Infrared Spectroscopy of FireClean and Crisco Oils | Vuurwapen Blog

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Andrew Tuohy over at Vuurwapen Blog has stirred up a hornet’s nest. And I’m personally just enjoying the discussion with a bag of popcorn. At issue? The allegation that FireClean is basically “Crisco” or some other form of vegetable oil.

I say I’m simply watching with a bag of popcorn because I don’t have a horse in the race. I have not used FireClean but, I have used vegetable oil as a lubricant. Not in a gun but, perhaps to silence a squeaky door hinge if nothing else was handy. Still, there’s a little bit of science in this discussion and the results are somewhat interesting. It’s worth a read at the link below.

“I did not – and still do not – believe that FireClean is Crisco, but not for the reason you might think. Although such statements make for shocking arguments, it wouldn’t really make sense to buy a name brand product at a high price if the goal was to resell and make money.

Still, the claim that FireClean is nothing more than Crisco is not one to be taken lightly by anyone – not by consumers and certainly not by the company. I spoke at length with one of the makers of FireClean, Ed Sugg, and he assured me that not a single drop of Crisco has ever been part of their formulation, even during initial testing with various mixtures. Interestingly enough, he specifically mentioned that soybean oil had not been part of their testing.”

Read more at: Infrared Spectroscopy of FireClean and Crisco Oils | Vuurwapen Blog

 

After aide shot, New York governor urges national gun control – Yahoo News

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A day after one of his top aides was critically wounded by a stray bullet, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called for a national gun control policy, saying that New York’s tough firearms laws are ineffective if they stand alone.

Police sought suspects in the shooting of Carey Gabay, 43, believed to be an unintended target who was struck in the head at an outdoor celebration on Monday before the West Indian Day parade in Brooklyn, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department said.

Source: After aide shot, New York governor urges national gun control – Yahoo News

I’ll give Governor Cuomo credit, he is nothing if not consistent in his belief that more laws will solve his problems. Now that someone close to him has been wounded in spite of New York’s already draconian gun-laws which were made stricter still in the wake of the 2012 murders at Sandy Hook, he has simply doubled down. He insists there must be a national change. He is rolling out the age old argument that guns are coming in from outside his jurisdiction and that his plans can only work if every other state in the Union conforms to his brand of gun-control.

I will submit, Cuomo is partially right. If every state in the Union had the same policies as New York, you’d have far fewer legally owned guns in the country. But I suspect the illegal guns would still be out there. Europe as a whole is awash in gun laws not unlike New York. And yet, we have been seeing steady reports of attacks with guns there. And not just random shots from a pistol between gang members. No. In Europe, they step right up to full-auto AK-47s that can be purchased illegally there about as easily as you or I might legally buy a pack of bubblegum in the US. But, regular citizens. The law-abiding type, are not generally afforded the right of self-defense in Europe. Instead, they are expected to be good little subjects/victims of both their governments and criminals alike. That is the lifestyle Governor Cuomo would prefer the entire country lead. Of course, he’s got his own security detail carrying guns for him. The rest of us should be so lucky.

GM

Woman with pistol in vagina charged with unlawful carry

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WACO, Texas – Officers searching a woman after a traffic stop found a fully-loaded pistol in her vagina, Waco police said.

Just before 11 p.m. Monday, officers stopped a 1998 Toyota Land Rover at 15th and Blair in north Waco for a traffic violation. During the stop, officers discovered the driver of the vehicle, Gabriel Garcia, 30, was allegedly had 2.7 grams of methamphetamine under his driver’s seat. A further search of the car allegedly uncovered another 29.5 grams of meth and weighing scales in the purse of the female passenger, Ashley Cecilia Castaneda, 31.

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GOTR20150906 Podcast

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After a month of being MIA, it’s up. We’re still dealing with an iTunes issue but, the RSS feeds are up and the latest podcast can be accessed at http://gunsovertexasradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/GOTR20150906.mp3.

 

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Kenneth Cole slammed by psychiatric group for gun reform billboard – Sep. 3, 2015

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The American Psychiatric Association took to Twitter to express its disappointment with designer Kenneth Cole for his gun control billboard.

Source: Kenneth Cole slammed by psychiatric group for gun reform billboard – Sep. 3, 2015

Kenneth Cole is not in any way, pro-gun. He’s as left leaning as it gets up to the point it affects his bank account. Is all for making money himself, of course. That said, in making a public statement in favor of gun control, he actually hit the nail on the head with respect to many of the high profile shootings that have occurred in this country. He paid for a billboard that reads: “Over 40M Americans suffer from mental illness. Some can access care…All can access guns.”

The American Psychiatric Association slammed him and demanded he take the sign down because, “It provides the gross misimpression that people with mental illness are violent,” and incorrectly links mental illness with gun violence and the need for gun control according to APA President, Dr. Renee Binder. Admittedly, the good doctor is absolutely right in her statement that the, “…vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent and most acts of violence are not committed by people with mental illness.” However, there is also fair and accurate to say that a great many of the highest profile incidents that grab so much of the nation’s attention do involve people with mental illnesses that had gone untreated or even undiagnosed prior to their acts of violence.

In all the calls for background checks, bans of modern firearms/magazines, and even the outright repeal of the 2nd Amendment, no one seems to want to address the mentally ill elephant in the room. The argument is that pointing out the mental illness of the perpetrators of so many of the most heinous acts of violence we see in this country would unfairly stigmatize all mental illness and cause people not to seek help when they need it. And so, the APA’s answer is to sweep any relationship between unlawful violence and mental illness under the rug. To ignore it and continue to simply point the finger at the tool (so long as it’s a gun) rather than directly address mental illness as a factor. There was a time when medical organizations concentrated on medicine. Those days appear to be over.

-GM