Why Gun Safes Are a Must for Passionate Shooters

Mar25
by Jay Chambers on March 25, 2018 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Liberalism

Owning any type of gun comes with the responsibility of proper storage and safe handling. This means that passionate hunters and marksmen should really look into purchasing gun safes, to ensure their weapons are taken care of when they’re not on their person.

Here is a breakdown on the most important reasons passionate shooters need to invest in gun safes:

1. Safe Storage

Gun safes, both wall-mounted and standing, are the safest possible place for weapon storage. They are not only specifically designed to keep your weapons in the best shape, but they also prevent unauthorized access.

Most gun safes are specious enough for you to store any gun-related equipment, such as bullets, permits and shoulder straps that are designed specifically for concealed carry. Some gun owners keep other valuable items in them as well, as they are a theft deterrent due to their size and weight. A thief cannot carry them out easily and cannot open them on the spot – which makes them the perfect place for safekeeping.

2. Adhering to Child Access Prevention Laws

If there is one thing everyone can agree on it’s that children should not have unsupervised access to any type of firearm. There are laws in place to ensure that gun owners are keeping their weapons safely away from children, and investing in a gun safe helps comply with them.

Gun safes are not easy to open or break into, thanks to combination locks technology. It doesn’t matter if your gun safe comes with an electronic or mechanical lock – no child will be able to get in it and accidents will be prevented.

3. Adhering to Locking Device Laws

Some states have laws that require that all guns on your property need to be locked up, with no regard towards if children are present or not. Always check your local laws regarding gun storage, just to be on the safe side.

4. Fireproof Storage

In addition to presenting a safe storage space, gun safes are made of fireproof material and will keep all stored valuables flame-free in case a fire breaks out. Safe manufacturers usually include the temperature which a specific gun safe can handle in their product features.

Knowing this, it’s not hard to see why people choose to store more than guns and connected equipment in the safes.

5. Insurance Requirements

Insurance companies have coverage limits when it comes to firearms and some policies require your guns to be appraised prior to coverage.

If you’re passionate about shooting, chances are you have more than one gun. With the increased value of your gun collection come new insurance company requirements and your insurance company may start requiring you to keep your guns in a certified safe, sometimes with an alarm as well.

The good news is that insurance discounts are available for taking security measures such as purchasing a fire-rated safe. It varies from company to company, but be sure to check with your insurance agent to see if you’re eligible for a discount. If you are, a good gun safe will save you money spent on insurance premiums in the long haul.

6. Lawyer Protection

In the event of your gun collection being stolen despite all efforts to prevent it, owning a gun safe will both help your insurance claim and prevent you from having to face legal action of your own.

To put it simply, you need to be able to prove that you have taken all necessary and available measures to safely and securely store your weapons. Proving that you did your due diligence spares you from responsibility in case your stolen weapon is used in a crime.

To Sum Up

It doesn’t matter if you are an ardent collector or a casual hunter, you have invested in your guns and it would be a shame for them to be damaged in any way. They are precious and expensive, and should be cared for properly.

This is why gun safes provide the perfect answer, fulfilling safe storage, fire safety and theft prevention requirements. Keeping your guns, bullets, scopes and other equipment safely locked up will give you peace of mind at all times and that’s a good enough reason to start looking into acquiring a gun safe for your collection.

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Why Trump Inspires So Much Love & So Much Hatred

Feb13
by Sam Grocery's on February 13, 2018 at 4:21 pm
Posted In: Liberalism

President Trump is an artist. I don’t mean he’s an artist like George W. Bush whose skillfully done oil paintings have drawn praise from a top art critic. I mean, the president is making the job of being a Republican president an art form.

Think about your favorite artistic medium. For some of us, it’s cinema; motion pictures can be incredible works of art and some of the most masterful examples are, also, the most divisive. When it comes to memorable films, we are never underwhelmed or even neutral. The very best films are ones that place the viewer firmly on one end of the spectrum or other; you either love them or you hate them.

