November 2021 – Scattered Shots

Ninth Circuit upheld California’s ban on magazines

I honestly have no idea why anyone cares what these people say is law anymore. But for you still too afraid to live free. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6289/attachments/original/1638294836/Duncan_v_Bonta_En_Banc_Opinion.pdf?1638294836

NRA IRS 990 For 2020

Originally posted on NRA in Danger:
The NRA’s IRS Form 990 for 2020 is now online. There are some things that are note worthy. Despite all the claims that NRA is doing well (in the bankruptcy suit LaPierre claimed that finances were the best they’d been in years), revenues fell even farther, from $291 million…

Background Checks Top 687,000 During Black Friday ‘Week’ • NSSF

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) processed 687,788 background checks during the week leading up to and including Black Friday. FBI’s NICS recorded 187,585 on Black Friday alone, ranking it among the Top 10 Highest DaysContinue reading “Background Checks Top 687,000 During Black Friday ‘Week’ • NSSF”

Radian Weapons AFTERBURNER + RAMJET – Micro Compensator and Barrel

The Radian Afterburner™ and Ramjet™ introduce industry-leading recoil reduction while fitting into a conceal carry platform and are compatible with GLOCK® G19 pistols. Welcome to the next evolution of handgun performance. At just .47″ long, the Radian Afterburner(TM) offers unprecedented performance in a micro-compensator and is more effective than the majority of full-size compensators on the market.Continue reading “Radian Weapons AFTERBURNER + RAMJET – Micro Compensator and Barrel”

Theft of 44 firearms from an L.A. gun store exploded into an LAPD scandal

This is a great article you got to read about The King’s Men in California buying and selling stolen guns and how little punishment there has ben for it. Long excerpt below. Click the link for the entire thing. How the theft of 44 firearms from an L.A. gun store exploded into an LAPD scandalNOV.Continue reading “Theft of 44 firearms from an L.A. gun store exploded into an LAPD scandal”

Japanese destroyer under attack by B-25 bombers

Japanese destroyer escort under air attack from US B-25s off the coast of Indochina, bodies of her crew and ship wreckage litter the deck and water, 13 April 1945

1920s Vintage Repeating Double Barrel Shotgun

I’ve been intrigued by this design ever since I saw it on the cover of a 1977 issue of American Rifleman. In the 1920s, French inventor Charles Auguste Théodore Levé began patenting designs for magazine-fed variants of the Darne sliding breech side-by-side. One even held four shells in reserve, two for each barrel. Belgian gunmakerContinue reading “1920s Vintage Repeating Double Barrel Shotgun”

The Biden Crackdown On Thought Crimes

Authored by Jim Bovard, The Biden administration is seeking to radically narrow the boundaries of respectable American political thought. The administration has repeatedly issued statements and reports that could automatically castigate citizens who distrust the federal government. We may eventually learn that the new Biden guidelines spurred a vast increase in federal surveillance and other abusesContinue reading “The Biden Crackdown On Thought Crimes”

Top. Men.Paid Informants $548 Million In Recent Years With Many Committing Authorized Crimes

By Adam Andrzejewski, CEO/Founder of OpenTheBooks.com; originally posted in Forbes Federal agencies paid out at least $548 million to informants working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), in recent years, according to government audits. Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com compiledContinue reading “Top. Men.Paid Informants $548 Million In Recent Years With Many Committing Authorized Crimes”

We Don’t Talk About Collapse To Revel In It, We Talk About Collapse To Prevent It

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, If one possible result of the current system is collapse, realizing the system itself must be changed isn’t doom-and-gloom, it’s problem-solving. Those of us who discuss collapse are generally dismissed as doom-and-gloomers, the equivalent of people who watch dash-cam videos of vehicle crashes all day, reveling inContinue reading “We Don’t Talk About Collapse To Revel In It, We Talk About Collapse To Prevent It”