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Witless CNN propagandist get schooled by firearm proponent giving away AK47 knockoffs with sale of every truck

This CNN bimbo got schooled by a business man on the issue of firearms and criminals use of said. She gets so desperate to win the point she ends up making a fool of herself.

Our dislike and distrust of the NRA in short form

As you can see from past articles we have been very hard on the NRA. We plan to be even harder if possible. Why? Because the NRA is the oldest fraud in the firearm industry. We say a report that the NRA may be planning to, or already have, endorsed Harry Reed. The NRA is nothing more then a CYA group., who has no real intent to support the second amendment. Also as you can see we have not nor will we promote another “gun rights” group. When we find one who’s actual purpose is to ebalish all the laws that have come about since 1934 we will let you know. We will also promote them and support them. Until then, stay tuned for more reports on all thing guns and ammo related.

Right to carry a cancelled pistol across state lines? A vote in congress is due soon.

While this is already a right granted to us in the constitution, (or more accurately no expressly forbidden and thus granted) the vote will be coming soon. We say vote no, because it is a violation of the constitution as we have said before in this blog. However below is a different point of view on the subject from ammoland.com

Washington, DC – -(AmmoLand.com)- A vote to protect your right to travel out-of-state with a firearm could come to a vote next week — even as early as Monday!
Senators John Thune and David Vitter are the sponsors of S. 845 — a bill that will establish concealed carry reciprocity amongst the several states.
Senators Thune and Vitter offered the bill as an amendment (#1618) to the Department of Defense authorization bill (H.R. 2647).
This provision will use the constitutional authority allowing Congress to enforce “full faith and credit” across the country, so that each state respects the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings” of every other state (Article IV).
The benefit of the Thune/Vitter legislation is that — unlike other, competing measures — it would protect the right of any U.S. citizen to carry out of state (regardless of whether he possesses a permit), as long as he is authorized to carry in his home state. This is important because of states like Vermont and Alaska, where residents can carry concealed without prior approval or permission from the state… in other words, without a permit!
ACTION: Please urge your Senators to vote YES on the Thune/Vitter concealed carry reciprocity amendment that will be offered to the Department of Defense authorization bill and NO on any modifying amendments. This vote could come as early as Monday, so please act on this right away!

sotomayor refuses to answer question on second amendment right to self defense!

Well I think this speaks volumes to what this justice will do to the second amendment as soon as she can. All I can say is thank God the DC v. Heller case which actually addressed this issue (and it came back from the supreme court saying that the second amendment does actually give us the right to own a firearm to defend ourselves). Had she been on the court it might not have gone that way. So the fact that sotomayor flat out refuses to answer the question is a very scary thought for future cases brought before the court.

Crimson Trace Laser Pistol Grip Review

I am a big fan of Crimson Trace Laser Grips (CTLGs) especially on snubbies and little pistols. With adequate training and practice, they really work well and enhance your ability to accurately close that reactionary gap. In bright light however, the laser dot can be more difficult to pick up. You do not want to be searching for it! Thus, when you get your set of laser grip sights, you need to test them out in different lighting conditions, just as you should pattern your shotgun at different distances with the ammo you are going to use.

CTLGs are especially useful on point and shoot guns with vestigial sights. They make it easier to acquire your target. But they require practice, are NOT a panacea, and you still need to understand the fundmentals of marksmanship and the two most important of the fundamentals which are: sight alignment and trigger control.

Next time your coming out of Wallyworld or some other place at night walking to you car in their parking lot under low/no light conditions think about what your sight pic. would be on your favorite CCW. For my eyes to react quickly in no light conditions the CTLG is the thing… that’s why I personally made the $ investment….could mean the difference….

A CTLG USER’S INPUT:

Here is my input based on my experience actually USING them, as opposed to just dismissing them (and condemning anyone considering them) for all the reasons “someone told me about.”

I have had at one time or another 9 different handguns with the CTC laser grips. Currently my carry weapons (SW M&P9c, Glock 23, and M&P340) and my wife’s (Ruger SP101) both wear them, while my house gun (Glock 21SF) carries a rail mounted light/laser combo (Streamlight TLR-2).

