Oleg On Red Flag Laws

Oleg Volk posted a comment on Facebook on Sunday evening that needs repeating. It is in reference to Red Flag Laws. Everyone who supports these ill-conceived laws and every politician who plans to vote for them needs to read it, digest it, and understand it.

A fun thought about Red Flag laws: the confiscators have no way of telling that they got all the available weapons. Even if the confiscation proceeds without gunfire, they’ve created an understandably disgruntled person with access to weapons (not limited to guns) and a kill list, starting with the finks and probably encompassing everyone who signed off on the confiscation, and those who helped carry it out. In other words, made the accusation a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Oleg points out something that I hadn’t even considered. While I consider Red Flag Laws dangerous to civil rights, to due process, and to the person whose guns are being confiscated, I failed to consider that the application of such laws might be the trigger for someone who had not previously thought of violent actions.

The law of unintended consequences indeed. 

About Those Barrel Shrouds

Barrel shrouds are “those shoulder things that go up” according to Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY). It is one of the “features” that converts a black rifle into an evil black rifle that should be banned if Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is to be believed.

Against this backdrop, Oleg Volk has an illuminating post up about barrel shrouds. I didn’t know that metal shrouds have been around since the Gewehr 88 or German Commission Rifle of 1888.

But I do now. Read Oleg’s post to find out more.

Practice Targets

Oleg Volk has come up with an interesting printable practice target as seen below.

The VCA stands for Violent Criminal Actor. As Oleg notes, “The point of including the letters is to break the ingrained fear of official-looking outfits or criminals impersonating their members (as was the case with Brevik wearing a police vest).” With the number of home invasions increasing and with crooks starting to impersonate police, I think this is important. Make sure to read Oleg’s full explanation about the features of the target.

Oleg has included a link to the the printable PDF here.