Daily Archives: February 18, 2008

Fair winds and following seas, Grits

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February 18, 2008

You’ll be missed. Grits Gresham, noted outdoorsman, writer, author, and television personality, died on February 18, 2008, in his hometown of Natchitoches, Louisiana, at the age of 85. I lost a very dog-eared and worn copy of “Grits on Guns” when I moved from the East Coast to Indiana.  I still miss that book.
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Boberg XR-9 live fire video

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February 18, 2008
Boberg XR-9 live fire video

From the guys at Boberg Engineering comes a live fire video of the XR-9 in action. Video link here, hosted on nrahab.com for your convenience. Edit: Video may not play correctly in all browsers, I recommend you save the video. If you don’t remember from my SHOT ’08 coverage, the XR-9 is a truly...
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Indy Gunshop reviews: Popguns

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February 18, 2008

I went shooting with my friend Greg this last weekend, initially we were planning on going to an outdoor range, but our plans changed and we ended up at Popguns Family Indoor Shooting Range. I’ve been to Popguns a lot actually, when I was still working for Hyatt, it was where I did most...
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Internet Gun Sales

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February 18, 2008

I brushed past this topic real briefly once before, but in light of the fact that the shooter at NIU bought some Glock magazines from the same dealer that sold the VA Tech shooter his Walther P22, I wanted to address the misconceptions about internet gun sales, and the sale of ammo and accessories...
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Rape Whistles?

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February 18, 2008

Breda talks about the absolute non-solution that is a rape whistle. DNA evidence has linked her case to two other attacks that occurred near the university campus. Police are warning of a serial rapist-killer on the loose and are asking women to avoid situations that will put them at risk. Rape whistles have been...
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Uncle asks:

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February 18, 2008

Why are anti-gun activists so violent? Bitter wonders the same thing. Remember that rally in Virgina that the VCDL went to?  Same thing. Honestly, I think it comes down to projection.  “I’m angry, so I assume you’re angry and therefore you shouldn’t have a gun”. Of course, that doesn’t answer the base question of...
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It’s all your fault

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February 18, 2008

Or so Douglas Keller, a professor at UCLA would have you believe.  Now, the “your” above only applies of you’re a male who owns firearms, or if you’re in the media. UCLA professor of education and cultural critic Douglas Kellner argues that school shootings and other acts of mass violence embody a crisis of out-of-control gun culture...
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