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Holiday Gift Guide For the Video Gamer: Remington Super Slam Hunting: Africa
Need a last minute gift idea for the gamer in your life? Or if you’ve always dreamed of going on safari but the economy has put a crimp in your budget, there is always the virtual version. For that you can head to the Serengeti.
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NRA and CRPA Take on Microstamping
CalGunLaws.com, via our friends at Ammoland.com, is reporting that lawyers for the NRA and CRPA Foundation have submitted another set of comments to the California Department of Justice (“DOJ”) opposing DOJ’s recently revised proposed regulations requiring new handgun models sold in California to be equipped with a “microstamping” mechanism.
If adopted, the new regulations may be used to implement AB 1471, which requires that after January 1, 2010, all semiautomatic pistols not already listed on the roster of handguns approved for sale by firearm retailers be “designed and equipped” with microstamping technology.
Read more at Ammoland.com: NRA & CRPA Foundation Submit Opposition To Proposed Microstamping Regulations
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Best wishes on this holiday for giving thanks!
Gallup Poll: Less Support for Gun Control
The latest findings from a recent Gallup Poll suggest that fewer than three in 10 support a hand gun ban, and just 44 percent saw laws governing the sale of firearms should be made stricter. Contrast this to 42 percent who say the laws are fine as is, and 12 percent who say gun lows should be less strict.
The numbers suggest that Americans, despite media claims as well as those from anti-gun groups, really do believe in the Second Amendment.
[Via Gallup: In U.S., Continuing Record-Low Support for Stricter Gun Control]
OSU Students Rally for Concealed Carry Rights on Campus
Hours before Oklahoma State University students rallied in front of the main library, a student was shot and robbed at his off-campus home. Adrienne O’Reilly, director of the local chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus mentioned the robbery at the rally when she said, “The next time, there could be casualties.” OSU prohibits firearms on campus. Read more
More Gun Buybacks – More Mainstream Media Information
The problem with gun buybacks is that not only do we believe that these seldom (if ever) actually get guns off the streets, but they spread misinformation. This week saw several such programs and here is a quick recap.
Shore News Today reported on a gun buyback in Pleasantville, NJ, where the police collected 257 handguns, 111 rifles and 97 shotguns. “In all, $29,730 was doled out to people,” reports the paper. Doled is a good word. But the paper also quoted Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel as saying, “Every gun turned in is another gun that can’t end up in the hands of a criminal.” This is a statement made all too often, and is insulting at best and an outright lie at worst. That is akin to saying, “every car could be used by a drunk driver.” If safety precautions are followed, few if any guns should end up in the hands of criminals, but anti-gun zealots and the mainstream media like to imply otherwise.
ABC6.com noted that New Bedford, Mass. also held a gun buyback, with the mayor being quoted as saying, “illegal guns are the weapons of mass destruction in our cities.” But the question do these buybacks really get guns off the streets? The reporting from ABC6.com never questioned this fact, only offering sound bites from those organizing the event.
Likewise, The Boston Herald also reported on the event, noting it was a “gun safety exchange.” Maybe they’re right, people were exchanging their safety for a few bucks. In this report it was noted, “Mayor Scott Lang sayst he program will make the city safer.” No counterpoint of course.
KLFY.com reported on the four Baton Rouge churches traded gas cards “to anyone turning in a handgun or assault weapon.” Of course the news outlet doesn’t really note what exactly is an assault weapon. But of course that is far from the only concern. The story notes, “The ‘Gas for Guns’ program targets illegally held of unwanted weapons.” Again, any proof that “illegally held” guns are ever turned in at these things?
Essentially, these events are reported on with little counterpoint and are human interest feel good stories. The truth is that these probably do little good, as they pay people a fraction of a firearms worth, likely get few if any illegal guns off the street, and never address the larger issue that the criminals remain on the streets.
Oklahoma May Study Firearm Microstamping
Oklahoma State Representative Dan Boren has introduced a bill that would fund a study to look at the feasibility of microstamping firearms. Firearm Microstamping uses a laser to mark the firing pin of a gun. Each unique etching creates an imprint that is transferred to the shell-casing after a round is fired. The imprints are put into a data base that matches the imprint with the weapon’s serial number. Read more
Boston Herald’s Michael Graham Sums Up Problem With Gun Laws
Time and time again the anti-gun zealots call for tougher gun laws. They cry out when crime rises, they cry out when there is a senseless shooting, and they cry out when a child is killed by an illegal gun. The problem, as Michael Graham of The Boston Herald writes, is actually the people involved – not the guns. Read more
