Entries from June 2008

June 14, 2008

California Seeks to Control Interstate Commerce!

If you are in the gun business you need to read this!
California has decided that they are better at handling firearms transactions than the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.  The California Department of Justice, Division of Law Enforcement, issued an informational bulletin dated 5/29/08, No. 2008-BOF-05.
Quoting, “Beginning July 1, 2008, California Penal Code [...]

June 11, 2008

School teaches mixed message.

Last week in Winchendon, Massachusetts another case of  “zero-tolerance” enforcement defying common sense, a fourth-grader Bradley Geslak was suspended from Toy Town Elementary School for bringing a Memorial Day souvenir to school.

According to a May 29, Telegram.com article, a uniformed veteran gave the 10-year-old two empty rifle shell casings from blanks used during the town’s Memorial [...]

June 7, 2008

New Match Ammo for M1 Garand

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I have only shot a couple of matches with Garands over the years but it was a ton of fun.  Now Hornady is offering match grade ammo designed for use with the M1 Garand.  They chose powders that should provide long life for the barrel and gas system on these work horse rifles.  After years [...]

June 5, 2008

Safari Club International joins the court battle over Wolves in the West.

On May 28, 2008 attorneys from Safari Club International, the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, the federal government, animal rights groups, and other sporting and ranching groups, crowded into a Missoula, Montana courthouse to argue the temporary fate of Northern Rocky Mountain wolves.  In all, eight individual attorneys each weighed in about whether the federal court [...]

June 4, 2008

Brownells & Gradient Lens Donated to Gunsmithing School

With a history of supporting gunsmiths spanning almost 70 years, Brownells has partnered with Gradient Lens Corporation to provide a Hawkeye Borescope and complete video system to Trinidad State Junior College’s gunsmithing program.
The borescope and viewing system allow the students and instructors to examine the interior of a barrel for corrosion and imperfections.

 
 
 
 

 
 “With the [...]

June 3, 2008

Democrats Inconsistent on Voter Disenfranchisement!

Over the weekend, a DNC committee reinstated delegates from Florida and Michigan, awarding them half a vote each as punishment for holding their respective primaries before February 5 in violation of party rules. The committee awarded Barack Obama 59 delegates from Michigan, despite his name not appearing on the ballot.  It has been reported that [...]

June 3, 2008

New York Internet Tax

Well, it’s finally happened, New York state has passed a bill that is the first step toward taxing Internet sales.  I understand the state thinks it’s loosing out on revenue some how.  I suppose it never occurs to legislators that many of their constituents are making a living on the Internet so this precedent is [...]