2010 NRA Women’s Wilderness Escape
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NRA is proud to host the 2nd annual Women’s Wilderness Escape scheduled for September 23 – October 1, 2010 at the Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico.
The cost of this nine-day retreat is $1,250 and is open to women 18 and older. Fee includes housing, food and all event activities. Transportation is not provided.
No experience is necessary, and all firearms and ammunition are provided. Participants will learn to shoot rifle silhouette, long range high power rifle, black powder rifle, pistol, trap, skeet, sporting clays and archery. Other activities include map reading, camping, survival training, game calling, hunter education and Native American history.
Register now as space is limited!
To find out more about the Women’s Wilderness Escape and read what some of our 2009 participants had to say about the event, visit our website at: www.nrahq.org/women/wilderness_escape.asp.
If you want to learn more contact Patty Zollman at (703) 267-1378 or pzollman@nrahq.org.
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February 8th, 2010
Redfield Scopes coming back!
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January 08, 2010
Petzal: Welcome Back Redfield Scopes
If your hams are weak, you have a scant supply of wits, and your eyes purge thick amber and plum tree gum, the title of this post will mean a great deal to you, because Redfield was once at the top of the scope heap, and its decline and fall were a sorry thing to see. Redfield got into the scope business in 1959 by acquiring Kollmorgen Optical, and retained the three knurled rings on the ocular-lens housing that were the trademark of Kollmorgen’s Bear Cub scopes. To shooters of my generation, those three rings were as meaningful as the Cadillac logo.
From the get-go, the Redfield was a top-line scope. Redfield was also an important innovator. In 1962 it introduced the first-ever constantly-centered non-magnifying reticle. In 1966 came the Accu-Range rangefinder system (You think these things are new?) and the Marine Corps selected a special green-finish Redfield 3X-9X for use on its new M-40 sniper rifle. In 1968, Redfield introduced the Model 3200 target scope, which was the first high-magnification scope sight (16X, 20X, and 24X) with internal adjustments, which saved lots of weight and mechanical complications and allowed the scopes to be mounted low. This prompted me, and fools like me, to give up our wonderful Unertl scopes with external adjustments and return-to-battery springs.
But over the years the rot set in. As Redfield’s quality declined, Leupold’s quality rose, and by the late 1970s the number-one scope wore a gold ring instead of three knurled rings. The decline through the 80s and 90s was steady, and Redfield was owned in succession by Blount, ATK, and Meade, none of which could bring back the brand successfully.
By now Redfield was damaged goods. There were a lot of perfectly sound scopes out there, but there were also a lot of dogs. So when the torch passed to Leupold, people asked themselves “WTF?” Well, it just may be that Leuopld can bring its erstwhile competitor back from the dead.
The re-born Redfields are made in Oregon, which is part of the United States. There are four models: a 2X-7X, 3X-9X, 3X-9X x 50mm, and 4X-12X. They come with a choice of 4-Plex or Accu-Range reticles. All are plain-vanilla, no-frills scopes. And, oh yes, they start at $129 and go up to $219.
For the past several months I’ve used two 3X-9Xs, one with Accu-Range and one with 4-Plex. They are good, sound scopes with accurate adjustments and nice optics. I can find no fault with either of them. They are as good an economy-priced scope as I know of, and maybe a bit better. I think Leupold has been very smart about this; it’s the right scope at the right time.
I don’t think the new Redfields are in the pipeline just yet, but you can read their full story on the Redfield website. It’s good to have those three rings back.
Gun Enthusiasts Complain About the “Call of Duty Effect”
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Gun Enthusiasts Complain About the “Call of Duty Effect”
Greg Tito posted on 26 January 2010 5:05 pm
Filed under: greg tito, call of duty, gun, modern warfare 2
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Many gun enthusiasts complain how amateurs believe that they know about firearms due to playing videogames like Modern Warfare 2, which feature real guns.
The owner of the gun site, The Firearm Blog, was surprised to realize that the most popular search term that led to his site was an obscure gun unknown outside the firearm industry, the Bushmaster ACR. That was until he realized that the gun was featured in Modern Warfare 2.
