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Commendable but dangerous…

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Excuse the language in the recording. The guy who recorded this is an idiot. Why? Because he stuck around to record it! When stuff like this jumps off, if you can, drop enough cash to cover the bill and GTFO. Don’t hang around for stuff like this!

The large man has taken umbrage to the fact the mental midget he’s berating had struck the woman at the table. While it’s commendable that he’s defending a stranger, it’s also not necessarily smart. Too many unknowns and, ask any cop, he’s running the risk of the woman becoming the attacker…Defending the man who beat her! That said, he’s got something going for him that most don’t. As a friend rightly pointed out, “… someone THAT big tells you, ‘Go ahead, shoot me m***** f***er! It won’t be the first time!’ You should probably consider your subsequent actions very carefully.”

-GM

Major survey shows gun ownership declining | abc13.com

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If you repeat a lie often enough, eventually people believe it. Make no mistake, gun ownership is actually on the rise. Women make up the fastest growing group of gun owners and minorities of every stripe are also taking up guns. But given the tendency of left leaning pollsters (like those from National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago) and the media in general to vilify gun owners, could it be that we’re seeing, not so much a decline in gun ownership but, a decline in the number of people willing to give away that information to these people? Or might it be that their “sample” is limited to a specific demographic group or geographic region?
-GM

WASHINGTON, DC —

A major U.S. trend survey finds that the number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it’s ever been. That decline is paralleled by a reduction in the number of Americans who hunt.

According to the latest General Social Survey, 32 percent of Americans either own a firearm themselves or live with someone who does, which ties a record low set in 2010. That’s a significant decline since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when about half of Americans reported a gun in their household.

The drop is probably linked with a decline in the popularity of hunting, from 32 percent who lived in a household with at least one hunter in 1977 to less than half that number saying so now.

via Major survey shows gun ownership declining | abc13.com.

Franklin County couple injured after woman’s Glock goes off in purse – Roanoke Times: News

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The headline of a couple being shot by a woman’s Glock that just “went off” in her purse has been circling the Interwebs and inspiring commentary from anti-gunners and old fogies alike. Of course, they all see it as an opportunity to denigrate Glocks or carrying a round in the chamger. But Glocks aren’t the problem here. Much like the woman who shot herself “while adjusting her bra,” it’s a problem of negligence, not a bad choice in guns. If you’re going to put a loaded gun in a purse, it needs to be secured in a holster, period.

-GM

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Franklin County Sheriff’s Office officials say a woman was shot in both legs and her boyfriend shot through his hand after her gun went off in her purse Saturday afternoon.

Lt. Phillip Young said the woman’s Glock went off while the couple sat in a vehicle outside a residence in the 1400 block of Virgil H. Goode Highway in Bassett about 3:30 p.m. The man, who was in the driver’s seat, put a drink can in the woman’s purse before putting his hand on her leg .

“[The bullet] went through his hand, through one of her legs near the knee area and then hit her other knee,” Young said. “Her pocketbook was full of stuff. It’s hard to say what made it go off.”

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GOTR20150308 Podcast

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Today’s podcast is up. Jeff jumps right into stirring the pot as usual as we address the President’s claim that it’s easier to buy a gun than it is to by vegetables. We also take on a self-proclaimed “sharpshooter” opinion piece from the Houston Chronicle among other topic affecting the gun world. And there are industry rumors that Texas DPS may be going back to Sig for their new handgun in the form of the Sig P320


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EXCLUSIVE: Common AR-15 Green Tip Ammunition Already Banned in New ATF Regulation Guide – Katie Pavlich

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On Friday February 13 at 4:00 pm, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms released a proposal to ban commonly used M855 “green tip” AR-15 ammunition under the guise of law enforcement safety. The same day the proposal was released, on a Friday of a three day holiday weekend, ATF opened up a shortened 30-day period for the public to submit comments about the new regulation.

But it turns out, ATF has been working on a ban of AR-15 “green-tip” ammunition for quite some time and has already issued the ban in its new, 2014 Regulation Guide.  Read more at Townhall.com.

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Since the story above was released, the ATF has issued a statement claiming the 2014 Regulation Guide contains a publishing error and that they have not yet rescinded the M855 exemption.

“On Feb. 13, 2015, ATF released for public comment a proposed framework, including legal and technical analysis, to guide its determination on what ammunition is “primarily intended for sporting purposes” for purposes of granting exemptions to the Gun Control Act’s prohibition on Armor Piecing Ammunition. This proposed framework is posted for public comment only; no final decisions have been made as to its adoption . . .

 

Media reports have noted that the 2014 ATF Regulation Guide published online does not contain a listing of the exemptions for Armor Piercing Ammunition, and concluding that the absence of this listing indicates these exemptions have been rescinded.

Please be advised that ATF has not rescinded any Armor Piercing Ammunition exemption, and the fact they are not listed in the 2014 online edition of the regulations, was an error, which has no legal impact on the validity of the exemptions. The existing exemptions for armor piercing ammunition, which apply to 5.56 mm (.223) SS 109 and M855 projectiles (identified by a green coating on the projectile tip), and the U.S .30-06 M2AP projectile (identified by a black coating on the projectile tip), remain in effect.

 

The listing of Armor Piercing Ammunition exemptions can be found in the 2005 ATF Regulation Guide on page 166, which is posted here.

 

The 2014 Regulation Guide will be corrected in PDF format to include the listing of Armor Piercing Ammunition exemptions and posted shortly. The e-book/iBook version of the Regulation Guide will be corrected in the near future. ATF apologizes for any confusion caused by this publishing error.”

In otherwords, we assumed this proposed ban would go uncontested, had already written this document based on that assumption, and your comments don’t mean a thing. The good news however, is that the majority of the House of Representatives are in opposition to this ban and we may yet see Congress move against this ban. Of course, anything they do will face a presidential veto but, maybe, just maybe, they can override that or roll it back after 2016 provided we can maintain a Congressional majority and get a decent candidate into the White House. Sadly, I’m not terribly optimistic in that regard.

-GM