That’s what the news Florida has been. Seems there’s also something else those stories have in common.

In an update to this and this, Sailourcourt notes some confiscated weapons: So, in support of the premise that AK-47’s are a problem on the street and are “the favored weapon of…the common criminal”, not one could be shown to have been confiscated recently?

Seems the Florida news folks having an AK-47 marathon. And, seriously, their gun expert doesn’t know how to use a barrel shroud err hand guard? See the pic there. But not so fast. Seems most of the weapons in use may be SKS rifles, which (like the MAK-90) were actually not covered by the ban […]

About six months ago, the press was All AK-47 All The Time!!!!! Now, it has returned. Some variation of the same article can be seen here, here, here and here. And I’m sure there are more. Some snippets: But it was unremarkable in that one of the guns brandished was an AK-47-type rifle — a […]

Nutjob, gun-free mall, rifle. Same as last one, only it’s a crazy white guy instead of a crazy olive-skinned guy. Soon, the press will again be in All AK-47 All The Time mode. I was going to write about it but everyone else already did: PGP: Is violent death from lax gun laws around every […]

Today’s PSH brought to you by the Cornell Daily Sun’s Tony Manfred: I can go to a store right now and buy an AK-47; is there not something incredibly disturbing about that? First of all, no you can’t. Second, no. And my fave: The delusional Neanderthals at the National Rifle Association should be charged as […]

The Palm Beach Post: Cheap, available assault rifles, which closely resemble the Kalashnikov AK-47s brandished by Iraqi insurgents and African rebels alike, have become the weapons of choice for gang members and other violent criminals in Palm Beach County. Sorry, but most data I’ve seen indicates that cheap handguns are the weapon of choice of […]

Here, I said: Think I’d rather have one [an AR-15 – ed.] in 45 ACP. Well, via reader bob, CNC gunsmithing to the rescue with the AR45: It’s time for something a little bit different. The same guy who shared with me his idea of the A1 detachable carry handle, William Putnam, also dreamed up […]

Soonews: Americans Brace for AK-47s Now in Streets It is one of the most feared weapons that have largely been inaccessible for decades. That has changed recently, as law enforcement authorities in Palm Beach and Martin counties documented deadly incidents involving the new weapon of choice by gangs. In both counties, AK-47s were used to […]

All AK-47 all the time. It will start soon, though. Gun seizures up in Memphis: The shelves inside the Memphis Police Department’s Property and Evidence Room are overflowing with guns. 5,000 handguns, shotguns and semi-automatic assault-style rifles are currently tagged in the inventory and more are being brought in every day. “We get at least […]

Howard Nemerov has a must read on the bias against guns in the press, particularly the press being All AK-47 All The Time!

The “assault weapons” case is going before the full court: A three-judge panel last month sided with gun-rights advocates when, for the first time, it determined that owning semiautomatic firearms such as AR-15s and AK-47s amounts to a “fundamental right” deserving the highest level of protection under the Constitution. “In our view, Maryland law implicates […]

Democrat Virginia Delegate Joe Morrisey who mishandled an AK variant used as a prop for pushing gun control that I mentioned? Yeah, turns out he had been disbarred for assault and issuing death threats. No wonder he doesn’t want you armed. Take away my rights because I’m not responsible enough. Someone like me shouldn’t own […]

Josh Sugarmann is all butthurt because rifles that were once called sporting rifles are now being called that again. Seems he’s upset that his made-up term Assault Weapons isn’t the moniker that gun companies use, so he now calls them assault rifles (which they’re not): What’s that you say? You’ve never heard of “modern sporting […]

Feds looking to charge Blackwater for weapons violations: The U.S. Justice Department is considering bringing charges against former officials of the private security company Blackwater in connection with a stockpile of automatic weapons seized at the outfit’s North Carolina headquarters, the Associated Press reports. Federal prosecutors are said to be looking at charges against ex-Blackwater […]

