• Gag on 2nd Amendment Is City`s Aim in Guns Suit
Lawyers for Mayor Bloomberg are asking a judge to ban any reference to the Second Amendment during the upcoming trial of a gun shop owner who was sued by the city. While trials are often tightly choreographed, with lawyers routinely instructed to not tell certain facts to a jury, a gag order on a section of the Constitution would be an oddity.
• Gun Owners For Hillary?
If you doubt the transformational power of Barack Obama, consider the change that he’s affected on Hillary Clinton. The New York Senator came into the 2008 race with a nearly perfect anti-gun rights voting record, following her White House tenure on behalf of the most aggressively anti-Second Amendment administration in American history.
• Too Late to the Duck Hunt
By the time Hillary Clinton figured out how to beat Barack Obama, it was too late. When she began the race in 2007 thinking she was in for a coronation, she claimed the center in order to position herself for the real fight, the general election. She simply assumed the party activists and loony left would fall in behind her.
• Gun control advocates target state legislators
Postcards with a picture of a handgun and children as targets started appearing in mailboxes and on windshields in a few central Lake County towns this week. The postcards, distributed by representatives of the Brady Campaign, a national gun control advocacy group, criticize Republican state Rep. Sandy Cole of Grayslake for voting against legislation that would require background checks on all handgun sales.
• Nutter, Rendell try to exploit police officer`s death s in call for gun ban
In a sad effort to exploit the death of a police officer to advance their anti-gun agenda, Mayor Nutter and Gov. Rendell called upon Congress to enact a new bun ban. But the most important thing for residents in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania is to ask their governor and their mayor why career criminals are on the streets.
• D.C. to arm police with assault rifles
The Metropolitan Police Department has joined other major U.S. cities in arming patrol officers with assault rifles to protect them against criminals with high-powered weapons, weeks after being released from a federal program that monitors the use of excessive force.
• Ohio Senate votes to strengthen self defense rights
"Ohioans should have the ability to use force and, if necessary, deadly force to defend themselves and their family against a violent intruder in their home, writes Senator John Carey. "That belief is the genesis behind an important bill passed by the Senate in recent weeks. Senate Bill 184, legislation I am proud to cosponsor, would establish Ohio`s `Castle Doctrine.`"
• Texas caught off guard as more seek handgun permits
Demand for concealed handgun licenses has risen nearly 40 percent in Texas in a year, an increase being attributed to many factors, even presidential politics.
• Proposed Right-to- Carry Changes
Right now Illinois and Wisconsin are the only two states in the U.S. that entirely outlaw citizens carrying concealed firearms. But two Winnebago County board members are pushing a proposal to change that, starting with Winnebago County.
• Survey seeks input on hunting with dogs
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is forging ahead with its "Hunting with Hounds in Virginia: A Way Forward" study designed to examine the issue of hunting with dogs.
• Gun-rights group seeking support from area counties
A measure supporting residents` right to own guns is under consideration in some area counties. A group of gun-rights advocates is bringing the non-binding resolution before county boards across the state. The measure would affirm citizens` Second Amendment protections in order to send a message to state lawmakers.
• McCain slated to address May 16 NRA convention
Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, will address the National Rifle Association`s annual convention at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville on May 16.
• Gun control is based on false premises
Even with their flawed assumptions exposed, what is especially insidious is that gun control does not work. The results of their policies are abject failures. Whether in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York or Chicago, gun control does not work.
• McCain courts blue-collar Democrats
With the other party still waist-deep in its presidential nomination fight, John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has been quietly courting the white working-class Democrats who have proved elusive for Barack Obama, his most likely rival in the fall.
• McCain Speech to Shed Light On Judicial Philosophy
John McCain steps out of his comfort zone Tuesday to address his judicial philosophy, a hot-button matter for social conservatives that encompasses abortion, guns and gay rights -- all topics on which Sen. McCain has rankled the right.
• HK MP7A1 PDW/Gemtech 'Brick' Silencer/Sound Suppressor Combo at NDIA
By David Crane
defrev at gmail.com
May 10, 2008
While I was going through some of our pictures from NDIA Small Arms Systems Symposium 2007, today, I came across a picture of of me firing an HK MP7A1 PDW (Personal Defense Weapon) with a Gemtech "Brick" rectangular silencer/sound suppressor attached. I thought I'd share it with our readers since I haven't seen a picture of it anywhere else, and its rectangular shape is somewhat unusual.
DefenseReview mentioned the "Brick" muzzle can back in May 2007 after we tried it out at the symposium demo shoot at Blackwater USA. The "Brick" is...
