In his large office on Kanpur’s Kalpi Road, Abdul Hameed, the general manager of the state-run Indian Ordnance Factory, shows me Nirbheek, the factory’s tiniest gun.

“It’s small, it’s lightweight, it weighs only 500g [1.1lb], and it can easily fit into a lady’s purse.”

Hameed speaks enthusiastically about the .32-calibre revolver, praising the “special titanium alloy body, the pleasing-to-the-eye wooden handle”.

“The six-shot gun is easy to handle and it can hit its target accurately up to 15m [50ft],” he explains, pointing out the word “Nirbheek” engraved on the barrel.

Although men can buy the gun too, Nirbheek is being pitched as India’s “first gun for women” and to make it more attractive to them, it comes packaged in a deep maroon jewellery case.

via BBC News – A gun designed for Indian women.

Unless you have your head buried in the sand or only watching re-runs of Sponge Bob, you should be in the know that Indian women are being besieged by rapist. It has gotten so bad that those assholes managed to be caught by the public before the authorities, have ended their days on this planet in a very lasting and very painful death at the hands of enraged mobs.

The problem is such that even the government realizes it has to provide women with the means to defend yourself: Enter the Nirbheek gun manufactured by a governmental weapons facility.  By the description, not the best revolver in the world, but it beats harsh language, projectile vomiting and curry paste as means of self-defense.

Now, you would think that any help women could have to avoid being raped would be welcome by all members of society (save the rapist, of course) and you would be wrong.

Anti-gun activists, however, are appalled at the idea.

“I am horrified, shocked and angered,” says Binalakshmi Nepram, founder of the Women Gun Survivors Network in the north-eastern state of Manipur, who says it’s the government’s responsibility to ensure the security of its citizens.

“It’s ridiculous that the state is talking about arming women… The authorities saying, ‘Hey woman, come there’s a new gun for you which will make you safer,’ is an admission of failure on their part.”

Well you sweet sunshine, of course the government has failed.  And it will continue to fail because unless we institute mass lobotomies & castrations, there always be males that are sick bastards and get their rocks off by raping women. The only way to eliminate crime once and for all would be to kill every single human being on the planet which may bring a bit of repulse by everybody.

If you read the rest of the article, you will see more comments from that “gun safety activist” plus the obstacles that the average Indian has on obtaining a gun on a Country with tough laws.  A good example on what happens if we ever are browbeated into “having a conversation” and allow some “reasonable Gun Control laws” to rule the land.

Gun Control is the Blitzkrieg on the real War on Women.

From reddit/r/guns

In order to be considered a “Unicorn”, a gun must meet at least 3/5 of these *official* requirements: (1) No longer in production / no longer available in the United States / never went into production / prototype (2) Less than 1,000 made of the specific model, as it came from the factory / Less than 1,000 available in the United States (3) Cost at least $1,000 USD, current (2013) market price (4) Unique caliber(s) and/or mode(s) of operation (5) Historical, cultural, or political significance

via Unicorn Guns – Imgur.

It is a great list with several that I would not mind having if the funding was available like the Wildey and the Bren 10. Some guns did die a most necessary death.

Nearly 10,000 people in the Chicago area have applied to carry a concealed handgun in public, according to the first regional numbers released by the Illinois State Police.

Cook County received more concealed carry licenses applications than Dupage, Lake, McHenry and Kane counties combined since Jan. 5, when applications became available under the new law. As a state, Illinois received more than 23,000 applications.

via Demand for concealed carry keeps growing in suburbs – DailyHerald.com.

Almost 10,000 permit applications in about 2 weeks. For comparison purposes, Chicago PD has around 12,000 people in its roster. That means by the end of the month, there will be easily more who applied for a license than cops on the streets.

And then wait till the actual number of Licensees surpasses the number of cops.

The gold-standard “national statistics” status has been withdrawn from police recorded crime figures following repeated allegations that some of the quarterly published figures have been subject to “a degree of fiddling”.

The UK Statistics Authority said it had taken the decision as a result of “accumulating evidence” that the underlying data on crimes recorded by the police may be unreliable.

via Police crime figures lose official status over claims of fiddling | UK news | theguardian.com.

But wait….it gets better!

The allegations have included claims that the Metropolitan police have understated sexual offences by as much as 25%. MPs have heard allegations that fiddling techniques have included downgrading offences to less serious crimes or persuading victims not to make a complaint, while in some cases crimes were only recorded if they were solved. Other incidents were kept completely off the books if an offender could not be traced, they have been told.

I guess the mount of dirt got too big under the rug and somebody noticed.

And Tom did… I should have been a bit more specific 😀

“Remington reps displayed the R51  9 mm +P pistol.    It indeed has a very low bore axis.     Trigger breaks cleanly but neither the Red Haired Devil nor I could feel a reset during trigger return.
The aluminum alloy frame is comfortable.     Should sell like hotcakes.
Tom.”

And now for something weird: New Taurus, one inch barrel revolver with titanium & aluminum snubbie.

Yes, the plastic place comes with the gun.  It is rated for +P ammunition. Allegedly the lightest snub nose in the market? Physics applications against the hand are going to be interesting.

Soon to be exported to local Gun Stores everywhere!

Via American Snipers.org

Fleissig told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that the seats were folded down when she picked up the SUV, and she didn’t look in the back until two days later.

When she and her daughter saw the bag, they looked for an ID. They found the gun.

Her daughter unzipped the bag and said, “ ‘Oh my God, it’s a gun.’ I said, ‘I think I’m going to throw up,’ ” Fleissig told the paper.

via Wife of Miami Dolphins’ QB Ryan Tannehill leaves AR-15 rifle in rental car – Broward – MiamiHerald.com.

So Mrs. Tannehill does a bonehead thing to which I can’t complain much or a friend of mine would painfully remind me of a similar event in my past.  But the reaction of the New Yorker is….expected.

This is the behavior you get when raised in what Paul Markel calls “Slave States.” New Yorkers have this reputation for being tough, but my experience has shown me otherwise.

That an adult may develop such a physical reaction to an inanimate object would be hilarious if it wasn’t so pitiful

No wonder Bloomberg was a mayor of NYC for so long.  Every time he went BOO, at least three boroughs pooped in their collective pants and the rest managed to get to a toilet.

and in other news: Mrs. Tannenhil