The CTC grips hold their zero extremely well. Once set, I have never had to make any adjustments, even though I remove them to clean my guns and replace them afterwards. My experience is they are very durable and CTC has an outstanding reputation for customer service. Of the 9 sets I’ve owned, I had one problem that I can blame on them, and one problem that was my fault.

Here are the ones I’ve owned, the time, and the round counts with the laser grips installed. The P229, P226, P239 and Glock 33 have all been sold. Some with the laser, some I sold the lasers separate. For the lasers I sold, I generally got about 80%+ of what I paid for them. They hold their value well.

P229- My first set of CTC grips. I owned them for approximately 1 1/2 years, approx 2000 rounds fired with them- no problems, except the one I caused. I bought this gun used at a pawn shop and it had the laser grips on it. In fact the lasers are what interested me and made the gun such a bargain. After firing it the first time, I was cleaning it and stuffed a Q-tip in the aperture. I managed to pop the lens out which resulted in a crescent shaped beam that had about a 2-3″ length when hitting an object 15′ away. I was pretty pissed at myself and called CTC to see what repair would cost. I clearly explained to them what happened and that I bought these used and I had no idea of their history. CTC told me to send them down and they would be repaired at no charge. I sent them off and one week to the day later, I had a package from CTC. They did not repair them, they sent me a replacement set, additionally they included a user manual (which I did not have), adjustment tools, and cleaning swabs. All it cost me was the postage to send them in to CTC. CTC paid the postage to send me the replacement. My experience with this set made me a believer in both lasers and CTC.

Add that all up and I have over 7 years and over 9000 rounds experience with them and just a single failure, which I note again, did not render them unusable. That is a pretty good track record as far as I am concerned. I replace the batteries once or twice a year (oh, and with the “free batteries for life” program I have never had to buy batteries for them).

Do they replace iron sights? No, you need to be skilled in the basics first. Are they “right” for every situation? No, but if they aren’t right, they also don’t hinder regular sights or point shooting if you so desire. Can they be a benefit in some situations? SURE. Why not have one more tool in the box? I’ll take every advantage I can get.

“Point shooting” can be very useful under the right circumstances and if you have had the ability to train and become proficient. That said, most people aren’t able to practice to the point where they will become proficient. Few ranges allow drawing from a holster, let alone shooting from the hip. Even if you do become proficient, it will be useless to you in certain circumstances.

For the “average” person, your best chance of survival is to present a poor target to the threat while getting off some effective shots. In a street combat situation, you should be moving and going for cover/concealment. Standing in one place is the surest way to become a statistic. This ain’t the old west where you face off and draw in the street.

“Effective” doesn’t necessarily mean good sight alignment/sight picture, it means you have a high level of confidence they are going to go where they need to. You might find yourself shooting from the hip, shooting from around an object, shooting while running, turning around and shooting over your shoulder. Regardless, chances are however you do it, you will be looking at the threat. As you look at the threat, seeing that red dot on his chest lets you know that you are on target.

In a combat situation you are going to focus on the threat. It is a physiological response. Contrary to what some believe, you don’t look for the dot and then move it to the target. While you are focused on the target, with the tunnel vision that occurs, you naturally point your weapon to where you are looking. It is an almost automatic eye-hand coordination (which happens to also be the basis for point-shooting). As your weapon comes to bear, you will clearly see that dot when it is on target. It is a very positive feedback and provides the mental “green light” for trigger squeeze.

Lasers can also be extremely beneficial for dry fire and trigger control practice. The laser isn’t dancing around on it’s own, that is your twitchy hand and jerky trigger pull. You just get to see for a change how much your gun moves as you work the trigger. I love when someone complains about how much the dot jerks around, then when I hold the gun it moves less than my Aunt Ethel when Oprah is on.

Real world police gunfight data shows a huge improvement in the hit ratio of officers equipped with them. I haven’t seen ANY data where they were determined to be a detriment or get someone “killed”.

There is just something about technology that sets off some grumpy old farts. In my motorcycle group they bitch about how they don’t need a GPS and they are crap because maps still work, and how they’ll break and then you’re screwed. In the gun world they bitch about Lasers being crap and they aren’t needed for any number of reasons. “They will fail” etc. Heck, any piece of machinery can fail. With that logic the old coots shouldn’t be using maps OR guns, they should be using celestial navigation and throwing rocks.

