 Annie Oakley's 16 gauge Parker Brothers shotgun was recently sold at auction for $293,000. The shotgun, which had been heavily modified for Oakley during her tour with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was sold to an unidentified telephone bidder by Heritage Auctions along with a number of documents providing provenance for the firearm. Oakley's trademark move was the "juggling" of a playing card in mid-air with a .22 caliber rifle. Oakley would split the card with a bullet and then proceed to shoot it multiple times before it hit the ground. |
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On Target Newsletter is a free weekly industry newsletter focused on Second Amendment and firearm industry issues published by On Target Media Group.
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Editorial
Gun stores in Chicago, Oh My!
David A. Lombardo
You have to love Cook County; if nothing else they're consistent. County Sheriff Tom Dart continues to think Cook County residents are idiots and homicidal maniacs that can't be trusted with concealed firearms. Dart is quoted in the Tribune saying, "This is not something I'm going to blindly go along with. All right, they've done it again to us in Springfield, another law that doesn't make any sense and we're just going to stand back and do it? How many more incidents do we need to see where people shouldn't have guns?" Elsewhere Dart said, "It's a horrifically unworkable system that clearly puts local law enforcement on the hook."
Dart has also gone on the record saying he wants to bar permits to Cook County residents with a single arrest for domestic violence. Don't get me wrong: if someone is guilty of domestic violence, I'm all for locking 'em up and throwing away the key, but note he didn't say conviction. He said arrest. The last time I checked, we still have due process and being arrested for something doesn't necessarily mean a person's guilty...well, to normal human beings with a working conscience, but not to Lord High Executioner Tom Dart.
As if Dart's apoplexy over concealed carry for the peasants wasn't enough to induce cardiac arrest, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang handed down a ruling that it is unconstitutional for the City of Chicago to prohibit licensed gun stores from operating in the city. Imagine that-the audacity of some self-important judge to actually allow gun crazies to open a place in the City of Chicago where the great unwashed can go buy a firearm.
Clearly, it is a major setback in the implementation of the dystopian society Dart, Chicago Superintendent of Police Garry McCarthy and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fantasize over, one in which the peasants show proper respect for them. Why in heaven's name should Lord Dart be forced to put up with such nonsense that is being spewed out by the legislature and the courts?
Roderick Drew, a spokesman for the city's Law Department, said in a written statement Monday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel "strongly disagrees" with the judge's decision and has instructed city attorneys to "consider all options to better regulate the sale of firearms within the city's borders."
Okay, here's a question: why is it when liberals win a lawsuit and conservatives challenge it, the conservatives are trying to subvert the democratic process, but when a liberal does the same thing, it simply makes sense?
Drew went on to write, "Every year Chicago police recover more illegal guns than officers in any city in the country, a factor of lax federal laws as well as lax laws in Illinois and surrounding states related to straw purchasing and the transfer of guns."
Right, good deal, keep scooping up those illegal guns. Ummm, what exactly does that have to do with law-abiding citizens buying a firearm from a licensed dealer in their neighborhood for personal protection?
The city further put forth before Judge Chang that banning gun shops in Chicago deterred criminals from getting weapons, in part because gang members were less likely to travel to suburban stores.
Oh, yeah, right-that's why Emanuel sends out goon squads to suburban gun stores to try to bait them into making a straw man sale. And come to think of it, it was Emanuel, that idiot Father Pfleger and Jesse Jackson who excoriated suburban guns stores, saying they were the source of guns to gang bangers.
These people change their story as often as their underwear. Wait, I take that back-more often, because every time one of these clowns shows up, something stinks.
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On this week's On Target Radio, David and Gretchen will be discussing Chicago gun laws that have recently been struck down or otherwise nullified, with former Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Ed Ronkowski.