President Trump inspires this same kind of passion in both the public and the people on the Hill. We’ve seen the poll out of Monmouth University which demonstrates that 61% of people who support the president believe there is nothing that could make them disapprove of his job in office.

That same poll found that both Republicans and Democrats were unlikely to change their minds about President Trump, reinforcing the notion that you either love the president or you hate him. Opponents of the president have gone to great lengths and sunk to new lows in their efforts to protest his first term.

Whether it’s washed-up FemiNazi comedienne Kathy Griffin snapping a photo of her holding the fake decapitated head of our Commander-in-Chief or desperate middle-aged white rapper Eminem recording a diss track about POTUS that clumsily rhymes “for” with “orange,” Trump has penetrated pop culture like no other leader in US history.

Regardless of where one lands on the presidential spectrum, one thing is undeniable. His supporters are every bit as passionate as his detractors. Among those supporters who have done their part to endorse Trump’s presidency is 11-year old Frank Giaccio who wrote to the president last year to request the “honor” of mowing the White House lawn.

As we all know, the president has courted plenty of controversy since his inauguration. His executive order denying entry into the US to citizens of certain countries was met with plenty of resistance by advocacy groups and Democrats on the Senate floor. And his appointment of ultra-conservative judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court was met with similar ire.

But this polarity is not a bad thing, rather it is a surefire sign of his effectiveness as Commander-in-Chief. Indeed, Trump is an artist and his canvas is the United States of America. His paint brush is an iron fist. Like all great artists, the president is a visionary, but unlike other presidential candidates who posit a vision for the country, President Trump doesn’t stop until that vision is realized.

This is why his constituents love him and why they stand by him, regardless of how much mud the media sling at him. They stand by him because he is emblematic of everything we have been promised by the GOP that they then fail to deliver.

When the president promised to fill scores of federal court vacancies with conservative judges, he made good on that promise by confirming appellate judges at a historic speed. When he pledged to recognize Israel’s claim to the city of Jerusalem, he kept his word. The same is true of his tax overhaul, his withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, his repeal of the Obama-era roadblocks on the Keystone XL pipeline, his withdrawal from the Paris climate accord and his call for identification of foreign trading abuses that hurt the American worker.

One of the things that makes President Trump a true visionary is his eye toward the future. When we think back on his presidency, we will be able to recognize him as the archetype for the 21st Century President.

His embrace of Twitter as a platform for communicating with the people of his country is just one example of how the Commander-in-Chief is molding the presidential image to suit the modern age. His early adoption of VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) to circumvent China’s internet restrictions and his commitment to military cybersecurity programs demonstrate his comprehension of where the world is heading and how we can get there.

The president’s assertion that gun control could have left “hundreds more dead” in last year’s Las Vegas shooting shows that POTUS understands the absurdity of the Democrats’ efforts to ban AR-15 furniture and accessories. It also suggests that he is dedicated to preserving Americans’ Second Amendment right.

Finally, President Trump’s stance on North Korea and its tyrannical leader tells us that he has something few contemporary presidents have had…balls. This is why he inspires so much love and so much hate. Those who adore him are able to see that he means business. Those who oppose him are resentful and jealous because they envy his determination.

Naysayers call Trump stubborn when he refuses to cave to pressure. They call him unstable when he calls for a second government shutdown until the liberals agree to work in concert with their Republican counterparts.

When his accomplishments get in the way of their agenda, the president’s haters fall back on his alleged record of sexual misconduct. They dream up infantile stories about Russian pee-pee prostitutes and hotel trysts with fame-seeking porn stars.

What they fail to grasp is that these fairy tales don’t give his supporters pause. On the contrary, they only serve to cement his reputation as the man’s man this PC country needs now more than ever. If nothing else, President Trump represents a tangible change that is vital for the GOP in these times of increasing self-censorship and emasculation.

The liberals can disagree about the need for that kind of change, but they can’t disagree when it comes to the progress the president has made.

With a thriving economy and record-breaking job creation, it is likely that Americans will have better credit and better opportunities in the next three years than they’ve had in ages. That’s what’s called making America great again, which is yet another promise President Trump has kept. That’s a whole lot to love.

