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Remember when Defense Distributed‘s Cody Wilson promised to unveil an entirely 3D-printed handgun made of ABS plastic with the firing pin its only metal part? Well, he’s apparently done it.Forbes‘s Andy Greenberg was given a sneak peek of the result, and it looks and appears to be quite an achievement. If all goes well, the plans will be unveiled at Defcad.org next week.
http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/03/that-3d-printed-handgun-youve-been-waitiRemember when Defense Distributed‘s Cody Wilson promised to unveil an entirely... more
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The shooting of an innocent, unarmed elderly Bronx man by a cop who was trying to turn on a pistol-mounted flashlight is at least the second accidental police shooting in the US involving that same flashlight model.
But unlike Saturday’s shooting of 76-year-old Jose Colon — who survived a cop’s bullet to the stomach — an unarmed Texas man died Oct. 13 under what reportedly were strikingly similar circumstances involving the Surefire X300 flashlight.
The family of that dead man, suspected drug dealer Michael Anthony Alcala, is now suing the city of Plano for negligence in the shooting, where a cop claimed he inadvertently fired instead of turning on the flashlight as intended.
A New York firearms expert today criticized the use of pistol-mounted flashlights, saying they complicate what is already a stressful situation for cops pointing guns.
"A handgun should be a handgun, and a flashlight should be a flashlight," said firearms instructor Kenneth Cooper, who was an expert witness for one of the NYPD officers acquitted for the 1999 shooting of unarmed Bronx man Amadou Diallou.
"When you put a flashlight on a weapon system, there are numerous things that you have to manipulate, and under stress, things are more difficult," Cooper said. "I don’t like flashlights on guns, I never did. I personally don’t see the necessity . . . a flashlight to me is an unnecessary hazard."
Derek McDonald, Surefire’s vice president of marketing, said the Plano shooting was the first time time the company had heard a claim that one of its flashlights played a role in a cop firing his gun accidentally until The Post notified him of the Colon case. McDonald also noted that Surefire has sold such products since the late 1980s.
"Our product is safe, has been proven safe," McDonald said. "Used in a safe manner, it doesn’t lead to accidents. It prevents misidentification and saves police lives."
Colon was shot during a drug raid early Saturday in his Soundview apartment when Emergency Services Officer Andrew McCormack tried to turn on the Surefire X300 flashlight mounted underneath the barrel of his Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol, and instead pulled the gun’s trigger, sources said.
The light is turned on by pushing one of two switches in front of the trigger guard.
Colon was unarmed and not charged with a crime. But cops busted his 41-year-old son, Alberto, for heroin possession.
The elderly Colon, who once worked for state Sen. Ruben Diaz as a supervisor in a home-attendant program, was recovering yesterday in Jacobi Hospital, where he had been visited Saturday by both Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Kelly had no immediate comment when asked whether the NYPD will continue using the weapon.
In the Texas case, an undercover narcotics police sergeant drew his pistol on drug suspect Alcala in a dark parking lot on Oct. 13, and tried to turn on his Surefire X300 flashlight on, according to a story in the Dallas Morning News.
But instead of turning on the light, the cop accidentally fired the gun, killing Alcala.
Plano police have said they don’t believe the flashlight was a problem
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/flashlight_shooting_case_unarmed_Cr6BWTKvpmFpwKOazZxnnL#ixzz1C1taEzXxThe shooting of an innocent, unarmed elderly Bronx man by a cop who was trying to turn... more
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So how easy is it for someone with little experience with firearms to actually pick up a gun and start shooting zombies in the head? The guys from RoosterTeeth have decided to try it out. Here’s the result.So how easy is it for someone with little experience with firearms to actually pick up... more
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What toy truck? David Spates shows footage from and talks about The robbery at the Bellagio Casino in Las vegas.What toy truck? David Spates shows footage from and talks about The robbery at the... more
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Michael, the cousin of YouTube user grtwhthunter4, was born without arms. He's overcome many obstacles and in this video he shows us how he shoots his gun. He's able to shoot his 1911 .45 ACP handgun with only his feet! You should really watch this video. It's amazing! He's definitely an inspiration. He's an awesome guy who has learned to do many things people with arms haven't even achieved! He's even skydived!Michael, the cousin of YouTube user grtwhthunter4, was born without arms. He's... more
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Conor Knighton's investigation reveals that TV hunting shows evidently believe children are their future; teach them well (how to shoot a rifle) and let them lead the way (so you're not hit by crossfire). In order to reach the next generation of hunters, Conor discovers that networks such as Versus, the Sportsman Channel, the Outdoor Channel and the Pursuit Channel have turned to an unlikely approach: rap music. Whether it's "Turkey Thugs" or "Huntin' The World Southern Style," this is your chance to see some quality firearm-themed free styling.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV, now shot live in front of a studio audience. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 11/10c on Current TV.
Go to http://current.com/infomania for more, and make sure to check out our Facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania.Conor Knighton's investigation reveals that TV hunting shows evidently believe... more
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In this week's "Viral Video Film School," Brett Erlich gives a quick pop quiz: is this man more interested in singing Lionel Richie's "Hello" or waving his gun around?
Viral Video Film School is a recurring segment on the weekly television show infoMania. In each episode of VVFS, Professor Brett Erlich teaches you valuable skills in the discipline of Viral Video making. So sit down, take notes, and try not to piss him off. For more Brett visit http://current.com/viral-video-film-school-im/ and Current TV.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Erin Gibson, Ben Hoffman, Bryan Safi and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://facebook.com/infomania.In this week's "Viral Video Film School," Brett Erlich gives a quick... more
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Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy canceled a Senate hearing on the ‘free to carry’ amendment, according to a letter obtained by the Huffington Post.
