CALIFORNIA FIREARMS LAW ADVISORY/WARNING “ASSAULT WEAPON MODIFICATIONS”

Some California firearm owners are subjecting themselves to possible criminal prosecution by leaving a “tool” (similar to the “AR Mag Magnet” or “Wonder Wrench”) within or attached to a device (such as a “bullet button”) that prevents a magazine from being “removed readily from the firearm.”

Read full warning as PDF

Firearms Sales By Region

The National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) has issued an interesting report charting gun sales by US region. Southerners like handguns, and those in the Great Lakes states purchase the most shotguns by far. In 2008, southern Atlantic states led per capita in handgun purchases and also accounted for 31.4 % of all handguns bought in the United States. East north central states led per capita in shotgun purchases and accounted for 33.4 % of shotguns sold.

The Mountain states led per capita in rifle purchases and accounted for 10.7 percent of rifles sold. But the South Atlantic states’ residents buy the most rifles overall — 22% of the nationwide total. It is interesting that the Pacific states (California, Oregon, Washington) encompass 14.7% of the U.S. population, but that region accounts for only 10% of rifles and shotguns sold. On the other hand, Pacific states’ residents buy 14.2% of all handguns, the second highest figure among regions. Maybe all those crazy gun control laws in California haven’t made things any safer, and people feel the need to arm themselves.

(thanks AccurateShooter)

Fun Gun Links

-Top Shot! History Channel is working on a shooting competition show.

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Gun Links

- US Military's "God Gun"
This electronic weapon instantaneously "kills" personnel or vehicles and removes them from the fight when participants are within the kill zone or blast radius of virtual explosions delivered from both grenades and IEDs.

- Quietly Winning Battles For Looser Gun Laws
Over the last two years, 24 states have passed 47 new laws loosening gun restrictions.
Public attitudes toward gun control have shifted strongly over the past 50 years, according to Gallup polling. In 1959, 60 percent of respondents said they favored a ban on handguns except for "police and other authorized persons." By last year, Gallup's most recent crime survey found 69 percent opposed such a ban.

-Switzerland's Armed Citizenry
Free guns! Free ammo!

"The key to freedom is the ability to be able to defend yourself and if you don't have the tools to do that, then you are at the mercy of whoever wants to put you away. And the tools for that are guns."

AAGC Weekend

This weekend it was a friend's birthday and what better way to celebrate than to head to the range and shoot?!
We went to San Leandro Optimist Rifle and Pistol Range. I really recommend this range. The staff are always friendly and unpretentious. I was glad to get the opportunity to try some of the techniques I am picking up from Daniel Shaw on The Gunfighter Cast. Good times!

We also headed to the Code of the West gun show in Vallejo. There wasn't as many interesting finds as the last time I went. I am still in search of a (CA legal) Remington R-15 VTR-CS.


Hopefully this blog will have other contributors soon!
We would also really like to get a proper logo. I might get some fgolks to work on that for me. If you would like to help, hit us up:
antiauthoritariangunclub @ gmail dot com

The Supreme Court Is Coming

The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date to hear the landmark civil liberties case that will determine whether the Second Amendment prohibits state and local governments from enacting stiff anti-gun laws.

Oral arguments in the lawsuit, McDonald v. City of Chicago, will be held on the morning of March 2, 2010. A decision is expected by late June or early July.

From a lay-person's glance, it seems like guns rights has the upper hand.
Even as anti-authoritarians, we must recognize the benefit to having legal rights to own firearms. It is because of this and the hope that gun restrictions could be loosened in states like CA that I suggest we throw our individual support behind efforts to repeal laws like Chicago's.

Chicago Gun Case dot com

Guerrilla Sniper Class

Suarez International is offering a Guerrilla Sniper course in Arizona. The 3 day course costs $500.
Check it out

Suarez International has a ton of other courses they offer at various locations.

Legal Heat

Legal Heat is an iPhone app that lists the Firearm Laws of each state.
It is fun to browse through and interesting to see where you CANNOT take loaded firearms in some states. Living in CA, I found that I cannot take a loaded firearm to a picket line, or public meeting!

I'm sure this info exists on the internet and maybe even in an equally simple form. That would beat paying $1.99.

iPhone link

(thanks to The Firearm Blog)

FN Herstal ‘Black Box’

FN Herstal has created a new electronic device named the “Black Box”, which can record and store a rifle’s round count and firing sequences. In addition, when coupled to a GPS, the FN Black Box can transmit the gun’s ID and location to a monitoring authority!

Where To Shoot

Where To Shoot (dot) Org provides a comprehensive directory of target shooting facilities across the country.

