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  • NYT On The Times Square Bomb Plot Suspect’s Gun

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    It is fearsome looking, a carbine hybrid of a pistol and a long gun with a mouthful of a name: the Kel-Tec Sub Rifle 2000. Mr. Shahzad bought it, new, in March for about $400. It was found in the Isuzu Trooper that he drove to Kennedy International Airport on Monday, loaded, with multiple extra…

  • Easter Gunfire In Times Square NYC

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    Four people were shot and 54 were arrested in New York’s Times Square late Sunday night in an Easter melee some fear was gang-related. Hundreds of New York City police officers worked to contain the violence, making dozens of arrests and stopping pedestrians to look for weapons, the New York Post reported. One police officer…

  • NYTimes Gun Laws Article And A Stereotypical Vanity Fair Summary

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    When President Obama took office, gun rights advocates sounded the alarm, warning that he intended to strip them of their arms and ammunition. And yet the opposite is happening. Mr. Obama has been largely silent on the issue while states are engaged in a new and largely successful push for expanded gun rights, even passing…

  • New York Times on Loosening Gun Laws

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    Gun rights advocates are hoping for even fewer restrictions on where they can have a firearm. Among their top goals is to make Arizona the third state where it is legal to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Bills in the House and the Senate would also eliminate background checks and training classes for…

  • The Making of the Military’s Standard Arms, Part II

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    Full auto shenanigans: Want to see the hanguards on a M4 melt and start on fire? your browser does not support IFRAMEs Want to see the barrel on a M4 droop and then explode? your browser does not support IFRAMEs Those guys are having way too much fun at work The M-4 carbine, one of…

  • L.A. Times – Do you love your gun? Tell me why

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    Sandy Banks from the L.A. Times is gearing up for column this Saturday on America’s fascination with guns. This initial article, Do you love your gun? Tell me why has a bit of a negative feel to it considering it is mainly about the recent NBA incident.  Though there is a positive and optimistic feel…