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Little spammy in here today.

Tales of the Gun on DVD.

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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 1, asking the FEC to investigate whether the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America are in violation of Federal Election Commission regulations and Federal Election Campaign Laws.

The Second Amendment Foundation does the same thing to The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership.

The NRA ended a misleading advertising campaign by anti-gun American Hunters and Shooters Association:

The National Rifle Association (NRA) succeeded in ending a misleading and false advertising campaign in Missouri produced and/or paid for by the American Hunters and Shooters Association (“AHSA”) – an anti-gun group deceptively masking itself as a pro-hunting organization. The radio advertisements contained egregiously false and misleading statements regarding the NRA.

Guess who:

“Students who bring guns to school are hardly ever detected,” the researcher wrote. “This is shocking to most parents and even other students since it is just as easy to bring a loaded handgun to school as it is to bring a calculator.”

One problem was “junk guns,” the expert cautioned, citing “The fact that these guns are small and inexpensive implies that [they] can be found and purchased easily by students.”

The solution? “Some [shootings] can be prevented, some can not,” the writer admitted. Still, he asserted, “metal detectors and more police officers are a great start to the fight against guns in schools.”

Ultimately, “a school is no place for a gun,” he concluded.

Answer here

A while back, I found it amusing that The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership was showing up in my Google ads. I noticed their ad text said Sensible Gun Laws. So, I Googled up sensible gun laws and the first hit was for the pro-gun Doctors For Sensible Gun Laws. Number 2 is The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership. Seems The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Ownership maybe trying to get their misleading Google on.

I generally don't like Google Bombs but ask that my fellow gunbloggers post the following links on their page:

sensible gun laws

sensible gun laws

And, while we're at it, let's add:

ban all guns

ban gun ownership

After all, that is their goal. Don't be fooled.

The recent phone spam entry makes me realize that this site needs another administrator. I simply don't have the time to do all of it. So, if one of you regulars wants to be the administrator, let me know. I'm looking at you Rustmeister and you Nylarthotep.

The administrator will have all privileges and can edit, delete posts. Ban people. Etc. Keep the blog spam free.

If the spam keeps up, I may have to disallow the uploading of files too.

Due to the recent spam invasion, only registered users can comment. Sorry, but one prick ruins it for everyone.

Free form comments were fun while they lasted.

Analysis of officer shooting in LA

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SayUncle
Can't we all just get a long gun?

by Jeff Soyer of Alphecca

[ed note: reposting some material from the Shooters' Carnival]

True story: I was at a gun show and someone had a table set up with guns on consignment. There was an S&W model 66, a blued .357 Magnum with my name on it. But when I examined the gun, it was filthy.

The barrel looked as though it had never been cleaned and there was residue all over the inside of it, as well as the cylinder. I didn't buy it of course because if the seller didn't even care what condition he showed his gun in, how much more likely that he probably never maintained the firearm when using it.

Any carpenter or auto-mechanic will keep his tools clean so they continue to function properly. The same goes for your firearms. Keep them clean and oiled to insure proper functioning and they will last much longer, shoot straighter and more reliably, and just plain look better. And maybe save your life!

In the picture below, I show a modest investment in gun cleaning supplies. You should be able to pick up everything shown there for about $25 dollars or less.

Shown is a cleaning rod which has an "eye" at the end where you can secure a small piece of COTTON from one of your old t-shirts. This one has extensions that can be added on depending on the length of the barrel. Some brushes are shown for cleaning. The world famous Hoppe's #9 cleaning solution (which smells great, but don't sniff it!) and a bottle of gun oil. Also shown is a muzzle light for examining the breach of your firearm. Note that if you are in a pinch you can also use gasoline with a spot of oil for cleaning but it smells lousy and you really should only use it outdoors.

Before starting:
Make sure your gun is unloaded!

If that sounds too obvious to you, remember that more than a few careless people shoot themselves every year for failing to heed that advice. In a revolver, open the cylinder and empty it of all bullets. For a pistal or rifle, remove the magazine, open the bolt or pull the slide back and check the breech to insure that there is no bullet in the chamber. And as always, keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and NEVER look down the business end (muzzle) of a firearm. If your gun has a safety, make sure it's on.

Different guns have different means of disassembly (also called field stripping) for cleaning. You should check the instructions that came with your firearm. If you bought the gun used and there is no guide, contact the manufacturer and (all of them) will gladly send you a free instructions manual.

Attach a small square of cotton (push it through the "eye") to the cleaning rod and dip it sparingly in the cleaning solution. Push it through (from the muzzle side of) the barrel a few times. Wait a few minutes and then attach a cleaning brush to the rod, dip it, and push that through the barrel a few times.

Now, attach a clean dry cloth to the rod and push it through to remove the cleaning solution. You might want to go through a couple of patches until they come out dry. Then with a patch sparingly wetted with gun oil (or any quality lubricating oil) lubricate the bore. Lastly, one more clean dry patch through the bore to remove the excess oil.

Also remember to clean the breech and breech-face of the gun, or the breech-side of the cylindar.

You also want to examine the slide (if there is one) and ejection port and clean those as well. Keeping the slide and any other parts that move lubricated with a very high quality oil or grease is also recommended.

If you've been using your gun a lot, use a bore light such as shown above to examine the breech of the barrel for any signs of wear and tear or cracks. If in doubt, most gun store proprietors will be glad to examine this for you.