Talk about exhaustive lists! wow.

Money Shot

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Ammo Day

Next Thusday, November 19th is the 8th annual Ammo Day.
The backers of this event want each and every gun owner to purchase 100 rounds of ammunition. The purpose of Ammo Day is to support the Second Amendment and to send a message to politicians.

Bay Area Folks! Where is your favorite spot to get ammo?

Mr Kalashnikov's Birthday

November 10th was Mikhail Kalashnikov's 90th birthday. Kalashnikov designed the AK-47.
Happy Birthday Mikhail!


I have been fortunate enough to shoot one.

Lock 'N Load Premiere

Showtime's Lock 'N Load premiered tonight. The show is a (supposedly) hidden cam show a la Taxi Cab Confessions. The "host" of the show, Josh T. Ryan, is a bit of an obnoxious bro-ham but is also very nice and welcoming to the clientele of his gun ship outside of Denver, CO.

Each episode is only 30 minutes and moves along quickly from one vignette to another. The general theme of the show seems to illustrate the diversity of gun buyers. IT also shows regular people firing guns in a range. Both of which are positives. I think showing people fire weapons could be even more powerful than showing a diverse group interested in them. Seeing people use guns demystifies them and shows them to be tools (the guns not the shooters).

I did find odd and disturbing the show giving air time to the two dudes who basically just made comments about keeping one's wife quiet and joked about murdering women.

Swiss Shooting Traditions

Accurate Shooter has an interesting article on Swiss Shooting Traditions.

In Switzerland, universal military training is required of young men, and after military service, Swiss men retain their military weapons, including assault rifles, in their homes. In addition, target shooting remains a hugely popular activity among the Swiss. Though it has a population of just 7,000,000, Switzerland boasts over 2,000 rifle ranges.

Health Care & Naive Paranoia

Gun Owners of America are hyping up some odd paranoia. They are claiming that healthcare "reform" (or public healthcare) under Obama will lead to denying more people access to guns and the creation of an "anti-gun medical database."

The federal government already uses medical diagnoses (such as PTSD) to deny people the right to own guns.

GOA claims: "legislation in Congress will very likely empower anti-gun bureaucrats to deny medical reimbursements to individuals who engage in supposedly “dangerous” activities, like hunting or keeping loaded weapons for self-defense."
Odd.

Trust me naive conservatives- If the government wants to take our guns, they don't need to sneak something in with public healthcare. They will just come and take them and call us terrorists.

Firearms Deaths By State

Number of Deaths Due to Injury by Firearms per 100,000 Population, 2006

CLICK HERE for more details.

Do with it what you will.

Support for tougher gun laws at lowest point in decades

A new Gallup poll shows that the number of Americans who favor tougher gun control laws has dropped to its lowest point in nearly 20 years.

We should seize upon sentiment to educate our peers about guns and encourage a further armed populace (especially the anti-authoritarian segment!).

AB962 Passed! Buy Your Ammo before 2/1/11

AB962, the bill that would restrict ammunition sales in California was signed into law by Governor Schwarzennegger.

This measure would require vendors of handgun ammunition to keep a log of information on handgun ammunition sales (including purchaser's fingerprints) and require the face to-face transfer of ammunition sales.
It goes into effect February 1, 2011.

It makes one wonder what the point of such a law is? It would seem it is just another restriction on ammo in hopes of simply discouraging its purchase. Or as Schwarzennegger says, "to arrest and prosecute persons who have no business possessing firearms and ammunition."

Assemblyman Curt Hagman has pledged to help repeal AB962. While I cannot endorse Hagman, I would like to see this bill repealed.
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In better news, Schwarzennegger did veto an attempt to ban gun shows from Cow Palace in San Francisco.

NYC's Anti-Gun Crusade

New York City released the findings of its undercover gun buying operation. The operation didn't even take place in New York!! The Mayor of NYC sent investigators to Ohio, Tennessee, and Nevada to catch private gun sales to those who sellers have reason to suspect could not pass a background check.



The targets of this operation are private gun sellers and the so-called "loophole" in Federal gun laws that does not require private sellers to conduct a background check. So, who would win in changing that law? Big gun dealers who have the money and means to conduct such background checks.

It is NOT a "loophole" or "gap" in the law. It IS the law.

Supreme Court decision may challenge gun laws

By agreeing to hear a 2nd Amendment challenge to Chicago's handgun ban, the justices may open the door to similar lawsuits in cities and states nationwide.
At issue is whether the right to keep and bear arms is a full-fledged constitutional privilege that can be invoked by individuals against the government at all levels, or a freedom that applies only as it concerns the federal government.

