Thursday, March 06, 2008
And I thought the hysteria over a pink rifle was bad. Check out the latest sensationalized, exaggerated gun story in the media: "Introducing the world's smallest gun that fires deadly 300mph bullets - but is just two inches long"
"Meet the pistol that fits in your pocket - and packs a hell of a punch."
"The SwissMiniGun is the size of a key fob but fires tiny 270mph bullets powerful enough to kill at close range."
"Jonathan Spencer, consultant forensic scientist and firearms expert, said that although the gun, which fires bullets at a speed of 399 feet a second, was tiny, it could still prove fatal and in the eyes of the law was as dangerous as a machine gun."
"It is capable of killing someone. Under section 5 of the Firearms Act it would be a prohibited weapon. It would be on the same scale as a machine gun."
Even Fox News had this ridiculous video (link) on this gun.
Wow, that is quite the sensational story. Tiny bullets that travel 300 miles per hour! Well since bullet velocity is normally measured in feet per second (fts) lets put this menace to society in perspective with a little basic math:
1 mile = 5280 feet
1 hour = 3600 seconds
5280 feet X 300 miles = 1584000 feet per hour
1584000 fph / 3600 sec = 440 fps
Ok, so in less sensational terms this tiny rimfire gun fires 2.34mm bullets at 440 fps and costs between $5,952.00 for the basic model, and up to $59,529.00 dollars for the extravagant 18 caret gold and diamond encrusted version.
Lets compare that to some common Daisy BB guns.
Daisy Red Ryder BB Gun: .177 Caliber 280 fps, $39.99
Daisy BB Gun Pellet 880: .177 Caliber 750 fps, $48.96
Daisy CO2 Powerline 15 XT BB Pistol: .177 Caliber 480fps, $46.99
The projectile from this gun could probably pentrate the skin if it was pressed directly against someone, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that it wouldn't even penetrate simple clothing from a distance of two feet, although it may leave a nasty welt on your skin. A small pocket knife or a 25 cent sharpened number 02 pencil would probably be a more formidable weapon than this hilarious collectors item.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
It looks like the irrational fear of pink Hello Kitty and other painted guns keeps spreading. Now it appears that reporter Brahim Resnik from KPNX Channel 12 in Phoenix has picked up the story and offers this one-sided hit job:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/02/19/resnik.painted.guns.kpnx
After showing a woman on the street a picture of the Hello Kitty rifle and getting a laugh from her, he then proceeds to tell her "that it is a weapon used by the military". The military is using semi-automatic civilian AR15's now? Wow, maybe that is why it is taking us so long to finish up in Iraq.
This is just another made-up hypothetical "threat" to law enforcement that has no basis in the truth. They even dig up a retired police officer to warn us about how frightening it is that it is legal for us to paint our own personal property any color we wish. Must have been a slow news day...
Monday, February 11, 2008
"This story should have been about gun laws, gun-owners and the concerns voiced by law enforcement, not just the perspective of law enforcement on this trend. We should have asked GPD where they got the photo of the rifle and followed up to make sure we could use it. (Turns out, the whole thing was handed down from New York.) "
According to the University of Florida newspaper, The Alligator, "Hello Kitty stickers are part of the latest danger to police officers nationwide". That's right, the Gainsville police department is scared shitless of the Hello Kitty rifle.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
The brilliant minds at www.calguns.net put together this handy flowchart to help people understand the complex assault weapon laws in California. Using this chart you can determine if your centerfire rifle is California legal or an illegal unregistered assault weapon.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
A cute and cuddly pink Hell Kitten AR-15
Thursday, August 30, 2007
If you check out the data you will find that 25% more people were killed with blunt objects, 2 times as many were killed with "personal weapons" (hands, fists, feet, etc..) and more than 4 times as many were killed with knives or cutting instruments than with all rifle types combined, let alone the "Assault" variety.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
I am just amazed at how this article spread over the net. I posted it on a couple forums and then it got picked up by dozens of other forums and blogs. My visitor count has been between 1200 and 1500 a day since I posted it, and to top it all off, it got about five minutes of air time on the Cam & Company radio show on Sirius Patriot Channel 144 and streamed on the www.nranews.com website.
I recorded the segment from the show. Click here to dowload the audio.
Saturday, August 25, 2007
After a few months of letter writing and waiting I finally received a copy of Sylvester Stallone's CCW application from Los Angeles County! This was made available to me due to the California Public Records Act. Of course, the fact they are required by law to make these records available upon request didn't stop them from trying to be evasive and not comply. I detailed my efforts and published the letters and a copy of Stallone's CCW application in this article. Check it out, it really points out the hypocricy of this anti-gun Hollywood elitist.
You can find the article here: The Hypocrisy of Sylvester Stallone
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
C Products LLC, a popular manufacturer of M-16 and AR-15 magazines, can "block" their stainless steel body magazines to limit the round capacity. After a fairly lengthy wait I finally recieved a shipment of these magazines. These are 30 round stainless steel magazine bodies that have a tab punched into each side of the body. The purpose of the tab is to restrict the movement of the follower so that no more than 10 rounds may be inserted.