 The new X-Talker T75VP3 by Midland Radio marries two-way radio technology with Midland's legendary weather alert radio feature; multiple charging and hands free options; and the clearest reception, transmission and sound quality available - all at an affordable price. The X-Talker T75VP3 has an impressive 38-mile communication range, 36 channels and 121 privacy codes. The radio is powered by two long-lasting rechargeable battery packs (included) and features Midland's Rapid Recharge, which allows fast charging using the included charging station or via USB port. The radio also works with three field-replaceable AAA batteries (not included) if needed. MSRP: $89.99.. |
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The 250+ acre Aurora Sportsmen's club in Waterman, Illinois, is accepting new membership applications.
The Midwest's premier family shooting sports club includes a quarter mile of pistol/rifle ranges from 50 feet to 600 yards, three lighted trap fields and two skeet fields, five stand, a very challenging natural prairie sporting clays course, 3-D archery, stocked fishing ponds, a small golf driving range and hunting on the property.
The Aurora Sportsmen's Club offers a robust calendar of educational and recreation shooting events including the Civilian Marksmanship Program, IDPA competition, bulls eye shooting, black powder, action shooting sports, trap shooting and much more.
For further information call 815-264-9000 Ext. 44 or visit us on our website www.aurorasc.org.
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Thought for the week
I never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence... which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Abraham Lincoln, just before becoming President
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TriStar Arms introduced the semi-automatic Viper G2 Bronze available in 12- and 20-gauge with a 3-inch chamber and a 5-round magazine tube. The barrel has a vent rib with matted sight plane and a fiber optic front sight. It comes with a removable choke system that uses Beretta/Benelli Mobile Threads and includes three choke tubes (IC, M, F), choke box and wrench. A shot plug is included with the firearm. The 12-gauge has a 28-inch barrel and weighs 6.8 pounds; the 20-gauge has a 26-inch barrel and weighs 6.2 pounds. MSRP: $759 and both are backed by a 5-year warranty.
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The Illinois State
Rifle Association
Protecting Illinois gun owners since 1903
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Swarovski announced its new X5(i) Rifle Scope series. The turrets allow for 20 MOA per revolution, have a viewing window to show the user what revolution he or she is on and the X5(i) has ¼ MOA point of impact adjustments. The spring retention and lever system exerts the same pressure on both turrets from the inversion system regardless of positioning assuring maximum accuracy and repeatability. There is up to 116 MOA of elevation adjustment inside of a 30 mm tube that yields a 5X zoom range. The elevation, windage, parallax turrets as well as inversion system are built from stainless steel components adding to the overall ruggedness of this scope for hunting or competitive purposes. The X5(i) also features a new Subzero Function that allows shooting at closer distances if the zero is set at a further than usual zero. It allows the shooter to come down 10 MOA or 40 clicks from a pre-set zero.
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Arrest of School Shooter's Dad
Shows Fatal Flaw of Gun Control Measure
The recent arrest of Raymond Lee Fryberg, father of Marysville Pilchuck gunman Jaylen Fryberg, on charges of illegally purchasing the pistol used in that shooting demonstrates the fatal flaw of so-called "universal background check" legislation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.
"Apparently," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, "a permanent protection order issued against Fryberg back in 2002 never made it into the National Instant Check System (NICS). Penalizing all law-abiding gun owners because a system is flawed does not prevent crime from happening, nor does it keep the wrong people from getting their hands on guns."
The government alleges that not only did the elder Fryberg provide false information on the Federal Form 4473 when he bought the Beretta pistol his son used in the October shooting, he also allegedly bought four other firearms at various times. It is not known why information about the protection order did not appear in the NICS system, but Fryberg's status as a disqualified person apparently never showed up during NICS checks. But he apparently knew the protection order, which was issued by a tribal court, was still in effect months before he bought the handgun.
"Instead of spending millions of dollars on initiative campaigns aimed at back-door gun registration," Gottlieb observed, "Michael Bloomberg and other wealthy anti-gun elitists could better spend their money lobbying Congress to either fix the NICS system or scrap it altogether. Indeed, if billionaire gun prohibitionists really wanted to do something useful with their money, they could donate it to the government to pay for the fixes, including better data entry.
"We won't forget," he added, "that Nick Hanauer, the chief proponent of Initiative 594 last year, sarcastically joked on social media after the Marysville Pilchuck tragedy that 'we need more school shootings.' It was a despicable attempt to exploit the shooting, and it is now painfully clear that the measure he and his elitist friends sold the public would not have prevented what happened. Buying elections to pass unenforceable laws that don't prevent crimes creates a false sense of security that is dishonest to its core," Gottlieb concluded.
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On this week's On Target Radio, David's Rant of the Week will be about Religious Freedom Laws with David and Gretchen discussing what they mean in your life; More ISIS atrocities and How One U.S. University is supporting ISIS; Why Obama wants to cut military retirement pay; The White House's greatest achievement - finally uniting Jews and Arabs; and the Supreme Court ruling upholding Wisconsin's Voter ID Requirement.
