Marines shoot M-4 carbines June 30 as part of a five-week marksmanship and close quarters battle course at the Verona Loop area's K Ranges. The training was a smaller part of the seven month-long U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Individual Training Course. The Marines are tested in the final week of the course during numerous scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adam Sanchez)
DC Sniper Claims Conspirators In Shatner Interview
William Shatner (yes, that William Shatner) interviewed DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo fro an A&E television special:
In a telephone call from a southwest Virginia prison, Malvo told Shatner two men planned to join in the attacks to make them more deadly but reneged. Malvo said his fellow shooter, John Allen Muhammad, killed one of the men in retaliation.
In the TV interview, Malvo initially denies his psychiatrist’s claims that he and Muhammad had co-conspirators. Once pressured, he says someone in Arizona helped them get weapons and explosives, and a man in New York was supposed to help them get out of the country “when it’s all said and done.”
He said both later backed out of plans to help with the shootings.
“There was supposed to be three to four snipers with silenced weapons,” said Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the shootings. “In this way we could do a lot more damage along the entire Eastern Seaboard.”
‘Criminals & Terrorists Welcome!’
Was sorting through some photos last night and realized that I had never posted this shot of the huge billboard along I-90 in Boston just outside of Fenway Park:
We Sell Guns Billboard in Boston
No ID Required. No Background Checks. Criminals & Terrorists Welcome!
What I find most amusing about it is that not only is it NOT accurate as far as gun shows go, it’s actually pretty accurate as far as US border policy goes. These folks want to close a “gun show loophole” that doesn’t exist but (and I’m guessing here) would probably not support building a wall to close the “border loophole.”
I don’t know who funds this billboard.
I wasn’t aware of this NSSF site but it looks pretty good. You can search by state, area code, or zip code for shooting ranges and filter by the type of shooting you’re looking for. Worth bookmarking.
The civilian SCAR-H: FNH Announces Limited Quantities of SCAR 17S at Dealers
Snowflakes in Hell notices some wackiness in New Zealand:
Police Minister Judith Collins announced this month that the Government planned to change the Arms Order to require anyone who bought or owned a pre-charged pneumatic PCP air rifle to hold a firearms licence.
TOP SHOT Moves Casting/Production Dates to Avoid Conflict with USPSA Match Schedule
The U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) announced that Pilgrim Films and Television, the production company behind the History Channel’s hit shooting show TOP SHOT, has moved their casting and production dates for season two in order to avoid conflict with USPSA’s major matches, the 2010 MultiGun Nationals and the 2010 Handgun Nationals.
In season one of TOP SHOT, currently airing Sunday nights on the History Channel, USPSA members account for seven of the 16 contestants, with three still in contention for the grand prize of $100,000.
To apply to be on TOP SHOT, visit http://pilgrimfilms.tv/casting/. The deadline August 12th.
‘It was a very ill-conceived plan’
Father killed in failed plan to get custody of child
Dwayne Lamont Moten wanted custody of his child. So he devised a plan with another man to get the new boyfriend of the child’s mother out of the way, according to Dallas police.
Jacob Wheeler would shoot to wound Moten. Then Moten would call 911 and pin the shooting on the third man.
Except instead of shooting Moten in the thigh and shoulder, Moten ended up somehow shot in the chest and dying of his wounds.
The shooter was arrested on an unrelated charge and was later charged with murder.
It sounds like something out of a Coen Brothers movie.
BLOGROLL
GunPundit.com
