The SEC trumps the NRA . . . Guns are big, but football’s bigger – “Guns are big in Arkansas, but hogs and football can be bigger. The National Rifle Association took on the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas over a law that would have enabled fans to take their guns to the game, and the Razorbacks won. The Second Amendment is holy writ in Arkansas, which has some of the most liberal gun laws in the nation, and under a law enacted earlier this year holders of licenses to carry concealed guns who had taken eight hours of extra training were legally entitled to take their guns into public college campuses, including stadiums and sports arenas. Saloons, churches, and most public buildings, too, even the state Capitol in Little Rock. More than 200,000 Arkansans hold such permits. This upset members of the Southeastern Conference, all from the South or adjoining states, including Arkansas, where the Second Amendment is also held precious.”
You won’t stop hearing from Shannon any time soon . . . Gun-control groups vow demonstrations at Trump speech to NRA – “President Trump’s attendance at an annual National Rifle Association convention later this month is drawing vows of street protests by gun-control groups. Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said the group’s ‘volunteers will be in Atlanta’ during the NRA’s annual meeting, ‘just as we have been showing up at town halls and in statehouses across the country to stand up for the safety of our families and communities. We will not be silenced,’ she said.” Bless her heart.
Inside the World’s First All-Female Special Forces Unit: Norway’s Jegertroppen – “More than a year after the U.S. Department of Defense repealed a longtime ban on women serving in ground combat assignments, relatively few have been trained or assigned to these jobs in the U.S. military. Norway has moved a lot faster to break down military gender barriers. Its parliament introduced legislation in the 1980s that opened up all military roles to women. Last year, Norway became the first NATO country to introduce female conscription. But the introduction of the all-female special forces unit in 2014 raised the profile of women in the Norwegian military the most.”
True Patriots: Virginia collector Michael Tuccori’s eighteenth-century Kentucky rifles are studies in American history -Almost every Kentucky rifle has a story to tell. The one I’m looking at has a rectangular silver inlay near the rifle’s butt that reads: ‘C Kelsey.’ And etched along the top of the rifle’s black barrel—in blocky and bold letters—is this: ‘New Market made by H. Spitzer.’ ‘This weapon was made by Henry Spitzer,’ Michael Tuccori is saying as he handles the antique Kentucky rifle, its curly maple stock glowing gold in the morning sun. ‘Spitzer was a gunsmith working in New Market, Virginia, and he made this gun for Charles Kelsey, a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1794. Records show that Kelsey moved into Kentucky with his wife in 1795, only the next year. He took the rifle with him. Now it has come back home.’
Weapons: The Case For Caseless – “The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army agree they may have finally found a caseless ammunition design that will work reliably in combat and be much (37 percent) lighter than conventional 5.56mm ammo. Caseless ammo is not a new concept but you need the right materials and right design to make it work. It’s all a matter of getting the right tech and the right design. Back in the 1980s the German firm Dynamit Nobel developed a 4.73mm round that weighed much less than the existing 5.56mm rounds but was similar in effectiveness.”
Numnutz like this are why we can’t have nice things . . . ‘Drunk’ man wearing an NRA t-shirt is arrested for pulling a gun on his former neighbor during an argument at a grocery store – “An Connecticut man wearing an NRA t-shirt was arrested for pulling a gun on his former neighbor during a drunken argument, police say. Mario Williams of Shelton, Connecticut was taken into custody after being accused of pointing a gun at his ex-neighbor and using it to threaten him during a dispute as they stood outside a local grocery store in the early evening of April 10. When cops arrived at the Wooster Street Market in Shelton, they found Williams, 58, clad in a heather grey NRA t-shirt, with the gun still in his possession.”
This is what happens to a disarmed populace . . . Several Injured As False Reports Of Shots Fired Spark Chaos Near Coney Island Amusement Park – “False reports of shots fired ignited chaos near Coney Island’s Luna Park Sunday evening. The FDNY tells CBS2′ several people were taken to Coney Island Hospital with minor injuries. As CBS2’s Brian Conybeare reports, thousands of people were enjoying the beautiful Easter Sunday weather when suddenly it all turned into chaos.”
The latest anti-gun efforts from America’s ugliest capitol building . . . Ore. lawmakers consider stricter gun laws – “Three new bills that would strengthen gun background checks and make it possible for law enforcement to take guns away from people with mental health issues will be introduced in the Oregon Senate on Monday. There’s already high interest in the bills — SB 764, SB 797 and SB 868 — and there’s expected to be a big turnout for public testimony on both sides. SB 797 aims to close what’s known as the “Charleston Loophole” in reference to Dylann Roof, who reportedly obtained a gun he wasn’t supposed to be able to purchase and used it to kill parishioners in a South Carolina Church.”
