Posted on 03/05/2009 3:30:39 AM PST by marktwain
“...and that Its the Bill of Rights, not the Bill of Needs.”
Yep, that’s correct. And, therefore, all the Anti-gunners should just shut up. I don’t NEED to justify why I own my firearms. And, I don’t have to demonstrate any sort of NEED in order to possess my firearms. Such possession is a RIGHT guaranteed to me, and such right is journalized in the Second Amendment to the Constitution. It is concise; it is succinct; it is unambiguous.
North American Rinos?
Funny how that works. There was a thread yesterday linked to a YouTube video that ran the firearm purchase numbers and, for sake of comparison, noted that in 2008, Americans bought enough guns to equip the armies of China and India combined.
Dump Steele
Don’t forget “cop-killer bullets”, another fantasy term recently revived by AG Eric Holder.
The other thing the VPC and Brady people are trying to demonize is the FN 5.7 mm with its "armor piercing cop killer bullets".
With a bullet weight of just 40 grains and Muzzle Energy of just 313 foot pounds, less than the 323 foot pounds of a typical 115 grain fmj 9mm round and well short of the 434 foot pounds of a 125 gran 9mm+p JHP corbon bullet, the 5.7 "Duty Round" may penetrate armor but lacks adequate stopping power for personal defense. With a very flat trajectory it would probably make a great target pistol though.
The other thing it has going for it is a 20 round magazine - and a price tag of only $1230.24!
A friend was in the same position about that long ago and all the remote AF station had was M-1 Carbines.
Practically usless for anything larger than a woodchuck.
Trophy bear (killed in self defense).This man works for the US Forest Service in Alaska .
He was out deer hunting last week when a large grizzly bear charged him from about 50 yards away. The guy emptied his 7mm Magnum semi-automatic rifle into the bear and it dropped a few feet from him. The big bear was still alive so he reloaded and shot it several times in the head.
The bear was just over one thousand six hundred pounds. It stood 12' 6' high at the shoulder, 14' to the top of his head. It's the largest grizzly bear ever recorded in the world.
Of course, the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Commission did not let him keep it as a trophy, but the bear will be stuffed and mounted, and placed on display at theAnchorage airport to remind tourists of the risks involved when in the wild.
Based on the contents of the bear's stomach, the Fish and Wildlife Commission established the bear had killed at least two humans in the past 72 hours including a missing hiker.
The US Forest Service, backtracking from where the bear had originated, found the hiker's 38-caliber pistol emptied. Not far from the pistol were the remains of the hiker. The other body has not been found.
Although the hiker fired six shots and managed to hit the grizzly with four shots (the Service ultimately found four 38 caliber slugs along with twelve 7mm slugs inside the bear's dead body), it only wounded the bear and probably angered it immensely.
The bear killed the hiker an estimated two days prior to the bear's own death by the gun of the Forest Service worker.
Think about this: If you are an average size man; you would be level with the bear's navel when he stood upright. The bear would look you in the eye when it walked on all fours!
To give additional perspective, consider that this particular bear, standing on its hind legs, could walk up to an average single story house and look over the roof, or walk up to a two story house and look in the bedroom windows.
Got a handy reference to that one?
Oh and Michael Steele is a first order JACKA$$!
With emphasis on the word "guaranteed", not "granted".
An “assault rifle” is a term used for military rifles that may or may not have the features listed above but also have a selective fire capability that would make them machine guns under federal law.
BTW, a unmodified SKS at the moment is neither.
meh... Whatever.
They found a reasonable trophy bear to take and the singer proceeded to shoot. It was a good shot as the camera showed the hit about shoulder high. Problem is it only made the bear angry and he charged the crew.
The shooter went to chamber a second round and jammed the rifle. The camera crew was backing away in panic, and the guide calmly raised his Hawken, fired, and dropped the bear at their feet.
Posted: Wednesday, 04 March 2009 8:03PM
Shooting At Gun Store, Chief Baing On The Case
by Bob Roberts
Chicago WBBM Newsradio 780
A would-be thief allegedly picked the wrong store to hold up in Waukegan.
A gun shop.
Waukegan Police Cmdr. Wayne Walles said police have reviewed security video, talked with witnesses and staff at Schrank’s Smoke ‘n Guns Shop, 2010 Washington St., and can only conclude that an as-yet unidentified man was trying to rob the store.
“The subject went behind the counter and became engaged with a store clerk in a verbal altercation that turned physical,” he said. “At one point the store clerk produced a pistol and fired at the subject, striking him twice in the chest and once in the leg.”
A gun shop employee also suffered a graze wound, but when police arrived, the clerk and several others in the store still had guns trained on the alleged thief.
Waukegan Fire Department paramedics transported the man to Vista West Medical Center, but a Flight for Life helicopter transferred him almost immediately to Lutheran General Hospital, in Park Ridge, where he was undergoing surgery as of 6 p.m.
The Smoke ‘n Guns Shop’s employees carry weapons openly and police said the owner is a marksman who teaches shooting classes.
As of 6 p.m., Waukegan Police Chief William Biang (like “bang”) and other top officials were conferring with prosecutors to determine what charges, if any, to place. Police refused to identify anyone involved, pending a decision.
http://www.wbbm780.com/Shooting-At-Gun-Store—Chief-Baing-On-The-Case/3962344
If you have any evidence that J.C. Wattts is a RINO, post it -- or retract your statement -- publicly, here on FR. (Or did you include Watts simply because he, too, is black...?)
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