“Every time there is a mass shooting in the United States, an executive at a gun company gets a bonus. With each tragedy, sales go up, stocks go up, the gun sellers get richer. So how to get at them? Stop buying guns seems to make sense, except those of us who oppose guns already aren’t buying guns in the first place.
“It turns out though, I’m buying gun stock which isn’t really much better. It takes some digging, and even then it is mysterious in a lot of ways, but many of the funds that 401Ks invest include in their portfolio stock in gun companies.
“Finding out where your money is going, and yes it is YOUR money, is a pain in the ass. Investment firms don’t like transparency. They’d much rather operate in the dark, like mold. Yes, you or me taking our $1,000 out of the Black Rocket Fund won’t cause much of a ripple, but if 100 of us do it, or a 1,000 things might start to change.” – Kevin Kaufmann in Time to Get Creative On Guns [via chicagonow.com]
I have a moral objection to dropping tons of poison, let alone onto bodies of water. I’d argue this case took three wolves not afraid of people and turned them into two wolves afraid of people. That’s how you do it. Attack us and die, so avoid us. Similar to other self defense values I hold true….
Anti-gun fascists might give a damn about this.
If he is preaching to the gun muggles and expecting them to care about what stocks are in their 401k, so long as they are making a profit, good luck with that. (Not really.)
I sure hope they are investing in gun stocks if they show to be a good value and return. That’s what I expect them to do. Especially if they are also investing in companies like Disney.
I have a diverse portfolio of gun stocks. Fixed, collapsing, side folding…
*rimshot* 😀
I did not know that my fund could buy gun stocks. I’ll see if I can start doing that.
You can literally buy stocks in anything that is publicly traded. Hell, Enron had options for weather futures and derivatives.
This is tangentially connected to the topic of this post: Women will do anything to shamelessly objectify themselves, and then blame the, “male gaze,” when they start feeling stupid for their decisions. I have seen it with so many other activities: video games, comic books, etc. Are guns next? Gun yoga? Seriously? Bitch, get real. When things get overly feminized, they go south soon after. It starts with stupid shit like, “gun yoga,” and in a few years women and their allies are screeching about the epidemic of, “gun rape,” in our culture.
Not transparent? Good grief. I get at least two mailers a month from Edward jones with detailed pamphlets on where and how my investments are doing. If I bothered to read them, I would know exactly where my investments are.
I really don’t care where, I just like their performance.
Edward Jones loves mail, that is for sure. I get one for my account, she gets one for her account, we BOTH get one for the joint account.
The author continues this silly trope about Indiana supplying all the guns used in Chicago’s murder epidemic. Yet, he fails to address this one simple question…..why doesn’t Indiana have murder rates similar to Chicago’s, if it’s really just about availability and not about the people using them? And why is it that almost every single murder involving a firearm in Chicago occurs in minority neighborhoods? Extrapolated further, why can similar results be found in every major inner city throughout the country? How is it that black males between the ages of 15-35 make up only 3% of our nation’s total population, and yet, are responsible for 51% of all our country’s murders? The ONLY possible explanation is that there’s a genetic predisposition to criminality, in conjunction with genetically severe low IQ.
Being Black isn’t easy. It’s not the Race it’s the environment. As this society’s infrastructure breaks down, more Whites will be thrown into a similar environment and those ” white trash” ( not by choice) will act accordingly.
R u kidding me it sounds like a brainwashed 1st grader made that comment, to even think that is true that they get a bonus when there is a mass shooting is absolutely sick, twisted and stupid!!
I’m gonna buy another gun, just to spite this guy.
What shall it be? Beretta Cheetah? Walther PPK? Sig 229?
(Checks bank balance)
Okay, a Hi-Point it is!
Remington is selling pistols for $150 after rebate
Where my IRA dollars go is much easier to know than where my tax dollars go.
That’s a mighty fine ex hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy you’ve got yourself, there.
Go ahead, hoplophbes, divest yourselves of profitable stocks to buy less profitable stocks. That leaves more profitable opportunities for gunnies and those who aren’t so interested in making political points at the expense of their own welfare.
Just like racists running stores, who lose customers, suppliers, and profits for the sake of showing their racist bona fides. Go ahead and lose money, it leaves more for others.
Jesus, stop. What is with this strange insertions fetish?
Next week: What happens when you fire a gun out of a shotgun shell?
MAKE SURE THIS GOES “VIRAL”ALSO so everyone knows it’s common business to turn down firearms sales for all types of reason and see it had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE!!! I’M SERIOUS THO PLEASE SHARE AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE!!!!
