Recent content by jasperbob42

If one must read the Declaration of Independence ALONG with the Constitution then how did women get the vote? The D of I does say 'all men'-- must have been a translation problem with 18th century English. Oh well.

Laws regarding firearms are NOT god given but cast in our Constitution where the term god is not even mentioned. Hope this fact does not provoke too massive an outcry. But fact is fact.

Wrong on Barrell Length My 29-2 bought in 1978 and just measured moments ago shows full barrel length to be 6.5 inches (N 38xxxx)

One of the few 'smart buys' a few years ago was to buy NITB 4in and subby versions of the Mo-15. Great guns. Leaving both unfired for the time being.

Many years ago I owned one bought in Spokane, WA. When the trigger was pulled in double-action mode the cylinder would turn and the hammer would fall back a bit but not enough to fire the round. It was a beauty and sorry to have sold it. There was a special kit from S&W wich would return the...

I have a 6 inch Model 28 BUT I do have a 3.5 inch Model 27. Can one say my 27 is pretty close to the 4 inch 28? Opinions welcomed.

Fear of a 'standing army' goes back to the English Civil War of the 17 century. But following the American Revolution many feared that General Washington might become King George 1 of America. Washinton's relationship, he was the president, of the Order of the Cinncinatti of former...

Yes, I remember that episode. But the one that I remember most is one in which a security guard wrongly shoots a customer in a grocery store and when the wonded guy is approached by one of the cops he wisphers "NOW I OWN THIS PLACE."