What would you think about a brand-new bolt-action hunting rifle from Ruger that weighs only 6.25 pounds, has a user-adjustable trigger, shoots minute of angle with factory ammunition, and carries a recommended retail price of only $449? Sounds pretty good, right?
Well, it's here right now. It's called the Ruger American Rifle, and it's about as different from any of Ruger's previous bolt-action rifles as you can get.
Available both in long-action and short-action configurations, the Ruger American Rifle is initially being offered in .30-06, .270 Winchester, .308 Winchester, and .243 Winchester; more chamberings will soon follow. Unlike Ruger's legendary 43-year-old Model 77 and newer Hawkeye series bolt-action guns, the Ruger American's fully enclosed receiver is drilled and tapped for Winchester Model 70 scope mounts, and a set of Weaver No. 46 crosscut bases is included with each gun. That's right, no Ruger rings.The American Rifle also has the new Ruger Marksman Adjustable 3- to 5-pound user-adjustable trigger, a two-position tang safety, a fast-locktime fire-control mechanism, a detachable rotary magazine, and a lightweight synthetic stock with a patent-pending free-float bedding system. It isn't your daddy's Ruger bolt gun.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Ruger American Rifle Review - Shooting Times
I subscribe to the KISS concept wholeheartedly. A pairing of both a revolver and pump rifle in .357 or .45 is a perfect set to someone like me. That's actually a tough set to put together from just one manufacturer.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Firearms industry jobs up 30 percent from 2008 to 2011
So, America is less interested in firearms than ever, but gun ownership, industry jobs, and even carry permits are on the rise? Hoplophobic fearmongers continue to push the same old tired anti-gun/anti-right propaganda, despite being outright wrong.
A Gander Mountain employee demonstrates a self-defense training simulation at the store's new Gander Mountain Academy...
Original Page: http://www.topix.net/guns/2012/04/firearms-industry-jobs-up-30-percent-from-2008-to-2011?fromrss=1
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
"Stand Your Ground" Laws: Self-Defense or License to Kill?
Featuring Clayton E. Cramer, Historian, Co-author, Cato study, Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens; Massad Ayoob, Firearms Trainer, author of In the Gravest Extreme; Steven Jansen, Vice President, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute.I didn't even notice Ayoob on the roster when I started listening to the podcast, but upon listening to the presenters realize that this is a very well-balanced and informed line-up. Most arguments revolving around the Martin/Zimmerman case lately have been emotionally-driven, based on opinions rather than facts. This presentation should be viewed by anyone who is forming an opinion over that case, or of self-defense rights in general, in order to better education the populace on law and common sense.
Since the tragic shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Florida's Stand Your Ground law has come under intense scrutiny. Florida governor Rick Scott is presently forming a task force to reexamine that state's law. Critics argue that such laws have led to shootouts over petty disputes and have hampered police investigations with a sweeping grant of legal immunity. Supporters of the Stand Your Ground law say it does not apply to the Martin case and that such laws merely protect those who use a firearm in self-defense from prosecution and financially ruinous litigation. Join us for a discussion of what these laws actually cover and what has happened in the 24 states that have enacted them since 2005.
"Stand Your Ground" Laws: Self-Defense or License to Kill? | Cato Institute: Policy Forum
Monday, April 23, 2012
SAF Sues New Mexico!
SAF filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on behalf of John W. Jackson, an Australian citizen who came to the United States with his wife, an American citizen, in 2007. He obtained permanent resident status in November 2008. They are represented by Albuquerque attorney Paul M. Kienzle, III and Glen Ellyn, Illinois attorney David Sigale. Named as defendants in the case, in their official capacities, are New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and Bill Hubbard, director of the Special Investigations of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
"Legal resident aliens in the United States should have the same personal protection rights as anyone," noted SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, "because criminals do not play favorites. Mr. Jackson is a productive member of his community, and his plight is shared by many legal alien residents."
According to the SAF complaint, the laws of New Mexico completely prohibit resident legal aliens from the concealed carry of guns, in public, for the purpose of self-defense. In New Mexico, only citizens may have the benefit of an armed defense by concealed carry.
"Our lawsuit is firmly grounded in the recognition and incorporation of the Second Amendment that came with our Supreme Court victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago," Gottlieb noted. "We also believe the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause renders the State's ban on non-citizens obtaining a concealed carry permit to be unconstitutional. Mr. Jackson and others like him only seek to be treated the same as law-abiding citizens. The Second Amendment renders a ban such as that challenged in our action to be impermissible.
