Archive for February, 2012

Build Your Own Firearm

The Truth About Guns has an interesting article on a little known law that allows individuals to build their own guns without serial numbers if the gun is 80% or less complete. There are some stipulations:

The machine work must be done by the end-user—no contracting it out or having a friend do it. The finished firearm can not be transferred in ANY manner. No willing it to your kids. No giving it to a friend. If you no longer want it, after your inheritors pry it from your cold, dead hands, it MUST be destroyed.

These rules seem arbitrary and silly.

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101st Acquires M26 Shotgun

Via Clarkson Online:

It weighs 3.5 pounds, has a barrel length of 7.75 inches, fires 12-gauge shells and can be mounted on the M4 carbine or act as a stand alone firearm; it is the M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System and the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit in the Army to be issued the combat enhancer.

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Future Body Armor

According to Defense Media Network, the Army’s PEO Soldier program is working on new lighter designs for body armor.

The next generation of body armor development will be focused on the need for a multi-functional, modular, scalable protection system that improves soldier physiological performance while reducing system/component redundancy and logistic footprint…

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Gunblast Review S&W 1911 E Series

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American Servicemen Murdered Over Book Burning

From: Danger Room

Protests — some better called riots — have spread into their sixth day. Most shockingly, an Interior Ministry employee killed two U.S. servicemembers working in the ministry’s Kabul headquarters, reportedly by shooting them in the head on Saturday with a silencer-equipped pistol. Pentagon press secretary George Little called the killings “murder.”

More proof that Islam really is no different than any other religion. Muslims are just like Baptists, Buddhists and Lutherans, who will also slit throats and shoot you in the head if someone from your country burns their holy book.

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Forced Hard Drive Decryption Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules

From: Threat Level

Forcing a criminal suspect to decrypt hard drives so their contents can be used by prosecutors is a breach of the Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

It was the nation’s first appellate court to issue such a finding. And the outcome comes a day after a different federal appeals court refused to entertain an appeal from another defendant ordered by a lower federal court to decrypt a hard drive by month’s end.

Thursday’s decision by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that an encrypted hard drive is akin to a combination to a safe, and is off limits, because compelling the unlocking of either of them is the equivalent of forcing testimony.

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Gunblast Review of Ruger SR40c

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The Making of Act Of Valor

Defense Media Network has the inside scoop on how this movie was made.

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U.S. and U.K. Counter Terror Expos

U.S. – Washington, D.C. May 16-17, 2012

www.counterterrorUS.com

U.K. – Olympia, London April 25-26, 2012

www.counterterrorexpo.com

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SpeedVault: A Gun Safe For Desks

Guns.com has a nice review of the SpeedVault. The article also includes a video from DEFCON, a security conference, in which the presenter demonstrations the the failings of modern gun safes.

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Shootout In Illinois

The shootout took place in 2008, but the details are just coming out. PoliceMag.com has the full story:

Maddox point-fired at Gramins as he charged toward the patrol unit. Four bullets hit the front of Gramins’ squad car.

Gramins let loose with a barrage of rounds hoping that what he might lose in accuracy would be compensated for by its suppressive nature. The only thing separating Gramins and his assailant was a windshield that was fast disintegrating from ingoing and outgoing rounds.

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Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation

CTSERF is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding all facets of terrorism.

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CSAT Advanced Patrol Tactics Class

From: Officer.com

Two years ago, in the summer of 2006, I attended my first training class taught by MSG Paul Howe, USA Retired. Howe taught proper rifle shooting positions, transition drills, and laid out a baseline of skillsets that every rifleman should be able to perform on demand. Howe expertly taught the fundamentals of basic rifle shooting in addition to briefing the class on weapon maintenance, gear placement and preparing for medical emergencies. I took so much away from the class, that I immediately started looking forward to my next training class with Howe.

In 2006, Paul Howe operated under Triple Canopy’s training division, but now he is on his own and works out of his CSAT (Combat Shooting and Tactics) facility in Nacogdoches, TX. The CSAT facility has on-site lodging for up to 24 students, a classroom, and an extensive range facility.

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Instructor Paul Howe pictured with the author.

Instructor Paul Howe pictured with the author.

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Barnes Bullets Jumps on the 300BLK Bandwagon

Barnes Bullets, maker of lead-free bullets, is producing two new bullets in 300BLK. Gear Scout has a quick rundown on the two versions.

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Cato Report on Defensive Use of Firearms

The Cato Institute just released a study on the defensive use of firearms entitled Tough Targets.

What would be the effect of depriving ordinary, law-abiding citizens from keeping arms for self-defense? One result seems certain: the law-abiding would be at a distinct disadvantage should criminals acquire guns from underground markets. After all, it is simply not possible for police officers to get to every scene where they are urgently needed.

Follow the links to read the full report in HTML or PDF.

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