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ISRA's Pearson weighs in on ISIS in Chicago
In his weekly editorial, Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Executive Director Richard Pearson cautioned to be prepared for the worst.
"Nearly every other Thursday Bulletin I admonish everyone, including myself, to be prepared for a possible domestic attack. It might be an attack by thugs, terrorists or actually both. Last week's news is a case in point. One of the National Guardsmen attempting to join ISIS was assigned to the National Guard Armory in Joliet, Illinois. This was not 'over there' or 'up there' or some wacky enclave; this was Joliet, Illinois. Think of the soft targets within one hundred miles of Joliet. Think of shopping malls. The malls look like they are all vying to be the national headquarters for the self-absorbed; of course there are 'no concealed carry' signs everywhere.
"Meanwhile the Administration is negotiating with Iran. The main story line the Administration is pushing is limiting the number of centrifuges that Iran has in order to slow their progress toward an atomic bomb. The Administration wants victory to be centered on how many centrifuges Iran has, not whether or not they have or can get an atomic bomb. The centrifuge argument is a ruse. The United States didn't have any centrifuges when they developed the atomic bombs in World War II. It was all done with chemical processes. The Soviets didn't have any centrifuges either. The centrifuge was not developed until the 1950s. This looks like the 'Peace in Our Time' deal that Neville Chamberlain made with Adolf Hitler."
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Second Amendment Enforcement Act
of 2015 Introduced
This week U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and U.S. Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) introduced "The Second Amendment Enforcement Act of 2015" in the U.S. Senate and House respectively. These bills would restore the fundamental individual right for law-abiding D.C. residents to keep and bear arms to defend themselves in accordance with the law. This bill would also conform D.C. law to federal laws with regard to governing firearms commerce while also allowing D.C. residents to purchase firearms from licensed dealers in VA and MD without the current hassle of D.C.'s onerous firearm registration system. The D.C. permitting system would also become streamlined, allowing for more law-abiding D.C. residents to legally obtain a permit and carry concealed firearms for self-defense. Whether it was intentional or not, the irony is the Act was attached as Section 4 of an Act entitled ''An Act to prohibit the killing of wild birds and wild animals in the District of Columbia," approved June 30, 1906...once again, the legislature trying to protect a sitting duck.
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BATFE "Air Force" Grounded Again
Days after the BATFE had its ears trimmed by Congress after trying to ban M855 ammunition, a D.O.J. Inspector General audit has revealed that over the last few years, the agency spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars trying to achieve one of its long-held ambitions, a private air force, of sorts.
Long held, indeed. In 1995, a mere two years after the then-BATF's deadly debacle in Waco, Texas, the agency acquired 22 OV-10 "Bronco" warplanes from the military. Though designed to carry machine guns, missiles, rockets and bombs, nine of the planes in the BATF's squadron were "being used for surveillance and photography," while the rest were for spare parts, the agency said.
The following year, NRA learned that the military had transferred the warplanes to the BATF through a dummy salvage corporation and a fictitious outfit called American Warbirds, Inc., which had "offices" in an unmarked building occupied by the BATF near Washington, D.C.
The recent audit found that "between September 2011 and September 2012, ATF's UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) program spent approximately $600,000 to purchase three different types of rotary-wing UAS with a total of six UAS vehicles."
Supposedly the BATFE never used the drones in law enforcement investigations because they suffered "mechanical and technical problems significant enough to render them unsuitable for deployment on ATF operations." In 2014 the BATFE's Special Operations Division, which is responsible for undercover operations security and specialized deployments, suspended the drone program. The agency's expensive toys were thereafter given to the Navy.
However the audit determined, "less than a week after ATF suspended its original UAS program, an ATF unit, the National Response Team (NRT), purchased five small commercial UAS for about $15,000" to "help document fire and explosion scenes." Those drones, too, have been grounded until the NRT receives "further guidance regarding their use." [Source: NRA/ILA] |
Pew Survey: Majority of Americans
Are Pro-Second Amendment
Last month the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that a question about gun policy they have been asking since 1993 had passed a key milestone: for the first time in more than two decades, a higher percentage (52%) said it was more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns than to control gun ownership (46%).
The survey question has drawn criticism from gun control advocates and some experts on gun violence, who called it simplistic, misleading and even biased. They say that forcing respondents to choose between polar positions - "gun control" or "gun rights" - assumes that all regulations on gun sales infringe on gun owners' rights. Here's the full wording of the question: "What do you think is more important - to protect the right of Americans to own guns or to control gun ownership?"
This question presents respondents with simple, stark alternatives: When the issue of guns is raised, do you find yourself more on the side of protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? There is no indication that people have any difficulty answering this question or are ambivalent about the topic. In fact, when asked a follow-up about the strength of their opinion, 81% of those who said it is more important to control gun ownership felt strongly about that position; 91% of those who said it is more important to protect gun rights felt strongly.
How a person answers this question doesn't presuppose how they might feel about any specific gun policy. In fact it is not intended to measure opinion about proposals to restrict gun sales, to limit the ability of dangerous individuals to obtain guns or to put stricter background checks on gun purchases - all of which the Pew Research Center has asked about in recent surveys.
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