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2015-01-17 -Land of the Free

This Week In Guns, January 17th, 2015

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Posted by badanov 2015-01-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 130 year old Winchester Model-94 found leaning against a Juniper tree in Great Basin National Park, Nevada. (rifle in foto, obviously a later model)
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Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-17 08:24|| 2015-01-17 08:24|| Front Page Top

#2 First, Mr. B, that is a cool story for sure.

Second, I'm paying 24 cents a round for ZVS 9mm, but it works perfectly in both a WWII era Luger and a newer (20+ year old) AIMCO stainless American made Luger. Til I found the ZVS stuff, ammo that worked in both was uncommon, at least for me.

Posted by M. Murcek 2015-01-17 08:31|| 2015-01-17 08:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Weapons inspection tip of the day. 'Men of the ranks are cunning and devious,' avoid this inspection technique whenever possible.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-17 10:23|| 2015-01-17 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Even though a lot of Americans have British stock in their DNA, there became a separation when their brethren came ashore in North America. Back home, the ownership of weapons was something reserved for the upper class and their retainers. Kept the locals to mostly farm implements or antiquated heirlooms when they became testy. The native population and lack of effective state security meant that the locals across the Atlantic had to be individually armed from the get go for those situations when waiting for help from London was months/years away. It's an ingrained trait that will remain unfathomable to many 'over there'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-17 12:17|| 2015-01-17 12:17|| Front Page Top

#5 P2k----in those days the colonists used to say, "When minutes count, the British Army is months away. Therefore we will form a militia."

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-01-17 12:56|| 2015-01-17 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Miami: Police chief suspends training program after outcry over use of black men’s mug shots for target practice.

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Anyone besides me smell a 'false flag?'

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-17 13:34|| 2015-01-17 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 The [Hedbro and kosher grocery] attack, featuring Kalashnikov rifles (presumably select-fire), a machine pistol, a grenade, and even a rocket launcher, has brought considerable attention to the fact that French gun laws

If you are hell-bent on killing people and spreading terror, do you really care if you violate gun laws? Most of these firearms and weapons came from outside France--add smuggling weapons to the charge that terrorists down't care about.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-01-17 14:41|| 2015-01-17 14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 They still don’t even understand who we are at war with.
Just pathetic.

It is pathetic. Ostriches.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-01-17 14:44|| 2015-01-17 14:44|| Front Page Top

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