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HALLANDALE BEACH - Armed with handguns and AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, the members of the Southeast Broward Republican Club abandoned the usual community center for their club meeting this week, and gathered at a gun range where they fired bullets instead of political bombshells. The aims, said club president Ed Napolitano, were to have fun, educate club members who were new to shooting — and send a political message. "Why are we here? Because we're Republicans and we appreciate the fact that we have the right to bear arms," Napolitano said. "Without the Second Amendment I don't think the...

The Ministry of National Defense plans to sell more than 100,000 aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun enthusiasts, ministry officials said Thursday. The plan is part of the ministry's programs to boost its defense budget, they said. About 86,000 M1 Garand rifles and 22,000 M1 carbine rifles will be sold to gun collectors in the United States, as the U.S. government has approved the sale. The rifles were originally given to South Korea as part of a U.S. aid program in the 1950s, according to officials. The total value of the firearms for sale exceeds $120 million. The rifles...

In the early days of America's history, before independence, wily frontiersmen formed community militias to provide protection from the native Indians and French-Canadian settlers. By the 1760s, peace resulted in militia training reaching a low point. For example, during militia training, a common salute to an officer consisted of a militiaman's firing a blank shot at an officer’s feet. A general sense of humor and neglect existed among the colonists toward formal military discipline. However, marksmanship and weapon handling remained important as a part of daily life and thus was regularly practiced. Many of the other practices of the...

The top FBI agent in Boston said today that the Menino administration should revive a controversial plan to arm neighborhood officers with semiautomatic assault rifles, saying the scarcity of such weapons on the force makes Boston more vulnerable to a terrorist attack similar to the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people.

I wrote recently about the forcible citizen disarmament lobby's desire to ban .50 caliber rifles. In that piece, I pointed out that if such a ban were ever implemented, the gun prohibitionists would soon discover that a sniper limited to a .499 caliber rifle would not be seriously hampered by the loss of 1/1000th of an inch of bullet diameter, leading, no doubt, to calls for the banning of that caliber as well. Of course, a .498 caliber rifle would not really be noticeably less capable . . . etc. The disarmament lobby considers it bad form for gun rights...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she keeps 2 rifles under bed BY TOM BRUNE | tom.brune@newsday.com 10:46 PM EST, February 15, 2009 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., (Left), shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden, while her husband, Jonathan Gillibrand, stands in the center. (AP Photo / January 27, 2009) WASHINGTON - - New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who argues her pro-gun stance aims to protect hunters' rights and the Second Amendment, last week said she and her husband, Jonathan, keep two rifles under their bed to protect their upstate home. Gillibrand said neither she nor her husband is a hunter, and...

Happy Holidays: Now dispose of all of your ammunition! Every last round! From now on, you will be able to buy only overpriced ammunition that will be registered to you in a government database. Not yet--at least for now. A small company, Ammunition Accountability--which wants to help anti-gunners price and regulate the Second Amendment out of existence, profit at the expense of our rights, or both--has found radical anti-gun legislators in 18 states willing to introduce bills pushing such nonsense. But few anti-gun proposals are so overtly aimed at destroying the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As we began...

I'm looking for a Federal Firearm Licensed dealer that is fair and honest.

Last weekend I started a thread about buying this gun. Several asked me to post a picture when I got it. Picked it up today and here it is with my SIG I bought two weeks ago. Thanks again for all for pointing me in the right direction!

I'm thinking of an AR. I'm thinking of a Bushie. I'm thinking lighter, smaller, suitable for when the compost hits the air-conditioner, able to reach out and touch someone at 100 meters, but not too fancy to use on a groundhog.I'm thinking gas-piston for reliability. I'm also thinking I could be being stupid.Any thoughtful advice and recommendations would be gratefully accepted. I just have a feeling things could get crazy enough that a vang-comp shottie and my sigs might not be enough.

