Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Well, that’s interesting. The town clown is at it again. I seriously had never thought anyone could come up with something like this. I guess one could go all over the spectrum in the thought-experiment with this, from “I want one of those,” to “Maybe somebody has been slamming the forward assist too many times and I’ve never had to use it at all,” to “I don’t think I would want to pull that trigger, no sir, no way, no how.”
Anyway, here it is. The only serious thing I can think of to say is that Eugene is rolling over in his grave.
Bad day for him, an unjustified beating, for no good reason at all. The officer should have tried to help him find a better place to rest, caring (as he should have) about his safety on the road.
Instead, he got beaten up because, in the words of the officer, “You weren’t listening.”
So once again we must observe and remind you of the obvious. You are not under legal obligation to assist any officer in their investigation. The officer must be able to articulate a crime that has been committed in order to effect an arrest, and at least articulate a reasonable suspicion in order to detain you. None of that obtained in this instance. The officer was wrong about where the gentleman was contrasted to where he was allowed to be.
Why is that police departments continue to hire the dumbest and most sociopathic misanthropes they can find? Perhaps they are the only ones who aren’t bothered by beating up innocent and peaceable people. Would that they took their duty so seriously when it comes to real criminals.
To top it all off, the officer conveniently turned off his camera when he discussed the incident with his fellow officers, of course, hiding evidence of his violence.
Who needs criminals around when you have the police, all of whom have qualified immunity? At least Antifa didn’t have qualified immunity except among prosecutors who loved them.
The enemy is all around you. Be careful.
For what it’s worth, the officer is currently on paid vacation.
The situation where the 10mm Auto has the bigges advantage is for backcountry survival or bear defense. Loaded with something like Buffalo Bore’s 220-grain hardcast Outdoorsman load at 1200 fps, it will hit harder than any 45 ACP load, and because of the smaller diameter non-deforming bullet, will penetrate deeper, even deeper than a 180-grain Barnes Triple Shock bullet fired out of a 30-06 rifle!
That’s his conclusion paragraph. It’s true enough as it reads, but it’s incomplete.
Comparatively speaking, the hottest factory 185-grain .45 ACP load you can buy will generate only about 1,140 fps, and the fastest 230-grain offering only about 1,000 fps. Essentially, what you get with the .450 SMC are 10 mm velocities with a .45-caliber instead of a .40-caliber bullet.
I have no problem at all using a heavier bullet at comparable velocities.
Richard should expand his article (or do another one) on the use of 450 SMC and 460 Rowland. Actually, he should have written this one to consider all of the 45 options.
Not a bad article at all from Field & Stream on KeyMod versus M-Lok.
The KeyMod system was invented in 2010 by VLTOR Weapon Systems and Noveske. Its commonly found on the forends on AR-15s and AK-pattern rifles. VLTOR and Noveske designed the system to give a user flexibility in terms of what kinds of accessories they want to attach to a gun and where. They made the system open source so any company could produce it.
Keymod rails are covered in keyhole-shaped slots in a uniform pattern. Each hole has a larger end and a smaller end. To attach an accessory or rail, you place studs (which comes with KeyMod-compatible accessories) in the larger hole, slide the accessory forward, and screw it into place. The studs lock the accessory or rail to the KeyMod forend, and when properly installed, it will not move under recoil.
In a nutshell, that’s why I prefer KeyMod over M-Lok. Ease of installation. I find having to grab the nut underneath the rail to ensure that the screw isn’t spinning on M-Lok attachments supremely annoying, and I’ve had them come loose before.
It’s an American tradition for as long as there has been an America – making your own firearms. And back when individuals contracted skilled tradesmen and craftsmen to do it for them, the government had no say in the matter.
But here we are. I told you the ladies on the court, including Barrett and Roberts, would side with the communists, didn’t I?
Current CEO Jason Vanderbrink Will Continue to Lead the Sporting Products Business and the U.S. Headquarters Will Remain in Anoka, Minnesota
Represents Largest Acquisition in the History of Czech Defense Industry
The Czechoslovak Group (“CSG”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vista Outdoor Inc.’s (NYSE: VSTO) (“Vista Outdoor”) Sporting Products business for a total consideration of $1.91 billion, valuing the business at approximately 5x Fiscal Year 2024E EBITDA, including estimated standalone costs. CSG will partner with the existing management to pursue the continued growth path envisaged for the Sporting Products business over the coming years.
Headquartered in Anoka, Minnesota, Vista Outdoor’s Sporting Products business is a leading ammunition manufacturer in the U.S. commercial and law enforcement markets. It employs approximately 4,000 employees across its four U.S. factories and owns leading ammunition brands including CCI, Federal, HEVI-Shot, Remington and Speer.
CSG, based in Prague, Czech Republic, is a leading industrial technology company operating in five strategic business segments: Defense, Aerospace, Ammunition, Mobility and Business Projects. It is 100% controlled and led by Michal Strnad, who has transformed it into the most relevant Czech industrial group, with a strong international footprint. CSG employs more than 10,000 people worldwide and owns and manages a diverse portfolio of industrial and trade companies across the civil and defense sectors.
This isn’t good news for any American. Having ammo manufacturing dependent in any way upon the hearts and minds of foreigners in Europe seems like a wrong strategic move for the government and certainly doesn’t bode well for civilians.
Smith & Wesson just opened manufacturing near Knoxville, TN; many southern states have stepped up, and now most U.S. firearms manufacturing is done in the southern United States. It’s time to bring ammunition manufacturing as well to the last vestiges of freedom on earth in the Deep South and Mountain West.
A person with knowledge of the situation tells us that, more than just “considering” the move, Winchester, which operates the US Army’s Lake City ammunition plant, has been informed that it may be blocked from selling M855 and SS109 ammunition produced in excess of the military’s needs on the civilian market.
How would that affect the civilian supply of .223 and 5.56 ammunition? We understand that as much as 30% of the commercial market’s sales volume of .223/5.56 is produced by Lake City.
The White House is now denying this. Making your own seems like an increasingly attractive option. Ammunition control is gun control.
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho elk hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear that charged at him, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game said in a news release.
It’s the second incident in one month in which hunters killed federally protected grizzlies in self-defense.
Rare, that’s what we’ve been continually told. As long as the grizzly remains protected, incidents of aggressive contact will continue to rise.
According to the news release, the man was hunting northwest of Henrys Lake on the evening of Sept. 30 when an adult female grizzly emerged out of the brush nearby. Officials said the man yelled to warn his hunting partner of the bear’s presence, and the animal charged at him.
The man reportedly shot the bear several times with a sidearm, killing the grizzly before it made contact with either hunter, Fish and Game said.
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At least one other Idaho grizzly has been killed in self-defense in recent weeks. Archery hunters near Island Park Reservoir, roughly 20 miles from Henrys Lake, shot and killed a male grizzly on Sept. 5 after it charged at them.
That area of eastern Idaho has been the nexus of grizzly- human conflicts in the state over the last several years.
Always carry a large bore handgun. This report has no info on the caliber used to kill the bear, which we’re always interested in.
