BREAKING: Trump administration classifies gun shops, gun manufacturers and ranges essential businesses
And that high pitch whine you hear is the collective Gun Control crowd crying in desperation.
Via The Gun Writer:
“We are deeply appreciative to the Trump Administration and Department of Homeland Security for recognizing the vital role our industry fulfills in our nation,” said Lawrence G. Keane, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for NSSF. “We have seen over the past week hundreds of thousands, even millions of Americans choosing to exercise their right to keep and bear arms to ensure their safety and the safety of loved ones during these uncertain times. Americans must not be denied the ability to exercise that right to lawfully purchase and acquire firearms during times of emergency. This guidance from the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is crucial to governors and local officials as they craft the orders to preserve public health.”
NSSF Thanks Trump Administration for Industry’s Critical Infrastructure Designation.
I am going to keep an eye on certain Twitter and Facebook tweets
A good article from Consumer Reports
I caught this article from Consumer Reports and it’s very good.
As Home Defense Sales Rise, So Do Calls for Safe Gun Storage
It is not political or judgmental. It simply advises that people buy and use safe storage, and recommends some methods for safe storage.
Consumer Reports spoke to gun-safety experts, firearms industry groups, gun store owners, and public health officials to understand the current market and to advise consumers about what they need to know about safe weapon storage.
One recurring message: While the ownership issue of guns and other home defense measures is controversial, there is widespread agreement that if you’ve purchased a gun or another weapon, proper storage and safety techniques are critical.
That includes the National Rifle Association, which describes itself as America’s “preeminent gun rights organization” and advises on its website to “Store guns so they are not accessible to unauthorized persons.”
The best practice is to secure all firearms in locked storage, with ammunition stored and locked separately, says Bill Brassard, senior director of communications for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms industry group. The American Academy of Pediatrics echoes that advice.
Brassard says a common criticism of gun locks and safes is that they could slow response time in a self-defense emergency. But “many lockboxes open very quickly, providing access to the gun owner, while still being inaccessible to a child,” he says.
Consumer Reports quotes the NSSF more than anybody else, and even positively mentions Project ChildSafe.
According to Brassard, cable locks fit most guns but might not work on some firearms, such as double-barrel or break-action shotguns. In those firearms, a trigger lock can be used to prevent the gun from firing. But Brassard recommends a cable lock whenever possible because it requires the gun to be unloaded when it’s installed, adding an extra layer of safety.
However, his group encourages gun owners to use a lockbox or a safe because a gun lock wouldn’t stop someone from stealing a weapon. Many storage units can be bolted down for extra security. And they can be small enough for a single handgun, or big enough for long guns or several firearms.
Preventing theft is just as important as keeping a kid from touching it.
Currently, there are no federal safety standards for gun safes. The industry relies on voluntary standards set by groups such as ASTM International and UL, and standards for gun safes set by the California Department of Justice.
And I want to make sure it’s kept that way.
During the ongoing coronavirus crisis, with many physical stores closed, some retailers are still selling gun safes online. Liberty Safe, a gun-safe maker, for example, says it plans to continue shipping during the pandemic, as do some smaller operations, such as Titan Vault, a manufacturer of high-security gun safes based in Oceanside, Calif.
I have had nothing but good quality from Liberty. I don’t own anything by Titan Vault but I’ve heard good things about them.
I thought this article was very well written and I agree with it completely.
I cannot drive this point home too much.
It is critical that any identifiable group police itself before it does something that causes moderates to demand it be policed by an outside force.
Yes, the anti-gun activists will always demand the most stringent safe storage. They will never stop. We can never please them as long as we are gun owners. Telling me this in the comments doesn’t change my point.
The question is: can they persuade the moderates to vote to make safe mandatory safe storage the law. That is the point. They way they do that is with horror stories of kids who find guns and shoot themselves or others.
When they have bloody shirts to wave and sob stories to tell, that is what they can use to push the moderates into voting against us.
The absolutely best thing we can do is take responsibility for ourselves and deny the antis the dead kids they need as ammo against us. And oh yeah, fewer dead kids too.
Lock up your guns. And if you know a first-time buyer, encourage them to lock up their gun too.
Bad DGU
This is a bad defensive gun use.
https://twitter.com/CollapsePosts/status/1243473965332541446
I have said before that I wished the law would be a little more lenient when it comes to defensive gun use that didn’t involve pulling the trigger.
I know this varies by state, city, and how much of an asshole the police and prosecutors are. What one prosecutor might see as a DGU, the other might see as assault. Nevertheless, the idea of being able to deescalate a situation without having to shoot someone seems to fall into an uneasy gray area.
This is not a gray area.
This dumbass filmed himself pulling his gun and then shooting off his mouth.
That he taunted the guy first and then threatened him with physical force afterwards is even worse.
While in the strictest sense it might have been a DGU, the totality of the situation could have been interpreted as a pissing match between two assholes and escalated to brandishing guns at each other.
And this dipshit got it all on video and uploaded it to the internet.
If you are going to carry concealed, do it right.
This is going to be the Presidential Stand In for Joe Biden? UPDATE
With Biden’s state of mind being questioned by more and more people (To the point that Bernie is not quitting yet) some are throwing the name of MNSBC Fredo’s brother out there as possible last minute substitute. Obviously since he did not run in the nomination campaign, the Bernie Bros are gonna be boiling mad is he is suddenly imposed by the DNC.
But the problem with democrats lately is that it would seem every time they open their mouths, they give Trump ammunition for to get re-elected in November.
Reporter asks Cuomo if they have ventilators in storage like Trump said:
“That is incorrect and grossly uninformed.”
The next sentence out of Cuomo’s mouth:
“We have ventilators in a stockpile, and we didn’t send them to the hospitals yet”
WTF?! ?♂️
— Mr. Jones™️?? (@MrJones_tm) March 27, 2020
I saved the video in case it suddenly disappears…for reasons.
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UPDATE: J. Kb. just sent me this. Apparently not only Wuhan Virus but stupidity is highly contagious.
Once again, New Yorkers believe they are the USA and nothing and nobody past the bridges matter.
And then they are shocked when shit does not go their way.
