Casper gets his piece

Dude does it again.

3-D printed 10/22

"Published at LiveLeak by Buck O'Fama (just possibly a pseudonym) is this video demonstration of a 3D-printed pistol version of a Ruger 10/22—a popular semiautomatic .22 rifle. The receiver is 3D printed and glued together, with metal parts added, including what appears to be the bolt (and, I assume, a synthetic after-market stock*).

The text reads: The pistol version of the popular Ruger 10/22 rifle, the Ruger Charger comes standard with 10-round flush magazines and can accept high-capacity mags holding 30 rounds or more. As demonstrated, making one with a cheap small-format 3D printer and some parts purchased on the internet (with no paperwork) is trivially easy."

Read more and check out the embedded video at Reason.com.

Excellent article explaining the value of the right to keep and bear arms

This great article is making the rounds again and if you have never read it, you should. If you've read it before, read it again. It's still great.

"Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some."

Read more here.

Marko is an excellent writer. If you are a sci-fi fan, you would love his books.

Good interview

If you are like me and have been wondering what has been going on with Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed, wonder no more.

Nevada updates, via WRSA

http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/witness-to-history/

http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/lessons-learned-from-bundyranch/

WRSA's coverage and congregating of info on the Bundy Ranch Standoff has been most excellent.

Keep up the great work, Pete. And thank you for it, sir.

Violence may not be the answer...

...but the threat of reciprocal violence often is.  Oftentimes when you see someone walked all over, from an individual level or even as large groups it is because they simply don't have the means to resist or defend themselves.

Quite simply, anyone who advocates for gun control or disarming individuals is NOT an advocate for minorities, as they are usually the ones victimized when in a weakened, disarmed state.

Consider the current events in the article.

http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/20/ukrainians-and-venezuelans-need-guns-to

Some thoughts on weak side shooting

 

Recently I sustained an injury to my right shoulder, and it has seriously curtailed my use of that arm. Strength and flexibility have been severely hampered. It has set me to thinking about this deficiency from injury and a deficiency from negligence. 

Now like many lazy shooters, I spend nearly no time on weak side shooting. I mostly shoot for fun, but also for practical reasons like hunting and self defense concerns as well.*

The weak side practice largely centers on self defense scenarios where you are injured (often envisioned to be the struggle which has you bring your weapon to bear) and you must carry on with your non-dominant hand lest you succumb to another's force.  What most of these scenarios that most of us picture miss is the distinct possibility that you enter this situation pre-injured from something totally unrelated. Snowboarding accident for instance.

  

So reflecting on all this has lead me to a few conclusions that could redress this.

1. The most obvious and important first step is to take up practice of weak side shooting and do so quite regularly. Draw and dry fire included. Nothing can replace this and it is critical for anyone serious about this.
2. Next is to make sure I have a left hand draw holster for my carry gun(s). Now for those commonly envisioned scenarios where you sustain the strong side injury during the fight, this does nothing for you**. But given an injury before hand, you can still carry, draw comfortably and less awkwardly with a dedicated weak side holster.
3.  Another thing to do is minimize risk of injury to create that situation in the first place. So I should give up extreme sports and be more careful.(...Yeah, piss on that one. The first two are pretty good though.)   

So, a little something for those you out there to consider before you find yourself in an unnecessarily weak and defenseless position. It is an experience you could do with out with a little fore though
                                                   
* I also tend to view it as a form of political protest.

** Unless you decide to carry two guns, one weak side, one strong. This has merit for a number of reasons but can be costly, cumbersome, and uncomfortable. Still, something to consider.