"We just won a similar case in Massachusetts," he said, "and we will pursue this case with equal vigor."
The lawsuit seeks to enjoin King and Hubbard from further enforcing the state ban on the issuance of concealed carry permits to non-citizens, and to declare that the law is null and void because it violates the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms, and the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. In addition to the landmark McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court Case, SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; New Orleans; Chicago and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers and numerous amicus briefs holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Bank of America Tells Firearms Mfg to Hit the Road
McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing and McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with Bank of America for 12 years. But no more: In a recent meeting, the mega-bank told the firearms company that its business is no longer welcome.
Operations director Kelly McMillan told the Daily Caller that his company has never been late on a payment and has never bounced a check. The debt outstanding on its line of credit is at 61 percent.
But at the bank’s request, he said, the McMillan group of companies would soon be paying off its credit line and closing its accounts.
Writing Thursday on Facebook, McMillan described a meeting at his office with Ray Fox, a business banking Senior Vice President with the giant bank. What was originally scheduled as an “account analysis” meeting, however, quickly became a political smackdown.
The Bank of America emissary, he said, “spent 5 minutes talking about how McMillan has changed in the last 5 years and have become more of a firearms manufacturer than a supplier of accessories.”
“At this point I interrupted him,” McMillan said, and asked, ‘Can I possibly save you some time so that you don’t waste your breath? What you are going to tell me is that because we are in the firearms manufacturing business you no longer what my business.’”
Fox’s reply, according to McMillan? “That is correct.”Bank of America does not support citizens' Second Amendment rights, but they have an entire division set up to support our military volunteers, though it is more anti-military through it's effort to prey on those volunteers. I am starting to think that division is a token, and that a boycott by citizens and soldiers alike could make a huge impact on the bank as it continues it's slide into the abyss.
McMillan told The DC that he plans to move his company’s account to “a more Second Amendment-friendly bank” as soon as it can be done.I think that this sentiment needs to spread throughout the firearms industry, and individuals who support the Second Amendment.
He recalls telling the bank executive that he planned to tell the National Rifle Association, Safari Club International, and his other gun-loving friends “that Bank of America is not firearms-industry-friendly.”
“You have to do what you must” was Fox’s reply, he said. “We have to assess the risk of doing business with a firearms related industry.”
The McMillan group of companies may have the last laugh: It is considering no longer accepting Bank of America credit cards for purchases.Given the widespread success of the Starbucks buycott, I think that McMillan could help spearhead the effort to show the nation that some companies are opposed to the Second Amendment and
Thursday, April 12, 2012
George Zimmerman Arrested
Read More...The Trayvon Martin case reached a critical turning point on Wednesday when George Zimmerman was arrested and charged for murder.
Zimmerman shot Martin, an unarmed seventeen-year old, dead in late February. Martin's death and the controversial police handling of the case have sparked national outrage and calls for his arrest. The tragedy has become a national story, and continues to dominate the headlines as new developments emerge.
After spending weeks in hiding, Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder on Wednesday. He is now in police custody as he awaits a trial.
This case really stinks. With the media twisting the story to encourage public opinions based on race rather than fact, I don't expect to find an unbiased jury easily. It seems that those making the most noise are doing so to increase their own face time and misguided sense of judgement, rater than to come to productive ends through law.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Man claims self-defense in deadly Central Florida shooting
Not about the incident that YOU think it's about. :rofl
Quote:
LEESBURG, Fla. — Lake County Sheriff's officials say a man may have been acting in self-defense when he shot and killed a 27-year-old house guest at his central Florida home.
Investigators say 21-year-old Jakob Penrod shot Gregory Gayle during a fight on Saturday night. Gayle, who was engaged to Penrod's sister, had been staying at the home for about three weeks.
The Orlando Sentinel (Stand your ground: Man shot and killed after fight at Leesburg home. - Orlando Sentinel ) reports sheriff's investigators say it appears the shooting happened in self-defense, according to evidence gathered at the scene. Penrod was not arrested.
I guess the media didn't have any leverage to play the racist card in this case...
Man claims self-defense in deadly central Florida shooting | The Republic
Authorities say Gayle was taken to an Orlando hospital where he died Sunday. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
The case has been referred to the state attorney's office for review. Florida's so-called stand your ground law allows deadly force if someone feels threatened.
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