SAF to Seattle City Attorney: “Tax Pot Sales Like You Want to Tax Firearms”

BELLEVUE, WA – Responding to statements made by Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes Thursday to KING 5 News that the so-called “gun violence tax” is “not too drastic,” Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation – which is suing the city over the tax – suggested that Holmes should apply that same principle to legalized marijuana sales in the city.

SAF, along with the National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, filed suit last month against the new tax, asserting that it violates the state firearms preemption law.

Gottlieb recalled that Holmes was among the first in line at a Seattle pot shop in July 2014 to purchase a couple of two-gram bags of weed, one of which he said he was keeping “for posterity, and one for personal enjoyment at some point when it’s appropriate.”

“For Holmes to brush off this new gun and ammunition tax as no big deal suggests he’s been smoking some of that weed already,” Gottlieb quipped. “A person would have to be stoned to believe that a tax, no matter how large or small, doesn’t affect somebody.

“But,” he continued, “if that’s the way economics works in Pete’s alternate universe, then he should support a tax of $25 on the sale of every ounce of marijuana, and a five-cent tax on every joint. Think of the money that could be raised for drug treatment and gang violence prevention programs. It would force drug gangs and pot smokers to pay for those efforts.” Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Fusion MSR Ammo Delivers Customized Performance to Maximize the Effectiveness of MSRs for Hunting

Anoka, MN — The versatility and popularity of Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) means that more sportsmen and women are carrying these shooting platforms in the field each year. Just as MSR shooters frequently modify their rifles with accessories to match their shooting needs, Fusion® MSR ammunition delivers hunters the same degree of customization in ammunition. The result is excellent feeding and functioning on any hunt.

MSRs are versatile, handling everything from tactical to competition, coyotes to elk. Shooters often build these rifles from the ground up to match their specific needs. Fusion® MSR loads provide that same degree of customization in ammunition. The cartridges are specifically designed for hunting, performing to their ballistic peak through 16-inch barrels for AR15 platforms and 20-inch barrels for AR10 platforms. The Fusion bullet transfers tremendous energy on impact for deadly knockdown power. Read more

Ammunition

Hobie Introduces Inflatable Kayak Collection

Oceanside, California – September 9, 2015 – Hobie introduces their collection of inflatable kayaks including the new Hobie Mirage i11S with MirageDrive® technology. The i11s, introduced to the trade at the recent Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City, took center stage in the Hobie booth. Like the other three kayaks in the inflatable line, it combines Hobie’s Vantage Seating System comfort and their patented MirageDrive with Glide Technology propulsion. Unique to the i11 is its distinctive low-profile design. The i9S and i12S single kayaks and i14T tandem, long staples in the line, were also visible with totally new looks and features. Read more

Fishing

Pheasant Forecast: 30 to 50 Percent Increases in Heart of Pheasant Range

St. Paul, Minn. – Pheasants Forever has released its 2015 Pheasant Hunting Forecast and based on late summer surveys, improved pheasant hunting opportunities will be found in all major pheasant hunting states. Boosted by mild weather and improved nesting habitat conditions, pheasant range hunting prospects appear to be the best in at least three years. Future prospects are far murkier, however, as the potential for big upland habitat losses loom.

Pheasant populations are led by South Dakota where their already substantial bird count showed a 42 percent jump over 2014. Iowa (up 37 percent), Kansas (up 51 percent), Minnesota (up 33 percent), and Nebraska (up 55 percent) also reported significant increases based on summer roadside survey counts. Pheasant counts are expected to improve greatly in North Dakota as well, with official results expected by mid-September. View the entire state-by-state outlook. Read more

Hunting

CCRKBA Blasts New Gun Control Measure

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today blasted a new gun control measure sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) as “beyond unreasonable” because it would hold commercial and private gun sellers liable for crimes they didn’t commit.

Sen. Kaine’s “Responsible Transfer of Firearms Act” creates what one newspaper described as “an affirmative responsibility” for gun sellers to take “reasonable steps” to assure that a buyer can legally own a firearm. But it doesn’t define what those steps might be, and doesn’t explain what other ‘reasonable steps’ a dealer or private seller might take if a person passes a background check.

“The language in Sen. Kaine’s bill seems intentionally vague and designed to create a chilling effect, especially on perfectly legal private firearms transactions,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “It appears Sen. Kaine also expects gun dealers and private sellers to be clairvoyant. Just what else could a retailer do beyond a background check? Sen. Kaine seems to suggest background checks on all transactions may not be good enough. The bill just talks about ‘reasonable steps,’ but what does that mean, especially to a private seller? Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Winchester SXP Turkey Hunter

A new SXP Turkey Hunter model will be offered for 2015 in 12 and 20 gauge from Winchester Repeating Arms®. Both have synthetic stocks and will feature the new Mossy Oak® Break-Up Country® camo pattern. 24” barrels with TRUGLO® fiber-optic adjustable sights are also featured.

Super X Pump shotguns boast four massive rotary bolt lugs that provide support, strength and solid lock-up to the barrel. A hard chrome chamber and bore make surfaces highly resistant to wear and corrosion. An Inflex Technology recoil pad reduces felt recoil. The proven Invector-Plus Choke Tube System and .742 Back-Bored barrel technology are also featured and provide consistent shot patterns in the constriction hunter’s demand.

The SXP Turkey Hunter 12 gauge, 3½” chambering has a Suggested Retail of $519.99. The SXP Turkey Hunter 20 gauge, 3” chambering has a Suggested Retail of $549.99.

For more information on Winchester Firearms, please visit www.winchester-guns.com.

Firearms

PA Elk Cam Goes Live

Photo courtesy of Darryl Zoller, 2015 Elk Country Watch Facebook group A group of elk, including a large bull, stand alert in a field on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in this image captured by the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s new Elk Cam. Video and sound from the camera is being live streamed at the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.state.pa.us, and the live stream is planned to run through the bugling season, which likely will end sometime in mid-October.

Each September, thousands of visitors make their way to Pennsylvania’s elk country to experience for themselves the wonder of the bugling season.

And while there’s nothing quite like seeing a giant bull up close, or feeling your rib cage resonate as it lets loose an ear-splitting bugle, there’s an opportunity this year to get a glimpse of Pennsylvania’s prime time for elk – without ever having to leave home.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that is off limits to people, but that typically is a hub of elk activity as the bugling season heats up. The camera was installed with help from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry. Video and sound from the camera are being live streamed on the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.state.pa.us, and some good-sized bull elk, not to mention turkeys, deer and other wildlife, already have made appearances. Read more

Wildlife
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