Category: All About Guns
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A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, authorities said.
Trayshaun Smith, 23, was arrested on Thursday after he visited a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to Lt. Justin Hartman of the Lafayette Police Department.
Investigators eventually determined that the shooting that sent Smith and another victim to the hospital occurred when a three-year-old was able to access a gun and fire a single round.
“It was determined that a three year old child at that location accessed a gun and fired one round striking two people,” according to Hartman.
The police department said officers initially found both shooting victims at the Franciscan Health Lafayette East Hospital, where they were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. They later determined that the shooting occurred at an apartment complex in Lafayette, Indiana.
Hartman said the other victim was the child’s mother and Smith was a friend of the mother’s.
Smith was arrested on an active murder warrant from neighboring Cook County, Illinois. The Lafayette Police Department said it is coordinating with police in Markham, Illinois, regarding the arrest.
Smith resides in Lafayette, according to authorities.
A representative for the Markham Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the arrest.
Questions remain on enforcing new red-flag gun laws in Michigan
Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy said last month he would not enforce the red flag program, saying there is a violation of due process.
LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) – The latest piece of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s gun reform platform is now official – with her signature on a bill greenlighting so-called “red flag laws” also known as Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
They allow cops, mental health professionals and worried family members to get a firearm taken away from a person believed to be a danger to themselves or others.
“We have heard too many times from those who knew a mass shooter who had expressed concern in advance about that mass shooter’s intentions,” Whitmer said earlier today. “We’ve seen situations where local police flagged someone or even spoke to them about their violent statements but weren’t able to take any further course of action.
“With Extreme Risk Protection Orders we have a mechanism to step in and save lives.”
But there are questions about the legality of the laws – with officials in places like Livingston County thumbing their noses at them.
Sheriff Mike Murphy said last month he would not enforce the red flag program, saying there is a violation of due process.
“If all the gun safety laws work so well, we wouldn’t have issues like Chicago,” said Colleen Quinn. “So, we are standing by our commissioners and our sheriff, we are very proud of them.”
Quinn attended Monday night’s meeting of the Livingston County Board of Commissioners. It is a body that recently declared itself a “Constitutional County” meaning they will not back any laws that violate the Second Amendment in their view.
“So I feel our commissioners did a great job, our sheriff, we are behind him 100 percent,” Quinn said. “And these laws aren’t going to move the needle.”
Governor Whitmer was asked about local authorities who refuse to enforce the Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
“I think that every prosecutor takes his oath to uphold the laws of the State of Michigan,” she said. “And that’s the expectation.”
Here’s how the red-flag laws would work:
A judge will have 24 hours to decide on a protection order once it is filed. If granted, the judge would have 14 days to set a hearing which would then give the red-flagged person a chance to prove why they are not a risk to themselves or others.
Another layer to the enforcement element is, Attorney General Dana Nessel has said if the local law enforcement chooses to not follow through on a red-flag order, she will find someone with the jurisidiction who will.
Paul Krumrie, 37, of Park Forest
COOK COUNTY, Ill. – A Cook County man faces multiple felony counts after he was allegedly found in possession of eight firearms while his Firearm Owners’ Identification (FOID) card was revoked.
Paul Krumrie, 37, of Park Forest, has been charged with eight counts of possession of a firearm with revoked FOID and one count of possession of ammunition without a valid FOID.
On Tuesday, Cook County Sheriff’s Police Gun Suppression Team investigators told Krumrie that his FOID card was revoked after he was determined to be a clear and present danger by the Illinois State Police.
The investigators offered to assist him with transferring any firearms he had since he could no longer be in possession of them. Krumrie told investigators that he didn’t have any firearms.
On Wednesday, investigators discovered that Krumrie was planning to take firearms to Florida. Investigators went to his residence and saw him loading a rifle bag into a midsize moving truck.
Krumrie nor the driver were wearing seatbelts, so investigators pulled the vehicle over on Interstate 57 near Sauk Trail Road.
Both were asked to step out of the vehicle after investigators smelled cannabis coming from the truck’s cabin, the sheriff’s office said.
