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NRA, GOA, and C2AA Support Push for Ukrainian 2nd Amendment

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NRA, GOA, and C2AA Support Push for Ukrainian 2nd Amendment.

If you believe the history books, America learned this lesson between 1775 and 1783. Yet there are those who are bound and determined to make us more like Europe so we can learn the lesson all over again. Many argue that no one fears the government…I’d argue those who don’t aren’t paying attention. Many argue the militia is the National Guard and it is armed by the Federal government…I’d argue the PEOPLE are the militia and the National Guard is simply an extension of the government’s standing army. Many argue that bearing arms was never intended to be an individual right, but that of the collective…I’d argue that were that the case, the same would be true of the remainder of the Bill of Rights but no one believes the 1st Amendment is anything but an individual right.

Whether it’s the Ukraine, Venezuela, or even China, everyday we see examples of what happens when the State has a monopoly on the use of force against the people. If you think the National Guard will defend you against a government run a muck, you may be in for a surprise. And for the record, the bulk of the UN’s muscle used to save the lives of people being killed by their government for the last 69 years has been supplied by the United States…There is no other nation capable of coming to the rescue of Americans, let alone willing, if the roles were reversed. Vote wisely.

-GM

23 February 2014 Podcast

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23 February 2014 Podcast is up!

If the above links don’t work, you can download the podcast here…http://gunsovertexasradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140223GOTR.mp3

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The perfect gun for California’s police departments

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guntech 0011391707511From the Washington Post: One of California’s largest firearm stores recently added a peculiar new gun to its shelves. It requires an accessory: a black waterproof watch.

The watch’s primary purpose is not to provide accurate time, though it does. The watch makes the gun think. Electronic chips inside the gun and the watch communicate with each other. If the watch is within close reach of the gun, a light on the grip turns green. Fire away. No watch means no green light. The gun becomes a paperweight.  via ‘We need the iPhone of guns’: Will smart guns transform the gun industry? – The Washington Post.

Many liberals and gun-control advocates will hail the arrival of this new gun from Armatix. But as has always been the problem with this technology, it simply adds another potential point of failure at the most critical moment. Ask any fire fighter and you’ll have a hard time finding one who hasn’t responded to a call in which battery power smoke alarms failed because, well, the batteries were never changed and the smoke alarm didn’t work when it was needed most. And more to the point, it should be noted that for all the push for these “smart guns,” you don’t see law enforcement or military begging for them. Why? Because they too see it as a point of failure and a solution looking for a problem that is cheaper and easier to solve with simple training and practice.  Much like cars, there is a push to find an electronic means to eliminate human error.

All that said, the Armatix iP1 product makes some very bold claims…Not the least of which is the security technology that only allows the $1400 gun to fire if you have a $400 watch that is sold separately unless you buy the kit! Caliber? .22LR. Capactiy, 10 rounds (legal in California but, illegal in New York).  Operating distance from the $400 watch? 15 inches.  And the best part? It knows when you’re “on target!” So here we have a gun that requires nearly unobtainable ammo, in a caliber we wouldn’t normally use for self-defense, and requires a special watch to function, that may or may not allow us to shoot our intended target because it’s not “approved.”  Yup, perfect gun for California’s police departments!

The Big M4 Myth: “Fouling caused by the direct impingement gas system makes the M4/M4A1 Carbine unreliable.” | Defense Review

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This is probably not the first time we’ve mentioned this article but, it’s a good read for those considering a new AR and debating the traditional direct impingement (DI) verses short and long-stroke piston designs available today. It’s written by Mike Pannone. Pannone’s opinions carry a good deal of weight with me.  He opens thusly:

I fired 2400 rounds of M193 through a 14.5” M4-type upper receiver from Bravo Company Manufacturing (BCM) with no lubrication, and without any rifle-caused malfunctions. So; why can I get my direct impingement rifles to repeatedly do things that conventional wisdom says they can’t do?

via The Big M4 Myth: “Fouling caused by the direct impingement gas system makes the M4/M4A1 Carbine unreliable.” | Defense Review.

The article was originally published in 2010 but, it applies today as much as it did then.  I for one have not been bitten by the piston bug mainly because the would be engineer in me looks at piston driven ARs as a “retrofit” of an existing system that in my own experience runs just fine if built by a reputable builder/manufacturer and properly maintained by me.  Pannone’s article is not a DI v. piston debate piece. In fact, it focuses on the M4 in its original DI format and straight-forward, simple solutioned Pannone has found allow the classic M4 to run well over 2000 with zero issues, even with little or no lubrication.  You can read the article in its entirety here.

GM

8 L.A. officers won’t be punished for firing 103 times on two unarmed women | The Libertarian Republic

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Chief Charlie Beck insisted that this shooting was simply the result of “a tragic cascade of circumstances that led to an inaccurate conclusion by the officers.”

via The Libertarian Republic.

 

The Los Angeles police department and local prosecutors are living down to a reputation as corrupt organizations with poor ethics. Depending on your perspective, this is nothing new. I certainly grew up with a healthy fear of black and white patrol cars and dreaded every trip I ever made to LA. It can be argued that was just bad press but, incidents like this make that concern seem well founded.

If the officers had at least shot up a vehicle of the same make and model as that of the suspect vehicle, I’d be a little more understanding of what happened. If they’d actually made an attempt to identify the occupants and saw movement suggesting they were going to take fire, I’d get it. If they’d actually come across Chris Dorner and lit him up as he stepped out of the truck, I likely wouldn’t care. But, that’s not what happened here. Two different sets of officers on the lookout for Dorner basically shot at anything in a pickup truck or resembling a pickup.

Race doesn’t even factor in to how wrong this is. Basically, the local government and police department are saying that their officers can do no wrong because there was no “intent.” It doesn’t matter who they shoot at, it can be chalked up to the officers were scared. If John Q. Citizen had taken the same actions with similar results, he’d be prosecuted and thrown under the jail with good reason.  We’re known to be pro cop at GOTR but, this is just plain wrong. No charges, no impact on their job, just remedial training that will likely be forgotten shortly after they get back on the street.

GM