Thune has been working with the Judiciary Committee over the last several months to schedule a hearing for the bill, but at the request of various Republicans on the committee, it was delayed.
The hearing had been rescheduled for Thursday — a day after the full Senate will have voted on it.
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the committee, is clearly annoyed at the slight from Thune, and took the step of voicing his displeasure in a “Dear John” letter.
In the letter, Leahy seems annoyed that Sen. Thune would attach the amendment to a completely unrelated bill.
“After all our efforts to accommodate your request, I now see that you have decided to bring S.845 as amendment number 1618 to the Department of Defense Authorization bill, S.l390, and not wait for a hearing,” he wrote.
“The hearing, now being irrelevant, is canceled,” concluded Leahy.
Update: 400 U.S. mayors sign letter urging defeat of concealed handgun amendment.Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy canceled a Senate hearing on the ‘free to... more
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From the article..."A US Marine was arrested today at Logan International Airport after federal airport screeners discovered a gun, bomb-making materials, and ammunition in his checked baggage, State Police and Transportation Security Administration officials said.
Corporal Justin Reed, 22, of Jacksonville, N.C., was booked on US Airways Flight 877 to Charlotte, N.C., said TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis. She said Reed had arrived on a flight from Las Vegas this morning.
TSA screeners in Terminal B called State Police at 7:10 a.m. after a screen discovered the following items in his checked baggage: a locked handgun box containing a semi-automatic handgun, a fully loaded gun magazine, several boxes of 9 mm and 7.62 mm ammunition, three model rocket engines containing an explosive mixture, military pull-type fuses, switches, electronics kit boxes with various components, and a hand grenade fuse assembly with detonator.
Reed was charged with possession of an infernal machine and possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport. He was booked at the State Police barracks at Logan and held in lieu of $50,000 bail. He will be arraigned at East Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday.
Davis said it is legal to have a firearm in checked baggage but that it must be declared to security officials. The passenger in this case had not declared the weapon, she said. Davis said all checked baggage on domestic flights is required to be screened by TSA on originating flights.
Reed's bags had to be screened again at Logan because baggage handlers inadvertently routed them to baggage claim instead of onto his connecting flight to Charlotte. Typically bags are not rescreened during a layover, she said.
Davis said TSA was "actively investigating" why the gun and explosive materials were not detected during the screening in Las Vegas.From the article..."A US Marine was arrested today at Logan International Airport... more
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court. The media have been suggesting all year that after all its splintered, contentious decisions in 2007, the Supreme Court's conservative majority has been working hard to find some common ground with the liberals and to just get along better for the good of the country. The story line seemed to hold up all term, as the court issued one 6-3 or 7-1 decision after another. But today, the court issued a whopper of a 5-4 decision that split entirely on ideological grounds. Saving the biggest case for last, the court ended the term by releasing its opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the court upheld a lower court ruling invalidating the District’s strict ban on handgun ownership.
The case was unusual in large part because the court hasn’t ruled on a Second Amendment case in 70 years, but also because the Solicitor General—the legal arm of the Bush administration at the court—supported the District, while the Vice President entered into the case on his own to recommend overturning the city’s gun ban. During the oral arguments in the spring, the justices spent a great deal of time mulling over whether early settlers in this country would have needed guns to protect themselves from grizzly bears or for hunting, a sign that the right to bear arms extended beyond the well-regulated militia identified in the language of the Second Amendment. So it’s no surprise that hunting figures prominently in the majority opinion, written by Justice Scalia, who has, of course, spent a great deal of time hunting with the vice president.
Scalia suggests that the District and its supporters (including Justice Stevens, at whom he makes several caustic digs) are foolish to think that the right to bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment applies only to a military context, given how much hunting those drafters of the Constitution did. He writes, “[I]f “bear arms” means, as the petitioners and the dissent think, the carrying of arms only for military purposes, one simply cannot add “for the purpose of killing game.” The right “to carry arms in the militia for the purpose of killing game” is worthy of the mad hatter. Thus, these purposive qualifying phrases positively establish that “to bear arms” is not limited to military use.”
In his dissent, Justice Stephen Breyer points out that nothing in the District’s handgun ban would have infringed upon city residents’ ability to go hunting. Indeed, unless they really intend to use handguns to shoot rats and pigeons in the alley, D.C. residents have to leave town to find game worth killing anyway. But the practical concerns of the District didn’t carry much weigh with Scalia, who not only struck down the handgun ban, but also found that requiring guns in the home to have trigger locks was also unconstitutional.
..................more at link................. court. The media have been suggesting all year that after all its splintered,... more
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Sales have quadrupled since the start of the offer. Max Motors in Butler, Missouri was offended when Obama said "All those people in the Midwest, you've got to have compassion for them because they're clinging to their guns and their Bibles"Sales have quadrupled since the start of the offer. Max Motors in Butler, Missouri was... more
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"The state Supreme Court dealt a final blow Wednesday to San Francisco's voter-approved ban on handguns, rejecting the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms.
The court's unanimous order was a victory for the National Rifle Association, which sued on behalf of gun owners, advocates and dealers a day after the measure passed with 58 percent of the vote in November 2005. The initiative has never taken effect.
The ordinance, Proposition H, would have forbidden San Francisco residents to possess handguns, exempting only law enforcement officers and others who needed guns for professional purposes. It would have also prohibited the manufacture, sale or distribution of any type of firearms or ammunition in San Francisco."
[more in the actual article]
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A pod I made about second amendment rights, including some interesting statistics from the FBI.A pod I made about second amendment rights, including some interesting statistics from... more
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