Wednesday Weapons Website of the Week: Alan Korwin

Korwin is a prolific legal author, but he also blogs on guns and gun-laws. We recommend his blog in particular for his analyses of ATF and OIG reports on the background check system currently in place, and what happens in the case of denials (usually, it turns out, nothing). For example, somewhere between 8% and …

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Colorado Freedom Event Saturday

Ladies and gents, especially our Centennial State readers, here’s the latest from Magpul: ATTENTION COLORADO! Come on out and join the festivities at Infinity Park in Glendale, CO, this Saturday, June 29, celebrating FREEDOM on the last weekend before the unconstitutional mag ban takes effect, and get your last shot at purchasing PMAGs. We’ll be …

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Zombie Targets court controversy — and sales.

They’re popular now, but you have to love this particular one: Heh. There’s another that some of his adherents think looks like Al Sharpton. Naturally certain folks are outraged over both “Al” and the “Gun Control Lobbyist” (would they like him better as a “Goldman Sachs Banker”? Or an “MSNBC host”? Probably not). These targets …

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The Midnight Ride of Metadata

We have heard a lot of opinions about Snowden’s leak over the last few weeks. One that keeps coming up is that, for all the money that NSA has spent capturing literally everything to go over the internet and telephone networks, they didn’t get much bang for their buck. Put another way, since they have …

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Breaking: Charges for NRA T-Shirt dropped

The 14-year-old who was attacked by a phalanx of officialdom for wearing an NRA t-shirt in Logan, WV, Jared Marcum, has been vindicated yesterday with a complete dismissal of all charges. Charlo Green, a feisty TV reporter who saw herself reporting on being thrown out of court and threatened with a contempt arrest by out-of-control …

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Beretta: Not expanding in MD, or to WV or RI

Beretta still has a short list (which company executives not released) of seven companies for possible expansion, but General Counsel Jeff Reh has revealed this week three states that are ruled out: their current base of Maryland, adjacent West Virginia, and Rhode Island. The names of the seven possible states are subject of a great …

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Shannon Richardson Indicted

Evil Black Rifle. Check. Swimsuit. Check. Bat Guano Crazy Chick. Double check! While her defense appears to be preparing a Hail Mary insanity plea — asking the judge for a psych eval on the asserted grounds that she’s too Looney Tunes to assist in her own defense — the bit-part actress who sought to expedite …

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It’ll be Sunday all day

Hope you’re enjoying yourself. We are. This entry was posted in Administrivia on June 30, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose Former Special Forces 11B2S, later 18B, weapons man. (Also served in intelligence and operations jobs in SF). Kevin O’BrienKevin was a former Special Forces weapons man (MOS 18B, before the 18 series, 11B with Skill …

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TSA goes from bad to worse

AZ Central covers a TSA Cover-up Investigation. Not the kind of cover up that Napolitano’s Ninja Numbnutses were really looking for. Short version: a senior TSA manager, whose identity they’re still keeping secret, blundered into a security checkpoint with his (loaded) gun still in his briefcase. (Wait. Who said these clowns were supposed to have guns?) …

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