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This Invisible Gun Scanner Knows When You’re Carrying

Jan05
by Sam Grocery's on January 5, 2018 at 7:07 pm
Posted In: privacy

New security measures being tested by resorts in Las Vegas are capable of using low-level microwaves to scan individuals for contraband and guns without their consent. This is an invasion of privacy and contravenes the right issued by the State of Nevada to carry a concealed firearm.

The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino was opened in 1969 as the first in a series of unique Y-shaped buildings to be built on the Las Vegas strip, and is home to the largest sports book in Las Vegas. Its location next to the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Las Vegas Country Club has made it one of the more familiar resorts on Paradise Road, and despite changing hands many times and suffering a fire in in 1981 in which eight people died, it has remained a feature of the Las Vegas landscape for almost half a century.

What is it and how does it work?

gun scannerHowever, in November 2017, Westgate began testing new surveillance technology – a discrete weapon sensing device called the Patscan Cognitive Microwave Radar (CMR), distributed by a company based in Canada, PatriotOne Technologies. Patscan CMR combines short-range radar with machine learning algorithms to scan individual guests for guns, knives, and bombs in real time.

Patscan units are small, and can be hidden inside existing infrastructure such as walls, doorways, turnstiles, and elevators. They are composed of a service box and two antennae, which cumulatively have a footprint of a movie poster.

The first antenna emits 1,000 pulses of electromagnetic radiation per second, at frequencies between 500 MHz and 5 Ghz – enough to scan for materials but not enough to cook anyone, or even interfere with a cell phone’s signal. Operating at such a weak level limits the detection range to about two meters, however, within choke points in the building’s architecture, this is more than enough.

The second antenna monitors for electromagnetic patterns inside that two-meter range. When you hit an object with electromagnetic radiation, it resonates according to its shape and material composition. Pistols, grenades, rifles, knives, machine guns, and explosives all resonate in the frequency range that Patscan emits, however prosthetics, laptops, and almost everything else does too.

Electrical engineer Natalia Nikolova, director of McMaster University’s Electromagnetic Vision Research Laboratory and the woman whose research Patscan is based on, says each object resonates differently, creating what she calls “an object’s radar signature.” The Patscans will be updated with newly identified radar signatures in a manner PatriotOne CEO Martin Cronin compared with antivirus software, and, in future, the device’s machine learning algorithms will allow Patscans to differentiate between normal and abnormal signatures – essentially learning how to identify an unusual situation.

Westgate’s security personnel and a team of engineers from PatriotOne are currently testing Patscan devices on the resort’s employees before rolling them out across the resort, and hope to deploy the device more broadly in 2018.

A necessary evil or a breach of privacy?

Recent mass shootings in Las Vegas have clearly led to demands for increased security and for guns to be specifically targeted. The shooting at a country music festival on the Las Vegas strip in February 2017 left 58 dead and more than 500 wounded.

When police entered gunman Stephen Paddock’s hotel room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino they found 23 firearms, some of which were modified to fire more rapidly – essentially circumventing the 30-year old automatic weapons ban that makes it almost impossible for a civilian to legally acquire one. Faced with such terrible events, it comes as no surprise that resorts want to tighten security, reassure guests, and keep business ticking over.

However, resorts such as Westgate should remember where they are. The State of Nevada guarantees the right of its citizens to open-carry, and with a permit it’s perfectly legal to hide a weapon on or near your person.

A whole range of paraphernalia exists on the market to facilitate concealed carry, and many shoulder holsters are designed specifically for concealed carry, and make much of the fact that they hide your pistol very well. Scanners like this completely undermine that ability. Furthermore, the city of Las Vegas represents freedom, excess, and as the city so famously advertises—unaccountability.

Hidden scanners that invade an individual’s privacy and contravene state-given rights are the antithesis of what Las Vegas represents. If this technology proves successful and the trend is to spread, legislation may be required to limit the use of devices like this in order to protect people’s rights, or privacy-enabling technology must develop in tandem.

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