Thank you for reporting on Britain….the myth that their gun control laws have worked has been a center piece to the gun grabber attacks on our 2nd Amendment rights here in the states. Gun control has not worked there. Their gun crime rate last year in London was up 42%, and up 23% around the rest of the country. They are following the same policies as our democrat party law makers in our cities, cutting police personnel, cutting police funding, and tying police hand’s with politically correct policies. Add to that the bringing in of violent gang members from 3rd world countries, and I predict you are going to see gun crime out of control fairly soon. They are where we were at the mid 1960s right before the crime rate spiked. Unlike the U.S., their people won’t have guns to stop the predators…and they won’t relax their gun laws to allow good people to carry guns.
And don’t let the anti gunners distract the coverage when they harp on the low gun murder rate in Britain, as they ignore the escalating gun crime. The gun murder rate results from their criminals not shooting to kill…..yet. That “yet” is what the anti gunners don’t understand. You can’t have spiking gun crime, a social welfare system creating young males who are violent, and foreign drug gangs, and not have an eventual increase in gun murder……
Oh there’s plenty of violence going on in Indiana. 7shot at a Jazz club a few days ago in GARY. Could it be the people are the problem?!? Oh and Gary,Indiana is a democrat stronghold…
I was hoping the mug shot was of Jeff for blasting officer Gregg;-)
another so call religious person that has not read his, its, bible, especially the part about the Messiah instructing his followers to buy the assault weapon of the day.
while it is not recorded whether people took arms into the synagogue we know Disciples carried them! checking arms at the door was instigated by the priests of yore for their protection! surely God wasn’t intimidated by a few paltry guns
our own persecuted ancestors carried guns to church and even formed Militias
this self righteous Prick wants to feel safe but does not want too trust god nor provide for is own defense
so he can abrogate his personal authority of his own protection thus soothing his conscience by it not being his fault
“Defund the Gun Industry to Stop Mass Shootings – Quote of the Day”
ROFLMFAO…Too many people get rich off of mutual funds that are invested in gun stocks, can’t do it, they won’t do it, and it’ll never happen…
If he wants to hurt gun company profits STOP TRYING TO TAKE OUR GUNS. Obama sold guns for 8 years and the gun companies and the NRA made piles of money from his efforts. If the DNC came out tomorrow and said (and meant it) “you guys are right the gov has absolutely no right to make any gun laws at all, we need to stop pretending controlling peoples gun rights affects crime and take the existing laws off the books”, they could starve GOA all the way out of existence and put a big hurt on NRA and the gun manufacturers.
I like the 92, it certainly is a good gun, The concern for me is the unshrouded barrel. I carried a 1911 in the army, (OK, yes I am old). S&W 586 wheel gun for about 6 years in 80’s. Then a Sig P229 for about 10 years, finished off my last 9 years with Glocks, 17 & 35. Now retired, I carry a P7m8, probably the best shooting pistol I have ever owned. My point, carry the revolver or pistol that you are most comfortable and accurate with, no matter who makes it, The #1 thing I look for in a firearm is reliability, even more than accuracy. Yea, I know, opinions are like………… everybody has one.
Spoiler alert: No.
The spyderco sharpmaker sharpener is a good basic set up, if you have serrations you probably should have a sharpmaker to go along with it…what kind of man sends his knife out to be sharpened anyway…maybe the same kind who’s wife does the turkey carving?
In a time when I had to cut a lot of cardboard, and I mean the heavy stuff 5 days a week, serrated blades proved to be the worse…everything dulls, and a dull serration catches and holds fibers…the best blade I used for boxes was an opinel #10…touched up every day, given a good sharpening every week. It was the box breakdown champ of that horrible time of my life.
Bottom line there is a time and place for both plain edge and serrations.
CEREAL KILLER!
Just to toss it out there, I don’t think ODFW was arguing that this guy should have fired a warning shot, as far as I’ve heard they’ve cleared him on this without hesitation.
I don’t see an issue with cranking off a warning shot as soon as I see a wolf, unless its close enough to already be a threat to me. It just sucks to have to justify that threat, whereas with cougars… as long as you’ve got a tag in hand… its just a matter of notching the date.
Any firm trying to invest for the feelz is just going to lose your money.
that is perfect for someone.
now to read about these new cartridges…
Nice review. It would be interesting to do a comparison between the Guardian and a Seecamp.
This Sunday I went to the range, then I went to Yoga.
Beats the hell out of Church.
Whenever I read drivel like this, I can’t help but wonder…where do they think the police and the military get their firearms, if not from the very same gun industry as us plebs? It’s pretty clear that they think that police officers, federal agents, military personnel, etc. are all specially trained, highly skilled, mistake free machines of government goodness, and OF COURSE they are not included in their crusade against those evil killing machines of deadly death, but do they also think that the guns those people carry are from some far off land where they are made by pure creatures of zen who fashion them as magic talismans against only evil? The level of “that’s different” associated with gun control enthusiasts never ceases to amaze me.
