Sharing this for your reading enjoyment. In the beginning was point shooting. For those precious few who prepared themselves to use a pistol as a serious defensive weapon, it was fired from the hip, without the benefit of sights. For others, including target shooters and law enforcement officers alike, the pistol was fired at arm’s
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“The timeless truism is that the people most insistent on controlling us continually prove to be incapable or unwilling to control themselves.” Mary Jo Buttafuoco is in the news again. Almost 34 years after being shot in the face with an illegally possessed and carried .25 caliber handgun by “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher, a
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Codrea is highlighting that this letter only works as a hoax because a meaningful number of people already believe the government is capable of doing this—or at least flirting with it rhetorically. The letter didn’t appear in a vacuum. It landed in an environment primed for distrust. “Federal authorities say they are investigating a report
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“From everything I have seen over the years watching the ATF, very little good and a whole lot of bad has come from that agency. If ATF leadership was required to compose a white paper to justify their existence, the page would be left blank. I will reserve my judgement until we have some history
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“Widespread police refusal has created a jurisdictional vacuum, forcing the federal government to consider alternatives. Ottawa is now exploring mobile collection units and the use of private contractors, as well as off-duty or retired officers, to carry out firearm collections in jurisdictions that have opted out.” Historically frightening. Canada’s federal gun buyback program, officially known
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“California just filed a civil lawsuit tied to 3D-printing file sites, and the precedent matters way beyond 3D printing. If courts can treat certain “code” like contraband, it changes what makers can share, repair, and build online.”
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I found this particularly interesting because most discussions focus on the firearm, not the evolution of ammunition itself. This article does a solid job of tracing how advances in ammunition shaped firearm design and use over time, which is a piece of the history that often gets overlooked. Firearm ammunition has been a fundamental component
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