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Spring 2012 Machine Gun Shoot at Knob Creek is CANCELED
There is a biannual celebration of all things firearms related nestled in the hills of north-central Kentucky. Knob Creek Gun Range normally holds their Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show in April and October, when people from all over the nation and from around the world make their trek to this Machine Gun Mecca. Shooting benches on the firing line are so popular and in such high demand that they must be reserved years in advance.
Unfortunately, both shooters and spectators alike this spring will be without the opportunity to attend what is billed as “The World’s Largest Machine Gun Shoot and Military Gun Show.” The Knob Creek Gun Range website has one of their famously good-natured banners splashed across the front page that reads “Too many floods, not enough bridge.” The website goes on with the crushing news: “NOTICE: KCR regrets to inform our fans and customers that due to major weather damage and unavoidable bridge reconstruction the 2012 Spring Machine Gun Shoot & Military Gun Show has been cancelled.” Continue reading
Rules for a Gunfight – Rule Number 1: Bring a Gun
Obviously, one should strive to avoid being in a gunfight. Gunfights are, for the most part, not desirable situations in which to be. They are typically loud, dangerous, stressful situations and may result in injury or death to one or more of the involved combatants. Because of these and other factors, one should seek to find a more peaceable resolution for conflicts than a gun battle.
That being said, gunfights sometimes happen whether you want them to or not. There are lists of “Gunfight Rules” floating around the internet on various web pages, in forwarded emails, hanging on gun store walls and other similar places. While the source of these rules varies depending upon who you ask, a vague consensus seems to indicate that the first (and, arguably, most important) rule of gunfighting comes from a conversation between Col. Jeff Cooper and Mark Moritz regarding whether or not there are any rules in a gunfight to begin with.
More rules have been added to supplement this first rule, with some sources giving credit to a Drill Sergeant from Fort Benning by the name of Joe Frick. Presented here for your edification and enjoyment are
28 Rules for Gunfighting:
1. Forget about knives, bats and fists. Bring a gun. Preferably, bring at least two guns. Bring all of your Continue reading
Bill Akins’s Open Letter on BATFE Akins Accelerator Ruling
The Akins Accelerator is back! This time with no continually biased springs to rile up the BATFE. To commemorate its phoenix-like rise from the bureaucratic ashes, let’s take a look back at a part of the device’s history. What follows is an open letter from William Akins, inventor of the Akins Accelerator. This letter was originally published on now-defunct Blogspot blog Red’s Trading Post in December 2007.
My fellow Americans.
Let me draw your attention to a process known as bump firing which is exactly what my stock allows you to do except my stock stays stationary whereas in bump firing the entire firearm including the stock moves.
Bumpfiring uses no devices of any kind. It is a skill or knack as it were, that the shooter learns. Before I go into it, I would like to mention that if you read the illegal BATFE 2006-02 ruling that bans my accelerator device, that same ruling actually bans the process of bump firing and therefore any semi automatic capable of bump firing. Read the 2006-02 ruling at the BATFE website, then come back here and look at what I am about to show you.
To bump fire, you hold the weapon very loosely with your right hand and put your finger against the trigger without actually pulling it yet. Then you pull forward with your left hand concentrating on keeping forward tension on your left hand. By doing so you pull forward on the weapon and push the trigger against the right hands trigger finger which fires the gun, which recoils allowing your finger to actually stay in contact with the trigger but allows the trigger to come back forward and reset, but remember, you are keeping forward pressure with your left hand on the fore end of the stock again pushing the trigger into your trigger finger. Actually according to the BATFE ruling, the hellfire and tac trigger should be more illegal than my device since both those devices have your finger RIDING the trigger back and forth and never releasing from it, whereas my device causes your finger to completely disengage from the trigger for each shot. So why are two rapid fire devices that clearly fall within the new BATFE ruling allowed but mine is banned? Politics. Here’s a few links to videos showing bump firing without any kind of device at all.
