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This is part 3 of 5 in the series looking at how civilian disarmament is a step on the road to tyranny. General background information on this series can be seen in Part 1.

This is part 2 of 5 in the series looking at how civilian disarmament is a step on the road to tyranny. General background information on this series can be seen in Part 1. Read the rest of this article »

The John Birch Society released a 5 part series addressing civilian disarmament and how it is a step towards tyranny. This is part 1 of 5. Read the rest of this article »

There is an effort in the United Nations to pass international gun control laws.  This video clip show the issue being debated. Read the rest of this article »

Its always annoyed me to hear people incorrectly refer to magazines as “clips”.  This video clip does a nice job explaining the difference: Read the rest of this article »

Mexican law enforcement recently completed the largest gun bust in their history.  The view clip below shows what was captured, ranging from pistols, to rifles, to grenade launchers.  A tip of the hat to Say Uncle. Read the rest of this article »

Laws that take away gun owership rights are particularly unfair to women: Read the rest of this article »

As reported, a rape victim shot and killed an attacker in Cape Girardeau, MO when he broke into her home to rape her for a second time this week. The 57-year-old woman shot 47-year-old Ronnie W. Preyer, a registered sex offender, in the chest with a shotgun after he cut the power to her apartment and then broke through her locked basement door. Preyer had previously broken into the woman’s home, punched her in the face, and then raped her in her bedroom.  The county prosecutor has stated that the woman acted properly in defending herself, and will not face charges. Read the rest of this article »

In the video clip below, Barack Obama states his opposition to concealed carry.  Obama supports the passage of a federal law that would take away concealed carry rights in every state that currently grants such a right: Read the rest of this article »

Gun control has cost the Democrats multiple elections, however the party leadership continues push ineffective gun control.  Gun rights fit in with liberal values, and the Democratic party leadership needs to support the individual right to gun ownership. Read the rest of this article »

Insurance companies spend a great deal of time to determine which activities are risky. They do so in order to charge an insurance premium that is high enough that they will make money, but low enough that people will still purchase the insurance from them. This video clip discusses how insurance companies have determined gun ownership by law abiding citizens poses so low of a risk that just a few dollars worth of insurance premiums can buy millions of dollars worth of coverage. Read the rest of this article »

Penn and Teller point out the problem with “gun free zones” in a quite concise manner. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip shows the process through which a gun control ordinance was passed in California, despite the city council’s recognition that identical ordinances have not reduced violence in other cities.  Instead, the end goals were to advance political careers and whittle away at gun ownership rights: Read the rest of this article »

Carjackers advocate gun control legislation to foster a safer work environment. Read the rest of this article »

Violent criminals advocate stronger gun control laws: Read the rest of this article »

Tony Peraica is running for the Cook County State’s Attorney office, which is the state prosecutor’s office that covers the city of Chicago and many surrounding suburbs. Peraica is a republican, and is running against the extremely anti gun and anti self defense Anita Alvarez. For the reasons discussed below, I support Tony Peraica for Cook County State’s Attorney. Read the rest of this article »

Anita Alvarez is the Democrat running for Cook County State’s Attorney.  In the video clip shown below, she is interviewed about her thought on gun rights.  She states that nobody should own a gun, and than she does not want women to be able to defend themselves with guns, even know she is aware that the police often cannot get there in time.  She goes on to say she supports a ban on so called “assault weapons“. Read the rest of this article »

Police are still looking for the people who broke into a Wyandotte County home in April and shot and killed a man. Jeffery J. Rogers, 25, was shot to death early on April 9 at a home near 84th Street and Tauromee Avenue. Police said they think the killers came as a group, possibly four or five people. This type of tragic situation is why I have a gun for self defense. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip includes interviews with a family whose home was invaded by a criminal that shot two occupants, including a 3 year old boy. Read the rest of this article »

A video clip showing John McCain’s runing mate Sarah Palin firing a so-called “assault weapon“: Read the rest of this article »

This “shotgun” makes my Remington 870 seem like a toy.  The XM1028 120MM tank shell contains about 1150 tungsten balls, making this one of the most powerful and long ranged shotguns in the world: Read the rest of this article »

