http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:45auto/ en-us Sat, 12 May 2007 00:02:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832276/posts Though versatile, compact, and reliable, the Thompson/Center Encore is not a gun one would instinctively associate with state-of-the-art technology or truly exceptional accuracy. Well get ready for a paradigm shift. Richard VanH's 6BR Encore raises the accuracy bar for break-open rifles. This rig may be plain on the outside, but it's seriously tricked out on the inside. Richard's Encore features a chamber exactly matched to his loaded ammo--a chamber cut with an electrical spark, not a conventional reamer. With a precisely-machined lug and oversized hinge-pin, lock-up is ultra-tight. Encore/Contender guru Mike Bellm (who knows as much about Encores as anyone... 6mmBR.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1832276/posts#comment Sat, 12 May 2007 00:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655936/posts Twenty-four years after he left the governorship of California— spending the intervening years as a radio host, attorney, state party chairman, presidential hopeful and mayor of Oakland—Jerry Brown, once dubbed “Governor Moonbeam,” is poised to return to statewide office. Brown easily won the June 6 Democratic primary for state attorney general. Should he win in November (and take over a position that his father held for eight years before becoming governor in 1958), the 68-year-old Brown will likely become a national political figure again. He could use the office of attorney general of the nation’s wealthiest and most populous state... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655936/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655919/posts The United Nations’ conference on small arms, which starts today, has an admirable enough goal: to save lives. Some conference attendees claim that guns used in armed conflicts cause 300,000 deaths world-wide every year. The “international community’s” solution? Prevent rebels from getting guns with rules that include a registry of all small arms to enable tracing them and to ensure that weapons sales can be limited to governments. That is an understandable “solution” for governments that don’t trust their citizens. But it also represents a dangerous disregard for their citizens’ safety and freedom. Why? First, and most obviously, because not... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655919/posts#comment Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654446/posts There’s a new reason why northern California’s Bay Area should be sawed off and allowed to drift out to sea. That part of the state already has two cities that, to quote Reagan administration official Dick Darman’s description of the Democrats in 1984, have moved so far left they’ve left America. Now that former radical leftist Congressman Ron Dellums has been confirmed as the new mayor of Oakland, the city will join Berkeley and San Francisco in the loony left camp. Last October, Dellums entered the race unexpectedly. He quickly became the favorite, though it was unclear whether he would... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654446/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652551/posts 10. Mike DeWine (R.-Ohio) Consistently the only Republican to speak in favor of anti-2nd Amendment legislation on the Senate floor. 9. Jack Reed (D.-R.I.) The most vocal opponent on the Senate floor of congressional legislation to prevent lawsuits against firearms manufacturers based on the actions of criminals. 8. John Kerry (D.-Mass.) Accepted a shotgun as a campaign gift from union officials, even though it would have been banned under a bill he cosponsored. 7. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D.-N.Y.) Though just in her first term as an elected official, she campaigned for gun control while First Lady, advocating gun owner licensing,... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1652551/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:54:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648155/posts The National Firearms Register promised by the Government in the aftermath of the Dunblane massacre has been condemned as "fundamentally flawed and not fit for purpose". An internal police report describes the database, intended to carry information on everybody who has applied for a gun licence, as unworkable. The scathing criticism makes a mockery of the upbeat assessment of the register by Charles Clarke, the former home secretary sacked over the foreign criminals deportation fiasco. Three months ago, after the Government failed to deliver the database in time for the 10th anniversary of the Dunblane tragedy, he insisted that "good... Telegraph Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648155/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:34:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648056/posts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ government has struck a deal with Russia to build Latin America’s first factory making Kalashnikov rifles. Venezuela has already taken delivery of 30,000 new Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles from Russia, part of a contract for 100,000 of the weapons favored by guerrillas worldwide, the Financial Times reports. The license to build the weapons factory in Venezuela comes after the U.S. announced a ban on arm sales to Caracas, saying Chavez’s government was failing to cooperate in counterterrorism efforts. Chavez has insisted that the U.S. has plans to invade Venezuela and is seeking to modernize his armed... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648056/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:15:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648004/posts The Greatest Generation faced and surmounted four crises: the social and economic upheavals of industrialization (including the Great Depression); a second world war against abject evil; the rise of the Soviet “super-state” as a rival to democratic-capitalism; and the struggle to ensure the self-evident and inalienable rights of all Americans through the civil rights movement. Today, our generation of Americans must also confront and transcend a quartet of crises: the social and economic upheavals of globalization; a third world war against abject evil; the rise of communist “China, Inc.” as a rival to democratic-capitalism; and the erosion of our self-evident... