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Les Jones:

In a triumph of marketing over practicality, Smith & Wesson has introduced Emergency Survival Kits with “Waterproof Storm® Case, Blast Match™ Firestarter and WetFire tender, Saber Cut™ Saw with fabric sheath, Jet Scream™ whistle, Star Flash™ signal mirror, Polaris® compass, two MPI Mylar Space® Emergency Blankets, Smith & Wesson Extreme Ops Liner Lock Folding Knife with Black Sheath, “Bear Attacks of the Century - True Stories of Courage and Survival” book by Larry Mueller and Marguerite Reiss.”

Oh, and it includes a gun. A Smith & Wesson gun. Now you see the fiendishly clever plan from those bright bulbs in marketing. “There’s a prize in the box, and the prize shoots bullets.” You can have your choice of a S&W .460 or .500 Magnum in candy-colored yellow, orange, or red Hogue Monogrips. Collect all six!

This week’s Carnival of Cordite is up!

Charley Reese:

As one might expect of a man so brilliant, Thomas Jefferson had the perfect answer to modern politicians itchy to disarm the ordinary citizen.

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms … disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. … Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”

This is an entry in his Commonplace Book, dated sometime between 1774 and 1776.

Reuters:

Americans mistakenly worried the United Nations is plotting to take away their guns on July 4 — U.S. Independence Day — are flooding the world body with angry letters and postcards, the chairman of a U.N. conference on the illegal small arms trade said on Wednesday.

via Drudge.

While only 36% of homes have a dog, 40% of homes have a gun.

Popular opinion seems to indicate that guns are better suited at home protection.

via the ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Campaign.

Can someone explain the steps necessary to become a licensed gun owner in Canada?

A reader wrote:

hi, i was searching for info on guns
i’m doing some research so that i may eventually become a licensed owner i see that u stated info from canada i’m wondering if u could provide me with more info that i’m looking into

i’m a canadian, and gun laws i figure are much different then it is in the states and i dont think owning guns is supported as much as it is in the US anyway i was looking for bare bones information…i’m 20 something, no record and i have no clue where to start i’ve already looked into gun clubs..but not many in my city/…most are about 4 hours away and they wouldnt answer my questions…hell i even asked a police officer at the police headquarters and they bold face lied to me in my face telling me they dont knwo where i can go to get an application for license

please could u help me??!

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Go to a second-hand store, buy a pair of men’s used work boots… a really big pair.

Put them outside your front door on top of a copy of Guns and Ammo magazine. Put a dog dish beside it… a really big dish.

Leave a note on your front door that says something like this:

Bubba, Big Mike and I have gone to get more ammunition - back in 30 minutes. Don’t disturb the pit bulls, they’ve just been wormed.

via Geeks with Guns.

• You ever seriously thought about dabbing a little Hoppe’s #9 on your neck before going out on a date.
• You buy a gun that’s just like that other gun you have except the barrel is 1/2″ shorter (longer).
• You ever clean a gun that hasn’t been shot in the week since you cleaned it last.
• You ever bought ammo/reloading dies in a caliber for which you have no gun, because you thought some day you MIGHT get a gun in that caliber.
• You bought a barrel of Garand clips for the Garand you’re going to buy.
• You ever bought two brands of the same weight and type of bullet, just to see if one “shot better”.
• You ever had to explain “It’s not the SAME gun, it’s a different VARIANT”.
• You read the sports section/classifieds just for the gun ads.
• You have ever had your local gun store call your house and ask “We are doing a stock order, did you need anything??”
• You do all metric-to-English unit conversions starting with the phrase, “Well thirty caliber is .308 inches and 7.62mm, so…”

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