M1A Kaboom

Apparently a guy was out sighting in his M1A rifle and suffered a catastrophic kaboom. He survived with a little blood loss and got to keep all of his fingers, luckily, but the rifle is a total loss.

Go read the whole thing, I recommend it, but long story short, it appears the barrel was made with substandard steel, improperly heat treated, and it just gave way after cracks in the barrel got big enough so it could no longer take the pressure.

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Chicago, Chicago…

So, how’s that gun ban working out for you?

I’m not saying the outcome would be different, but at least the victims would have had a legal option for their own defence. As it is now, the only ones with guns in Chicago are cops and criminals… What logical reason can there be for keeping law abiding citizens from owning firearms? How would crime increase? The criminals already have their guns.

Three people who were found fatally shot inside their house after an apparent home invasion in west suburban Darien, Ill., Tuesday morning have been identified, MyFoxChicago.com reported.

Police Chief Robert Pavelchic said the victims were Jeffrey Kramer, 50, Lori Kramer, 48, and their son, Michael Kramer, 20. Pavelchic also said three other people were inside the home at the time of the shooting: a daughter, a son and another woman whose relationship to the family is not yet known.

At 2:59 a.m. police received a call from the daughter, who is believed to be in her early 20s, inside the house. She was hiding upstairs and told police she heard a suspicious noise or shots fired in the home in the Tara Hill subdivision in the 8900 block of Kilkenny Drive, according to Darien Deputy Police Chief John Cooper.

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