My experience has been that folks who spout absolutes and wax nostalgic on the good ole days tend to be limited in their abilities to grow, evolve, learn, and understand new things. I find it funny how some of those most verbal against them have never even used them. My personal experience has been that 6 out of 8 anti-laser folks changed their mind once they actually used one, and the two that didn’t were just too stubborn to admit they were wrong.

Are they magic? No, do they have a use and purpose? Hell yes.

Admittedly I do not have actual combat experience, but lets see what the accredited experts have to say…

“If I were a police officer today, I wouldn’t consider going on patrol or walking a beat without a Crimson Trace equipped firearm.”
Jim Cirillo: LE Trainer, Author, Retired NYPD and US Customs, 17-0 Record Against Armed Felons

“I consider my Lasergrips a key advantage that I would not go into harm’s way without.”
Ernest Langdon: President, Langdon Tactical Technologies, IDPA Champion and USMC Sniper Instructor

“For low light and dark, Lasergrips are a tool that I don’t want to be without. By the time I had 300-400 rounds down range, I got to the point where I could trust that wherever the dot was, the bullet would go.”
Mike Dalton: IDPA Steel Challenge Champion, Police Officer and Director of International Shootists Institute

“In the past, I had a total disregard for lasers. But, after testing and evaluating them, I now have Crimson Trace Lasergrips on my personal guns. When searching or clearing a room, the sidearm often needs to be held in a ‘retention’ firing position. With Lasergrips, I can use the flashlight, protect my handgun and sight my pistol at the same time. There is no need to lead with the handgun as many popular flashlight firing techniques require.”
Ken Hackathorn: International Small Arms Instructor and Consultant

“I know what the front sight looks like, but in a CQB environment you never see your front sight. Why not superimpose a laser on your threat. I’m 50% faster coming out on target and can outrun my tritium sights by at least 20% in speed and accuracy with Lasergrips.”
Todd Jarrett: World Champion Shooter, International Military / LE Trainer

“In my opinion, the S & W J-Frame revolver equipped with this unit has to be considered as the ultimate in a police backup gun or civilian type weapon carried for defensive purposes.”
Colonel Rex Applegate

“I have Lasergrips installed on all of my duty/defensive sidearms and consider them to be an essential accessory. Lasergrips can save lives and reduce liability exposure.”
Eugene Nielsen: Tactical Consultant, Author, former Police Officer, Contributing Staff S.W.A.T. Magazine Editor

“I carry a Laser gripped Model 442 as a backup gun…..”
Massad Ayoob: World Renowned Firearms Instructor / Self Defense Expert

Anyone with limited exposure will recognize the names above and all are held in high regard by the shooting/combat/competition/training communities.

I have found the Crimson Trace lasers to be affordable, reliable, and durable. If I ever have to use a gun to defend myself, I want EVERY possible advantage. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on guns, ammo, and training. I don’t consider an extra $150-$200 to be unreasonable for the advantage and training they provide. All of my carry guns are equipped with CTC.

I am not an employee, and other than the free batteries, I haven’t gotten anything from Crimson Trace. I am just one extremely satisfied customer

Walther P38 9mm Semi Automatic Pistol Review

The Walther P38 was the first true double-action pistol in 9mm, and was the only one for a good while. It’s a fine piece of engineering, and its staying power has proven that. At press time, the P38 continues to be available in the USA via imported West German police “trade-in” guns.

The P38 was originally a German military pistol, chambered for 9mm Luger (9mm Parabellum; 9x19mm), which at that time had been in German military use for more than three decades. The P38 saw much wartime use during World War II, and was subsequently produced commercially in West Germany for export and police use.

Many, if not most, commercially-made P38s have alloy frames. WWII military P38s had steel frames. The subject of this article is a commercial model with an alloy frame.

The photo shows the left side of the P38. This a “police trade-in” gun of recent import (though not of recent manufacture).

Stamped on the left side of the slide: Walther banner logo; “Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do;” “P38 Cal.9mm;” and a poor stamping of three numbers.

Also: A simple dot inside a circle; a stylized four-pointed star above it; “165″ inside a three-sided box. Research shows the “box” to be an eagle whose downswept wings form the box’s sides.