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648004/posts#comment Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636639/posts Washington cannot ignore Mexico’s southern border when crafting a program to protect U.S. security. First, if it hasn’t provided a portal already, Chiapas presents an inviting gateway for terrorists determined to strike a blow against the U.S. Second, the Mara Salvatruchas, who have spread throughout Mexico, also commit treacherous acts along the Rio Grande and on America’s East and West Coasts. Third, Mexico’s Tijuana, Juarez, and Gulf drug cartels exert enormous influence in the three border cities through which 80 percent of bilateral commerce flows. These well-heeled mafias obtain a portion of their supplies from networks that pass through Central... Foreign Policy Research Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636639/posts#comment Tue, 23 May 2006 00:26:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636520/posts There are certain benchmark handguns by which all other handguns are judged. With sixguns it is the Colt Single Action Army dating from 1873 for single action sixguns to equal or surpass while with double action sixguns the measuring stick is the Smith & Wesson K- and N-frames dating back to 1899 and 1907 respectively. For those of us who use single shot handguns for silhouetting or hunting, the rallying point for good discussion is the Thompson/Center Contender, a relative new comer on the handgun stage going back to the 1960's. We have seen a great deal of development of... Sixguns.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636520/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 21:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636444/posts As we watch the tragicomedy in the U.S. Senate on immigration reform, it behooves us to hark back to the last time the Senate debated major immigration reform. It was in 1985. Why does it behoove us to learn this history? Because the promises being made today are exactly the same promises made back then. The bill that the Senate produced in 1985, which became law in 1986, was ambitiously titled the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). It is probably the most fraudulent legislation in American history, for it neither reformed nor controlled immigration. In fact, it actually exacerbated... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636444/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 19:12:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634557/posts The Senate last night passed President Bush's disastrous guest worker amnesty by a strange 66 to 33 vote. A majority of Republican Senators (31) voted against the amnesty provision. The measure passed, however, when 24 Republicans joined with Democrats to overrule the will of the Republican majority. Only two Democrats voted against the amnesty. The measure effectively grants amnesty to every illegal alien in the country. Supporters claim that it would grant amnesty only to the large majority of immigration aliens -- those that have been here at least two years. In truth, however, it will grant amnesty to anyone... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634557/posts#comment Thu, 18 May 2006 20:12:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633264/posts The bottom line on President Bush's televised address on immigration Monday evening is this: For all of its five parts for achieving "comprehensive immigration reform," there wasn't enough lipstick -- nor mascara, rouge, blush or other cosmetics -- to disguise that Mr. Bush was selling an amnesty pig. Most offensive was his implication that Americans aren't enough of a welcoming people if they reject the Bush-McCain-Hagel mass amnesty. The United States has the most generous -- overly generous, in fact -- immigration policy in the world. Mr. Bush stooped to the low tactic of implying our great generosity isn't generous... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633264/posts#comment Tue, 16 May 2006 19:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632594/posts Senate staffer: “The public is rising up against amnesty!” White House operative: “Quick, call the National Guard!” The president will address the nation on immigration tonight and is expected to endorse, among other things, use of the National Guard to help patrol the border. Why such a dramatic gesture? Is there some new emergency that needs to be addressed with new methods? Has something changed in the situation along the border? No—but something has changed in the public mood. In the wake of illegal aliens massing in the streets, waving Mexican flags, singing “Nuestro Himno,” and insisting that Americans comply... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632594/posts#comment Mon, 15 May 2006 18:49:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613282/posts It is hard to imagine a company sinking as low as Smith & Wesson, the legendary arms maker that equipped soldiers from the Civil War to the Vietnam War and 98 percent of American police forces. Just two years ago, the company's chairman was found to be a convicted felon: he had failed to disclose spending 15 years in prison for armed robbery. Federal investigators were looking into accounting irregularities, and the company's stock was stuck at $1.50 a share. Adding to the company's woes, American soldiers for the past decade have carried Italian-made Berettas, and most police forces long... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1613282/posts#comment Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1596234/posts The list of feel-good bumper stickers such as "Think globally, act locally" and "You can't hug your kids with nuclear arms" should now be countered with "Nobody can afford 'peace at any cost.'"Late last year, four people who were billed as "Christian peace activists" were abducted in Iraq by a group calling itself the "Swords of Righteousness Brigade." Around that time, Al-Jazeera, the Middle Eastern TV network best known for their "two-fer Tuesday" back-to-back airings of classic hits from al-Qaeda and any other unhinged spiral-eyed crazy with access to video equipment and a FedEx guy, broadcast a video. On that... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1596234/posts#comment Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1592564/posts The .30-06 cartridge was created for the M-1903 Springfield rifle, a decade before World War I. For the next six or seven decades, the same cartridge became the most widely used rifle and light machine gun ammunition, staying in service well into the 1970s. History of the .30-06 CartridgeDevelopment of the .30-06 cartridge was motivated by the development of the pointed nose spritzer 7 x 57mm and 8 x 57mm Mauser cartridges by the Imperial German Army, a breakthrough in ballistic technology. When issued for the M-1903 Springfield rifle in 1906 the .30-06 was known as "Ball Cartridge, caliber .30,... Olive-Drab http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1592564/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591982/posts <p>The exclusive NewsMax annual feature "United Nations Report Card" reveals that when it comes to supporting the U.S. on key issues, almost every nation in the world body gets a failing grade.</p> <p>NewsMax examined 12 key General Assembly votes taken on issues of critical importance to the U.S., and found that only four countries – Israel and the Pacific Ocean nations of Palau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands sided with the U.S. on most of the issues.</p> NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591982/posts#comment Wed, 8 Mar 2006 00:18:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580906/posts Project engineer Peyton M. Magruder designed the Glenn L. Martin Company's B-26 Marauder in response to an Army Air Corps specification issued in January 1939. This specification also caught the attention of North American Aviation Inc. and that firm responded with the B-25. War fever caused the Air Corps to forego a prototype test stage and both bombers went from the drawing board straight into production. The consequences were deadly for crews that flew the Martin airplane. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580906/posts#comment Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559721/posts An indication of the corruption of a nation's political integrity and quite possibly its existence simply is the degree to which its constitutional jurisprudence is relegated to "opinion" or uncertainty. Constitutional law, a republic's founding and fundamental jurisprudence, is predicated on certainty. This is not the least important, related aspect of our tragic confusion about Applied Science as Certainty, and all else as Uncertain. I ask that readers who are not clear about this matter to take note of this "problem" as you read about "jurisprudence and certainty" here. Certainty in constitutional matters arises from fidelity to the meaning of... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1559721/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553264/posts With many of our M16/M4 rifles reaching the end of their service lives, we have to find an affordable, acceptable solution, now. Utilizing this inspiration, Heckler & Koch (HK) has been working on an enhanced carbine that would outperform all current competition grade 5.56mm carbines in effort to provide superior performance after the incredibly successful mid-life upgrades to the British SA80 (L85/L86) Weapons System. And now, HK has stepped up to the plate with their newest enhanced carbine -- the HK416. The HK416 operates on a short-stroke piston gas system that does not introduce propellant gases back into the weapon's... Military.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553264/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:56:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539837/posts The Stoner 63 Weapon System is the brain child of Eugene Stoner, the chief designer of the AR-10, AR-15/M-16 and many other unique weapon designs. The project goal was to develop a family of small arms built around a common receiver and a number of assemblies. The precursor of the Stoner 63 weapon series was the M69W in 7.62X51mm. Mongo's A63 site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1539837/posts#comment Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523242/posts Protecting individual liberty is the most important thing a legislator can do. Exercising power is easy; restraining the exercise of power is hard. Legislators, therefore, have a tendency to exercise power in strange and intrusive ways. The “Noseys” were designed to call attention to the stupid exercise of power in the California Legislature. The 2005 Nosey Award winner is: 1. AB 1677(Koretz) Correctional Condoms Act. This bill provides for the legalization of, and distribution of contraband in our states correctional facilities, by allowing any non-profit or health agency to freely distribute condoms and dental dams to inmates (Just what is... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1523242/posts#comment Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504776/posts The White House appears to have been truly blindsided by the vehemently negative response from conservative intellectuals to the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. In truth, this is a revolt that has been long in the making. The surprising thing is that it has taken such a long time for it to come out into the open. The truth that is now dawning on many movement conservatives is that George W. Bush is not one of them and never has been. They were allies for a long time, to be sure, and conservatives used Mr. Bush just... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504776/posts#comment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:28:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1502028/posts The number is magic, recalling the era when Detroit dominated the world with its big, powerful, swaggering V-8s. The Chevrolet 427 V-8 first appeared as an experimental engine that powered Junior Johnson to a then-amazing 166-mph lap at Daytona in 1963. It went into production soon afterward, known variously as the Mark IV, the Chevy big-block, or simply the rat motor. Now the 427 is back, powering the fire-breathing 2006 Z06 Corvette. Okay, so the engine actually displaces 427.6 cubic inches (7008cc), about one more cubic inch than the original. That's because this new 427 is not a reincarnation of... Car and Driver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1502028/posts#comment Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:08:18 GMT