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Maybe not the kind of match gun we were thinking of. Still, you can’t stop the signal.
The Sun Times finds a gun owner they like . . . A delightful advocate for legal, responsibly owned guns – “Alfreda Keith Keller did not fit my cynical view of a gun lover. She doesn’t wear horns. She doesn’t drive a pickup truck. Keller, 63, is an African American, retired Cook County juvenile probation officer. The south suburban resident is hyper busy, tutoring school children, substitute teaching, volunteering with at-risk youth. And, as she proudly asserts, ‘a Certified Instructor with the Illinois State Police to teach the Conceal Carry Classes for Illinois.’”
…America’s ugliest capitol building…
Damn, that looks like the USSR Bureau of Bureaucracy building in downtown Stalingrad.
I thought it was a prison… that they didn’t finish building… Yuck.
And whats wrong with my monitor? Those helmets look hot metallic pink and painful to look at.
Now to go fish my Kentucky rifle out of the safe and fondle it for a bit…
It really does look like some dystopian Soviet government building. Did Stalin himself draft the blueprints?
Shannon has that bat shit crazy look again. Still.
Will she ever grow up and get a real job?
She had a real job, as the marketing flap for one of the world’s most-hated companies, Monsanto.
Nowadays she just collects paychecks from Bloomberg for coming here to post as “The_Resistance”.
Monsanto is one of the most evil corporations in the entire world. Check out what they did to Anniston, Alabama to see just how evil they are. I am quite certain that Shannon fit right in!
Well even the failing ultra left Chicago SunTimes(they still publish?!?) gets it right occasionally. Except Alfeda is an ex-cop so she must know more than ordinary black folks…we need thousands more like her. Who don’t vote democrat. So why is a fat drunk guy with a NRA shirt news? He could have picked it up at the Salvation Army?
That picture of Shannon is hilarious!
The last time TTAG posted that image a few years back, I commented that drunk-stoned look was the look Shannon made when Dirk finally un-zipped his… something.
*cough*
(pants)
Hey, TTAG management, how about passing that link along to Dirk with a warm invite for him to drop in again? Dan has his contact info…
Does the Jegertroppen have four rotating squads?
A friend of mine got in big trouble in High School English class when we were asked to create acronyms.
I stole mine from the author Trevanian: Deputy Intelligence Liason Duty Officer, known by his acronym, my friend’s was:
Tough Women’s Attack Team. Detention 2 days, no soup, 2 weeks.
Your acronym story reminded me of 7th grade and a similar school experience. Sam Houston Institute of Technology and Farmers Association of Rutabaga Tillers.
Sorry.
I did a temporary tour of duty with the Norwegian Air Force back in the day. Norwegians are a tall people including the women (and good looking). If I had to serve in a combat arms unit with women, I would choose them!
Coney Island Panic. Do NYers have some kind of panic disorder? Or are they really really high strung? Why just the other day a stampede started by the sound of a taser being used, and now this! MOOOO!
It didn’t escape my notice that the drunk guy in the NRA shirt with a real gun caused no injuries, while New Yorkers armed with nothing but anti-gun hysteria sent several people to the hospital.
Let’s see some ballistic gel tests on that matchstick gun! 😀
“…We will not be silenced,’ she [Watts] said.”
Which is deliciously ironic because Shannon and the rest of her team would give their left tit to be able to silence everyone else.
Except those who are left-handed.
That’s an Amazon reference, for those who don’t get it.
So the all-woman special forces troop transport is a minivan. I get it.
the G11 wow, havent see one of those in a LOOOOOONG time
Anyone else first encounter with case-less rifles (as well as Pancor Jackhammer) being Fallout 2?
Mine was a Gyrojet.
Why is Iron Man standing on top of the Oregon capital building?
“at the end of the one-year program the female soldiers are just as capable as their male counterparts.”
Then: “applicants have to run about four miles carrying 60 pounds of military gear in under 52 minutes. That’s just three minutes less than their male counterparts who have to do the same thing in under 49 minutes.”
And: “one of the female soldiers shot better than some of the men”
Hmmm, maybe “just as capable” has a different meaning in Norway? Considering theyre slower, and only one of them shoots better than any of the men… sounds like it means “not really as capable”? Good things its not like lives are on the line… oh wait…
“President Trump’s attendance at an annual National Rifle Association convention later this month is drawing vows of street protests by gun-control groups.”
I look forward to seeing all 5 if them there.
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