Weekly Roundup # 17
A collection of interesting articles you may not have seen by authors you may not have read
The Weekly Roundup is a feature offered to my readers in addition to my regular articles. The Roundup is a collection of mostly recent articles you probably haven’t seen by writers you may not have read. The intent is to provide some interesting reading for you while providing some exposure for some great writers. Enjoy!
Have you ever looked at a gun offered for sale at a gun show or one on consignment at your local shop and wondered how they determined what the gun was worth? Jim Supica sheds some light on the subject in “What’s That Gun Worth?”.
Gaston Glock passed this week at the age of 94. Whether you’re a Glock fan or not, Gaston Glock had few equals in the gun world.
Most gun owners realize that much of what is read in the media concerning firearms is inaccurate at best and intentionally misleading a lot of the time. Lee Williams recognizes some of the most egregious attempts at gaslighting the public in ‘the most memorable gun violence journalism of 2023’ according to the Trace.
For a rare example of your elected representatives using the “power of the purse” properly check out this article on the introduction of a bill (with 107 cosponsors) to block funding of the ATF’s universal background check rule.
Ever have the feeling that information you see from the government and the media (same thing?) regarding firearms and crime seems obviously incorrect? Mike McDaniel offers a possible explanation in “Mark Twain, statistics, and the FBI”.
If you’ve ever had anyone wish you a very happy Kwanzaa (Joe and Jill Biden for instance) and you were wondering what the hell they were talking about you might want to read this article by Lloyd Billingsley about the man that invented Kwanzaa in the 1960s.
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