• Milkor USA Shorty 40mm Launchers at SHOT Show 2008
by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
All photographic images contained in this article were taken by
DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of
DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these
photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot
digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
May 5, 2008
Milkor USA has some new MGL-140 / M32 MGL config shorty 40mm (40x46mm) 6-shot multi-shot grenade launchers a.k.a. multiple-grenade launchers, and DefenseReview got a chance to view and handle them at SHOT Show 2008. The new compact 6-shot grenade launchers cut some inches off the barrel and sport Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" rails on the barrel and optical sight/combat optic. The short forend rail tube on the barrel of one of the new shorty launchers accepts a vertical foregrip. The optical gunsight, of course, is adjustable for elevation, and the buttstock can also be angle-adjusted according to operator preference.
At present, Defense Review believes the...
• Mil-Spec Monkey Tactical Patches and FAST MAGS Rapid-Change Mag Carrier Demo Vid
By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
In our recent article on the STRAC Technologies ST-1 FAST System (TM) Model M4 quick-mag-change/weapon-reload system, we meantioned that Mil-Spec Monkey (MSM) had a demonstration video on a competing product called the FAST MAGS Rapid Change Magazine Carrier for AR-15/M16 30-round mags, made by ITW Military Products (ITWMP), which looks like an interesting product.
Mil-Spec Monkey first came to DefenseReview's attention at SHOT Show 2007, when we saw someone walking around with a...
• FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 (CQC config) Firing Demo Video
By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
May 1, 2008
Last month (April), DefenseReview received a link to an entertaining FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 (CQC config) a.k.a. FN SCAR-Light a.k.a. FN SCAR-L select-fire SBR/subcarbine firing demonstration video via email from a contact of ours at FNH USA. The shooter in the video fires 2-round full-auto bursts, a 30-round mag dump, and semi-auto shots at 50 yards. He also fires the weapon with the stock folded.
Defense Review has been following the USSOCOM SCAR Program a.k.a. Mk16/Mk17 Program since its inception, and, from the information we're receiving of late, the LRIP weapons are looking pretty good (unconfirmed/unverified). We'll see. DefRev looks forward to T&E'ing civilian-legal semi-auto versions of them at some point this year. However, first, we'd like to to perform a high-round-count/adverse conditions T&E of the Mk16 and Mk17 in all configurations (barrel lengths, etc.) at the FNH USA or FN Manufacturing firing range.
Anyway, we wanted to share the FN SCAR Mk16 MOD 0 firing demo video clip with our readers. Click on the link below to view it.
• STRAC Technologies ST-1 FAST System Mag Feeder for Ultra-Fast Weapon Reloads
By David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
April 29, 2008
On September 1, 2007 (9/01/07), DefenseReview was contacted by Sean Carroll of STRAC Technologies via email to let us know about a product that looks on its face to have some serious tactical merit and promise. The product is a patented chest-worn modular mag carrier system (i.e. box magazine carrier system)/fast-weapon-reload device called, appropriately enough, the F.A.S.T. System Model M4 (TM) a.k.a. ST-1 F.A.S.T. System (TM), that feeds fresh/loaded AR-15/M16 magazines to the operator as quickly as he can grab them. F.A.S.T. stands for "Fast And Smooth Transition."
In a nutshell, the ST-1 FAST System (TM) fast-magazine-feeding/weapon-reloading device was designed and developed to allow the operator/warfighter to conduct ultra-fast (primary) weapon reloads in adverse combat conditions while allowing him to maintain his focus on the target(s)/threat(s). The company claims that the FAST system allows for sub-2-second reloads while keeping one's weapon and eyes on the target/threat.
Sean billed the system as "the most elite load bearing vest in the world", which is pretty big talk, and...
• LWRC International, LLC Acquires Land Warfare Resources Corporation
The following is a Land Warfare Resources Corporation Press Release:
CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND – April 21, 2008 - LWRC International, LLC of Cambridge, Maryland announces the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Land Warfare Resources Corporation of Springfield, Virginia, effective April 18, 2008.
LWRC International will be conducting business out of its new facility in Cambridge, Maryland. Richard Bernstein, formerly CEO of L-3 BAI Aerosystems, Inc. in Easton, Maryland, has been named as the new CEO of LWRC International. Mr. Bernstein brings over 40 years of experience in the design, development, and manufacturing of high-tech products for the defense industry. Darren Mellors and Jesse Gomez, formerly of Land Warfare Resources Corporation and Grenadier Precision Ltd. Co., will...
• AAC BLACKOUT Open-Prong Flash Hider/Suppressor for Tactical Small Arms
by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
April 24, 2008
Back on March 10, 2008, DefenseReview published an article on the B.E. Meyers & Co./Surefire, LLC Open-Prong Flash Hider a.k.a. Open-Prong Flash Suppressor. Well, apparently, Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) makes an advanced open-prong flash hider/suppressor that's significantly shorter in length than the B.E. Meyers/Surefire product (and the Smith Enterprise Vortex Flash Eliminator, for that matter), yet offers equivalent, or possibly even superior, muzzle flash suppression.
It's called the AAC BLACKOUT Flash Hider a.k.a. AAC BLACKOUT Flash Suppressor, and it's...
