No Guns for Negroes exposes the racist history behind American gun control laws.
This is concealed carry in action. That poor thug never saw it coming; then again he is just another stupid criminal preying on a “defenseless” hard working honest citizen. But this time the citizen was armed, and was obviously well acquainted with gun control, meaning the ability to control his gun so as the bullets come out of the barrel well aimed and on the right target, in this case a scumbag out to do no good. Gun Control really does work! Commentary by Alan L. Lund With all the media induced frenzy over gun control, the 80000 Million Mommies, and the President’s various plans surrounding the issue, I have to say that in reality gun control really does work. There are volumes of evidence to prove this. Before anyone gets the wrong impression (like, hey I thought this guy was opposed to gun control) let me explain how it works. Gun control is an effective tool when dealing with crime. It has proven to have profound results. Why, in Australia alone gun control has had a dramatic affect on the crime rate. Don’t believe it? Australia banned private ownership of most guns in 1996, crime has risen dramatically on that continent, prompting critics of US gun control efforts to issue new warnings of what life in America could be like if Congress ever bans firearms. After Australian lawmakers passed widespread gun bans, (law-abiding) gun owners were forced to surrender about 650000 weapons, which were later slated for destruction, according to statistics from the Australian …
Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church in Louisville, Kentucky was moved by the church members’ concern about the Obama administration’s views on gun control. He invited the congregation to bring their unloaded handguns – in holsters – to the church sanctuary to celebrate the second amendment – the right to keep and bear arms. About 40 people attended the “Open Carry Celebration”, which included a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety. At the same time a coalition of peace and church groups held a gun-free event across town. Obviously, all citizens of Louisville aren’t “gun-ho” about guns.
The Arizona senate approved a bill allowing people with concealed weapon permits to bring guns into businesses selling alcohol. The bill needs the governor’s signature; but although Republican Jan Brewer has been a longtime supporter of gun rights, she hasn’t said that she will sign. Critics say that guns and alcohol are a dangerous combination. Supporters say that they have the right to protect themselves and their families. However, the measure bans drinking while carrying a gun; and restaurants can deny entry to gun-toters by posting a sign by their liquor license. Hopefully, disgruntled parties will just shoot off their mouths.
In June 2009 Utah ended a 40-year-old requirement that customers must become members of a private club before entering a bar serving alcohol. The system had been created to shield Mormons from alcohol, while letting drinkers partake of the heavily taxed spirits. About 60% of Utah’s citizens and more than 80% of its state lawmakers belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which tells its members to abstain from alcohol. However, the new rule which turns private clubs into public bars will boost Utah’s $7 billion-a-year tourism industry – not too hard to swallow in a hard economy.
Nevertheless, not even a badger in Goslar, Germany is safe from alcohol. It seems a motorist called the police to report that a dead badger was in the middle of the road. However, when the police arrived, they discovered the badger wasn’t dead. It was drunk. The nocturnal animal had feasted on cherries from a nearby tree that were overripe and had turned to alcohol. The badger refused to budge. Failing to scare the animal away, the police chased it off the road with a broom. After all, it is difficult to badger a drunken badger about being drunk.
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A bb gun is an exact replica of the real firearm. These guns give you an idea for handling the actual guns as they are quite heavy and very well built. Also, a bb gun can be kept without any worries regarding hurting someone or yourself and also without an air gun license. Often people buy the bb guns to get a feel of the real guns.
There is a vast variety of bb guns available. To choose the best bb gun suitable for your use and your budget, this article will briefly explain the different types of bb guns and their respective working mechanism.
Spring powered gun
Spring powered guns differ from the electric powered and gas powered guns as they are single shot devices like a real shotgun. They have to be operated manually as the automatic functionality is not provided by it. The user has to cock them every time before shooting. The working mechanism works like this, on cocking the gun, the spring inside the piston gets compressed and when released it makes an airtight seal.