HR 45 is back, and guns and ammo grabbers will do anything to get it passed

July 15, 2009




Dear Concerned American,



The great pay-back has begun, and it’s going to be ugly.

Liberals in Congress are paying back the anti-gun extremists who put them in office, and Barack Obama’s H.R. 45 is the first step…



…and it’s a big step.



My name is Dudley Brown, Executive Director of the National Association for Gun Rights.  I’m writing you today to warn you of the very real threat this gun control bill poses to your liberties.



The National Association for Gun Rights has a petition ready for you to sign, but I want you to understand just how dangerous this bill is before I give you the link.  Please bear with me for a moment.

You see, H.R. 45 would establish a national gun registry database which would:

• Increase requirements for firearms purchases, far beyond those ever proposed.
• Create a national firearms registry overseen by the Federal Government.
• Invoke Draconian penalties for bookkeeping errors related to the Federal Firearms Database.

It gets worse though.

Sarah Brady and her allies in Congress want to force you to take a written exam to prove that you are “fit” to exercise your Constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.



I’m outraged by this, and I know you are too.

I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that gun registration is the first step on the road toward totalitarian confiscation of all firearms by a federal power.



In fact, the most brutal dictators of the last century were famous for their gun registration and confiscation schemes.



It was easy work for Hitler’s brown-shirt Gestapo to confiscate the firearms of German citizens because years earlier, well-meaning liberals had forced all guns to be registered with the government … all in the name of safety.



When Hitler came to take their guns, he had a list of who owned every gun and where they lived!



But H.R. 45, Obama’s National Gun Registry and Citizen Disarmament Act, is more than just a forced registration of all firearms in America.



The bill also makes it increasingly difficult to buy a gun in the first place.

Taken right out of Sarah Brady’s Christmas wish list, H.R. 45 includes a laundry list of new restrictions on firearms purchases.



In addition to the outrageous national gun registration requirement, the bill also requires you to:

• Pass a written examination to purchase a firearm.
• Release your medical records — including confidential mental health records — to the government to get your “fitness” to own a firearm approved.
• Observe a two-day waiting period before all firearms purchases.
• Pay a gun tax of $25 or more on all firearm purchases.

Moreover, H.R. 45 bans all private firearms sales and maximizes penalties for minor clerical errors in dealing with the national gun registry.

The list goes on and on.  It’s enough to turn your stomach.



I know I don’t have to tell you, but these restrictions make a mockery of the Constitution.  ”The Right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” might as well say: “You have no rights.”



If a two-day waiting period, a written exam and a gun tax aren’t infringing our rights, I don’t know what is!

The National Association for Gun Rights is fully committed to stopping H.R. 45, but we need the help of grassroots conservatives like you.



You and I must join together, draw a line in the sand, and fight this battle to the end.



We must make this gun-grab expensive for the enemies of freedom.  If we do, they’ll flinch … and lose.



By mobilizing hundreds of thousands of grassroots gun owners across the country, the National Association for Gun Rights can put anti-gun politicians on the hot seat.



Are you with me?

Are you opposed to national gun registration?  Are you opposed to a written examination to buy a gun?  Are you opposed to a new $25 gun tax?  Are you opposed to a total ban on private firearm sales?



If you said, “yes” to any of those questions, I need you to click here to fill out NAGR’s HR45 petition and join us in this fight.

Stopping un-Constitutional gun control bills like H.R. 45 may be NAGR’s top priority, but we can’t do it alone.



Along with your
signed petition, please send the National Association for Gun Rights a generous contribution if you can.  You will have the opportunity to donate right after you sign the petition.

The fact is H.R. 45 is just the first step.

Sarah Brady and her cohorts in Congress now have the support of a willing White House and won’t stop until they’ve reached their ultimate goal: a national ban on the individual ownership of all firearms.



That is why I simply must hear from you immediately.



Please take a moment to sign our H.R. 45 petition — even if you’ve already signed it — and, if at all possible, make a contribution of $200, $150, $100 or maybe just $25 to help the National Association for Gun Rights fight H.R. 45 and Sarah Brady’s gun control wish list.



I know this is a lot to ask, but inaction could very well lead to defeat and the loss of our right to keep and bear arms.



Whether you can afford the full $200 or a lesser amount of $50, please contribute what you can.

