Gun-Rights Advocates Gearing Up For New Legislative Session

By Aaron Spuler | January 10, 2011 | Comments Off on Gun-Rights Advocates Gearing Up For New Legislative Session

As the state Legislature is set to reconvene this week, many gun bills both new and familiar will soon be introduced that may affect the Texas firearm landscape. Proponents for an expansion in gun rights are poised to re-file several bills that have stalled in past sessions and are optimistic about passage this time around.…

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Teen Gun Supervisor Says He Warned Dad about Uzi

By Aaron Spuler | January 10, 2011 |

A teenager who supervised an 8-year-old who shot himself with an Uzi submachine gun at a 2008 gun fair testified Friday that he told the boy’s father that “it wasn’t a good idea” to let the child fire it. Michael Spano was a witness in the trial of Edward Fleury, whose company co-sponsored the exhibition…

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Ruger LC9 Reviewed

By Aaron Spuler | January 7, 2011 | Comments Off on Ruger LC9 Reviewed

Jeff Quinn, over at GunBlast reviews the Ruger LC9. I’ve admired Jeff’s work for quite some time now. This review of the LC9 is as good as any of his reviews. One of these years when I actually have the chance to get to SHOT Show, I’d like the opportunity to meet him and shake…

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Marine Battles Homeowners Association Over Flag Pole

By Aaron Spuler | January 7, 2011 |

A Marine says his neighborhood’s homeowners association is suing him because of a flag pole on his property. “They’re suing me, for $200 a day and lawyers fees and everything,” Michael Merola said. Merola said he went through the proper channels to ask for permission to put up a 20-foot flag pole, but permission was…

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The Confederation Is Not Dead, But Sleepeth

By Aaron Spuler | January 7, 2011 |

From Philadelphia, Samuel Adams writes to his friend Colonel James Warren that the idea of a confederation, or loose political union, among the colonies “is not dead, but sleepeth. To those who believed they would see the confederation completed long ago Adams wrote, I do not despair of it — since our Enemies themselves are…

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Virtue

By Aaron Spuler | January 7, 2011 | Comments Off on Virtue

Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea, if there be sufficient virtue and intelligence…

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Gun Nut

By Aaron Spuler | January 6, 2011 |

Does it mean anything when I buy an entire case of ammunition and not think that it’s overkill?

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Read The Constitution!

By Aaron Spuler | January 6, 2011 |

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The House of Representatives will feature a reading of the Constitution today. Apparently, it’s the first time that the Constitution has been read on the House floor — ever. You can read the Constitution at https://www.weapon-blog.com/?page_id=241. Those that wrote it were very wise men. We can still learn a…

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1 Dead In Explosion At Tennessee Ammunition Plant

By Aaron Spuler | January 5, 2011 | Comments Off on 1 Dead In Explosion At Tennessee Ammunition Plant

A series of explosions ripped through an ammunition plant Wednesday afternoon, killing one worker and injuring a firefighter while shells fired off for about an hour afterward. Ed Gaugh, emergency management director for Fayette County, said a 34-year-old male employee died in the blast and subsequent fire at the Kinematics Research plant, which makes shells…

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January 2011 Gun Giveaway Contests

By Aaron Spuler | January 5, 2011 |

At the risk of reducing my own chances to win, https://www.weapon-blog.com/?page_id=825 has been updated with all the gun and gear related contests that I am aware of for the month.

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Legislation affecting gun rights in the 2023 session.
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