Gas powered gun
Gas bb guns are automatic in nature. The user does not have to cock it every time before using. It has an in-built gas charge which when drops down needs to be refilled. For the purpose of refilling, CO2 cartridges or portable hand pumps are available. These are more powerful than spring powdered guns. The working mechanism works like this; the pressurized gas in liquid form is passed through a chamber to the firing chamber. On reaching the fire chamber, there is an enormous expansion in the volume and thus it propels the gun.
Electric powered gun
Electric bb guns are again automatic in nature. These are the best amongst all the types of bb guns. Each electric powered bb gun has a small powerful motor inside powering its shooting mechanism. A spring is present inside an electric powered gun controlled by the electronic motor to achieve high rates of fully automatic fire. This gun can be loaded with miniature paintballs. It is supported by a rechargeable battery, so whenever the power goes down, the users can charge it by plugging it into a power point.
Of all the three types of bb guns available, spring powered guns are comparatively least expensive and gas powdered gun the most expensive. Spring powdered guns are the least powerful while the gas powered guns the most powerful and the electric guns offer an excellent performance.
Dave Woods is an expert on electric bb guns and gas bb guns. To know more about these guns visit www.bbguns.co.uk
There are many arguments for and against gun control in this country and with so many misusing firearms it’s not hard to understand the position of those in favor of more control or banning and those who wish to see the owning of guns remain a choice that individuals make and not the government. I generally consider myself a fairly liberal person and while I believe there are always stronger ways to keep guns out of the hands of people who would use them improperly and to do other harm, I also believe that removing guns from society all together will only force immoral individuals to find another weapon with which to threaten us with.
In addition to traditional firearms, there has been a lot of attention of other types of non lethal guns such as pellet guns. As a long time collector and admirer of pellet rifles and air soft guns I find it unfortunate that there are individuals who make use of blank guns and other type of bb and pellet guns to threaten and even harm innocent people. Some of these guns look like actual firearms and in some cases are designed be an exact replica of their more deadly cousins. I think it unfair to lay blame on these guns or any type of gun, lethal in force or not because it’s not the gun that hurt anyone, it’s the person who pulled the trigger. Though any type of gun can be dangerous in the hands of irresponsible, angry, or immature persons, to remove firearms and even pellet guns is akin to placing a band-aid on top of a gaping wound. It solves nothing and those who used guns to do harm in the past will only find a new weapon of choice to use against innocents.
It is all too common a practice these days for people to look for and find a scapegoat and/or a quick solution. We as human beings should look at the tragedies caused by those with guns and realize that this is a human problem and not lay blame on an inanimate object. There are many physiological factors that contribute to a person being able to harm another human being and those are the things we should be looking at. This is where we should be attacking the problem because as I’ve stated before, even if we were to ban every single non-living object in the world, those with the ability to harm, maim, or even kill would still have feet and fists. As a society we should attempt to determine what motivates a person to commit such heinous acts and find ways of stopping this. I’m also a realist however and am well aware that there will likely never be a way to completely or even largely eradicate this type of behavior but we have a responsibility to try.
Recently I have had neighbors frown on me for allowing my teenage son to shoot pellet rifles in our back yard. Comments such as “how can you allow a child to shoot a gun” and “that’s irresponsible” reverberate throughout my front yard on a nearly daily basis. Sadly the majority of these people hold this position only because of what they see on the news or read in the paper. When it comes to guns, even air soft guns, it’s a case of a few bad apples ruining the barrel. I grew up shooting pellet guns with my dad and I like once did with me, have instilled responsibility and safety in my son before anything else. I grew up shooting and have not one time ever thought of using any of my guns for anything but target practice in my back yard or out in the mountains. I’m a well adjusted adult and I believe my son will one day be as well.
The bottom line with any type of gun is this. There are those of us who enjoy collecting and shooting for recreation. We are responsible, level headed people who know right from wrong and would never harm anyone or anything using any type of weapon. There are also those who will attempt to harm others out of frustration, immaturity, fear, revenge, etc. Sadly these people will find a way to do harm whether guns of any type exist or not. We can reduce the number of injuries though through education and responsibility and playing it safe can make shooting a lot of fun.
Scott is a long time admirer and collector of pellet guns as well as blank guns.