After you're finished, especially if your gun has a "blued" finish, sparingly apply a very light coat of oil to all the metal surfaces. This helps prevent rust. How much to use? If you can see or feel the coat, you're probably using too much, wipe it off with a clean cotton rag. Reassemble your gun.

Don't forget to clean the magazines! Especially in semi-automatics the feeding end can accumulate gun powder residue. Doing so will help minimize mis-feeds. This is also a good time to remove the base (heal) of the magazine and re-tension the feed spring.

A couple of things to remember: Never use WD-40 anywhere on your gun. When the oil evaporates, it will leave behind gunk that can foul up everything.

A clean gun lasts longer and is more accurate. And it also helps the resale value.

Lastly, if you're planning to store your firearm for an extended period of time, clean it again -- even if you already did following its last use -- to help prevent any rust from developing.

Now get on out to the range and have some fun!

Note: Migrating some entries from the Shooters' Carnival over to this site since no one posts at the carnival any more. Sorry if it's a re-run.

I finally managed to get the new and improved WASR-10 out to the range. Here's the post on some of the mods I made with before and after photos. But, for you folks too lazy to click, my AK set up is Romanian WASR-10, which you can learn everything about it by clicking here. Seriously, the guy's page is full of general info and how-to info that proved invaluable to me when doing my modifications. The modifications I've made have been to add this folding stock by Tapco; the Ultimak scout rail and mount to allow co-witnessing the iron sights of the AK with the red dot scope (see previous posts here and here); and a Tacpoint red dot sight (everything you ever wanted to know about the Tacpoint - good and bad - is here).

Here's the WASR in it's afterglow.

The magazine feeding problems I had mentioned before were nonexistent. On the advice of Robert, I used a Dremel to shave off part of the rear of the magazine well and the mag release. No problems at all. This also fixed the jamming issues. Not a single malfunction in about 150 rounds. So, how'd it shoot:

The target on the left was me sighting it in at 25 yards. Two in the same hole was good enough for me. The target on the right is a ten round group at 50 yards as fast as I can fire and seriously aim. Never got it out to 100 yards because the range was pretty full (odd for a Tuesday). It's about what I expected from an AK and what I expected from Wolf ammo. This is not a minute of angle rig, more like minute of goblin.

And what does the WASR look like compared to Mr. Blasty:

They get along OK but Mr. Blasty is still my favorite.

Seems with all the yammering about flag burning, gay marriage, and other pointless issues making the floor of congress, that we are hot and heavy in the election season. Now, some are trying to energize the gun base:

The National Rifle Association is pleased by Tuesday's announcement by House Congressional leaders to include gun ownership rights as part of their 2006 “American Values Agenda”.

“On behalf of our four million NRA members nationwide, we deeply appreciate the House Republican leadership for recognizing the fundamental importance of protecting law-abiding Americans’ Second Amendment rights,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist. “We strongly encourage and endorse these pro-gun bills as part of the their “American Values Agenda.’”

"Family, faith, patriotism and hard work bind us together as Americans. Our laws should reflect those priorities, and House Republicans are committed to the American Values Agenda, policies that stress the core values on which our nation was built," said House Majority Whip Roy Blunt.

House Republican leaders have put together a package of “pro-freedom” bills slated for votes this summer and fall. Two of those measures are H.R. 5092 and H.R. 5013, bills that are also among NRA’s top legislative priorities.

These bills are the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act of 2006 and the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act. Hate to break it to you guys, but we gunnies don't want more gun laws. We want less. In fact, here's an informal poll of what we want. Most items in that poll involve repealing something. So, get on that NRA, if you want me to get behind you. Start with the sporting purposes language, as it would probably be the easiest.

Then try the Hughes Amendment. This one could be easy as the majority of folks incorrectly think that, since the assault weapons ban expired, machine guns are legal any way. The media and anti-gun groups shot their was on that so it should be easy to market.

Per the law, muzzleloaders have historically not been classified as firearms. The significance of this classification is that muzzleloaders are not subject to background checks, can be bought without going through a firearms dealer (i.e., you can mail order them), and felons can own them. In Wyoming, that just changed:

Supreme Court Says Muzzleloaders are Legally Firearms

The ruling comes in an appeal by a convicted felon who says he thought he was allowed to own a black powder rifle. Such rifles are excluded from the federal definition of firearms.

A spokesman for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department says the ruling will come as a blow to some Wyoming residents who have felony convictions in the past but who are now dedicated black powder hunters.

No details on the case. Anyone know?

From the UN Gun Summit:

We believe that no armed group outside of the State should be allowed to bear weapons. We also believe that regulating civilian possession of Small Arms/Light Weapons will enhance our efforts to prevent its misuse. In our view, the issue of ammunition should also be addressed in the context of the Program of Action because in the absence of ammunition, small arms and light weapons pose no danger.

Publicola says it's bad ju-ju:

I'll get to the point; it's bullshit. All this will do is open up more records for inclusion in the NICS system. In other words they're hoping that more folks will be disqualified because of Lautenberg, mental health records or possibly because they're being investigated for "terrorism".

The last part may leave you in the cold. Here's where I get that from:

"...and (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security to make available to the Attorney General records relevant to a determination that a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm and information about a change in such person's status for removal from NICS, where appropriate."

I can only assume that this is an effort to grease the wheels of that "terrorism watch list' being made at least a temporary disqualification. Why else would the department of Homeland Security be involved?

He has more. Not sure about his assessment but it is possibly a particularly slippery slope.