" Confessions of a Liberal Gun Lover " from Rolling Stone

[bone]

For goodness sakes show that lady how to throw her shoulder into it before her hubby gets picked up for suspicion of spousal abuse.

He was the guy in the background yelling: "Let 'er rip, 'tater chip !" and just laughing his ass off at the whole thing.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Yes it is. Just replaced it with a Leupold VX-6 1-6x Firedot which I also love dearly. Thinking about putting the EoTech XPS-3 on a SBR. I also put an Aimpoint on my Glock 41.

Modern optics make it so much more fun.

I keep the holo dot on my mr556 because it's more a house clearer at 5.56 then my 7.62 REPR. That caliber is more a long range buddy, and for it I put a $3500 Nightforce scope on it that allows me to go out 800 yards or so.

 

[murray t turtle]

Here is a brief video of my petite dainty little Southern sister-in-law shooting my DPMS Gen 2 AR .308/7.62 - then asking for another mag. Hope the link works.


http://youtu.be/RAauwoN0u3Y

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Audrey seems like a good shot .308.
My mom is a good shot also, we shot her .22 Remington Scoremaster as a kid; great gun.........................................................................................................................................................

 

[futurecurrents]

 

[bone]

There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza, A. Lanza or N. Lanza with the National Rifle Association.

 

[bone]

A Detroit Free Press article quotes the Detroit Chief of Police:

Detroit has experienced 37 percent fewer robberies in 2014 than during the same period last year, 22 percent fewer break-ins of businesses and homes, and 30 percent fewer carjackings. Craig attributed the drop to better police work and criminals being reluctant to prey on citizens who may be carrying guns.

“Criminals are getting the message that good Detroiters are armed and will use that weapon,” said Craig, who has repeatedly said he believes armed citizens deter crime. “I don’t want to take away from the good work our investigators are doing, but I think part of the drop in crime, and robberies in particular, is because criminals are thinking twice that citizens could be armed.

“I can’t say what specific percentage is caused by this, but there’s no question in my mind it has had an effect,” Craig said.

Craig made national news in January, when he told The Detroit News he believed armed citizens deter crime — an unusual stance for an urban police chief. In May, the chief was featured in an NRA publication, America’s 1st Freedom, in a cover story titled “A Show of Courage in Detroit,” in which Craig reiterated his support for citizens using guns to protect themselves.

Through the years, various studies have reached different conclusions on whether tighter gun laws equal less crime. A 2013 study by the American Journal of Public Health found that the states with the loosest restrictions on gun ownership had the highest gun death rates. But a 2007 Harvard University study found that banning guns would not have an effect on murder rates.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140716/METRO01/307160034#ixzz37jkfbLxA

 

[JamesL]

Very interesting read:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/confessions-of-a-liberal-gun-lover-20140714

Also interesting from RS - 5 most dangerous guns

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/the-5-most-dangerous-guns-in-america-20140714

Seems that the only one not to make the list as "most dangerous" is a musket.

 

[bone]

A gun is supposed to dangerous - that's what it was designed for.

Cars and fire and chainsaws and Habanero peppers and red-heads and deli meat slicers and knives and deep fryers and old baby beds and fold out convertible couches and sitting along the first base line terrace section at a baseball game and giving golf lessons to your girlfriend and manifold intoxicants legal and illegal and IEDs and fireworks are plenty dangerous, too.

Ask any Chicago resident how banning guns has worked out for them. Hell, Detroit is probably safer than Chicago.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Also interesting from RS - 5 most dangerous guns

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/the-5-most-dangerous-guns-in-america-20140714

Seems that the only one not to make the list as "most dangerous" is a musket.

Pretty funny. They named every category of guns civilians can use. They make the absurd claim that Second Amendment defenders don't appreciate that guns are different, then they make that exact mistake themselves. I guess to them a .22 target pistol is just as dangerous as a .50 Desert Eagle. After all, they're both "pistols."