Defund the gun industry until it folds. Go ahead. It will have an impact, alright…just not the one you think it will. Can’t wait until they start screaming bloody murder when they have to fork out Korth prices for Glocks for their local PD.
Divestment only affects a handful of large, public companies or their holding companies. Bankrupt Colt, Ruger, Freedom Group (Remington/Marlin), American Outdoor Brands (Smith & Wesson), and Vista Outdoors (Savage), and there will still be hundreds of privately held companies that will gow to take their place.
If it wasn’t for the one photo, you forgot to mention that the gun has a fixed barrel.
Direct blowback guns have fixed barrels.
Boat anchor.
Being well made doesn’t change the fact that the Guardian is way to heavy for pocket carry. Might as well get a compact 9mm.
Being direct blowback means the felt recoil will punish the palm of your hand…..more so than a locked breech 9mm.
I’ve owned one and ran nearly 500 rounds through it before getting an LCP.
And why a review on a gun that’s been out for almost twenty years?
The .380 is too big compared to what else is available, but the .32 ACP is super small and there aren’t many .32’s out there that I can find that are small enough for concealed carry that are well made. The Beretta is too big, the Kel-Tec is very hard to find and imo not high quality, but the NAA hits all the checkboxes and I think is possibly the best .32 CCW gun out there.
I am wondering, is there some type of gas tube feeding some push on that flat faced gas key looking item? Otherwise, how is motion imparted to the bolt, and what is the purpose of that thing if not?
Inquiring minds want to know.
Yep. It may happen and it would lead to a second American Civil War. Even if only 3% of gun owners decide they will not comply to the point of fighting with arms, you’re looking at 3 to 4 million people on one side and at least that many on the other. It would be the end of America as we know it, but that’s what some Democrats truly want.
No they won’t come to your door. They will stand outside your polling station to deter you from voting and arrest you if you try to vote.
It looks like the left has finally shown their hand as to supporting violence to enforce bans. And the fact that its acceptable for government to use violence if the goals are desirable.
Some on the Globe website made the suggestion to make gun possession a felony. Do they not understand or care that it costs over 100 million dollars just for one prison. And what about the social impacts on families? You can be sure there will be more demands on programs like food stamps, Medicaid and the foster care system. And what about those who are released from prison? They will not be able to provide for themselves or their families. The anti gunners have no clue as to unintended consequences.
Just the talk of confiscation will only harden attitudes and stiffen resolve.
Looks like a 43 to me..
One of the ill-informed liberal commenters to the Boston Globe article thought that the Government should be able to confiscate because only 3% of the population were the “gun nuts” that owned 1/2 of all guns in the United States.
Let’s say the commenter is correct about the 3%. That would be a force of nearly 10 million; which wound be larger than all of law enforcement and active duty military combined (and I think about 50% of law enforcement and the military are members of the 10 million).
I think it would actually be a force of 30 million and the Government won’t stand a chance.
Actually, the way I see it playing out is that the slave States will attempt some small scale confiscation but the Supreme Court is going to rule substantially in our favor over time. The slave States will then, due to this issue and several others, attempt succession from the Union. Some of the States will divide into multiple States and we’ll probably kick the fragmented States that want to succeed out of the Union (tell ’em don’t let the door hit them in their arse on their way out).
Those politically correct funds have a much lower rate of return
Funds that invest in sin make a lot more profit
Too bad the woman didn’t get a gun instead of – or in addition to – the restraining order. The piece of paper might have helped in court, but it was obviously useless otherwise. But worse, I’ve known far too many people who actually believed that the “order” could protect them somehow.
If that assaulted woman neighbor had shot him herself, none of the rest of this would have happened. What a shame.
That’s a lot of coin. Are these also made in China?
One other subtle fail is that blanks apparently cause no muzzle flip at all. Every Hollywood weapon has the recoil of a .22LR.
Indoor firefight and people are whispering commands to each other.
Would expect a 56mm objective for that coin…you know for a little more light gathering. I’m pretty sure optics have plateaued in terms of light transmission/ clarity, so is their 50mm offering, especially at 30x power, going to really set a new bar for performance. Thanks, but I’ll wait for eval and reviews to reveal things that are probably already benchmarked at higher performance level by other competitors. For less than the price of one of these, I was able to acquire 2 new Steiner TX5i’s with promo throw levers and Tenebraex flip covers…and newer ones had (ve) promos with Spuhr mounts.
Not banging on Bushnell, but some big claims they’re making and they’re playing in some big kid sandboxes now with the claims.