Geeks With Guns

The firing range was located on the grounds of Baghdad International Airport. Surrounded by steep berms on three sides, the sharp crack of gunfire echoed out through the palm trees.

The weapons being used varied greatly from M-9 pistols to M-4 carbines to M-249 squad automatic weapons. But, what these arms all had in common was that the Soldiers wielding them were being trained in shooting technique by Soldiers of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit of Fort Benning, Ga.

The USAMU instructors are in Iraq to teach and demonstrate the potential every Soldier has as a rifleman. The main focus of this training is educating Soldiers on how to fire, move and negotiate with their Army issued weapons.

Continue Reading ‘USAMU teaches skills in Baghdad’

A British-based company is selling MP3 players which can be attached to an assault rifle.

The “AK-MP3″ player is built into the ammunition clip of a Kalashnikov. It can be swapped with the real magazine carrying bullets and inserted into the weapon.

The device is being advertised on the internet by a Buckinghamshire-based company set up by a group of Russian businessmen.

It comes with enough storage space to hold 9, viagra approved 000 songs.

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“The history of gun control in America possesses an ugly component: discrimination and oppression of blacks, prostate other racial and ethnic minorities, try immigrants, and other “unwanted elements,” including union organizers and agrarian reformers. Firearms laws were often enacted to disarm and facilitate repressive action against these groups.”
Gun Control and racism
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/Tahmassebi1.html

“Being able to protect yourself was at least as important as drinking out of a water fountain or sitting at a lunch counter”
The End of a Personal Twelve-Year Odyssey
http://www.john-ross.net/ccw03.htm

Continue Reading ‘Bearing arms is a civil right’

How does “Weasley” Clark figure trigger locks on handguns would prevent accidental shootings?

First off never store a loaded firearm.
Anybody that puts a triggerlock on a loaded firearm deserves to “accidentally” get shot.

I figured this would surely be taught in the military.

Yeah, for sale “Weasely” Clark is a retired general alright… A U.N. general.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0202OntheIssuesGuns02-ON.html

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Australia has banned all firearms of .40 cal and over and moved to disallow magazine capacities of more than 10 rounds in what can only be described as blatant “governmental gun fear”. Continue Reading ‘Australia follows trend of ”gun fear”’