Posted on 03/05/2009 3:30:39 AM PST by marktwain
First it was plastic guns that critics, including perennial anti-gun Senator Edward M. Kennedy, hysterically claimed could become the weapon of choice of terrorist because they did not show up on x-ray machines. But the plastic gun turned out to be a myth, and the pistol once called a terrorist weapon for its use of polymer components around a steel frame the Glock is now the choice of American police officers. Then it was the semiautomatic assault-weapon, pilloried in the press because it looked like a military firearm and had some cosmetic features some people didnt like, and this allowed the fear-peddlers at the Violence Policy Center (VPC) an opportunity to confuse people and gull them into supporting a ten-year ban that accomplished nothing, especially when it came to protecting the lives of police officers. One law enforcement expert debunked claims by the gun prohibition lobby that these semiautomatic firearms which function identically to grandpas Remington or Browning shotgun he used to hunt ducks and geese are the weapons of choice of criminals.
I can tell you that the claim that AK-47s or something called an assault weapon is widely used by criminals, isnt true and never has been true. The buzz-phrase became you dont need an assault rifle to hunt ducks, when any hunter could tell you that its illegal to hunt ducks with a rifle, anyway, while any gun rights activist will note that the Second Amendment is not about duck hunting, and that Its the Bill of Rights, not the Bill of Needs. Next up was the so-called .50-caliber Sniper Rifle, which gun banners portrayed with the proper degree of paranoia as the gun terrorists would use to bring down passenger jets. There has never been a single recorded incident of such magnitude, and according to Wikipedia, the ViolencePolicyCenter is only able to document 4 actual uses of .50 BMG rifles by criminals. Now, VPCs Tom Diaz, who has made a career demonizing different firearms, is now going after a class of large-caliber handguns developed solely for big game hunting (thus deflating another myth of the anti-gun lobby, that handguns are designed only for shooting people). Like the terms assault rifle plastic handguns and sniper rifle, Diaz has invented a slur term for the huge handguns, dubbing them vest busters. This alludes to the claim that bullets fired from such handguns will penetrate soft body armor worn by police officers. It is no accident that every time the gun ban lobby launches a campaign to ban one type of gun or another, it camouflages the campaign with claims that its to protect children or it threatens the safety of law enforcement officers. Yet the VPC even acknowledges that handgun bullets do not constitute a threat to police wearing bullet resistant vests.
During the 1990 to 1999 period, 20 law enforcement officers were killed by gunshot wounds as a result of rounds penetrating their body armor. All of these rounds were fired from rifles.
Sadly, Michael Steele, former Maryland lieutenant governor and now head of the Republican National Committee, has also fallen for the mantra of gun prohibitionists. He has also alienated millions of gun owners an important base voting bloc for Republicans by stating, What do you need an assault weapon for, if youre going hunting? Thats overkill. Steele exhibited a horrid ignorance of competition shooting, along with the increasing use of AR-15 type rifles for varmint hunting and predator control, especially in the West, by a new generation of shooters brought up with such rifles. According to the Associated Press and Seattle Times, Congressional Democrats currently have little interest in pushing gun control, and Steel should follow their lead. Dont sucker for the new campaign to demonize a class of guns. In a society that condemns racial or religious bigotry, anti-gunners should not get a pass by practicing social bigotry against firearms, and the people who own them. Considering the racist origins of gun control, one would think that new attempts to demonize specific firearms might be met with the same disgust we would feel about demonizing specific classes of people.
"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts," Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony with legislators, sportsmen's groups and gun safety advocates.
"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."
Governor Mitt Romney 2002
I did the same thing only I took the regulation stock off put on a folding one ripped the sling bayonet off and converted the regulation clip to a 30 round banana. Now its an assault weapon still single auto though. I use throw away chinese shells that I buy by the case. My grandaughter just loves to go to the range with me and fire it. Its no more an assault weapon than my 12 guage auto.
i buy russian ammo....where do you get the chinese stuff?
I read somewhere that the 35 Whelen has taken more big game in AK than any other caliber.
Too bad you sold it all a few years ago to private individuals. They got a great deal.
They are so scary just about every police force in America carries them. No wonder I get the heebee-jeebies when I see the black shirts patrolling.
Look for Yugo ammo now - it seems to be what’s available, and it’s brass, not steel cased.
I can’t seem to remember who all I sold all mine to...
If Zell Miller (D) - the old-time dem who gave the best speech at the RNC 4 years ago I believe (and being an old democrat he’s way more conservative than any existing dem) - ran against a RINO, I’d vote for him.
Really, I heard you lost all of them in a fire.
“Cop killer” bullets are used in the guns of police. They may not spray them themselves with teflon spray, but they are the same bullets. Black Talons, etc.
I hunt polar bear from a safe distance employing global warming as my weapon of choice....
So, thank you, Bill Clinton!
I'd believe it. As per the most recent issue of G&A, the .35 Whelen now has a big brother, the .370 Sako, which is essentially a very slightly elongated .30-06 necked up to 9.3mm. Craig Boddington who wrote the article, and whose evaluations I usually trust implicitly, said that it had almost the energy of a .375 H&H with the recoil of a .35 Whelen.
I suspect that it will become quite popular in Alaska.
Ted is a Forest Service Ranger The bear stood on his hind legs and then charged Several people were killed by the bear The firearm of choice was a .7mm, .9mm, or .500 Nitro The bear weighed in at a whopping 1600 lbs and stood 12.5' Alaska Department of Fish and Game seized the trophy because it was killed in Defense of Life or Property The bear is a new world record
Fact
Ted is a member of the United States Air Force All shots were from ten yards Ted used a Remington .338 Win-Mag hand-loaded with 250 grain Nosler Partitions Live weight was estimated between 1000-1200 lbs and squared 10.5' (10' nose to tail, 11' claw to claw) The season for brown bear was open, and both hunters possessed brown bear tags The bear was estimated to be in his early to mid twenties Official Boone & Crockett score is 28 14/16 and would rank 150 based on the 11th Edition of N.A. Big Game records
[I refuse to use the A word .. The barrel has grooves in it so it's a Rifle, dammit. Period. End of sentence]
....Is to get yourself a stripped lower receiver and build from there Just remember it's just a small piece of black anodized aluminum so it's REAL easy for them to go missing.......
Yep. Could you IMAGINE what I could get for that stuff these days?
I believe that bear was killed on an island near Cordova with a .338 Winchester. An airman from Eilson got it. It weighed from 1,000 to 1,200 lbs.
Thanks. I see the long range marksmanship potential.
The highest muzzle energy I can find for the 5.7x28 367 foot pounds, and that’s from a commercial site. I can’t find muzzle energy figures for the Five-SeveN Tactical on FN’s site.
If I do the calculations myself, converting 40 grains to kilograms, 2800 feet/second to meters/second, calculating ke=1/2mv^2 and converting the results from newton-meters to foot-pounds I only get 255.75 foot pounds but I may be doing something wrong.
I hate when that happens
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