Gonzo's Firearms and Safety Training: August 2019

Red Flag Laws (Again!)

We should all be extremely concerned about this. Social media scouring to determine who to "Red Flag" - seriously?! Suppression of free speech is now taking the form of "Minority Report" types of behavior by the government. It's bad enough that social media is suppressing conservative speech. But stuff like this actually makes gun owners (who are most likely to be conservatives) afraid to even post anything on their social media accounts. Share a meme that they don't like? Red Flag. Even repost a news story that they don't like? Red Flag. Are you a YouTube firearms friendly channel? Red Flag. This is getting out of control, and we need to be as vocal as possible to our representation.

Shared from the Guns & Gadgets YouTube Channel:

Special sessions for Red Flag Laws in the news. Next meeting of the House Judiciary Committee, September 4, 2019. Nadler and company plan on working on HR-1186 (Large Capacity Magazine Ban) and HR 1236 (Red Flag Laws) and many others. Please make sure that you are contacting your representation and oppose this dangerous legislation.

Shared from the Guns & Gadgets YouTube Channel:

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The Gonz

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” Alexander Hamilton, "The Farmer Refuted", February 5, 1775

AR-15 Rifle Basics

When I and my fellow computer hobbyist buddies (geeks) first got into building computers in the 1980s, we found the IBM platform to be an excellent computing platform on which to build. The reason being that it was a ubiquitous platform, and everybody and their brother made parts for them. The common term back then was the "IBM Clone" that went by many different brand names, and parts were so readily available that hobbyists could build complete computers from scratch cheaply and easily.

The AR-15 rifle platform has become a similarly ubiquitous platform for beginning and advanced rifle builders alike. Parts are available practically everywhere to build your rifle in your own unique configuration. You don't even have to be an advanced or experienced gunsmith to build a rifle in the AR platform, but you do at least have to know a bit about firearms components, how they function, and what parts will or will not be compatible with other rifle components.

I came across an excellent video this week from The Daily Shooter that breaks it all down and gives some great explanations of the AR rifle platform. William does an excellent job of breaking down the upper and lower receivers, bolt carrier group, and other components unique to the AR platform

I am a certified AR-15/M-16/M-4A1 Armorer, so if you have any questions or would like more information about rifle builds, please feel free to contact me. I also have an affiliate relationship with some excellent firearms parts and supplies vendors. Please visit them. You will be purchasing from some great companies, and you will be helping this blog.

The Gonz

Second Amendment News and Training Resources

With all of the news about gun legislation, gun control efforts, and other threats to our Second Amendment liberties, I wanted to take a moment to post about some excellent resources for getting up to date news about new laws, gun control efforts, and even some good gear reviews. There are also some good training channels out there as well. In fact, the reason I am featuring some of my favorite channels below is that they have a good mixture of news, training, and gear reviews. Training and staying sharp is important these days, especially if you are trying to maintain your emergency preparedness and self-defense posture. I highly recommend visiting the channels for these folks, like their videos, and subscribing to their channels. The YouTube algorithms are such that liking and subscribing really helps these channels to stay visible and get traffic. Below are the links to their channels, as well as some recent videos to help get a sense of their video style.

Please also visit some of my affiliate links on this page and in this blog as well. These are good, patriotic vendors, and I would like to help them earn your business.