It looks good because legal experts have said that gun rights advocates are likely to prevail in the this case. Even so, this case won't end all gun control. We will need to apply pressure inside our own states.

(It is interesting to note that the linked article makes the distinction between Liberals and libertarians or progressives. Hhhmm)

Lou Dobbs Decides Who/Why Can Be Pro-Gun

Fear-monger Lou Dobbs and Bill Tucker are scared that President Obama's regulatory "czar", Cass Sunstein, is going to take away our guns.
Here's why:

DOBBS: And the czar here, Cass Sunstein -- I mean, what's his deal?

TUCKER: He's a vegetarian, and he believes that hunting ought to be banned.

DOBBS: So, he's not big on hunting.

TUCKER: He's not big on hunting at all. But he has openly supported the right of animals to sue. He believes animals ought to have rights...

DOBBS: I'm sorry, repeat that again?

TUCKER: He believes animals should have rights, which would include the right to sue if they have been mistreated.

DOBBS: If they were hunted.

TUCKER: Or I guess hunted.

DOBBS: If they were hunted -- really?

TUCKER: I can't explain it, Lou, I'm just telling you.

DOBBS: I just think we should let this sort of percolate, because, presumably, the president knows this man, knows who he put there...

TUCKER: Yes.

DOBBS: ... as the regulatory czar over guns. That's truly, truly interesting.
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Cass Sunstein, the regulatory czar over guns? Not exactly.

Sunstein has been nominated to head up the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, whose role it is to review draft regulations under Executive Order 12866; additionally, "OIRA reviews collections of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and also develops and oversees the implementation of government-wide policies in the areas of information technology, information policy, privacy, and statistical policy."

Guns have NOTHING to do with the position.
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Apparently, guns can only be trusted with hunters and certainly not vegetarians/vegans!
Fuck off, Dobbs.


(Lifted from Orcinus)

imfdb

Internet Movie Firearms DataBase

cool!

Kel-Tec <3s Michael Savage

Kel-Tec have teamed up with fascist douchelord Michael Savage to produce a limited edition .380 P3A pistol.

I can only guess the team up was to produce a beautiful weapon for those fighting against Michael Savage's stated enemies:
women, people of color, and homosexuals.

Another reason iPhone's rule

You can use one to level your scope!
HERE:

Turning Birdshot into Slugs for Self-Defense

I don't know how much anyone reading this can or will put this info to use but it sure is clever.

Follow the link over to The Firearm Blog for the demo.

Turning Birdshot into Slugs for Self-Defense

The Firearm Blog is a great blog, by the way.

Gunfighter Cast

I have searched for decent gun-related podcasts. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them are completely infected by rightwing paranoia. I did find one that was entertaining, very informative, and useful for all skill levels.

Gunfighter Cast

The cast is hosted by Daniel and sometimes-co-host Justin. Both are US Marines and located in the Southern US. I will be honest, I might look at you funny if you suggest me listening to a show by two Marines but these guys know their shit inside-and-out. They sound like nice guys who just wish to share their knowledge of weapons.

Recently, the show began a back-to-basics series which is an excellent time to get into it. I also recommend checking past episodes' content via iTunes (or whatever) for topics which might interest you.

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Turn Up The Heat: A Firearms Primer

Turn Up The Heat: A Firearms Primer For Anarchists and Punks by Felix Von Havoc was originally printed in Profane Existence #18. I got this version from Making Punk A Threat Again.

I have found it to be a very good introduction to firearms. Published some 16+ years ago, parts might be a bit outdated but it contains a lot of solid information.

(click for larger/legible images)

Gun Club #1

THE GUN CLUB

This is a living document: Always open to critique and change. This is a beginning: Something to build upon.

My/our hope is to create an exchange of ideas, information, and skills in relation to guns and ammunition. Specifically, we want to share all of this as it pertains to the urban metropolis and without the reactionary political element too often associated with weaponry and defense.

It is imperative to embrace all skill levels; from expert to novice. Elitist attitudes will only alienate and isolate. As a non-hierarchical entity, there is no room for this type of division. Those with knowledge and/or skill are to freely share it for the common good.

Self-defense: Arms are to be maintained in the broad sense of “self-defense”: In defense of ourselves as individuals, our families (however defined), our communities, and our world.

As anti-authoritarians, we do not recognize any body as having natural reign over us. However, we do acknowledge the importance of recognizing, defending, and expanding the legal state apparatus that allows us to bear arms.

Forward.