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I’ve been pretty busy this week, so I haven’t done a whole lot of reading (or writing for that matter) so I don’t have a lot today: Michael Bane has an interesting article this morning on his blog about Gov. Hickenstupid in Colorado and the recent recall of two anti-gun senators.

This is phenomenal. Even though I think bump firing is a waste of time, and an even bigger waste of money and precious ammo, I support your right to bump fire away until your heart is content. This belt fed Slide Fire bump rifle does sound like a lot of fun, although expensive to feed.

While we were all biting our nails waiting for the poll results for the ouster of two anti-gun Colorado Senators on on Tuesday, something much more sinister was going on in California. A bill was passed by the California legislature and sent to the Governor that will ban the sale of all semi-automatic rifles that have a detachable magazine that holds more than 10rds. What semi-auto rifles are on the market that have a detachable …

TTAG is reporting that Colorado Senate President John Morse is out in Colorado. Thats all for now, as soon as I get more info, I will update! El Paso election results website with the unofficial results as of 10:48PM is showing Morse losing.

Take your state back today! Hit the polls and recall the anti-gun, anti-liberty fools that stripped you of your freedom. Remember, Sen. Morse believes that you are a “sickness on our souls” for being a gun owner. Hit us up on the voicemail line (919-295-6128) and let us know what the polls are like. I’m interested to hear what kind of presence the antis have given all of the money they have received from Bloomberg.

3 huge pistol recalls in less than a month. First the S&W Shield, then the Springfield XDs, and now the Caracal C Pistols. If I remember correctly, this isn’t the first Caracal recall, but this time they aren’t fixing them. Apparently whatever it is that’s wrong with these pistols cannot be fixed, and Caracal will be refunding the owners their money. Find more on the Caracal website or download this .pdf to see if your …

Here’s your Sunday reading for this week! Exploding Targets: Shooting Aid or a ‘Bomb Kit for Dummies?’ I’m not a huge fan of exploding targets, but I understand why they are fun. In my opinion, calling them a “bomb kit for dummies” is misleading, because setting the charge off with a bullet isn’t practical if you are trying to blow someone up, and coming up with a way to set off one of these without …

I’ve seen a few posts around the net recently about the Safariland ALS holsters for weapon mounted lights having a safety issue. Most of them are referencing this article about a police officer who’s pistol discharged in his holster when someone’s finger made it into the trigger guard while the pistol was still in the holster. I’ve owned one of these (Safariland ALS 6378) for a Glock 17 with a WML for a while, and …

It looks like Springfield accepted my XDs today for the recall. Now I wait… I mentioned on Episode 45 that I was going to look at a Bersa BP9cc as a short term alternative to the XDs 9mm. It’s got a lot of things going against it, but it’s fairly inexpensive, and Carolina Gunrunners always seems to have them in stock. I could do without the magazine disconnect, but the real concern I have is …

Has anybody been able to find anything that explains exactly what parts are being replaced inside the XDs pistols? I’ve heard that the grip safety is being replaced, and that the new one has a roll pin in it, and that’s about it. I’ve spent a couple hours digging through forum threads and doing Google searches, and I still don’t understand exactly what is happening inside the pistol that is causing it to double fire, …