• High-End Tactical AR Components: Vltor MUR, VIS, CASV and More...
by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
All photographic images contained in this article were taken by
DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of
DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these
photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot
digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
April 20, 2008
While we're discussing Vltor Weapon Systems (VWS) products, we should probaby mention some of the other items on display at the Vltor booth, which we photographed.
First up is the Vltor MUR (Modular Upper Receiver), which our friend and Tactical 3-Gun National Champion shooter Taran Butler uses on his competition guns and describes as "raging". In Taran-speak, that (term "raging") means the MUR is shit-hot a.k.a. "the shit" a.k.a. "totally awesome". In fact, the MUR AR-15 upper may very well be the...
• Vltor Fortis Pistol Project: Meet the New and Improved Bren Ten
by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
All photographic images contained in this article were taken by
DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of
DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these
photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot
digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
April 18, 2008
Well, Don Johnson will probably want one of these. While DefenseReview was at the Vltor Weapon Systems booth at SHOT Show 2008, we learned that Vltor will be recreating the Bren Ten 10mm pistol, albeit in a more reliable, stronger, and safer package. This effort is called the Vltor Fortis Pistol Project, or as we like to call it here at DefRev, the modernized and improved Bren Ten. According to Vltor, the project isn't just a concept or a market study. This thing's gonna' happen, kids.
At present, the Vltor Fortis Pistol Project is...
• Ultimate Survival BlastMatch / WetFire Tinder Fire-Starter Kit for Military Ops
by David Crane
defrev at gmail dot com
All photographic images contained in this article were taken by
DefenseReview.com at SHOT Show 2008, and they are the exclusive property of
DefenseReview.com. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these
photos. All photos were shot with a 7.2-megapixel Sony Cyber-shot
digital camera (Model #: DSC-P150).
April 17, 2008
While DefenseReview was at SHOT Show 2008 primarily to see the latest tactical firearms, accessories, gear and equipment, while we were walking through the tents, we came across a very cool (and patented) survival technology combo made by Ultimate Survival Technologies (UST) called BlastMatch and WetFire Tinder, respectively.
Ultimate Survival BlastMatch is a compact, pocket-carry, all-weather, high-performance non-magnesium "flint material" fire starter device that was designed specifically for…
• Make Your Voice Heard On Right-to-Carry in Our National Parks!
As we reported last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior has issued a proposed rule to eliminate the prohibition on Right-to-Carry in national parks and wildlife refuges. The National Rifle Association led the effort to change this policy and we are very close to winning this important battle.
• Not Content With Crushing Second Amendment, Bloomberg Disregards The First
A story in today’s New York Sun, (http://www2.nysun.com/new-york/gag-on-2nd-amendment-is-citys-aim-in-guns-suit/) demonstrates that gun-hating Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s disdain for the Constitution isn’t just limited to his abhorrence of the Second Amendment.
• Kentucky: National Rifle Association Specialized License Plates!
Starting Friday, May 9, the NRA will begin collecting applications for specialized NRA license plate for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Motor Vehicles will only produce the plates if they receive at least 900 applications for the NRA license plate.
• Urgent Action Needed to Protect Our Rights in California!
Three threats to our Second Amendment rights are still pending action in the California Legislature and we must take action today to preserve our freedoms.
• NRA-Backed Right-to-Carry Reform Bills on the Move in Louisiana!
This past week, the Senate approved Senate Bill 142, sponsored by State Senator Stephen Scalise (R-9). SB 142, the NRA-backed concealed carry permit confidentiality bill now heads to the House for consideration. Please keep checking your email and www.NRAILA.org for further updates on this legislation.
• Arkansas Primary Elections, Tuesday, May 20!
Tuesday, May 20 is Primary Election Day in Arkansas. Please be sure to go to the polls and “Vote Freedom First.”
• Kentucky Primary Elections, Tuesday, May 20!
Tuesday, May 20 is Primary Election Day in the Bluegrass State. Please be sure to go to the polls and “Vote Freedom First.” For candidate ratings and endorsements, please call the NRA-ILA Grassroots Division at (800) 392-VOTE (8683) or visit www.NRAPVF.org.
• Gag on 2nd Amendment Is City`s Aim in Guns Suit
Lawyers for Mayor Bloomberg are asking a judge to ban any reference to the Second Amendment during the upcoming trial of a gun shop owner who was sued by the city. While trials are often tightly choreographed, with lawyers routinely instructed to not tell certain facts to a jury, a gag order on a section [...]
• Gun Owners For Hillary?
If you doubt the transformational power of Barack Obama, consider the change that he’s affected on Hillary Clinton. The New York Senator came into the 2008 race with a nearly perfect anti-gun rights voting record, following her White House tenure on behalf of the most aggressively anti-Second Amendment administration in American history.
• Too Late to the Duck Hunt
By the time Hillary Clinton figured out how to beat Barack Obama, it was too late. When she began the race in 2007 thinking she was in for a coronation, she claimed the center in order to position herself for the real fight, the general election. She simply assumed the party activists and loony left [...]
