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I can hit a chest-sized target pretty well at 100 yards with iron sights in any wind/weather with my k31 and Swedish Mauser, and I am no sharpshooter.

6.5 Carcano sighted at 100yd shooting parallel to the ground:



6.5 Carcano sighted at 100yd shooting 20 degrees down (as if 90 yards out from 20 yards high):



When shooting flat the POI will be 0.17 inch higher than POA and when shooting at 20 dg down the POI will be 0.34 inch higher than POA. Yeah, that 0.17 inch of difference in POI makes the shot on a human-sized target from 6th floor TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

Stupid is strong in this thread.

There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms; this number is not disputed. The U.S. population was 324,059,091 as of June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.00925% of the population dies from gun-related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective, as compared to other causes of death:

65% of those deaths are by suicide, which would never be prevented by gun laws.

15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty, and justified.

17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally-ill persons – better known as “gun violence”.

3% are accidental discharge deaths.

So technically, “gun violence” is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many?

Now let’s look at how those 5,100 deaths span across the nation.

480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago
344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore

333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit
119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C.

So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just…4 cities.

All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of gun laws that is the root cause.

This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state.

That is an average because some states have much higher rates than others.

For example, California had 1,169 gun-related deaths of all kinds…and Alabama had 1.

Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, it is not guns causing this.

It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states.

So, if all cities and states are not created equal, then there must be something else causing the gun deaths!

Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime, but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assaults are all done by bad guys.

It is ludicrous to think that criminals will obey laws. That is why they are called…”criminals”.

But what about other deaths each year?

40,000+ die from drug overdoses.

36,000 people die per year from the flu.

34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities.

More Information:

200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer walking in the worst areas of Chicago than you are when you are in a hospital!

710,000 people die per year from heart disease. So, what is the point? If the liberal loons and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually lost from all gun-related deaths.

So, you have to ask yourself, then in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns?

It’s pretty simple:

Taking away guns gives control to governments. The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace.

Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs. So, the next time someone tries to tell you that gun control is about saving lives, look at these facts and remember these words from Noah Webster: “Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed.”

Welp, now all I want to do today is watch Tombstone and Big Trouble in Little China.

Hollywood legend Kurt Russell absolutely smoked this anti-gun, anti-white, woke Hollywood blogger in a resurfaced interview from 2015 when he started talking about guns being a "totem" for "white men."

Listen to Russell dismantle this blogger.

Russell: I don't understand the concept of the conversation of the 'gun culture.' We've lived with guns - what, since the 7th century or something?

Woke dude: We all know right now that guns is a trope ... it's a totem, it's a metaphor that disenfranchised white guys need. It makes them feel good ...

Yeah, he went immediately to anti-gun AND anti-white guys.

Because, you know, the biggest problem with guns in the US is white guys with their buddies at the range. Not the inner cities or anything like that.

Russell: You can say what you want. I don't agree with that. It's not my thing ... If you think that gun control or something like that is going to change a terrorist's point of view I think you're, like, out of your mind. I think you're - I think anybody is. I think it's absolutely insane.

I had no idea Kurt Russell was this based. I knew I liked him, but this makes me like him even more.
The Hollywoke dude then got into the no-fly list and potential terrorists being able to buy guns, and Russell just worked him over again.

Russell: They (terrorists) can also make a bomb pretty easily. They can also get knives and stab you. What are you going to do about that? They can also get car and run you over. What are you gonna do about that? What are you gonna do about that?

Wokie: They didn't kill the people in San Bernandino like that ...

Russell: But they've killed others. So what are you gonna do? Outlaw everything? That ain't the answer. Put some controls? Haha! So the people, so the people who want to defend themselves can't?

Wokie: No! Not so you can't! Just so the idiots can't get ahold of them.

Russell: Do you really believe they're not going to? Are you serious about that? What good will that - ? Oh my g--. You and I just disagree. You and I just disagree. I understand that you think you can control the behavior of people that are dead set on taking your way of life away from you. I think you think you can control that. And there is only one thing you can do with that and that is say, 'No dude, that ain't gonna happen. That's just not gonna happen.'

Then he walked out of the interview!
I'll be honest, it was so refreshing to hear some common sense in this day and age, even if this clip is almost nine years old.

Russell is an absolute boss! Man, we really need more of this in 2024 now that we've survived the era of Trump breaking the establishment's brains, the WuFlu, the Summer of Love, the ongoing border invasion, and more.

South Carolina Senate passes permitless carry law. If signed they'll be the 28th state to not require a permit to carry a firearm

South Carolina Senate passes permitless carry law. If signed they'll be the 28th state to not require a permit to carry a firearm

https://notthebee.com/article/south-carolina-senate-passes-permitless-carry-law-if-signed-theyll-be-the-27th-state-to-not-require-a-permit-to-carry-a-firearm-

South Carolina Senate passes permitless carry law. If signed they'll be the 28th state to not require a permit to carry a firearm

Average 1.2 guns per person.

70% of the F-35 fighter jets in US military are not combat-ready.

Trillions of dollars wasted by crony capitalism

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— S.L. Kanthan (@Kanthan2030) March 19, 2024

DON'T GET OUTED!

DEAD GIVEAWAYS YOU'RE CARRYING

You carry a gun to protect yourself and others, but one key to keeping out of harm's way is to make sure people don't suspect you have a gun. If a bad guy knows you're carrying, it puts you in a dangerous situation by making you a target. Why, then, are so many people — both civilians and police — so careless about how they carry? I believe it's a combination of ignorance and complacency.

I can promise one thing: Bad guys are profiling people before they act. It's part of what they do, since their objective is to get away safely. Interviews with prison inmates have provided valuable information about how they picked their victims. If you walk in an awkward way, ignore your environment and the people surrounding you, they are more likely to select you. They're looking for victims and concealed carriers, and they know how to spot you.

The most common mistake people make when they first begin concealed carry is intentionally displaying their gun. Most people are proud they're able to carry a gun and want others to notice, so they "accidentally" give themselves away.

You may be proud, but don't put yourself in danger. It could be a fatal error. Think about it: If you wanted to rob a bank who is the first person you'd likely shoot? The armed guard, because he represents the immediate threat to the success of your mission. The same applies to you. If you've revealed yourself at a gas station where a robbery is about to occur, you will be the "guard" taken out first. It's happened before and will probably happen again. Don't become a statistic.

Once people get accustomed to carrying as a regular part of their routine, these intentional displays usually go away. We're then left with the real mistakes people make out of ignorance or sloppy control of their behaviors. ...