Daily Archives: March 16, 2009

Gun Control Drinking Game

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March 16, 2009

Speaking of guns and Mexico, while reading the NRA press release in the post immediately beneath this one, I found a link to testimony from Tom Diaz of the Violence Policy Center, which was delivered at the same hearing that Chris Cox testified at. After reading Tom’s testimony,I got the idea for a “Brady...
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Guns and Mexico

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March 16, 2009

So, by now everyone has heard the new part of the anti-gun dogma, that “American guns are fueling Mexican crime”.  I’ve addressed it, others have addressed it, and now NRA has addressed it as well. The House subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled “Money, Guns, and Drugs: Are U.S....
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SR9 Magazine Disconnect Removal

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March 16, 2009

While this might be old info for some, while searching for source infomation on magazine disconnect safeties, I stumbled across some info on how to remove the Ruger SR9′s magazine disconnect safety, which I promptly posted at the Gun Nuts Radio Blog, on SR9 Magazine Disconnect Removal.  If you want to shoot the SR9...
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Why I hate magazine safeties

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March 16, 2009

I was talking yesterday in The Conspiracy with some of the guys about magazine safeties, and why they suck so much. In my opinion, the magazine disconnect safety is a “safety device” which actually makes the gun less safe for the user and for anyone else around them. Not to pick on Ruger, but...
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IDPA Match Review

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March 16, 2009

This previous weekend, I shot the first IDPA match of the year at Hamilton County Fish and Game.  I always have fun shooting IDPA, and this was no exception.  The match was six stages, all of which were very much “stand a blast” stages, with limited movement, and the lowest round count being one...
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Springfield XD .45 Kaboom

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March 16, 2009

Pictures of the catastrophic event are at The Firearm Blog.  Squib loads are hella dangerous – at the IDPA match two weekends ago, we had a shooter with multiple squibs.  Luckily, the RO heard the light round go “pop”, and was able to safely call “Stop” before the shooter fired their second round. I...
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Matt Painter is my hero

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March 16, 2009

The good things that he has accomplished with Purdue’s basketball program in the last 3 years are absolutely outstanding.  Taking Purdue from a conference dog to the Big 10 Tournament Champion?  Well done, Coach Painter. For the first time ever, Purdue is the Big 10 Conference Champion, beating Ohio State in what was by...
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