Dean Weingarten has a good find at Ammoland.
Judge Eduardo Ramos, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has issued an Opinion & Order that a ban on stun guns is constitutional. A New York State law prohibits the private possession of stun guns and tasers; a New York City law prohibits the possession and selling of stun guns. Judge Ramos has ruled these laws do not infringe on rights protected by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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This American Rifleman article goes into some depth on the progression of the fight, more so than any history I have seen. I found this rundown on the use of fowling pieces interesting.
In 1770s New England, the dominant civilian arm used for hunting and militia service was the fowler, so named because such arms could be loaded with shot and used for hunting fowl or other small game. Additionally, fowlers could also be loaded and fired with larger round balls when hunting medium-size game or being used for militia service. To facilitate the use of both shot and ball, fowlers had smooth bores instead of rifled bores, a configuration that not only allowed for various kinds of ammunition but was also significantly easier, and therefore less expensive, to produce. Civilian fowling pieces, due to their commercial and personal nature, varied widely in terms of their configuration, barrel length and bore size. Guns being used for militia service were required to have a certain barrel length (noted in some records as being at least 36”) to account for the fact that soldiers firing in a rear rank would require a gun long enough to reach past the men in the front rank without endangering them. Many New England fowlers of the period had extraordinarily long barrels, too, with some of them reaching 55” or more in length. Bore sizes varied, too, with guns ranging from below .50 caliber and exceeding .80 caliber, in some cases. Generally speaking, most New England fowlers had bore sizes around .62 caliber, and many recovered musket balls fired on April 19 are of a size that suggest they were fired from .62-cal. muzzleloaders.
Shotguns have always been a part of warfare ever since the invention of fowlers.
“Many of them will be lies.” Not all of them. How many? How many are true? What did you do, David? What crimes did you commit, or what malfeasance are you guilty of? What are you trying to cover up by changing the subject and throwing money around to primary incumbents?
This would never have occurred to me. If I feel that my BCG is malfunctioning, I just buy another. Rebuilding the one I’ve got never occurred to me. Then again, I’ve never been to School of the American Rifle.
Reuters is mischaracterizing this a bit. The SCOTUS rejected an interlocutory appeal, not certiorari of the final case. I think GOA will have to ask for en banc review now before appeal to the supreme court.https://t.co/zZ4s3r7Ziy
But it’s just an excuse. They’re cowardly and don’t want to deal with it. They also don’t want to deal with the Snope AR ban case from Maryland or any other state.
I understand that there may be other issues at play here. For example, Thomas and Alito may not be allowing this to be taken up on certiorari because they know they don’t have the votes and they don’t want to set bad precedent. After all, the great libertarian Gorsuch hinted during the bump stock ban case that congress should make them illegal.
Either way, this continues the cowardly behavior of the court. The priests in black robes aren’t all that, are they? They’re scared of their own shadows.
Laura Lancaster has done a remarkable job of listing literally every water filter known to man, along with whether it will filter just bacteria and protozoa or it will also filter viruses. And she has tested them too, and lists current prices with pros and cons along the way.
My job here isn’t just to wax on about nothing, because honestly you probably don’t care much what I think anyway.
But from time to time I can pass good information on to you. Actually, I’m blogging on this so I can retain it for my records. The next time I buy a water filter for hunting or backpacking, I’ll refer back to this.
We were all expecting a new release from S&W after they committed to the lever gun market. The .45-70 is a good choice, but I still want my 500 S&W Magnum.
Also, I would like to see this in walnut furniture. Release that model and I may consider buying it.
Of course, Federal didn’t name this cartridge the “Competition LaserBeam.” They named it the “Backcountry,” and their current offerings all feature hunting bullets rather than match-grade pills. It’s obviously meant for hunting applications, and in that context, barrel life matters far less. Hunters may never shoot 2,000 rounds with a rifle, even if they use it every season for their entire lives. There are better options for competition shooters, but the Backcountry is meant for the field.
Okay, but wait a minute.
Many guys still have their father’s or even grandfather’s Marlin 30-30, mild recoiling and medium muzzle velocity, that has shot way more rounds than that through their barrels, and because of the mild velocity the rifle still works like a charm. It can be used today for deer hunting, and if kept in good condition, can be turned over to their sons for use with the same type of hunting.
Gun lifetime matters. And that’s one reason I will probably avoid something like the 7mm Backcountry. The chamber pressure and muzzle velocity are a bit too high for my tastes.
