Bowie Tactical Concepts: Making a good gun a great gun

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By Jim Irvine

Do you own a gun that you like, except for some minor detail? Do you wish your concealed carry gun concealed better? Do you want a unique look or feature for a special gun? If your concealed carry gun is a compromise, maybe it’s time to consider some custom work to make your gun fit you better.

Bowie Tactical Concepts (BTC) is owned and operated by David Bowie, a Sheriff Deputy, SWAT team commander, firearms instructor, and supporter of your rights. He also happens to be a genius at making a stock gun fit and function to its highest potential for the guns specific owner.

More Ohio State students robbed at gunpoint; Buckeye state continues to enforce campus victim zones

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UPDATE: Michigan State approves exception to weapons ban

By Gerard Valentino

NBC Channel 4 in Columbus recently reported a crime alert for the Ohio State University Campus after two armed robberies last weekend.

From the story:

University police issued two new crime alerts for the campus area after armed robberies over the weekend.

The first incident was reported just after midnight Saturday.

Three students, one male and two female, were robbed at gunpoint in the alley between 15th and 16th avenues, east of Summit Street, according to authorities.

…The second incident was reported around 3 a.m. Sunday.

Four OSU students said they were robbed at gunpoint behind 112 E. Chittenden Ave.

Once again, the students at OSU are at risk of being the victim of a violent crime, and the State of Ohio and The Ohio State University refuses to allow them the best means to fight back – legal concealed carry. Despite the mountains of evidence to support allowing legal concealed carry by college age citizens, the self-proclaimed center of Ohio’s educational community continues to keep their head buried in the sand.

Somehow they think warning students after a violent crime has occurred is sufficient action on their part. But, their press releases, memos and “tweets” aren’t enough.

GAO Reports On Arms Trafficking In Mexico

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week entitled, “Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges.”

Among other things, the report asserts that Mexican officials consider illicit firearms the number one crime problem affecting their country’s security; that about 87 percent of firearms seized in Mexico and traced by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) in the last five years originated in the United States; and that these firearms are increasingly more powerful and lethal, including “high-caliber and high-powered” AK-47 and AR-15 type semi-automatic rifles. The report further contends that the country’s law enforcement agencies are insufficiently organized, and that Mexico has a history of corruption at the federal, state and local levels.

With regard to the “87 percent” statistic, the report’s figures make clear that BATFE only traces a fraction of the guns seized. Those firearms are not selected randomly, but are likely selected because they are the guns most likely to have come from the U.S. Trace data reveals nothing about the large number of guns that are not traced.

Conference held in Buckeye Firearms Foundation v. Cleveland

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By Jim Irvine

On June 17th, Judge Corrigan held a case management conference in Buckeye Firearm Foundation’s case against the City of Cleveland. Plaintiffs were present in person, but none of the Defendants attended and instead allowed their attorneys to represent them. While the conference was scheduled as a case management conference, it quickly became apparent that the various pending motions would be argued for the judge.

ATF Software Company: Another government entity goes into competition against the private sector

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By Jeff Knox

About a year ago, James LaMonte, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coloseum software, was ready to release an innovative software package. He had a client in Idaho, Red’s Trading Post, who wanted to install the software to reduce the number of minor errors on 4473’s and other federally mandated records. But ATF rejected the variance request and asked for more information about the software. They issued conflicting opinions, and generally held up the process for several months before finally requesting a meeting with LaMonte.

If ATF wouldn’t approve dealers to use the software, Coloseum’s run would be a short one, so LaMonte agreed to the meeting. When they met, ATF assured LaMonte that they were not working with any other software developers and that any information he shared about his program would be held in the strictest confidence. They said they needed more detailed information before they could grant the requested waiver to Red’s or any other dealer wishing to use Coloseum’s products.

An ATF employee was assigned as liaison between ATF and Coloseum, studying Coloseum’s software, asking lots of questions, and implying that open cooperation would lead to ATF support for Coloseum’s products. After several weeks of this, ATF called another meeting with Coloseum to discuss the release of the software. At that meeting, LaMonte learned that ATF wasn’t working with other companies, they were developing their own software for filling out 4473’s and the ATF employee who had been studying Coloseum’s software was the head of ATF’s development team.

GOP gubernatorial primary contest heats up as Coughlin questions Kasich’s Second Amendment record

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By Chad D. Baus

State Senator Kevin Coughlin, the first person to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2010 governor’s race, is circulating an email designed to bring the Second Amendment to the front and center of early GOP primary discussions.

The email, delivered under the subject header “Can we trust Kasich on Second Amendment rights?,” contains a fundraising letter that documents Coughlin’s strong record of support for gun rights, while calling into question his Republican opponent’s record.

D.C. gun banners modify ban list as result of SAF lawsuit

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By Jim Shepherd

Yesterday, firearms regulations in Washington, D.C. were amended by emergency order. That amending process came in response to a federal suit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation challenging the arbitrary nature of previous regulations enforced in the District.

Huh?

OK, plain English: the lawsuit asserted the D.C. list of approved handguns was inadequate. As in unacceptable because it followed the California list of approved firearms, which is also unacceptable. That list, FYI, included guns that were not approved for what was nothing more than cosmetic items, some as insignificant as color.

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