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Given that guns are like any other tool, you need various types of guns to do different functions. One of these would have to be bolt action for long range shooting – hunting etc. I’ve seen many a vanity on sport utility rifles, concealed carry and home defense but don’t recall one this type of shooting situation. Mostly looking at the Remington model 700 series – specifically the SPS tactical family for various reasons. This family of model 700s has a 20” barrel and threaded muzzle. The budget is in the $700 range and I’m looking to get something in...

Proviso, I fully realise that FR doesn’t use that accursed system, but this is meant to be cautionary tale of sorts and as a warning to those of you who venture out and come across the devil’s spawn of commenting systems. (Also realise that I restricted my self to just 5 items to keep this vanity short and sweet – and to make it easier on myself to order the top 5). 5). Disqus allows trolls to change their names on the fly. This may seem strange to those who are used to FR where your screen name is your...

A few days after the blueprints for the world’s first printable gun were published online, Defense Distributed has been asked by the State Department to pull them down, citing possible arms trafficking violations. The blueprints, however, are still available on The Pirate Bay and many other file-sharing sites, which adds a 3D chapter to the IP enforcement debate.The Pirate Bay says it welcomes the blueprints and has no intention of taking the files down. Enter DEFCAD, a site dedicated to hosting designs that have been banned at Thingiverse. Namely, the entirely printable 3D gun design which clocked up more than...

A bipartisan group of senators has announced a deal to crack down on illegal trafficking and straw purchases of firearms. Given broad opposition to renewing the federal assault weapons ban and the lack of a bipartisan deal to expand background checks, the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act has perhaps the best chance of any gun-violence measure of passing the 113th Congress. Centrist Republican Sens. Mark Kirk (Ill.) and Susan Collins (Maine) have reached an agreement with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). Snip The bill strengthens the law prohibiting...

A lot of us love our guns, so much so they we’d like to express it in a more permanent way – but the government wont let us marry what we want. And they don’t want to let us marry multiple “Assault Weapons”. It’s time that we assert our right to marry our guns, it’s time to end the ban on Assault Weapon Marriages. Ask yourself, why is the government suppressing this right? If we wish to have an AK civil union or a wedding with a Winchester, why are they standing in our way? If you want to have...

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) has introduced a bill to repeal the "Gun-Free School Zones Act" of 1990 (updated in 1995) on the grounds that mass shootings at schools have increased five-fold since its passage. The "Safe Schools Act of 2013" (H.R.35), co-sponsored by Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] notes that the 1990 "gun-free" law has made schools unsafe because "shooters now know that they can victimize American school campuses with no fear that victims will be armed." Stockman's bill notes that there have been 10 school shootings killing at least four people each in the 22 years since the "gun-free"...

A national radio host made an excellent suggestion the other day that we conservatives should pursue with vigor. The Oppressive-left loves to use simple talking point slogans to hammer their lies into the publics conscious. These simpleton lies are designed to crowd out real thought and logic of the truth. It is about time for our side to get on board and come up with our own talking point slogans we can all use to hammer the truth into them (rhetorically speaking of course) This posting is to advance that idea and get the ball rolling. The technique Oppressives is...

Every year in the United States nearly a half million children are tragically killed. The top two causes of these deaths are: 1) Car Accidents 2) Drowning Yes, the pro-car lobby will wail and gnash their teeth, and the NCA will have a hissy fit. But how long can a civilized, democratic society allow our children (and adults) to be maimed and killed by these cars and fluids? Every year, 260,000 children are killed and 1,000,000 injured in car accidents. A significant number of these deaths and injuries are perpetrated by semi-automatic assault cars. Every year, 175,000 children are killed...

ONE FOR THE TEAM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYZVJoV0jC0&feature=player_embedded Yes, the Obamacare ruling was a heart-breaker. It was a disaster -- no two ways around it. But if you need a pep talk, Bill is your man. Find out what we need to do NOW! We can undo every one of these miserable affronts to our liberty if we decide to Conservatives out number Leftists 2 to 1. All we need to do is personally make sure that 5 people who would not have otherwise voted understand what’s at stake and get the voting booth on Nov 6th. If you believe as I do,...

Looking for a scope for an AR-15 for overall duty [for a ‘friend’] – medium range tasks to CQB I’ve more or less narrowed it down the choice to a Red Dot or Holographic Sight: Aimpoint, Trijicon ACOG or EOTech What are the pros and cons of those three basic types? [A Trijicon ACOG may be above the price point, for example] Which one of those three would you recommend? Are there ‘Copies’ of these products from other [US] manufacturers that are worth consideration? Looking to narrow down the choices.

This evening, explosive new details are emerging in the Fast and Furious scandal that led to the contempt vote yesterday against Attorney General Eric Holder. Grassley didn’t confront the Justice Department or ATF with those questions until Jan. 27, 2011, but ATF headquarters had prepped internal talking points as early as Jan. 12, 2011. In that Jan. 12, 2011, memo, ATF officials laid out expected questions about gunwalking in Fast and Furious and Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder with Fast and Furious weapons – and canned answers ATF officials were supposed to give to press or anyone else asking...

Okay, now since everyone has stocked up on their favorite ammo & guns (You can tell this by the fact that ammo actually stays on store shelfs for more than 10 minutes) And now that everyone has hopefully stocked on food, water and other essentials (Non-hybrid seeds, etc) The next step is acquiring some precious metal assets, the purpose of this vanity is to ask everyone the best ways to do this. Where are the better places to buy these assets? With a Large National firm or a local retail outlet? How much should I buy of Gold and Silver?...

Heads up: “After Armageddon” on the History channel Saturday, January 30 08:00 AM A fairly decent special on what would happen during a SHTF situation. The program tries to be as anti-gun as possible, but anyone reading between the lines will understand that Guns will be as much of a life saving tool as food and water. As with a lot of things, you take what information you can from the program and disregard the rest. Encourage others to watch this to help convince that they need to prepare and arm themselves.