Joe Biden, the running mate of Barack Obama, is one of the most anti gun rights politicians in Government, although Biden falsely tries to pass himself off as pro gun: Read the rest of this article »

Below is a video clip showing the process of disassembling a Desert Eagle for cleaning purposes. Read the rest of this article »

This is the audio from an actual 911 call made by a woman whose stalker broke into her home.  She called 911 and locked herself in her bedroom - with her handgun.  Incredibly, the 911 operator tells her “not to do anything too rash” to the stalker who just broke into her home and is approaching her!  After he attacks her physically and she repeatedly cries for the attacker to stop, she fatally shoots him in self defense. Minutes later, the police arrive.  Multiple police reports and calls to 911 didn’t stop this woman’s attacker, but 3 bullets from her handgun saved her life.  This is why I support gun rights.

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This video clip shows an interview with John Edwards, and addresses his opinion on the right to keep and bear arms.  It is quite interesting the things that he thinks are rights, and those things that he thinks are privileges. Read the rest of this article »

Below is a nice a video clip of fully automatic fire from a Thompson Submachinegun (AKA “Tommy Gun”), in slow motion. Read the rest of this article »

Senator Kat Bailey does and excellent job explaining why the Second Amendment protects and individual right to keep and bear arms, independent of service in the militia. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip is one of the most compelling personal accounts about guns and self defense that I have ever seen. Texas state representative Dr. Suzanna Gratia-Hupp’s parents were killed by an insane gunman while her gun was out in the car - left there because of the laws restricting concealed carry at that time. She gives some very moving and bold testimony about the REAL purpose of the Second Amendment: Self defense, and how the gun control laws only served to leave her family defenseless.
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This video clip shows a variety of fully automatic firearms from Metal Storm Ltd, a research company that specializes in electronically fired, stacked projectile weapon technology.  The cartridges are lined up one after the other in gun’s barrel, and fired by an electrical signal.  The rate of fire can exceed 1,000,000 rounds per minute.  My favorite is actually a Metal Storm handgun, which fires 3 rounds in rapid succession - before the gun recoils from the first round! Read the rest of this article »

A short but truly “priceless” video clip about self defense: Read the rest of this article »

The video clip below shows how quickly a magazine can be reloaded, even by those who are relatively new to firearms (such as these cadets). Further proof that the “assault weapons” bans are ineffective and simply another way to whittle down the Second Amendment. Read the rest of this article »

Below is a video clip of an Austrian 2mm pinfire revolver.  And I though the Springfield XD 40 Subcompact was a small gun… Read the rest of this article »

This satirical video clip has the solution for preventing murder, armed robbery, rape, home invasions, school shootings, racist attackers, and psychopathic killers.  Personally, I’ll stick with having a shotgun for home defense. Read the rest of this article »

In this video clip, the Brady Campaign’s attempt to misconstrue the meaning of the Second Amendment is made clear: Read the rest of this article »

In this video clip, the Brady Campaign is shown spreading misinformation about Florida’s “stand your ground law” which allows law abiding citizens to defend themselves against life threatening attack by criminals. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip demonstrates the steps to completely disassemble and reassemble a Glock pistol, which is good to know for detailed cleaning.  Note that it is not necessary to dismantle a pistol to this great of a degree for the cleaning that should be done after every firing. Read the rest of this article »

In this video clip, Paul Helmke (president of the Brady Campaign) disavows the 1994 “assault weapons” ban on the Lars Larson show, then appears on national television days later and urges for a reinstated assault weapons ban. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip discusses the history of “shall issue” concealed carry laws in the United States, and has interviews with people whose lives were saved by the right to carry a concealed firearm.  The myth that concealed carry will lead to O.K. Corral style shootouts in the streets is also demonstrated to be false. Read the rest of this article »

Although the focus of LearnAboutGuns.com is generally a serious discussion of guns, gun rights, and self defense, this article is decidedly light hearted.  Below is a video clip of a rubber band machine gun, with a rate of fire in excess of 40 rubber bands per second.  Called the “Disintegrator,” this rubber band launcher has two counter rotating cylinders, driven by electric motors.  The video clip can be seen below: Read the rest of this article »

This video clip demonstrates the steps to disassemble and reassemble your Remington Mossberg 500 or Mossberg 590 shotgun, for cleaning.
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This video clip demonstrates the steps to disassemble and reassemble your Remington 870 shotgun, for cleaning.

