The Uzi has always fascinated me. Especially since Entebbe (I believe many of the Israeli rescuers carried Uzis). I don’t have one. Don’t need one. Can’t afford one. Want one.
It’s my understanding that the original had a fixed firing pin which was really just a protrusion on the front of the bolt. The bolt held open, out of battery and when the trigger was pulled, the bolt traveled forward, stripping a round from the magazine and chambering it. As the bolt slammed into battery, the fixed firing pin hit the primer firing the round and the empty was ejected by blow-back action. Simple. Genius.
I read someone, maybe Mas Ayoob, who said untrained shooters were put off by the inertia of the bolt moving PRIOR to the first shot and it threw off aim for the first shots (full auto). Consequently, a more ‘standard’ closed bolt with a traveling firing pin design was adopted. Correct me if I’m wrong.
But recently I read something that made me think they were saying that ‘open bolt’ designs are not legal (maybe over-applying NFA again?). So, even if you wanted, you couldn’t buy an original design Uzi. Also, I guess what’s the point of an open bolt design if it’s not full auto.
According to leftist journalists, conservative Christians are referring to Trump as a savior, 2nd coming of Christ among other things. This strikes me as odd because while not a particularly religious person, I know lots of people who are pretty religious and have never heard any of them compare Trump to a savior or Jesus.
Also, those leftists believe Trump may be the "antichrist" which I find really ironic because leftists don't actually believe in religion so why would they even believe an antichrist is a thing?
It came about because I asked my Dad what he thought of the attempted assassination and he said, "Too bad the shot wasn't a couple inches to the right". Then he went on about how the mark of the beast was a MAGA hat and that in the Bible the antichrist was healing from a head wound. The conversation didn't go well from there. He turned 80 this year, I think he may be suffering from some senility but think he probably has brain rot from watching CNN.
He asked me not to talk to him about politics because it breaks his heart I would believe the shit I hear. Yeah, I can understand the feeling. He still believes Russia helped Trump in 2016 because CNN told him so. I guess I just won't talk to him since I am such a disappointment.
I sincerely hope that the anti-Israel crowd can keep themselves under control until kamala is in the house and then they march inside and take no prisoners. As it is, I don't think they will do that and the DNC24 will make the DNC68 look like a block picnic. In 68 they were fighting against Vietnam and they lost the election. In 24 they are fighting Israel fighting for their very survival against the savages of hamas. It isn't a better look than fighting against sending American boys to die in Vietnam at all. And the way they carried it out at DNC68 was a really bad look.
The reality of the situation is that even the democrat "supporters" hate the democrats, they just hate Trump even more. But that isn't going to play well in Chicago next week. It can go 2 ways, either the cops bust out the bullet hoses and kill a bunch of their supporters, or the cops are sent to the slaughter by being denied being able to defend themselves and being completely outnumbered. Neither is going to play well in the 3 months until the election.
[FPC News] FPC, FPCAF Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Plaintiffs’ Right to Recover
<p><strong>WASHINGTON </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(August </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">16</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of an important </span><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-621/322253/20240812145655997_130277_Amicus%20Brief.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the United States Supreme Court in the case o</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">f </span><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-621.html"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lackey v. Stinnie</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, i</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">n which the groups ask the Supreme Court to affirm that plaintiffs have a right to seek legal fees when they successfully challenge laws on a pre-trial motion and it leads to a change in law before a final judgment. The brief can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
[FPC News] California “1-in-30” Firearm Ban Blocked Following Ninth Circuit Order
<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(August </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">15</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/5882/attachments/original/1723766604/2024.08.15_46-1_ORDER_Reversing_Stay.pdf?1723766604"><span style="font-weight: 400;">order</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reversing the previously issued stay in FPC’s </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/nguyen"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nguyen v. Bonta</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges California’s “one-gun-per-month” gun ban law. With the stay reversed, the final </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/5882/attachments/original/1711657276/2024.03.28_070_Judgment.pdf?1711657276"><span style="font-weight: 400;">judgment</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and injunction FPC secured at the district court is now in effect, which prevents the state from enforcing its “1-in-30” ban unless and until further order from the Court. The order, along with other case documents, can be viewed at </span><a href="http://firearmspolicy.org/nguyen"><span style="font-weight: 400;">firearmspolicy.org/nguyen</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