“I was surprised because, compared to the AKs, M4s and Glocks of the world, the ACR is relatively unknown outside of the industry,” the blog’s owner, Steve, wrote on December 8th, 2009. “Have any other bloggers noticed the Call of Duty effect?”
There follows a stream of anecdotes from gun enthusiasts about how videogames have turned gamers into “gun experts.”
“I was riding around with a friend of mine when I asked him to stop in at this new gun shop,” said one commenter, Robert. “He knows next to nothing about guns so I was surprised when he asked, ‘Can you buy an ACR in there?’ After explaining they don’t sell it to regular people I asked him where the hell he had heard of it … should’ve known before asking. He’s an avid gamer.”
Another funny story is told by Jim:
I wouldn’t call it the Call of Duty effect as much as the Halo effect. He came in to a Pawn Shop I was shopping around at and asked for an “Ess Em Gee” (Submachine gun). The owner said that he didn’t carry them. He then asked if he had any sniper rifles. The owner showed him a .270 (I believe). As the punk (hat cocked off to the side and his pants at a level where a belt would not allow them to fall) looked down the scope, he asked how to “zoom it” (a common feature of scoped rifles in video games). The owner showed him how to magnify and clarify the image. The punk said that he was just used to the rifle doing that for him.
Finally the owner asked what the kid was looking for to which he replied “I just want to headshot some noobs! Like in Halo!”
The conversation quickly degraded from that moment and ended very shortly.
Source: Firearm Blog
KBI going away. Charels Daley and CD Defense to come back?
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To all our friends, fans, supporters and consumers of Charles Daly and by extension, KBI products, I regret to inform you that the rumors of our demise are true.
KBI is going out of business and closing its doors, effective today, January 29, 2010.
I don’t want to go into each and every detail as to why this has occurred, except to say that there have been a multitude of events over the past five years that have contributed to our current situation.
For those of you with ongoing service requirements please be advised that we are currently negotiating with several companies that will be performing after-sale service of Charles Daly, CD Defense and Jericho firearms. As soon as we have finalized a contract with one of these companies we will post the name, address and contact details of that company on www.CharlesDalyForum.com, so you will know who to contact to obtain service on your KBI firearm.
Again, I wish to thank all of you that have supported our company, Charles Daly and all the other fine firearms that we have sold over the years.. This spells the end of KBI but I imagine it will certainly not mean the end of Charles Daly® and CD Defense™. Look for this excellent brand to resurface in the very near future.
Sincerely,
Michael B. Kassnar, President
K.B.I., Inc.
New radio show for gun enthusiasts!
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Anyone wanting to know something about the AR15 platform at one time or another will be referred to AR15.com, they are the leading authority on this rifle system, as well as most other firearm systems. Well now they have a live radio show!
check out the links on the right to a link to the site for the live broadcast with call in lines and the pod casts of previous segments!
Supreme Court Hands Down Key Campaign Finance Decision– Repeals Unconstitutional Restrictions on Political Speech
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The time is approaching!
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Time for summer fun shooting that is….this year my goal is to attend a 3-gun event or a tactical shoot.
anyone want to join me?
for information check here.
CCRKBA URGES WA GUN OWNERS TO OPPOSE GUN BAN LEGISLATION; HEARING TUESDAY JAN. 26
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CCRKBA URGES WA GUN OWNERS TO OPPOSE GUN BAN LEGISLATION; HEARING TUESDAY JAN. 26
BELLEVUE, WA – Evergreen State gun owners are urged to contact their state senator, and if possible, plan to attend a hearing on Senate Bill 6396, the proposed ban on so-called “assault weapons” sponsored by Senators Adam Kline and Jeanne Kohl-Welles.