Various forums discussing the pros and cons of the different brands. It seems they all have preferences, and I bet some do here as well, but at least if you say "Colt is best, and here's why..." I can ask questions later on FR. Officer Forums The Firing Line The High Road

http://www.learnaboutguns.com/2008/03/30/selecting-a-gun-for-home-defense/ Selecting a Gun for Home Defense Published by the LearnAboutGuns.com Many people purchase their first gun for home defense, and the question of which type of gun to pick is a common one. The three basic choices are a handgun, shotgun, or rifle. Of the three, I would recommend a shotgun for most situations, with handguns being recommended for people who lack the physical ability to handle a shotgun. My recommendation for the “ideal” home defense shotgun, and the pros and cons of each of these firearm types, in the order which I recommend them, are discussed below. My...

Crack, crack, crack. Three Montana Highway Patrol troopers, firing from the prone position, sent 15 rounds from their new rifles downrange in quick succession recently. The .223 caliber bullets punched easily through the plywood and paper targets, kicking up clods of dirt from the berm behind the range at Glacier Park International Airport. After officers from the sixth district-which covers Flathead, Lake, and Lincoln counties-qualify with the new weapon, every trooper in Montana will be riding shotgun with a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle. "They're just all-around more versatile for our day and age," Trooper Jerril Ren, one of the patrol's firearms...

October 9, 2007: The British Army is replacing most of its 3,000 7.62mm L96A1 sniper rifles with one modified to use the .338 (8.6mm) Lapua Magnum caliber round. The Accuracy International "Super Magnum" rifle is basically a L96A1 "Arctic Warfare" rifle modified to handle the larger, 8.6mm Lapua Magnum round. The new rifle (the L118A1) weighs 15 pounds (without a scope), is fifty inches long and has a 27 inch barrel and a five round magazine. Snipers in Iraq, and especially Afghanistan, have been calling for a longer range round, but find the 12.7mm (.50 caliber) weapons too heavy. The...

As the soldiers from the 4 Rifles Battlegroup completed their move from Basra Palace to the Contingency Operating Base at Basra Airport yesterday, the Battlegroup's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Sanders, reflected on the time he and his troops spent at the city base. Attacked by rogue militias on a regular basis, the battlegroup suffered the sad loss of eleven of their number, with many more injured. For Lt Col Sanders the departure from Basra Palace brought mixed emotions: "As we leave Basra Palace, I have mixed feelings – great sadness at the sacrifices that have been made during the...

Scouts' firing range irks residents Neighbors say clay shooting events disruptive By Ivan Moreno, Rocky Mountain News July 7, 2007 ELBERT - Neighbors say the Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch is anything but that. The realization came after an explosion of shotgun blasts from the camp in May, when Boy Scouts held a two-day clay shooting fundraiser. "It sounded like Hamas had a training camp next door," said Elbert County Sheriff William Frangis, who fielded numerous calls from people who live near the ranch. The Scouts say no one complained to them. Although the camp has had a shooting range for...

Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles recently deployed to Basra as part of 1 Mechanised Brigade. The soldiers are already finding life in southern Iraq challenging but also rewarding. Despite the challenges which operating in Basra inevitably bring the Bulford-based soldiers from 4 Rifles have quickly established their presence in and around the city, conducting a programme of patrols aimed at protecting Multi-National Forces from attacks while also attempting to win the approval of the local population and provide a foundation for the handover of control to Iraqi Forces later on in the year. On one such patrol recently the...

A British soldier has been killed in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has said. The soldier, from the 4th Battalion The Rifles, died after an indirect fire attack on the Provincial Joint Co-ordination Centre in Basra. The MoD said the soldier's next of kin had been informed. The latest death, which took place early this morning, takes the total number of UK troops killed in operations in Iraq to 152.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Female National Guard soldiers who posed nude for pictures before deploying Iraq will face "nonjudicial, administrative measures," the Army said. The women were not suspended and were "busy supporting the war effort," Maj. Jay Adams, chief of public affairs for the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), told The Courier-Journal of Louisville on Tuesday. Adams said the investigation was conducted by commanders in Iraq and that he was barred from releasing more information about the sanctions by the federal Privacy Act. Administrative sanctions can include measures such as docking soldiers' pay or confining them to barracks. The allegations were...

The Making Of: Sharpe's Challenge Go behind the scenes and visit the set of this exciting show. Don't miss "The Making Of: Sharpe's Challenge". Airs Saturday August 26th at 1pm et on BBC America  (DirecTV channel 264). Sharpe's Challenge: Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no...