Posted on 06/12/2018 9:14:11 AM PDT by Simon Green
The President’s son set off grumbles this week after posting on social media while wearing a groovy belt buckle.
Donald Trump, Jr. over the weekend posted a photo on Instagram while in Catskill, New York posing in dirty work canvas pants, hiking boots and a KUIU hunting tee, but the key accessory was his belt, which was closed with a Freedom Arms buckle complete with its matching .22 mini-revolver.
“Had fun getting a bit dirty today… also I got to bust out the coolest belt ever,” wrote Trump, an avid hunter, and Second Amendment advocate. “Taking open carry to a whole new level!”
Located in Freedom, Wyoming, FA started selling a line of .22LR and .22WMR chambered single-action revolvers with a 1-inch barrel in 1983. Included with the line were buckle/revolver combos that retailed back then for about $200. Today, they go a bit more with collectors, typically about $500-ish depending on condition.
While news outlets suggested the junior Trump may have been on his 171-acre property in New York and free to carry whatever he wanted to on private property, women’s magazine Bustle reached out to David Chipman, a former ATF agent now with Giffords to feel him out on the whole thing.
“Patriotism is much more than just exercising your right to do something; it’s considering your impact on everyone you live around,” Chipman said. “Carrying a gun openly is a big deal, especially if it’s causing concern to other people.”
Guess they frown on buckle guns at Giffords.
Ironically, Chipman was invited to testify by House Democrats against the Hearing Protection Act, a move to partially deregulate suppressors from National Firearms Act control that is supported by Trump, Jr., so it is not the first time the two men’s paths have crossed in a way.
While Freedom Arms hasn’t marketed their version since 1999, Provo, Utah-based North American Arms offers a number of standard belt buckle interfaces for their own popular line of mini-revolvers including ornate and skeletonized versions for about $50-$60.
They even have more customized variants such as this one with silver workmanship with turquoise accents crafted by Albuquerque smith Dennis Chavez.
Maybe if NAA had one that had more gold in it, the elder Trump would rock one as well.
Now THAT is scary!
““Parenting expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith told The Independent, “I understand why gun play worries parents, however research shows that any aggression demonstrated while engaging in ‘war play’ is not carried over into real life. ie: kids who play with guns become no more violent than those who don’t.”:
A voice of sanity in a world gone mad.
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I don’t think Open Carry is permitted here. This is California we’re talking about, land of numerous Sanctuary Cities.
The Matty Mattell Shootin’ Shell buckle gun would rotate & fire from the buckle.
;^)
Lol! #MeToo!
On August 26, 1944, General Patton wires General Eisenhower upon entering Paris: "Dear Ike, today I spat in the Seine."
I just remembered something. When I was a Kid I think they made a Toy Cap gun version of that Belt Buckle.
If I remember right, it had a spring mechanism where the gun would hinge at the back of the Grip with the barrel pointing outwards and fire when you pressed a release button.
The first buckle at least has a shield over the trigger - not a good as even a simple trigger guard, but it will help. The second (open buckle) has nothing to prevent an accidental pressure. The safety is still there, but ....)
It’s decorative, but I don’t like an open position like this, right in front of the bearer’s trousers and belly.
I remember the 1950s when belt buckles with a toy derringer could be bought for us kids. Even advertised on TV. It would swing out, and fire a cap by itself.
Well, now I know what I want for Christmas...
hammer is locked forward
Had one myself ...
Of course it is. Note the rounded front sight - that's so your proctologist can extract it with much less trouble. Not sure about that hammer spur, though...
People need to get a life. No one is going to please everyone all the time. If it were not this, it would be something else. They need to MTOB.
I don’t have the buckle but carried one of them in a pocket for years, not sure why, yes they fire but I don’t think I could hit anything beyond contact range and it requires both hands to cock. Better off with a 380 or a knife.
Then you can’t wear it around town.
They're single-actions, Robert, and are both uncocked when in the buckle. Plus, I don't know if you've ever handled one of these, but they're very difficult to cock. There is absolutely no danger of an accidental discharge.
More fake outrage from people who love hollywood shoot-em-up movies.
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