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This video clip shows the Taurus Judge, a revolver chambered for .410 shotgun shells as well as .45 Long Colt. I also discuss the Taurus Judge in greater detail here. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip includes an interview with a woman whose suffered an attempted home invasion, which was caught on tape.  The home invaders wore gloves to avoid leaving behind finger prints, and cut the phone line to prevent the home owner or the security system from calling the police. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip shows the staff at Impact Guns firing a Thompson sub machine gun, an AK-47, an H&K G36, an Uzi, an H&K MP5, a Sig 551, and a FN P90.  It is a great video demonstrating proper (and lawful) firing of fully automatic firearms. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip discusses how almost overnight, the citizens of Brittan lost their gun rights after 2 high profile shootings.  Collectors with guns that were hundreds of years old and worth thousands of dollars were forced to turn in their firearms for destruction.  Olympic target shooters were forced to travel to another country to practice their sport.  Still others had to hand over firearms given to them by long-since-dead parents, to have the barrels and receivers chopped apart.  This is a warning what can happen when the law abiding gun owners of a country sit idly by as their gun rights and heritage is legislated away in a very brief period of time… And making matters worse, the gun control laws only led to a thriving black market for guns, defenseless law abiding citizens, and preventable murders. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip demonstrates the steps to disassemble and reassemble your AK-47, for cleaning. Read the rest of this article »

In this video clip, ABC’s 20/20 discusses the myth that gun control laws reduce crime. Instead, of showing a reduction in crime, John Stossel finds that gun control leads to an increase in crime, prevents law abiding citizens from defending themselves, doesn’t deter criminals, harms the weaker members of society, and paves the way for school shootings.  It is refreshing to see a major news outlet reporting these facts in a unbiased manner. Read the rest of this article »

After Hurricane Katrina, various police agencies in Louisiana wrongfully and unlawfully confiscated the firearms of law abiding citizens, leaving them at the mercy of criminals who took advantage of the hurricane to commit crimes.  This video consists of interviews with several law abiding victims of firearms confiscation, including a woman who was thrown to the ground and punched by police. Read the rest of this article »

Proper cleaning is important to keep all firearms functioning reliably, however it seems to be especially important for the AR-15. This video clip demonstrates the steps to disassemble and reassemble your AR-15, for cleaning. Read the rest of this article »

In this video clip, Congresswoman McCarthy went on TV to argue in favor of gun control, but didn’t even know what the so called “assault weapon” feature she wanted to ban looks like or does.  When asked what a barrel shroud did, she first dodged the question, then incorrectly stated that criminals frequently use weapons with such a feature, then made a wrong guess as to what a barrel shroud does and where it goes on a gun.  It is simply ridiculous, ignorant, and embarrassing to have strong opinions about guns (or any other issue) unless one is familiar with the issue.  It is even worse to be a member of congress who introduces legislation to ban an object, without even knowing what the object is or does. Read the rest of this article »

This video clip shows a scale model of the air cooled 1919A4 Browning machine gun, chambered for .22 long rifle cartridges.  This belt fed .22 caliber machine gun holds its ammunition in disintegrating nylon beltlinks that can be assembled, disassembled, and reused.  It is a rather interesting project for sure. Read the rest of this article »

I’ve added a new “video clips” section to LearnAboutGuns.com, and the first video clip featured is that of the Auto Assault 12. This is a drum fed, gas operated, fully automatic 12 ga. shotgun.  Firing at 300 rounds per minute, this shotgun comes standard with a 32 round magazine.  The AA-12’s gas system absorbs a large portion of the recoil generated by fully automatic shotgun fire.  This combat shotgun is intended for military use, allowing soldiers to more effectively and safely clear a room: Read the rest of this article »