The public hearing is scheduled Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. in Hearing Room 1 of the John A. Cherberg Senate Office building, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms learned Thursday. “This is an unnecessary, and frankly useless, proposal that is aimed at the wrong people, and will accomplish nothing to reduce crime or prevent tragedies such as the murder of four Lakewood police officers last November,” said CCRKBA Legislative Director Joe Waldron. “It is important for all Washington State gun owners to contact their state senator on this issue.” Waldron noted that the Legislative Hotline number is 1-800-562-6000. “Messages to state senators should be brief, polite and on point,” Waldron added. “Gun owners should remind members of the Senate that none of the six police officers fatally shot in the line of duty last year were killed with a so-called ‘assault weapon.’ “Worse, still,” he continued, “are provisions that would allow warrantless searches of a citizen’s home to determine whether their semiautomatic sport-utility rifles are being properly stored. While there are no registration requirements in this bill, one is left to wonder how sheriff’s deputies would know which homes to visit without some roster of gun owners. “This is an insidious proposal,” Waldron concluded, “that smacks of ‘first-step’ theatrics. The ultimate goal of the bill’s sponsors is to register, and eventually eliminate, ownership of sport-utility rifles. Gun owners should stop this now.” With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425) 454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to InformationRequest@ccrkba.org.
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FEDS RESPOND TO FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT LAWSUIT MOTION TO DISMISS “EXPECTED”
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The MFFA declares that any firearms, ammunition or firearms accessories made and retained in Montana are not subject to federal regulation under the power given to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce “among the several states.” The MFFA is a states’ rights challenge on Tenth Amendment grounds, with firearms serving as the vehicle for the challenge.
This lawsuit to validate the MFFA was brought by the Montana Shooting Sports Association (MSSA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). The suit names U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as defendant, and is referred to as MSSA v. Holder.
The first response to the lawsuit by the United States is a Motion to Dismiss, submitted January 19th and considered to be a standard procedural maneuver in lawsuits against the U.S government . This motion seeks to avoid the legal merits by asserting that the Plaintiffs lack standing to sue, that a justiciable controversy does not exist, and that prevailing case law is against Plaintiffs.
MSSA President Gary Marbut, also a Plaintiff in the lawsuit explained, “The first import of this response is that the legal game is now on. There was some concern that the defendants would forfeit the game with no response in an effort to prevent this important issue from being adjudicated properly. We are now beyond that hurdle.” However, the Motion to Dismiss by Washington also seeks to sidestep proper adjudication.
SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb said, “We are disappointed but not surprised that the government would try to kill this suit on standing, rather than arguing about the merits of the case.”
The MFFA concept has gained traction across the Nation since its passage in Montana. Tennessee has enacted a clone of the MFFA, and other clones have been introduced in the state legislatures of 19 other states, including: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. . Ten or more additional states are expected to introduce yet more MFFA clones in the next few weeks. (See: http://www.FirearmsFreedomAct.com)
The U.S.’s Motion to Dismiss and Brief in Support are viewable at: http://FirearmsFreedomAct.com/montana-lawsuit-updates/
MSSA and SAF have assembled a litigation team for this effort consisting of three attorneys from Montana, one from New York, one from Florida and one from Arizona. Lead attorney for the Plaintiffs is Quentin Rhoades, partner the Missoula firm of Sullivan, Tabaracci and Rhoades. Other interested parties from both in and out of Montana are preparing to weigh in on this issue of national interest and national importance as amicus curiae (friends of the court).
Marbut commented, “The FFA concept has created a firestorm of interest nationwide. Lots of people and other states are watching carefully to see how Montana fares in this challenge to overbearing federal authority and to Washington’s attempt to control every detail of commerce in the Nation, especially including activity wholly confined within an individual state. That level of micro management certainly was not the intent of our founders when they gave Congress limited power in the Constitution to regulate commerce ‘among the states’.” (See: http://FirearmsFreedomAct.com/what-is-the-commerce-clause/)
MSSA is the primary political advocate for gun owners and hunters in Montana, having gotten 54 pro-gun and pro-hunting bills through the Montana Legislature in the past 25 years. SAF is a pro-gun foundation in Bellevue, Washington, established to press the rights of gun owners primarily in judicial fora. SAF has been a party to numerous lawsuits to assert the rights of gun owners across the Nation.