Remember the guy who took his AK-47 pistol with tip painted orange to look like a toy gun and went gallivanting through the woods and was shocked when the other folks in the park weren’t fans. And then was held by the po-po who determined that, well, he had a permit? Yeah, that guy. His […]

By most accounts, it’s looking like a case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Seems the shooter was upset about being deployed overseas, which makes you wonder about his career choice since that line of work stands a better than average shot at being deployed overseas. Witnesses report he shouted allahu akbar while shooting. And there’s that […]

We may never know. Been following the news on the AL nut job who killed a bunch of people to learn what weapon was used. Figured it may be a catalyst to some talks about bans on weapons that look like assault weapons. One article calls it an automatic weapon. Alabama Department of safety says: […]

You would expect a retired general to know guns. You’d be wrong. He does, however, know his PSH: Mexican law enforcement authorities and soldiers face heavily armed drug gangs with high-powered military automatic weapons. Perhaps 90% of these weapons are smuggled across the US border. They are frequently purchased from licensed US gun dealers in […]

Unsurprisingly, he’s pretty ignorant of them, actually. From his sportsmen issue paper: As a long-time resident and elected official of Chicago, Barack Obama has seen the impact of fully automatic weapons in the hands of criminals. Thus, Senator Obama supports making permanent the expired federal Assault Weapon Ban. These weapons, such as AK-47s, belong on […]

Seems folks don’t really buy into Obama’s claims on guns: Gun sales are going boom around the country as gun owners and gun advocates brace for a potential Democrat in the White House for the first time in almost 10 years. Democrats, meanwhile, say there’s no reason to worry that presidential hopeful Barack Obama would […]

I didn’t watch the speech. I was afraid my little heart just couldn’t take all the HopeChangetm. So, I read it on the internets. Barack Smurfette Obama supports the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons: The — the reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are […]

Someone call Eric Zorn a Waaahmbulance: I’ve written several posts and column items recently on the issue of gun control — the most recent one asking for ideas from both sides about compromises that gun-rights people and gun-ban people might be able to live with. And each time it has struck me how tiny, uninspired […]

Where Guns Are Concerned, It’s Not Worth The Paper It Is Written On: We are now more than 20 years into the “assault weapon” debate, so you would think enough time has passed, and enough information is available on the internet and elsewhere, that even the laziest and least competent newspaper reporter could get at […]

More All AK All The Time. Again: It represents the worst sort of base appeal to emotions that the anti-gun side has to offer, and the article itself reads like a Brady Campaign press release. I’ll debunk the factual inaccuracies here. Dustin notes: This is a repeat of the same lies & propaganda spewed by […]

Reader Rick emails the following in response to this anti-gun column (long, grab your coffee): THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SAY IT, OUR CURRENT GUN CULTURE IS LEADING THE COUNTRY DOWN A PATH TO MAYHEM. My gun has lead no one anywhere. It merely sits in the drawer until I use it. And I […]

Over at the Brady Blog, Paul Helmke notes a particularly nasty comment he received: Paul you are a Hypocrite and a Liar, Why don’t you face facts. The Brady Bunch is little more than a Mouth Piece for the ACLU, and the Ultra liberal Wing of the Democratic Party. That the Brady Bunch is a […]

It’s amusing. From Joe, I learn that Gun Guy Gonzo linked to me stating we gun bloggers are full of venom and vitriol, cursing and overcompensating masculinity, and instead of providing insight on the news, they provide rehashes of decades-old NRA lies and propaganda. This is particularly amusing when you’re in the know that this […]

A while back, I asked of the NRA What Next? Well, Neil Smith wrote a letter on the issue of NRA’s priorities a bit back. It’s a good read. I don’t agree with all of it but some points leap out at me. Like: FOURTH, in the same context, I’d want the NRA to disconnect […]

Via insty, comes: When an AK47 Is Not an AK47. The answer for the US press is usually always. But, the article: The existence of this manual may be a sign that there are some unexpected strategic benefits to American journalists’ chronically deficient grasp of the basic issues they’re supposed to be covering. The AK-47s […]