Category Archives: Guns

Losing Arguments

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Weerd Beard

Bit of a combo post. First a reference to a post by Sebastian Talks about the press to revoke Finnish gun rights. The Finns, like most Europeans are quick to fall back on “Sporting” uses of guns. Of course just … Continue reading →

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Today’s DGU: Alaska

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Weerd Beard

The Armed Citizen Links this interesting story: A backpacker shot and killed a grizzly bear with his handgun in Alaska’s Denali National Park, officials said. A man and woman reported that they were hiking Friday evening when the bear emerged … Continue reading →

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Mistaken Identity

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Weerd Beard

These Guys Gave a link to This Nonsense Look Bucky, cases like This are controversial, but you know what, no matter what the controversy the dude who pulls out something that looks like a gun when the police (or a … Continue reading →

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Hurry Up Mr. Gura!

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Weerd Beard

Alan Gura told me when we met that the “Common Use” clause of Heller would be an easy test to topple things like Massachusetts handgun roster and the Assault Weapons ban we have. I hope he hurries, because this gun … Continue reading →

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Crappy Law: Biologist Edition

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Weerd Beard

So Tam has a nice little snarky riff on what might be one of the dumbest bills I’ve heard of. (OK I live in Massachusetts, that’s totally a lie) The “minimum force” bill, which surfaced in the Assembly last week, … Continue reading →

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Doing it Right

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Weerd Beard

Texas Knows its Shit! Without fanfare, the first step to airport-style security checkpoints was opened Friday at the four entrances to the Texas Capitol. The visitors and lobbyists must walk through metal detectors and have their purses and briefcases searched. … Continue reading →

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It’s Your Life

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Weerd Beard

Friends don’t let friends buy Hi Points – or Lorcins or Cobras or whatevers. -Caleb He has a point. Guns are expensive, All guns, even the cheap ones. My buddy who has the hi-point I think paid $100 for his … Continue reading →

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Bite of the Cobra!

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Weerd Beard

In all hilarity one of my more amusing discoveries for the NRA convention was my trip to the Cobra Booth. They got a LOT of press in the news about the convention because of their brightly colored pocket pistols, J-frame … Continue reading →

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Yikes

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Weerd Beard

Tam links a Firearms Blog post on a Ruger LCR Caboom Go over and have a look. Its a VERY strange looking catastrophic failure. I have no idea what could have caused that. The instructor suspects bad timing, and the … Continue reading →

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