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36th annual SHOT Show opens next week
Gretchen and I will be attending the 36th edition of the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) next week in Las Vegas. More than 60,000 industry professionals are expected to attend. We'll be updating you on what's happening via our Facebook page: On Target Radio. Please Like On Target Radio and follow us all week as we update you on what's new and what's happening. SHOT Show is owned and sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and is the industry's most anticipated event of the year. The show provides a first look at new products and services used by target shooters, hunters, outdoorsmen and women and law enforcement professionals. The show also provides members of this multi-faceted industry an opportunity to network and attend educational seminars. The SHOT Show is the largest trade show of its kind in the world and is open to the trade only, not the public. The $6 billion industry has seen record sales over the past several years, fueled in part by the surging number of new gun owners. A recent study by NSSF showed one in five target shooters is a newcomer, someone who has taken up the sport in the last five years. The same study showed that the industry's customer base has greatly expanded, with new target shooters being younger, female and urban-based. Find out what's happening daily on our On Target Radio Facebook page.
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SAF delighted that its court wins
paved way for new Chicago ruling
A federal court ruled this week that a ban on gun sales in Chicago is unconstitutional, citing three significant Second Amendment Foundation court victories; SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb is delighted that his organization's legal work paved the way. "While this was not our case," Gottlieb said, "Monday's ruling by District Court Judge Edmond E. Chang would not have been possible had not SAF legal actions broken important new ground over the past three-and-a-half years since our June 2010 Supreme Court victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago. We are very pleased at the outcome, and that Judge Chang cited McDonald, and also our Ezell v. City of Chicago and Moore v. Madigan victories in reaching his decision." The lawsuit that resulted in the ruling was brought by the Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers and three private citizens, Kenneth Pacholski, Kathryn Tyler and Michael Hall. In his 35-page decision, Judge Chang noted that "certain fundamental rights are protected by the Constitution, put outside government's reach, including the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense under the Second Amendment. This right must also include the right to acquire a firearm." He also observed that, "Chicago's ordinance goes too far in outright banning legal buyers and legal dealers from engaging in lawful acquisitions and lawful sales of firearms." |
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Magpul pulling out of Colorado
In a long-awaited move, Magpul Industries, in a joint announcement with Gov. Matt Mead, confirmed last week it will relocate manufacturing, distribution and shipping operations to Cheyenne, Wyo. The company said it plans to lease a 58,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility while the construction of a new 100,000-square-foot facility is being completed in a Cheyenne business park. This approach allows for rapid movement of operations out of Colorado where the company is currently located. Magpul also said it is moving its corporate headquarters to Texas. The company had made it very clear that it would relocate from Colorado following the enactment in 2013 of that state's new gun control laws, which included a provision limiting the capacity of magazines. The loss of income to the State of Colorado is estimated at $80 million. "Wyoming and Magpul are a great match. The state is looking to expand and diversify its economy. Bringing an innovative and growing manufacturing operation to Wyoming is a significant step for the state. We offer Magpul an attractive tax environment, stable and reasonable regulations, not to mention a firm commitment to uphold the Second Amendment," Governor Mead said. Magpul was founded in 1999 with the intent of developing a simple device to aid in the manipulation of rifle magazines while reloading under stress. |
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ISRA's Pearson weighs in on 2013
In his January 2nd letter to ISRA members, Executive Director Richard Pearson said 2013 was a watershed year for the Illinois State Rifle Association. At the very beginning of 2013, the ISRA was under fire from all sides because of the terrible tragedy in Connecticut; the anti-gunners were on the attack. By the end of 2013, the ISRA's record speaks for itself. "We passed concealed carry, and had to override the Governor's veto to do it," Pearson said. He also listed passing a bill to "clean up" the concealed carry bill; over 8,200 attendees at the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day (IGOLD) despite the snowstorm; pro-gun court decisions in both the Aguilar and Shepard vs. Madigan cases, in which courts found the State could not ban carrying a firearm outside the home; and writing the curriculum and lesson plans for concealed carry license classes and sharing it with every instructor who wanted to use it. Other 2013 achievements for the organization include training directly or aiding in the training of tens of thousands of people by listing classes on the ISRA web site and passing out gun safety literature; defeating dozens of anti-gun bills introduced into the Illinois legislature; and reaching a total membership of 30,800. "I can't stress enough how important these membership numbers are. Without members, we would have achieved few, if any of these victories," Pearson said. |
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