Category: Firearms

New App Targets Gun Owners

This week’s outrage comes to us from a rather unlikely source:  the Google Play app store.  The new app is called the Gun Geo Marker, and encourages users to “geolocate dangerous guns and owners” in their communities. According to Google Play, “Geolocation means marking dangerous sites on the App’s map so that you and others can be aware of the risks in your neighborhood.”

Think about that for a minute.  The purpose of the app–other than sensationalism and profit–is to encourage people to anonymously “flag” locations in their community they subjectively deem “dangerous” and to make that information as public as possible.  The probability for abuse and the certainty of inaccurate “reporting” cannot be overstated. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Self Defense

LaserLyte® Rolls Out Full Line of Cabela’s® Branded Products

 

COTTONWOOD, AZ – LaserLyte® rolls out their 2013 Cabela’s® point-of-purchase displays in thirty Cabela’s retail locations across the country, featuring all the new LaserLyte laser gun sights, bore sights and laser training tools. LaserLyte’s new product displays provide shoppers a one-stop, shopping experience for all of LaserLyte’s products within Cabela’s. The new “bunker” displays feature large graphics for quick identification with the full line of Cabela’s branded cartridge bore tools and sights plus the full line of laser gun sights for pistols, ARs and shotguns. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Self Defense

Illinois Legislators Override Quinn’s Veto of Concealed Carry Law

The Illinois House of Representatives spent little time yesterday in voting 77-31 to override anti-gun Governor Pat Quinn’s “amendatory veto” of concealed carry legislation. The Senate held considerable debate, but ultimately voted 41-17 to override Quinn, paving the way for concealed carry. The vote is seen as a serious political setback for Quinn and his attempt to make significant changes to the law passed last week. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, General, Gun Control, Self Defense

Ruger Announces Pending Purchase of Third Manufacturing Facility

SOUTHPORT, Conn.–Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) announces that it plans to open its third manufacturing plant, a 220,000 square foot facility in Mayodan, North Carolina. This will be the Company’s first major expansion in over 25 years and it is expected to be finalized in August.
The Company currently employs over 2,000 people in its two plants in Newport, New Hampshire and Prescott, Arizona.

Ammunition, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

New Scout DX 1000 ARC laser rangefinder from Bushnell

Overland Park, Kan. – The new Scout DX 1000 ARC laser rangefinder from Bushnell offers hunters and shooters a host of features that will help them identify and range targets quickly. The Scout DX 1000 provides accurate distance readings from 5-1000 yards with +/- ½ yard accuracy.

 

 Scout DX 1000 ARC

 

Featuring the new E.S.P.processor from Bushnell, Scout DX 1000 provides faster and more precise distance readings than ever before, including 1/10th yard display precision within 125 yards. Featuring the patented Angle Range Compensation (ARC) technology, the Scout DX 1000 instantly accounts for terrain angles to provide bow hunters with the “shoots like” distance and rifle hunters with holdover data in inches, centimeters, MOA or MILs. In addition, the rangefinder includes Variable Sight-In Distance (VSI), providing shooters with holdover data based on a 100, 150, 200 or 300 yard zero. Read more

Firearms, Hunting
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