Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Those pesky facts...

Nice to see some rational reporting for once...

The Firearms Statistics That Gun Control Advocates Don’t Want to See

Gun control advocates be advised, these are not the statistics you are looking for.
According to data from the FBI's uniform crime reports, Californiahad the highest number of gun murders in 2011 with 1,220 -- which makes up 68 percent of all murders in the state that year and equates to 3.25 murders per 100,000 people.
The irony of such a grisly distinction is evident when you look at which state was named the state with the strongest gun control laws in 2011 by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. You guessed it -- it was California.

This number, I bet, mostly is made up of gang-on-gang related violence. But I digress.

Monday, February 25, 2013

R.I.P Volodymyr and Marina Butsky

I would like to express its sincere condolences to the families of Volodymyr and Marina Butsky.  

No words can aptly express my sorrow to this tragedy of two friends passing away in a tragic diving accident, taken in the prime of their lives, and leaving behind to beautiful daughters.  

This is an unbelievable loss that will be felt by me for years to come.  

There will always be an empty place in my heart with the loss of these two great people who emigrated from the Ukraine originally from Poltava to find a better life here and to fully embrace the American ways of life and traditions to become the patriots that they were fighting for our rights whenever and where ever they were threatened.  

We spent many hours together on and off the range participating in events both social and fighting for a cause.  

Vlad's unending enthusiasm for life and what it brings will be missed. His sharp retorts, his big smile, his easy going can-do attitude. All this and more, will be missed.  

Marina's great attitude and willingness to try anything, her great smile, enthusiasm, beauty inside and out, calm demeanor under stress, these things will all be missed.  

They were such a big part of my life in the shooting sports and now they are gone.  

I'm stunned, shocked, sad.

  May God Rest Your Souls In Peace

Saturday, February 23, 2013

2013 SHOT Show: Sig 556R Trigger Reset Factory Flaw

Some Sig 556R rifles ship with a trigger reset problem.

I demonstrated the Sig 556R trigger reset problem to a Sig Sauer representative on the 2013 SHOT Show floor with their 556R display model.

The representative was surprised and agreed this was a problem and told me to send my rifle in for warrantee service.

I don't know if Sig Sauer actually did anything to fix current shipping rifles that had this problem already but at least I brought the problem to their awareness.

To reproduce the problem with an empty rifle pull the trigger and keep the trigger pressed.

Cock the rifle.

Then slowly "pump" the trigger without going past the reset and the hammer will drop.

I have included a short video demonstrating the problem so you can check your rifle to see if you are having the issue.

I sent in my rifle and there gunsmith replaced the sear and sear spring.

This seemed to have fixed the problem as I could not reproduce the issue while dry firing.

I just wanted to point this problem out because rifles are being shipped with this flaw.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

California program: seize illegal guns

California program to seize illegal guns gaining notice

I guess registering one registers all...

Cognitive Dissonance: Mysterious Drop in Crime May Be Linked to Small-Scale Efforts

Here's an interesting little article I ran across and decided to look into a little more:

Mysterious Drop in Crime May Be Linked to Small-Scale Efforts

What's interesting is the author quotes a criminologist Philip J. Cooke as mystified by a trend of crime rates plunging precipitously over the last 20 years.

He attributes the decrease in crime to private security. More money spent on security guards translates into less crime.

Well, I smelled some B.S. here so I just Googled our friend "Philip J. Cooke" and found he is the author of many gun control, anti gun articles and papers and is considered " the nation's foremost authority on gun control".

He perpetuates the "Currently the 40 percent or so of all sales that are conducted informally, at gun shows or elsewhere, are not subject to the federal requirement for a background check." myth which is a stale claim repudiated nicely here The stale claim that 40 percent of gun sales lack background checks.

Since he can't bring himself to realize that guns sales are increasing and crime is going down.

That crime is higher in states with the greatest gun control laws

He is in a state of cognitive dissonance.

Now he is grasping at straws.

Here is a fun article:

Study Shows Brady Bill Had No Impact on Gun Homicides

Why back in 2003 he states:

"Cook said the real problem is the law's "gaping barn door" for unregulated sales, mainly at gun shows, but no one knows how many guns are bought with false IDs or exchanged privately, to say nothing of those being stolen."

And he repeats this ten years later even though this "fact" has been clearly debunked.

My conclusion is he is milking the system and earning a living sucking up to Michael R. Bloomberg which which he "co-wrote" a book called "Reducing Gun Violence In America" which is a compilation of all his logically consistent but illogical arguements.

Comcast To Firearms Retailers: Keep your money

Comcast blocks advertising for advertising for firearms or weapons moving forward.

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Anyway, I like one of the comments:

The First Amendment is there you see,
We can say when and what we please.
And the Second one is there,
So we can all be free.
Some want to take our rights away,
But it won’t happen on this day.
They will continue to try in another way,
Freedom will be a gun shot away.
They wish to take our guns from us,
And they are trying to make a fuss.
This old vet say’s no they can’t,
I took an oath and went to Nam.
Many have died to keep us free,
I will too, if need be.
In seventy one I passed the test,
And served with Americas best.
Fingerprinted and photo,
For owning a gun.
I don’t think so
You communist son.
MOLON LABE is the battle cry,
Gun from my hand you will have to pry.
The oath I took on another day,
Is still in force and you will pay!!!
A brave man I will never be,
Until you take my rights from me.
Liberal socialists I despise,
It’s hard to wait for their demise !!!!
John D USN RVN 71,72, 73, evac 75