This is the exact same thing my device does except the firearm does it within a stationary stock whereas in bump firing the whole firearm and stock assembly moves. However it is the same under Federal law as my device, and SHOULD be the same under the illegal BATFE ruling as my device, i.e. banned equally as my device has been banned. But the BATFE selectively enforces their new illegal ruling. Why? Because if they equally enforced their bogus ruling against the technique of bump firing, they would have to ban all semi automatic weapons, which is actually what their new 2006-02 ruling does. It bans my device, the hellfire device, the tac trigger and the process of bump firing with no device. Continue reading
GunLink Forum Provides Grassroots Rallying Point for Second Amendment Proponents
In almost any discussion regarding how to protect America’s right to keep and bear arms, as provided for in the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, it is almost a certainty that two tried-and-true methods will come up. The first method is to call or write your elected representatives at a local, state and federal level and make your pro-2A feelings known. After all, it is their job to carry out the wishes of their constituents and if they do not know what those wishes are, how can they act upon them? Many, however, feel that such contact falls upon deaf ears and that, in a game where such officials may receive hundreds, if not thousand, of phone calls, emails and letters every day, one individual’s opinion is too easy to overlook or simply ignore.
The second method that often comes up offers a solution to that problem. If one individual’s voice is too easy to overlook or ignore, magnify that voice by joining a gun rights organization. In a discussion on gun rights organizations, there are usually Continue reading
Federal Court OKs Border State Gun Sale Reporting Requirement
A federal district court in Washington, DC recently upheld a BATFE firearms sale reporting policy. This policy, via ATF Demand Letter 3, will require all of the nearly 9,000 firearms dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to report sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles by the same buyer within five consecutive days. The plaintiffs, who plan to appeal immediately, noted that this number of dealers is around 20 times the number subject to similar previous demand letters.
A recent NRA-ILA article was published on the court ruling, in which they continue to make their argument that the Fast And Furious operation was used as justification for this new Demand Letter.
The 4 Laws of Gun Safety
The 1st Law – Consider every firearm loaded at all times and treat it accordingly.
It doesn’t matter if you just checked the chamber seconds ago, always assume that it is loaded. (Note that NRA has decided not to teach this rule in their safety courses and brochures).
The 2nd Law – Never Point The Gun At Something You Are Not Prepared To Destroy! Always keep firearms pointed in a safe direction.
A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle is pointed at all times. This rule directly correlates to the first rule; pretend that every firearm is loaded and that it will go off. Pay attention to where your muzzle is pointed; don’t go waving it around. Keep it pointed in a safe direction even when checking out the sights or dry-fire practicing.
The 3rd Law – Always Be Sure Of Your Target And What Is Behind It!
This means don’t shoot at things your bullet could bounce off of (ricochet) and hurt someone or something that you don’t intend to shoot. It also means don’t rely on your target to stop the projectile; be sure that if your bullet passes completely through your target that it will not continue on and hurt someone or something that you don’t intend to shoot. It also means being sure that if you miss your target your bullet will not continue on its path and hit something or someone you don’t intend to shoot.
Be sure you have a good, bulletproof backstop. If you can’t be sure of your projectile’s trajectory from the time it leaves your firearm until it comes safely to rest, DON”T SHOOT!
The 4th Law – Keep Your Finger Off The Trigger Until You Are Ready to Fire!
The best way I’ve heard this put is “Keep your booger hook off the bang switch!” When holding a firearm, rest your finger on the trigger guard or along the side of the gun. Until you are actually ready to fire, do not touch the trigger. You don’t want a muscle twitch, a sneeze or a light trigger causing your firearm to go off and end in tragedy.
These rules won’t protect you from all firearm mishaps, accidental discharges (ADs) or negligent discharges (NDs) but, when combined with common sense (e.g. don’t use drugs or alcohol when handling firearms, know how to correctly operate the firearms you are handling), they will put you well on your way to being a safe shooter.