Krumrie was then taken into custody.
Krumrie allegedly told investigators that his firearms were in the vehicle and that he was taking them to Florida.
Investigators recovered eight firearms, including an uncased, loaded 9mm pistol under the passenger seat where Krumrie was sitting during a search of the car.
They also recovered 157 rounds of ammunition, the sheriff’s office said.
Krumrie appeared for a bond hearing Friday where bond was set at $20,000.
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The 1886 Winchester in 45-70
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Minute of Mae: Belgian FN 1910
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Winchester 1886 Short Rifle 45-70
Following many European militaries’ trend toward the adoption of semi-automatic pistols, in 1907, the United States Army held a series of trials with the aim of selecting a self-loader for its own forces. A number of manufacturers, both foreign and domestic, participated in the event—one of the better arms submitted being a .45-cal. repeater put forward by the Savage Arms Co. of Utica, N.Y.
While Savage designers were working on their big-bore, they were cognizant of the success of the superb .32 ACP 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless Automatic and realized that many features of the .45-cal. trials gun could also be re-worked into a smaller, handier pistol that would suit the commercial market.
These efforts resulted in the “Savage Automatic Pistol, Model 1907.” Looking much like a diminutive version of the more substantial Savage experimental evaluation piece, this new .32 ACP had a number of innovations of its own. Featuring a delayed-blowback action, the ’07 employed a striker arrangement that could be manipulated by an external hammer-style cocking lever that, when set, permitted the slide to be more easily withdrawn to chamber a first round.
The pistol employed a rotating external safety on the left, rear of the frame where it could be (more or less) easily worked by a right-handed shooter’s thumb. The integral rear-notch sight was non-adjustable, as was the front blade. Interestingly, the Model 1907 employed no screws whatsoever. While many other contemporary semi-automatics could almost boast this feature, they usually had stocks secured by screws. Not so with the Savage—its panels being simply snapped into place. Originally, they were of stamped metal, but were later changed to hard rubber, a material that was standard for the remainder of the run.
One of the gun’s most prominent advantages was the fact that its staggered box magazine could accommodate 10 rounds as opposed to the Colt’s eight. Though this resulted in a thicker grip configuration, it also provided for a good, comfortable hold. Despite its chunkier look, the 1907 actually weighed, at 19 ozs., a full 5 ozs. less than the svelte Colt. The Savage magazine was released by a catch on the front, lower portion of the grip.
Savage promoters immediately seized upon the 1907’s two-round capacity advantage with the catchy slogan “Ten Shots Quick.” The pistol was advertised as being just the thing to deal with “burglars” and “tramps.” It was one of the first guns of its type to be marketed to women, an early advertisement holding that a lady armed with an ’07 would “banish the thought of helplessness” and be “able, without practice, to shoot straight.”
Model 1907s were also touted as being the trusty companions of the famous, to include such celebrities as William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, Theodore Roosevelt and former frontier lawman turned New York sportswriter Bat Masterson. Masterson was actually commissioned by Savage to pen a pamphlet about the pistol, The Tenderfoot’s Turn, in which he avowed, “A tenderfoot with a Savage Automatic and the nerve to stand his ground could have run the worst six-shooter man the West ever knew right off the range.”
As well as civilian sales, the Savage saw some military use, especially with the French army during World War I, which ordered 27,600 of them between 1913 and 1915. A Gallic 1907 is immediately identifiable by a lanyard loop added to the rear of the base of its grip.
In 1913, the Savage semi-automatic became available in .380 ACP; however, this chambering was never as popular as the .32. Some 259,000 1907s were eventually produced between 1908 and 1920, making it one of the most popular guns of its day.
The example we see here is in good working order and retains a considerable amount of original finish. As such, it is worth a solid $550.
Gun: Savage Automatic Pistol, Model 1907
Manufacturer: Savage Arms Co.
Chambering: .32 ACP
Manufactured: 1910
Condition: NRA Very Good (Modern Gun Standards)