, 2021
The Winston Salem Gun Show
Guns

The Winston Salem Gun Show

At long last, there was a gun show this past weekend in Winston Salem, NC. Saturday was rainy and not suited for outdoor activity, so…

April 29, 2021April 28, 2021
When they came for the 80% receivers…
Guns

When they came for the 80% receivers…

Silicon Graybeard’s already done a great job on the “leak” of ATF’s proposed rule-making on 80% receivers. All I can add is that, as so…

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
CCRKBA Gun Banner List
Guns Modern Life Skills

CCRKBA Gun Banner List

The most recent version of the CCRKBA‘s “Don’t Feed The Gun Prohibitionists!” is now available. I’ll be honest-while I appreciate their point, it’s not realistic.…

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021
Monkeywrenching
Guns I hate it when that happens

Monkeywrenching

(Via Gab) Monkeywrenching is the act of nonviolent disobedience and sabotage carried out by environmental activists against those whom they perceive to be ecological exploiters.…

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021
New bang
Guns

New bang

Ruger finally has an entry in the double stack, compact 9mm pistol category. The new Ruger Max-9 favors a pistol I’ve been carrying for some…

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021
Ammo!
Guns Public Service Announcements

Ammo!

Bulkammo.com seem to currently be reasonably well stocked on popular calibers. Prices are about what you should expect-painful. I’ve ordered up a batch of 9mm,…

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021
This just how fast it can all go sideways
Guns Situational Awareness You Are Your Own First Responder

This just how fast it can all go sideways

This is why we’re told to game these things out ahead of time-you don’t have time to think when it happens. Sorry about the video…

March 9, 2021March 11, 2021
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 24: A gunshow miraculously appears
Guns Life in the time of Wuflu Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 24: A gunshow miraculously appears

Well…yeah. The Notorious RBG kicks off and there is finally a gun show-how much better can my weekend get during a pandemic, I ask you.…

September 21, 2020April 12, 2021
A small victory
Guns

A small victory

 But a victory none the less. A 3 judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling that a California…

August 14, 2020February 15, 2021
The self-defense world is going to change
Guns Rut-ro Raggy Situational Awareness You Are Your Own First Responder

The self-defense world is going to change

“Judge Floyd said awarding qualified immunity would allow police to be protected over ‘fear-based use of deadly force, which we cannot accept.’ “ (Emphasis mine) With…

June 10, 2020February 15, 2021
Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 19: Trading the pandemic for riots
Guns Life in the time of Wuflu Situational Awareness Wuflu

Life in the time of Wuflu, Part 19: Trading the pandemic for riots

I’ve tried to write this post 4 times since yesterday, gotten interrupted by something and come back to it only to find that the situation…

June 1, 2020April 12, 2021
A small win on the gun front
Guns

A small win on the gun front

A win for our side. In California, no less.

April 24, 2020February 15, 2021
In which liberals run into the consequences of their actions
Guns

In which liberals run into the consequences of their actions

(Via the Bongino Report) It seems that folks in California who thought gun law after gun law was a great thing aren’t so happy when…

April 12, 2020February 15, 2021
Arguing guns
Guns

Arguing guns

An excellent piece from Open Source Defense dismantling one of the logical fallacies of the anti-gun movement. While they’re 100% correct, there’s a problem here.…

March 2, 2020February 15, 2021
A small victory in Virginia
Guns

A small victory in Virginia

A few Democrats in Virginia apparently would like to keep their jobs. Bloomberg’s gun ban rejected in Virginia with Democratic help Predictably, anti-gun politicians immediately…

February 18, 2020February 15, 2021
“Everything I know about guns I learned from Hollywood.”
Guns Teh Stupids

“Everything I know about guns I learned from Hollywood.”

Meanwhile, in Virginia. Speaking at a public meeting, the author of legislation to ban AR-style guns and large, bullet-holding magazines used in semi-automatic weapons also…

January 30, 2020February 15, 2021
So, the realistic results of the Richmond Gun Rally have been…
Guns

So, the realistic results of the Richmond Gun Rally have been…

(Via the Bongino Report) Dick. Sure, you showed the world that gun owners aren’t freaks. Unfortunately, most of the world watches the legacy media, where…

January 26, 2020February 15, 2021
Watching Richmond
Guns Situational Awareness

Watching Richmond

Like a lot of folks, I’m watching the 2A Rally in Richmond, VA today. Nice and peaceful so far from all I can see from…

January 20, 2020February 15, 2021
Virginia and its implications
Guns Things That Make You Go Hm-m-m

Virginia and its implications

Found at ZeroHedge, an interesting article on the Virginia gun control fight and it’s broader implications.

January 17, 2020February 15, 2021
Stage 1, in progress
Guns Statists Gonna State

Stage 1, in progress

The Virginia Senate has passed 3 anti-gun bills. No one should be surprised. These are among the less onerous bills, mandating purchase limits, mandatory background…

January 17, 2020February 15, 2021

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