Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2024 i Firearms News

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“Fight! Fight! Fight!” Those words, accompanied by the iconic photographs of former President Donald Trump, ear bleeding and fist pumping defiantly into the air as swarming Secret Service agents rushed him off the Butler, PA rally stage, have set a new tone in the race to the White House. “Set a new tone” isn’t really accurate. It’s more like “revealed something those of us paying attention to the deadly rhetoric of the left have been saying for years.” Much of that has been led by “celebrities” inciting mobs of fans to join in virtual “two minutes hate” sessions. Recall how “comedienne” Kathy Griffin staged a photo shoot carrying a prop of his bloody head. Johnny Depp “joked about assassinating him. Micky Rourke said he would “love 30 seconds [to] give…

As any older hunter from Ohio, and some other Midwestern states will tell you, the legalization of straight-walled rifle cartridges has made deer hunting much more “normal” when compared to other states. I remember back in the 1970s, dreaming of going on a deer hunt with a Winchester .30-30 or bolt action in .30-06. As a kid from Ohio, that wasn’t happening unless someone could take me to Pennsylvania or West Virginia. So, it was small-game hunting for me. Many years later, deer hunting was done with a 12-gauge shotgun, and the older I got, the less I looked forward to sighting it in every season with slugs or sabots. The recoil was just horrible firing from a bench. However, before straight-walled rifle cartridges were approved, I did get creative…

It was August 2006, and I was alone, wet, cold, hungry, and quaking violently from the onset of hypothermia on an unnamed Brooks Range Mountain peak nearly 180 miles north of the Arctic Circle. An unfortunate choice of rain gear, combined with a hastily-planned three-mile dash across two whitewater streams and up a steep mountain face from my spike-camp in pursuit of a band of Dall sheep rams had lead me to this predicament… and things were looking grim. While I was successful in my cross-country race to intercept and harvest a mature full-curl ram, freezing rain and heavy winds simultaneously placed me in jeopardy of succumbing to one of Alaska’s most insidious, yet effective killers: Hypothermia. Many recriminations and deep thoughts passed through my head that long, sleepless night…

Gun control laws have no impact on homicide rates. Those in the gun rights community have always known that. Now, a recent study led by researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine has substantiated it. The study looked at suicide and homicide rates involving children under the age of 18 for the period of 2009 through 2020. Using mortality data from the CDC and a database of state-level firearms laws maintained by the Rand Corporation, they examined the impact of 36 different gun control laws. These laws included regulations for background checks, mandatory waiting periods, “stand your ground” laws, safe storage provisions, and so-called Red Flag laws. During this 12-year study period, they found 6,735 suicides and 10,278 homicides reported that involved a firearm. The authors stated that they…

The 31st Pin Shoot was held at the Davis Range in Central Lake, Michigan June 8-13, 2024. The event was invented by Richard C. Davis, the original inventor of Soft Concealable Body Armor (Patent #3783449) known as the modern bullet proof vest. His story is fascinating and will take another article to cover, but in the early 1970’s he demonstrated his body armor to law enforcement agencies by shooting himself in the chest! While doing a demonstration, he also shot three bowling pins which inspired the competition. Competitive Pin Shooting I was new to the idea of pin shooting and thought you might be also. I figure a brief explanation is in order before I introduce our 2024 “Mains” Event Champion Patrick Sweeney. Shooting bowling pins might seem like an…

Assuming Democrat hatred for all things MAGA doesn’t incite a more successful attempt than we saw recently in Butler, I’m voting for Donald Trump and JD Vance in November. I urge you to vote for them, too. I need to stipulate that right up front, because I’m going to document some things we’re not hearing from the gun groups singing gushing praise for the VP pick. And every time I’ve pointed out Trump’s warts there’s always been no shortage of angry responses ranging from “Would you rather see Biden Kamala win?” to “Fire that idiot and cancel my subscription!” I don’t do this to subvert election chances or to get people mad at me. I do it because by viewing politicians with realistic expectations, gun owners will be in a…

Growing up in the Midwest, I’ve always been an avid turkey hunter. Turkey hunting is so much more interactive than most other North American game, and much of the hunt revolves around trying to call a bird in and maneuvering into an optimal position for a clean shot. The idea of maneuvering is what led me to consider an over/under shotgun for turkey hunting, in this case, an American Tactical Turkey/Fowl Over/Under model in the Mossy Oak Bottomland camo finish. I’ve always hunted with a pump or semi-auto shotgun, but an over/under offers a unique advantage to turkey hunters—two barrels. Well, duh, of course they do, but that also means you can use two different chokes, which you can set up for close-range or farther shots on a bird. If…

“Go back to Auschwitz!” “Hitler didn’t finish the job!” “We will deal with you much more effectively than the Nazis!” These were the epithets shouted at the Jewish community of Pico-Robertson according to Ronen, a local resident. On June 23rd, a large group of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in the center of LA’s largest Jewish neighborhood, blocking the entrance to the Adas Torah Synagogue, while physically assaulting and shouting antisemitic abuse at Jewish residents of the neighborhood. The protesters (many of them masked) brought flags, signs, bullhorns, batons and pepper spray, in a display of what many have described as a pogrom. Even Joe Biden condemned the incident. Posting on Twitter, he said, “I’m appalled by the scenes outside of Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles. Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous,…