The Gun Shots Recent PostsCategories
ArchivesThe Gun Shots
in your Inbox
|
February 12, 2013
by 
Born from technology developed by the military in the old Eastern Bloc, the Pulsar electronic riflescope is at the leading edge of the marriage of digital imaging with traditional optics. The sight, made in Belarus, is becoming increasingly popular among hog hunters and varmint shooters in states that permit night-vision equipment to be used to hunt non-game species. Among its attributes:
[ Read Full Post ]February 6, 2013
by 
On Feb. 2, the White House released a photo of President Obama skeet-shooting with a Browning shotgun last August at Camp David.
The Associated Press, New York Times, New Yorker magazine, among many print and electronic media outlets, immediately spiraled into dithering spasms of shock, incorrectly informing readers that the photo shows the president firing a "rifle" instead of a shotgun “in an attempt to portray President Obama as a gun user.”
As Washington Times Senior Opinion Editor Emily Miller recounts in a Feb. 3 column, the New York Times was among the few publications that printed a correction, admitting it "misstated the type of weapon."
[ Read Full Post ]February 5, 2013
by As President Obama pitched his gun control proposals to Minnesota law enforcement officials on Monday, more than 225 county sheriffs nationwide and 16 state legislatures were drafting resolutions and proposed laws challenging the Constitutionality of his initiatives, and vowing not to enforce any federal law they maintain violates the Second Amendment.
Obama, two days after the White House released an August photo of him skeet-shooting at Camp David, called for law enforcement officials to support his call to ban semi-automatic weapons and impose universal background checks for gun buyers during a speech at the Minneapolis Police Department's Special Operations Center, marking the first time he has campaigned for his proposals outside of Washington.
[ Read Full Post ]February 1, 2013
by 
A couple of years ago, a friend came to me with a problem. He’s an avid precision rifle shooter who lives in an urban area where even 100-yard gun ranges are scarce. But every day, commuting to and from work, he drives by a building with a 50-yard rimfire range. He wanted some advice on building a rifle that he could use to hone his long-range skills shooting at shorter distances.
His questions were straightforward: What caliber should I use? Which action? Which stock? And does the project have any merit?
[ Read Full Post ]January 31, 2013
by Massachusetts and Connecticut lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require state gun owners to purchase firearms liability insurance.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, the bills are the first to propose imposing a mandatory liability insurance requirement on gun owners since a similar measure failed in Illinois in 2009.
The Massachusetts bill was introduced by Democrat Rep. David Linsky on Jan. 18. An analysis by Best's Insurance News says it would provide those injured, or the survivors of those killed through negligence, legal recourse and "perhaps, allow insurers selling policies to charge rates using a risk-based system as a means of improving firearm safety."
[ Read Full Post ]January 29, 2013
by Rash action often fosters unintended consequences, such as in Burlington, Vt., where the city council has banned "assault-style firearms" and large-capacity magazines within city limits, prompting a local club to spitefully comply by prohibiting the local police department from training at its gun range.
The Stowe Reporter reports that the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club's executive board has voted to bar Burlington Police Department officers from training with the newly forbidden weapons in protest of the council's ban on "assault-style firearms."
[ Read Full Post ]January 29, 2013
by
Last year Franchi made a lot a wingshooters happy with the Affinity, an affordable semi-automatic 3-inch shotgun. This year, Franchi is introducing the competition iteration of the gun, aptly named the Affinity Sporting.
[ Read Full Post ] January 29, 2013
by
This long-range precision rifle from FNH is packed with features from butt to barrel. The stock is collapsible and fully adjustable for comb, height, and cast. The rifle features both a grip safety and a safety on the striker. The trigger is adjustable from three to five pounds and can be set to double-stage or single-stage.
[ Read Full Post ] January 29, 2013
by 
If you find yourself in a fair fight, then your tactics suck—so states one of the pillars of gunfighter wisdom. By that standard, my tactics on this pig hunt were pretty solid. In addition to the usual compliment of guns and ammo, I had some impressive tools at my disposal—a Robinson R22 helicopter and a modified military surplus Land Rover Defender bristling with thermal imagers, suppressed ARs, and assorted night-vision equipment. According to my calculations it was about $1,000,000 worth of equipment to tip the odds in my favor while I attempted to eradicate feral hogs from the Texas countryside.
[ Read Full Post ]January 29, 2013
by School districts in urban Southern California and suburban Michigan are among a growing number of public school systems arming campus police with AR-15s and other high-powered weapons to protect students.
The 40,000-student Fontana Unified School District in California's San Bernardino County recently announced that it has paid $14,000 for 14 Colt 6940 rifles and distributed them to district police officers after they each received 40 hours of training. The purchase was approved in October, before the Dec. 14 Newtown shootings.
[ Read Full Post ]
|
