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    Germans denounce French Dum-Dums - WWI

    http://karlgoetz.com/ImageDetail.aspx?idImage=72 This is a fascinating nuance of the past. Given one of my other interests, I was reading a world coin journal and they were discussing coins of WWI. There was a picture of a medal by Karl Goetz - a well known medal fantasy designer. This one...
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    All guns are loaded? Vendor shoots customer

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cops-vendor-shoots-woman-pennsylvania-gun-show-24356413 Demonstrating a holster, the vendor shoots his customer. The customer thanks God for not having a worse outcome and doesn't seem that upset. The vendor will be charged for his mistake.
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    Handgun carry for women

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/23/women-gun-holsters/11259177/ Surprising in the mainstream media. Options from TX about the increase in female carry and how to. I suppose Hillary regards these women as those who will terrorized the country.
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    German service rifle not accurate

    http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140622/DEFREG01/306220014/Report-Germany-Halts-Army-Rifle-Orders-Over-Accuracy-Fears Says the HK gun is inaccurate when hot. Company says it is the ammo that was crappy.
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    Colt's business model

    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-29/colts-curse-gunmakers-owners-have-led-it-to-crisis-after-crisis From Barnett who wrote that interesting book about Glock. Reviews bad decision making for years and up to the present. How they missed the modern handgun market, pushed the smart gun...
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    Smart guns in MD

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-dealer-will-defy-gun-rights-advocates-by-selling-nations-first-smart-gun/2014/05/01/564efa48-d14d-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html?hpid=z1 A dealer wanted to sell the same gun that caused the uproar in CA. He had to back down. Interestingly, he...
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    CA Permit flood

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/us/politics/in-california-a-fevered-rush-for-gun-permits.html Relatively neutral article showing how the recent court decision has started a flood of permit applications. Points out how Orange County is dealing with it. Discusses the possible SCOTUS...
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    Justice Stevens - bye bye to the 2nd as we know it.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-five-extra-words-that-can-fix-the-second-amendment/2014/04/11/f8a19578-b8fa-11e3-96ae-f2c36d2b1245_story.html?hpid=z2 The Justice basically says our interpretation of the 2nd is baloney. He echoes a point that I made - Scalia, the gun rights genius to...
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    Trinity Church vs. WalMart on sexy music and 10 round mags

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-01/wal-mart-sued-by-church-over-guns-sexually-charged-music.html The church wanted to haved proxy material on banning the sale of hicap mags and sexy music. The church is suing even though the SEC said it was legit for this request to be denied.
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    Grandpa America Vs. Lex Upster

    The title will become clear: Interestingly, I was coming back from a psych convention downtown where I gave a talk about some of my jury stuff. It cheered my heart to meet quite a few young female grad psych students who are hard line gun folks. They wanted to talk AR-15 vs. their males...
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    Do you shoot again after you discombobulate your opponent

    I've come up with this legal question for our experts after reading a couple of related tactical speculations. 1. Suggests using bird shot to specifically blind the opponent. 2. Using a shotgun round that is like a flash bang to similarly discombobulate an opponent. Both then seem to suggest...
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    A gun that actually has an accidental discharge

    We usually say that an ND is a user fault. However, there have been a few that have been the fault of the gun as with the South African Vektors. Here's a clip of a Brazilian made Taurus going off when shaken - which lead to a large recall in Brazil of police guns...
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    Beretta Pico

    Has anybody actually seen one of these? http://www.berettausa.com/pico/ With all the talk about the Glock 42 - I see no buzz in the places I frequent. How is to shoot? Trigger? All that kind of stuff?
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    The Pros and Cons of city pre-emption

    http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/03/disarmed-how-cities-are-losing-the-power-to-regulate-guns/284220/ The article discusses how high crime cities want the power to have local gun bans and the arguments against it. Logically, the criminals won't care about local gun bans but it...
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    147 gr 9mm optimized for suppressor

    I was browsing around Academy Sports and found a newcomer to the field trying to find the cheapest 9mm. His friend was going to take him out the range to introduce him to shooting. The clerk said the cheapest was a 20 buck box of some JHP with only 20 rounds but he needed 100. So I filled him...
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    Facebook is against us!

    http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/facebook-to-restrict-gun-ads-104295.html?hp=l5 Basically, under pressure and being sympatico with Bloomberg's Moms, Facebook is going to monitor gun sales.
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    Glock single stack pistols

    http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Handguns/Semiautomatic-Pistols|/pc/104792580/c/105526980/sc/105529680/Glock-Single-Stack-Pistol/1809811.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fsemiautomatic-pistols%2Fglock%2F_%2FN-1102339%2B1000003521%2FNe-1000003521%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_105529680%3FWTz_l%3DSB...
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    Indian Self-Defense

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/indians-fight-fear-of-rape-with-pepper-spray-a-ladies-gun-and-self-defense-classes/2014/02/14/b8669cc6-93cd-11e3-9e13-770265cf4962_story.html?wprss=rss_world&_monetaClick=eyJ3aWRnZXRfaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQiOiJlOWRhOTUyMC0zOWYyLTQ1M2EtODZjNi1mYWZmZTcyZDFhM...
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    Winchester 22 KABOOM

    Anybody post this yet? http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/01/29/winchester-recalls-m22-22lr-ammo/ For those lucky enough to find this 22 LR - I guess you weren't that lucky. Double charged and boom!! If this was already posted, my fellow staff can feel free to chastize me and fix it...
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    32 HR Mag loads

    So I was thinking about 32 HR mag loads for my 432 primarily and maybe for my 632 (I do have 327 for it). Experiences with the Buffalo Bore vs. the Hornady Critical Defense. I do have the Federal loads already. Both of the former seem an upgrade from the Federal but I've never tested such by...
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