Thank you in advance for contributing your time and money towards defeating H.R. 45, Obama’s National Gun Registry and Citizen Disarmament Act.

For Freedom and Liberty,

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Dudley Brown

Executive Director

National Association for Gun Rights



P.S. H.R. 45 is the most sweeping gun control proposal ever offered in America, and under this administration, it might just pass — unless you act today.

Please join with the National Association for Gun Right in opposing this gun-grab by signing our petition and making a generous contribution of $200, $150, $100 or just $25 — immediately.

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An armed society is a polite society. More guns and ammo. Learn the truth about gun laws and the second amendment!

   If everyone in America had a gun there would be a lot less crimes. On the order of 90% or more. Just think about it. How much crimes was there in the 1800′s? no where near the amount percentage wise as there is today. Why is that? It is very simple. Percentage wise a lot less of American’s have guns and ammo.

   The second amendment to the United States of America constitution read as follows:

   ”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” If you see something else it is not the second amendment.

   Here is the problem. Starting in 1934 the first violation to the second amendment started. It was called “National Firearms Act of 1934″. The Act was passed after the repeal of Prohibition, and it mandates that transfers of the covered firearms across state lines be reported to the Department of the Treasury (this function has since been transferred to the Department of Justice). The transfer tax of $200 ($5 for AOWs) placed on the transfer of firearms controlled by the Act was roughly equivalent to five months’ salary in 1934. the problem is, this so called “act” violated the constitution as quoted above. Every law sence has been a violation of the constitution. Up to and including concealed carry law’s. in all fairness, at this point I have to admit I have a concealed carry permit in my local state. There is one law on the books that I am conflicted about. The law stating that felons can not own or have a firearm. The premises I agree with. However, that too (also) is a violation of the constitution.

   Here comes the crazy part for some to fathom. According to the constitution I can own and carry a fully automatic firearm. I dare anyone to point to any part of the United States of America constitution that says otherwise. Here is where it gets even crazier. The NRA and ALL other so called gun right’s organizations out there do not give a damn about the second amendment. If they did they would be suing non stop and pushing every single congress person to wipe out ALL of the gun laws since 1934. all these groups care about it, MONEY, nothing else. Growing their membership by supporting law’s that violate the second amendment. ANY law that has anything to do with firearms and ammunition, for or against, is a flat out violation of the constitution. No ands, ifs, or buts about it. What we as gun owner’s and firearm enthusiasts need are people in Washington DC who are going to appeal all of these bull shit laws that in plain English violate the second admendment. Up to and including the The National Firearm’s Act of 12934. we wil have to fight for it, and, fight we will.

Could Two-thirds of State Attorneys General’s be wrong in reguards to guns and ammo? We are not sure on this particular issue

Some of us here are begining to question where and what exactly the NRA’s loyalties lie. Some thing the NRA is in the business of weaking the second amendment so they can
A: Keep the members they have and
B: Increase their membership.
Not actually fighting to get all the bull law’s the affect our right’s as gun owner’s. We will let you decide on the below story.

Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed a “friend of the court” brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general, agrees with the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms in the home for self-defense, disagreeing with the decision recently issued by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

“The historical record clearly shows that the Second Amendment was intended to apply to every American in every state in the country,” said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. “As the Supreme Court said clearly in last year’s landmark Heller decision, the Second Amendment protects an individual right that ‘belongs to all Americans’. Two-thirds of America’s state attorneys general agree.”

The Seventh Circuit claimed precedent bound it from holding in favor of incorporation of the Second Amendment. However, it should have followed the lead of the recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Nordyke v. King, which found that those cases don’t prevent the Second Amendment from applying to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. The Seventh Circuit opinion upholds current bans on the possession of handguns in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois.

California attorney general Edmund G. Brown Jr. is filing a separate brief arguing that the Supreme Court should take up NRA’s appeal and hold that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the States.

“It is fundamentally wrong to violate the civil rights of any law-abiding person based on their zip code,” Cox concluded. “The fundamental right of self-defense must be respected by every jurisdiction throughout our country.”

Springfield Armory 1911 Operator Pistol Review

We found this review of the Springfield 1911 Operator and felt we should share it with you. While we do not agree with all of this gentleman’s talking points we still felt you should see it.