Tag: Guns
The Tavor FD17-9
This is the Tavor FD17-9–essentially a semi-automatic version of the bullpup used by the Israeli Defense Forces. IWI sells these in the United States for $1,999 MSRP.
Crucible Arms has a YouTube review of a slightly different model, the TSB16, in action.
They also have a follow-up video done after using the gone for a couple years.
The Bat-Gun
Batman’s history with guns is complicated, but generally Batman simply doesn’t use guns. Occasionally this is a point of pride motivated by the way his parents were gunned down. To my knowledge this carried over to the live action Batman television show of the 1960s starring Adam West and Burt Ward.
When it came time to make toys based on that series, at least one manufacturer thought a Batman with a gun made perfect sense.
That is a Batman utility belt from 1966 manufactured by Ideal. It was sold at auction in March 2013 for almost $8,500. According to the text of the auction description,
Accompanying the belt is the original early version spring-loaded Bat-Gun, which sports a bat symbol stencil on its side, painted grips and a black plastic trigger (later versions sometimes had an orange trigger, unpainted grips and/or lacked the stenciled logo). Trace of lt. wear to the paint on the textured grips. Gun functions as designed.
What’s even weirder is the whole Bat-Luger look to the gun. Presumably that’s some toy gun that Ideal was already manufacturing that made it easy to just slap a bat symbol on and repackage.
The Sandy Hook “Two Handguns” Myth
There is a myth about the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings that was started by gun rights activists but has become so pervasive that even some gun control activists have started repeating it.
The myth is that Adam Lanza murdered 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook using nothing more than two handguns — a Glock 10 and a Sig-Sauer P226.
That is not true.
Every person that Lanza murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary was killed with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S .223 caliber rifle. The only person Lanza killed with a handgun during his shooting spree was himself. He ended his own life with a single shot from a Glock 10.
Lanza’s mother — the first victim of his rampage — was killed with a .22 calibre bolt-action rifle that Lanza left on the floor next to her bed after murdering her.
Connecticut police have attempted to correct the record on this point, but the myth still persists,
Connecticut State Police
Public Information OfficeFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2013
** UPDATE **
STATE POLICE IDENTIFY WEAPONS USED IN SANDY HOOK INVESTIGATION; INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
In previous press conferences, the Connecticut State Police clearly identified all of the weapons
seized from the crime scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School.To eliminate any confusion or misinformation, we will again describe and identify the weapons seized
at the school crime scene.Seized inside the school:
#1. Bushmaster .223 caliber– model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round magazine
#2. Glock 10 mm handgun
#3. Sig-Sauer P226 9mm handgun
Seized from suspect’s car in parking lot:
#4. Izhmash Canta-12 12 gauge Shotgun (seized from car in parking lot)
The shooter used the Bushmaster .223 to murder 20 children and six adults inside the school; he used a handgun to take his own life inside the school. No other weapons were used in this crime. This case remains under investigation.
Lt. J. Paul Vance
Giant Steampunk Gun
Awesome pic of model Ms. Michelle.
