Why Own a Gun?

Because there are people like this in the world:


Teen Gunned Down After He “Accidentally” Kicked In Door, Attacked Homeowner

 The district attorney said that Ramon was known in the neighborhood… and not for his hugs

Woman Stops Burglar, Holds at Gunpoint 23 Minutes Until Police Arrive

  In short order she found Joseph Baker in her home; he had broken through two doors to get in.

Seattle teen kills man for cellphone — then complains the device is too cheap: cops 

 “He said that the man had seen his face, and he had to shoot him,” a detective wrote in court papers, the newspaper reported. “He showed his companions the phone he had finally taken from the man and expressed his disappointment that it was not a nicer model.”

Dad bites off infant's nose, police say

 "The investigation revealed the father bit the child's nose off while he was crying and he was frustrated he was not able to ease the child's crying." Oviatt said.

Chicago et al Asking For Another Lawsuit

C(r)ook Cnty President Prickwinkle seems to think that the part of the law that says only the State Legislature can regulate handguns doesn't apply to him:

Watch for Preckwinkle to issue orders this week restricting about 6,000 Cook County employees who work in offices under the president from packing heat while on the clock.

“She is closing a loophole in the state’s concealed carry law,” a Preckwinkle source said. 

 “Preckwinkle is now expanding the policy by restricting weapon carrying while working outside of county buildings and in the field,” the source added.

I'm no lawyer but they're probably going to lose this one as well. 

They don't care about safety or 'reasonable regulations' or 'common-sense'.  They care about restricting/banning guns in any way they think they can get away w/.

Auragun update

Oregon legislature has convened and it passed two pro-gun bills and one anti-gun bill died in the Senate.

HB4068 addresses CHL applicants who have had a single misdemeanor marijuana conviction.
HB4035 addresses corrections officers who want to store guns in their cars at work.

SB1551 would have expanded background checks.

Thanks to the Oregon Firearms Federation and all the members who made some noise, we got a win/win/win.

I think I'll call my local Reps back and try and get some feedback.

Define 'Common'..

Read this statement:

California law generally prohibits individuals from carrying concealed weapons. Such laws are common throughout the United States.

Really?  That's why EVERY state has some form of concealed carry law w/ the overwhelming majority being 'shall issue' or better? 

Now this statement on law isn't coming from some anti-gun puppet, this is from the Dean of the UC Irvine School of Law.

So is he lying and/or deliberately ignorant? There are no other choices.

This is the mentality of gun control in action.

@CSGV Libels TTAG

I'm not a real big fan of TTAG but they scored a photobomb win w/ this:



And the mouth-foaming fanatics above the bar (iow CSGV headquarters) go positively batsh!t over it, accusing TTAG of everything but defenestration.



Oh, 'held accountable'. Sounds like the same kinds of threats CSGV made back when they decided 'outing' and then publishing work and home locations of bloggers they couldn't argue against was a good idea. Maybe they'll be denounced as 'insurrectionists' to the US Congress next.

Hats off to TTAG.  Win.

Russian Ammo Shortage? Who To Believe

So we've got Putin slapping around the Ukrainians and the West yelling "STOP!!! or we'll say stop again" leading some to speculate that the bear will stop shipping ammo to the US. 

“Russia Has Reportedly Halted All Exports To The US Of Russian Made Ammunition” 

... it appears that another supply pipeline may have been cut.
If you don’t already have it then prepare to go without or pay double the price or more in coming days and week....

That is about to change.
The largest wholesale gun & ammo distributors in the US have informed us in private conversation today that a massive scramble is on for all 7.62 as Russia has reportedly halted all exports to the US of Russian made ammunition.

If you’re one second late, you’ll be out of luck.

 OTOH, we have others saying these reports are BS:

 We called Tula USA moments ago, and they are reporting that it is “business as usual,” in their office. Bearing Arms also spoke to several distributors who also said that they are not scrambling for ammo as the various blog posts indicate. None of the distributors we talked to report having heard of any credible information that the Russians would stop the export of ammunition.

 I called the owner of Wolf Ammo (which is an American company by the way) this morning to see what I could find out about the status of imports. I was told that ammo is “on the water”, as are VEPR AK’s, and is headed towards the United States as I type this. I was also told that they have heard no news from Russia that their export agreements have been canceled or otherwise impeded.

So on one hand we have vague references to 'major suppliers' and 'private conversations'. On the other we have ACTUAL suppliers/manufacturers and public conversations. I think I know who I'm going to believe. 

Encouraging panic buying only makes us look like fools and puts money into those who are going to gouge you.  After SH, I saw some off brand AR's for $2k and other jackasses buying them. Ammo and mags going for 3-5x what they normally do and people snatching them up. Now that prices have stabilized, many of them are trying to dump their overstocks onto the market at what they paid for them and noone's buying.

Encouraging panic buying will just cause all this over again.  If you're out at the store or a show, yeah, pick up a few extra boxes.  Never hurts.  If you see a really good deal, get a case.  Should have been doing that the entire time anyway, not waiting in multi-hour lines to maybe buy it because you think they're going to ban it.