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Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009 – More Than 21 of the Worlds Standing Armies
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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Tags: Ammo SalesAmmo ShortageBackground ChecksFBIGun RetailersGun SalesGun ShopsNICS
USA Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009 – More Than 21 of the Worlds Standing Armies Combined
That is 14,033,824,000 billion+ rounds of Ammo..you think that is why we have an Ammo shortage?
Total NICS Gun Buyer Background Checks 2009
AmmoLand Gun News
Washington, DC --(AmmoLand.com)- Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the year reported 14,033,824 NICS Checks for the year of 2009, a 10 percent increase in gun purchases from the 12,709,023 reported in 2008.
So far that is roughly 14,000,000+ guns bought last year!
The total is probably more as many NICS background checks cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time by individuals.
To put it in perspective that is more guns than the combined active armies of the top 21 countries in the world. countries by number of troops
Of the NICS background checks preformed less than and average .005% were denied, showing, overwhelmingly, that law abiding American citizens are the ones buying guns and that criminals are getting their guns elsewhere.
14,033,824,000 billions rounds of Ammo
Assuming each gun buyer bought 1000 rounds of ammo for each purchase, and you and I know that it is way, way more than that, that would be easily 14,033,824,000+ billions rounds of ammo fired by USA gun owners.
What percent of people were killed or injured by this ammo…it is just to infinitesimally small for me to calculate?
Crime At Record Lows
This record year in firearms background checks show that Americans are solidly in-favor of exercising their civil right to Keep and Bear Arms.
In a year were crime has reached an all time record low what is plainly clear is that more guns equal LESS CRIME!
Countries By Number Of Troops: Source Wikipedia
| People’s Republic of China | 2,255,000 |
| United States | 1,473,900 |
| India | 1,414,000 |
| North Korea | 1,106,000 |
| Russia | 1,037,000 |
| Pakistan | 619,000 |
| South Korea | 687,000 |
| Iran | 545,000 |
| Turkey | 514,850 |
| Vietnam | 484,000 |
| Egypt | 450,000 |
| Myanmar | 428,250 |
| Indonesia | 400,000 |
| Brazil | 369,000 |
| Thailand | 306,600 |
| Syria | 296,000 |
| Republic of China | 290,000 |
| Colombia | 285,554 |
| Germany | 284,500 |
| Iraq | 273,618 |
| Sri Lanka | 266,700 |
| 13,785,972 |
| People’s Republic of China | 2,255,000 |
| United States | 1,473,900 |
| India | 1,414,000 |
| North Korea | 1,106,000 |
| Russia | 1,037,000 |
| Pakistan | 619,000 |
| South Korea | 687,000 |
| Iran | 545,000 |
| Turkey | 514,850 |
| Vietnam | 484,000 |
| Egypt | 450,000 |
| Myanmar | 428,250 |
| Indonesia | 400,000 |
| Brazil | 369,000 |
| Thailand | 306,600 |
| Syria | 296,000 |
| Republic of China | 290,000 |
| Colombia | 285,554 |
| Germany | 284,500 |
| Iraq | 273,618 |
| Sri Lanka | 266,700 |
This is an evaluation of overall firearms and ammunition purchases based on low end numbers per Federal NIC instacheck data base Statistics. The numbers presented are only PART of the overall numbers of arms and ammunition that have been sold.
The actual numbers are much higher.
Firearms Manufactures Working Hard To Keep Up
| People’s Republic of China | 2,255,000 |
| United States | 1,473,900 |
| India | 1,414,000 |
| North Korea | 1,106,000 |
| Russia | 1,037,000 |
| Pakistan | 619,000 |
| South Korea | 687,000 |
| Iran | 545,000 |
| Turkey | 514,850 |
| Vietnam | 484,000 |
| Egypt | 450,000 |
| Myanmar | 428,250 |
| Indonesia | 400,000 |
| Brazil | 369,000 |
| Thailand | 306,600 |
| Syria | 296,000 |
| Republic of China | 290,000 |
| Colombia | 285,554 |
| Germany | 284,500 |
| Iraq | 273,618 |
| Sri Lanka | 266,700 |