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| Term | Category |
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| Striker-fired | Action |
| MOA | Optics |
| Twist rate | Ballistics |
30 gun, ammo and optics terms explained in plain English.
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| NFA tax stamp | $0 |
| Permitless carry | 29 states |
| Suppressors legal | 42 states |
50+ NFA, carry and gun-law terms, from Freedom's Lodge.
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How about instead we sue these two Upstate New York hellmouths for being frozen, boring wastelands? Dante’s Inferno makes one thing very clear: The deepest part of Hell isn’t an inferno at all. Hell is cold. The classic poem doesn’t specify where the entrance to Hell may be, but the unlucky residents of Rochester and…
Who thought that New Jersey would ever fail at sucking? We all know that New Jersey wishes desperately that it were as glamorous, fun, and interesting as New York. The entire state suffers from a (well-deserved) inferiority complex, and that bitter, sullen envy has driven it to ridiculous (and hilarious) lengths. Recently, New Jersey took…
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