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January 30, 2009 by USA Today is conducting an online poll on the Second Amendment and the answer is pretty unambiguous. When I took the poll, which had nearly 900,000 respondents at the time, a whopping 97 percent had said yes.
Cast your vote here.
—John Snow
[ Read Full Post ]January 28, 2009 by Alan Scholl warns in The New American that state and federal elected officials share a “widespread ignorance and fear of guns” that could dismantle the Second Amendment piecemeal. But a more subtle danger lurks in the form of “a neon fox in the henhouse”—businesses that profit by gun control.
One cited by Scholl is Ammunition Coding System, Inc., of Seattle, whose lobbying arm, Ammunition Accountability, has been needling state legislatures to mandate ammunition serialization. Eighteen such resolutions were introduced in 2008, although none passed. With many legislatures more gun-control-friendly following 2008 elections, ACS stands to “profit handsomely” if such measures pass, Scholl writes.
[ Read Full Post ]January 23, 2009 by
The great Baltimore newspaperman and perpetual gadfly H.L. Mencken once said, “every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.” I was feeling the same way as I watched the inevitable circus of buffoonery over who would succeed Hillary Clinton as senator from New York. But when the spectacularly inept Caroline Kennedy withdrew her name from consideration, the path cleared for Governor David A. Paterson to act.
And, lo and behold, it appears he has made a stunning choice—the little-known Rep. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, who hails from upstate New York. The choice has already drawn fire from the anti-gun crowd because Rep. Gillibrand is a friend of ours—a politician endorsed by the NRA.
According to the New York Times, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, a democrat from Long Island and “an ardent gun control activist” said “if Gillibrand got the job, she was prepared to run against her in a primary in 2010.” Gee, New York gun owners are already saddled with Chuck Schumer. (Someone once told me: “What’s the most dangerous place to be in Washignton, D.C? Standing between Chuck Schumer and TV camera.”) Sportsmen surely don’t need McCarthy as well.
The august Times doesn’t know much about the new senator-to-be, but it did sniff that she “defeated a four-term incumbent in a race that turned intense and nasty in its final days.” Hmm, anybody want to remind them about the final days of the brutal campaign for the Democratic party nomination for president?
But right now, sportsmen and gun owners should enjoy the moment.—Slaton White
[ Read Full Post ]January 14, 2009 by Bob Baker at Freedom Arms, who happens to be one of the nicest guys in the gun business, has been hard at work on a couple of projects, one of which is the new .224-32 FA cartridge.
What Bob has done is to neck down brass from the .327 Federal to accept .224 diameter bullets, creating what should be one hell of a coyote/varmint/predator round for use in revolvers in the process.
According to his data, which is based on 40-gr. bullets from Sierra and Hornady, the cartridge generates muzzle velocities from 1,900 to 2,295 fps from a 10-inch barrel (he’s using one of his Model 97s) depending on the load.
Given how accurate Freedom Arms revolvers are and how good a shot Bob is, I pity (almost) any coyote that drifts within 200 yards of his muzzle.
While this cartridge won’t force the .223 Rem. into obscurity, it should bea nice option for hardcore handgun shooters in open country. There are noplans as of this moment for the cartridge to be commercially loaded. You’ll have to reload your own and fire form your own brass. Reloading dies will be available directly from Freedom Arms.
I just might have to make a point of visiting Freedom Arms in Wyoming this spring to give it a try. I’m also going to cast an early vote to shorten the name of the cartridge to the .224 FA—that flows a bit better.—John Snow
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