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After reading a post about choosing a handgun/rifle combination using the same cartridge, I got to thinking about how far this idea could go. Let me say I consider this a trivia game, and not a good way to design your collections. In .22lr or .22wmr, you can find pistol, SA revolver, DA...

I have distant relative who is very anti-gun. She claims that the BATF has never had a permanent director because the NRA has been able to block everyone who has ever been nominated. Further, she says that temporary appointments are limited to one year so BATF has never had even a temporary...

There are lots of posts by guys considering an AR or AK for home defense. It's got me wondering what are the stories of incidents where an AR was used, and how did it work out. Anyone have some examples? One of the worries is that your local DA may be less tolerant as compared to SD with...

There's a really good article up right now by Robert Whitely on Accurate Shooter on the important characteristics of an accurate AR. http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/ Among all the other things, he talks about getting a "rigid, thick-walled, upper receiver". When you're in the...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4609250982/ There are ranges, and then there are ranges.

There has been a certain amount of ridicule heaped on the pronouncements of Holder and others about guns in Mexico allegedly sourced from the US. Posters on THR have tended to believe the drug cartels bought their weapons internationally. I'd like to point out an article in the (very...

There is a note in the NY Times that various items from the now-closed Roy Rogers Museum are being auctioned by High Noon Western Americana (Google it) tomorrow. The first lot is described like this: If you don't win the auction, you can console yourself with a commenorative edition Henry...

Does anyone know how John Browning went about the process of design? A modern mechanical engineer would undoubtedly start with a pile of sketches and a pile of calculations, then move to a CAD/CAM system to produce some drawings. Even in Browning's day, a lot of engineers would have done...

http://www.shorpy.com/node/7460?size=_original Love the moon shine still! I'm love to hear what anyone can deduce or identify in this photo.

Advice to students at Lafayette College http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~security/Active%20Shooter.php

I was talking to a commercial airline pilot and the subject of pilots carrying guns to the cockpit came up. She described some of the rules which caused me to realize that a pilot has a problem with the state laws on either end of the flight. From what she said, the federal law/regulation...

On vacation in Virgina Beach, wife and I went to visit the lighthouses on Cape Henry. I knew from the map that they were on a military reservation, but rather assumed that it was as open to the public as a federal park. Not so. At the gate, I had to show a driver's license, was asked if I...

I recently saw a response to some question about an HD shot which advised taking the gun to the range to practice and get familiar with it. Obviously sound advice, but... 1) What's the attitude of the typical outdoor range, and what facilities would one be looking to use? 2) What kind of...

https://ecf.utd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2008cr0430-37 IANAL, however, I think the gist is something like this. If you have a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, then you lose your gun rights. This case was about a guy who was prosecuted for having a gun after a DV...

IANAL. For you con-law geeks out there, if any, I have a question. Is there any reading of Heller that suggests a right of self-defence, either from a natural/common law perspective, or from the shadows of the Constitution itself, a la the right to privacy? And, if there is a right to...

I agree with the general principle that one should never accept statistics at face value but,... If 60,000 rifles of AK-47 derivative types have been diverted to Mexico over the last couple years, is that enough to have raised the street price of these imports in the US? Or is the number of...

Today the Accurate Shooter blog has a post about a new 1000 yard record for a grouping of about 3 inches. http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/ A target is pictured. The group is not centered on the bullseye. Has the enthusiasm for "accurate rifles" progressed to the point where the size...

http://newledger.com/2009/03/gun-rights-and-the-constitution-was-heller-insignificant/ by David Kopel Gun Rights and the Constitution: Was Heller Insignificant? Has the Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller–which affirmed the Second Amendment and declared the D.C...

This paper is a review of RKBA provisions in each state. The author is a law professor at UCLA with an interest in gun issues. http://www.trolp.org/main_pgs/issues/v11n1/Volokh.pdf