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Carry Caliber Poll Results

It would appear that .45 ACP is the favorite carry caliber, followed closely by 9mm and .38 Special/.357 Magnum/.357 SIG coming in third, with .40 S&W coming in a distant fourth.

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! A new poll will be put up shortly.

Here is a look at the raw data:

PERCENT VOTES  CALIBER

0%   0      Larger than .50 (ouch!)
0%   0     .25 ACP
.728%   1     .22 S/L/LR/Magnum
.728%   1     .41 Magnum
1.46%   2      Some other caliber I left out.
2.19%   3     .44 Special/.44 Magnum
2.19%   3     .45 LC/.410 GA
5.11%   7     .380 ACP/9mm Short
13.1%   18    .40 S&W/10mm
19.7%   27    .38 Special/.357 Magnum/.357 Sig
26.3%   36     9mm
28.5%   39    .45 ACP (Yeah!)

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More on SPAM

I’ve installed a new plug-in called WP-SpamFree in an attempt to control the automated comment and trackback spam I’ve been getting. Seriously, I’ve been deleting literally dozens of spams a day, and it’s gotten a little bit aggravating. Akismet is/was catching it all for me just fine, but I still have to check and see if it’s caught a real comment by mistake, it has happened.

I’ve had it.

I’m not interested in cheap pharmaceuticals, airplane tickets, dating, porn (of every description - use your imagination) or warez, to name just a few.

WP-SpamFree requires the use of JavaScript (not Java) and cookies, so if you have those disabled you may run into problems.

Please contact me if you are having problems commenting at ‘therealgunguy (at) gmail (dot) com’.

UPDATE: I am also starting to ban IP’s of the spam that does make it through. So far this has resulted in 1 proxy server (notrack.org) being banned.

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Lie-in’s are for Liars

CCRKBA SAYS APRIL 16 ‘LIE-INS’ ARE FOR LYIN’ ANTI-GUNNERS

BELLEVUE, WA – On Wednesday, when America marks the April 16 anniversary of the Virginia Tech tragedy, the anti-gun-rights lobby will stage so-called “Lie-Ins” for the purpose of “lyin’ to the American public about how to prevent such crimes,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Seung Hui Cho murdered 32 students and teachers who could not defend themselves because Virginia Tech and hundreds of other college and university campuses are “gun-free zones” where law-abiding students and faculty have been legislatively or administratively disarmed and deliberately left defenseless.

“Gun control fanatics will use this event to lobby for gun show legislation, waiting periods and whatever else they think the public wants to hear,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “when in fact, Virginia Tech is the text book example of how stringent gun laws utterly fail to prevent such shootings, and exacerbate them by making it impossible for the victims to fight back and defend themselves.

“Gun grabbers suggest that closing a mythical ‘gun show loophole’ will prevent such crimes,” he noted, “but Cho didn’t purchase his guns at a gun show. He bought both pistols at gunshops, after passing background checks and waiting the mandatory 30 days between purchases. Steven Kazmierczak, the Northern Illinois University shooter, bought all of his guns at one gun shop. He passed background checks and had a required Firearms Owners Identification Card. These killers obeyed every applicable law – laws pushed by the gun ban lobby – yet they now tell us that these laws weren’t enough. Their laws failed. Their entire philosophy has been a monumental failure. It is time for America to turn its back on this dangerously deceptive ideology.

“The real tragedy,” said Gottlieb, co-author of America Fights Back: Armed Self-Defense in a Violent Age, “is that some people believe the fairy tale that gun-free zones and restrictive gun laws will keep them safe when past events prove otherwise. Anti-gunners tell America that more gun laws, in a nation where citizens already are drowning in local, state and federal gun laws, will somehow discourage determined, suicidal killers.

“Ultimately,” he concluded, “these people think the Second Amendment is a ‘loophole.’ They exploit tragedies like Virginia Tech to push for unilateral victim disarmament. Yes, we should remember Virginia Tech, and take sensible steps to prevent such crimes in the future. We must make it possible for people to fight back.”

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Anti-Rights Bigot Caught Lyon

Anti-rights bigot Cliff Lyon attempts to take Alan Korwin to task for his statement: “Guns save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.” The title of his post being “Gun Advocates Lie While People Die.”

To save you the trouble, here’s what he has to say:

Hi Alan,I just saw you on C-Span giving a talk on April 8th 2008.You said, “Guns save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.”

You said this after describing a situation in which a women killed her intruder.

I think this claim needs to be fully explored for veracity because if it is true, we gun control advocates will need to take pause.

If on the other hand, this statement is off by say 99.9%, then it is arguably a lie. As a non-fiction writer, your moral and ethical integrity are in question.

I’ve posted this e-mail on our blog so that you may defend your statement publicly. Please go there to respond.

Thanks
Cliff

This is the beauty of the internet. Unsupportable public comments and the people who make them can be taken to task and a permanent record established.

Fortunately, because of OneUtah’s very high search engine ranking, this post will soon be returned on the first page of a search on Alan Korwin.

I hope he will address our concerns responsibly.

This is indeed the beauty of the internet Cliff, so people can not only see your pathetic attempt to smear a good man, but see him respond, and you get totally pwned in the process by people who rely on facts and statistics instead of blind emotion.

Way to go Cliff, you jackass, let us know when you want another spanking.

(h/t) Of Arms and the Law

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NSSF Responds to Bloomberg

Firearms Industry Responds to Mayoral Gun Summit

Monday April 14, 7:00 pm ET

NEWTOWN, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at a meeting of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition he founded, announced today the Responsible Firearms Retail Partnership program with Wal-Mart. The retailer has agreed to retain records of purchasers of firearms that are later traced by law enforcement for reasons never disclosed to Wal-Mart. The retailer also agreed to run background checks on its employees handling firearms.

Commenting on today’s announcement the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the firearms industry’s trade association – said the partnership’s name gives the false impression that federally licensed firearms dealers are somehow irresponsible. “Today’s announcement reflects Mayor Bloomberg’s troubling ignorance and misunderstanding of what can – and cannot – be gleaned from data of guns recovered by law enforcement and traced from the manufacturer to the first retailer purchaser,” said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) maintain this trace data.

Read the whole thing at the linked heading in the quote.

…and yes, Wal-mart still sucks! Feel free to use this (cheesy) image I made if you want.

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I would have thought more…

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It’s Buy A Gun Day Once More

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