Category: Firearms

A Lesson in Gun Registration from Canada

Gun-control advocates like The Brady Campaign have forever claimed that registration is a safety issue; their reasoning is simple: If a gun has been left at a crime scene and it was registered to the person who committed the crime, the registry will link the crime gun to the criminal.  But, the criminals have proved to be smarter than the politicians and gun grabbers.

Despite spending $2.7 billion on creating and running a long-gun registry, Canadians never received any benefits from the liberal’s dream. The legislation to end the program finally passed the Parliament on Wednesday. Even though the country started registering long guns in 1998, the registry never solved a single murder.

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Former NY Governor Urges DA to Drop Charges Against Marine

Former New York Governor David Paterson has called on  Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to drop gun charges against Ryan Jerome, a  former Marine who unwittingly violated the state’s tough gun laws.

Mr. Jerome visited New York City in September last year with jewelry that he intended to sell. He brought a gun for protection, believing that his Indiana concealed carry permit would be honored in New  York.  Instead, he was arrested for the first time in his life.

Read more:  http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/15/former-ny-governor-to-manhattan-da-drop-unusually-cruel-gun-charges-against-marine/#ixzz1mdqLmAg4

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Shooting Illustrated Talks Suppressors

Former SOF sniper Steve Adelmann dispels many of the myths surrounding suppressor use and ownership in the March issue of Shooting Illustrated magazine, on newsstands today. His step-by-step guide explains the paperwork required to purchase and own a suppressor, advantages other than noise reduction, today’s generation of QD mounts that often allow users to use a single “can” on different firearms, and much more. Read more

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New Riflescope For AR Rimfire Platform – The P-22

Nikon’s new P-22 riflescopes are the rimfire-optimized variant of Nikon’s growing line of precision optics for AR rifles. Designed for extreme sighting speed and superior accuracy from rimfire AR platform rifles and .22 long rifle cartridges, the P-22 is offered in 2-7×32
with BDC 150 reticle or 2-7×32 with Nikoplex reticle and Nikon’s Rapid Action Turret system.

Nikon P-22 riflescopes feature tactical-style turrets with a Zero-Reset feature and are parallax set at 50 yards. Read more

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Breyer’s Robbery Illustrates Why RKBA Important Everywhere

BELLEVUE, WA – The recent robbery of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at a vacation home in the West Indies should hopefully cause the learned jurist to re-examine his core beliefs about the individual right to keep and bear arms at places other than their primary residence, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. Read more

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