John Kerry, who by the way served in Vietnam, endorses Biden because he will ban the AR-16 with the long clips.

Those pesky Russians are interfering with an election again.

Seen on Facebook: What the organizers lacked in competence, they made up for in diversity.

The tolerant left: Woman freaks out after finding out Mayor Pete is gay. Asks for vote back.

This is the funniest thing to watch in all of American politics. Can a political party be reduced to nothing in 3 years? The Dems seem to be trying to find out.

Good:

Eighteen state attorneys general have joined in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Second Amendment Foundation petition for writ of certiorari seeking high court review in the case of Culp v. Raoul, which challenges the refusal by Illinois to take applications from non-residents for an Illinois carry license.

Plaintiffs are asking the Court to determine Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms requires that the State of Illinois allow qualified non-residents to apply for an Illinois concealed carry license. SAF is joined by the Illinois State Rifle Association, Illinois Carry and several private citizens. They are represented by attorney David G. Sigale of Wheaton.

Not a fan of the platform or caliber but that is sexy.

Breitbart:

Andrew Gottlieb is launching 2A Gaming as a way of reaching the millions upon millions of people who are steeped in firearm-based video gaming but non-committal when time comes to vote for pro-gun candidates.

This could be interesting. On the one hand, gamers might get irate at turning their hobby into a political issue. On the other hand, it might actually work.

ATF investigating former deputy for trafficking weapons to Mexico

I guess they don’t like the competition?

A monkey cleaning a Glock.

CNN is butthurt at the lack of diversity of Trump’s coronavirus task force. Sorry, CNN, but the adults care only about the competence of the team and not its gender or racial make up.

Are Bushmaster and DPMS gone?

Until they do.

He overstates the number of deaths of children significantly. And the woman in the ad with the story about losing her child actually lost a 20 year old gang member.

A top official has been placed on leave.

This is how you government:

The state inspector generals office, which works to ferret out waste and misconduct in Pennsylvania government programs and agencies, has itself made a costly blunder and left taxpayers on the hook, Spotlight PA has learned.

The watchdog office spent nearly $160,000 on pistols, ammunition and related equipment that its investigators are not legally allowed to carry. As a result, the weapons have collected dust in storage for nearly two years.

A run down. Also, I’ve been watching the show Mr. In Between and it is set in Oz. The choices of guns in the show are always interesting. Lots of S&W DA pistolas and not a Glock to be seen. I wonder why.

OK, maybe I was wrong in that previous post

2020 may be the year of 5.7 ammo. Ruger released a pistol and CMMG came out with a PDW in the same caliber. Via email, comes this:

AmmunitionToGo.com reports an 849 percent increase in 5.7×28 interest on its website. The retailer also reports a 300 percent increase 5.7×28 ammo sales in January 2020 compared to January 2019.

I’ve never really had any particular love for the caliber.

2019 and 2020 appear to be the year of the pistol caliber carbine. Rise Armament Quarter Circle 10 AR-Platform Pistol

14 years ago*, I had a 9mm AR-15. I got it for the purpose of shooting at the indoor gun range (other cool kids did the same thing). Once I moved to a place where I could shoot outdoors, I didn’t really think I needed it anymore.

Now, with pistol braces being ubiquitous, I’m thinking a shorter barreled 9mm AR might be a good choice for home defense. Plus, they’re fun as hell to shoot.

* Holy shit, it’s been that long.

Mentioned I was building a Glock from the ground up, mostly because it’s cool to select your own parts and also to learn something. Assembled parts after I installed the trigger:

(lol @ Vickers professional gunsmith warning)

Anyhoo, it’s fairly easy to do. Just watch this video. The slide lock spring is like the AR-15’s detent spring in that I sent it flying across the room. But I digress. As to the parts I selected, well here goes:

The frame is a Grey Ghost Precision Compact. I chose this because it comes with most common frame modifications already done. And, for those of you it matters to, it has a 1911 grip angle.

Vickers Tactical extended magazine release and slide stop.

An Apex Tactical Flat Faced Trigger Enhancement Kit

And a competition trigger spring whose manufacturer I have forgotten.

The rest is OEM Glock stuff.

And the rest is stock Glock. Up next, the upper half.

ITAR regulations significantly lessened.

He says gun confiscation won’t happen on his watch.

What if they have bump stocks?

A vice reporter points a Tommy gun with a magazine in it at his cameraman and pulls the trigger.

Glock DIY Build

Can’t really not laugh at this guy:

In the video, Democratic Virginia Del. Mark Levine said the biggest difference between hunting rifles and assault weapons is how you hold the gun.

Speaking at a public meeting, the author of legislation to ban AR-style guns and large, bullet-holding magazines used in semi-automatic weapons also said shooters could use several fingers to pull the trigger and that deer know the sound of a bullet shot through a silencer better than humans.

As audience members were heard chuckling in the background, Levine said: In terms of the differences of the guns, the heart of the difference is how you hold the gun. It makes it a semi-automatic. He showed his trigger finger moving, and added, Meaning you can shoot with each finger, not like a bolt-action rifle typically used in hunting.

And this is the guy writing the law.

Alexa, we need lots of guns.

I haven’t quite done the research to really endorse or suggest anyone to you. But John has.

The legislature is pushing dumb gun bills so Virginians respond by buying 74K guns, a near 50% increase from last year.

Lever action AK

So, the governor of WV is cool annexing all of the second amendment sanctuary cities in VA. Good for him.

Data on various 9mm loads shot in barrels from 2 inches to 18 inches.

I’ve been pondering a pistol caliber carbine. I’m looking at a 7 inch or 4 inch barrel and this makes me thinks there’s quite a bit of difference.

And dangerous:

Tripp and his 36-year-old father were play-wrestling in their home in Bloomington on Jan. 19 when the man’s concealed handgun slipped from his back and went off, the sheriff’s office said.

His 4 year old son died. Awful.

Fake news outweighs real news.