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We hear so much nasty and scary these days, it gives me hope to see that the rest of the world has a glimmer of freedom, albeit hidden in the back closet.
The part I like the best is the notion that no matter how much legislation and gun-grabbing we may have to suffer through, the forces of evil simply can’t snatch them all. Our gun culture is now “too big to fail”.
Of course that doesn’t mean we should slack off one bit in our vigilance, but it does mean that we’re winning.
Illegal firearms are found all over Europe wherever the Wehrmacht once marched. In France, it is common knowledge that many fine pieces of steel with “Mauser” or “Schmeisser” stampings are hidden where they are accessible.
A joke I heard some years ago: “Why does your father pour oil on his flower beds?” “Oh, that’s to keep his guns from rusting.”
I do declare, I feel positively overcome with the vapors thinking about all those poor Rulers whose “laws” are being ignored by us uppity peasants. What’s an ambitious tyrant to do?
“Thousands of 9mm pistols, knock-off AK-47s, machine guns and anything else you can imagine are manufactured there over wood fires with hand tools – and so is the ammunition to match.”
Where could I learn that skill (preferably in the US)?
The first step is to learn to use machine tools. A lathe and a milling machine are the basics. Once you have a modicum of skills with these two, making a firearm is pretty simple. There is a web site that shows how to make an AR15 lower receiver from scratch using a hobbyist’s table top milling machine and plates of scrap aluminum.
It is my opinion that self reliance requires mechanical skills as well as agrarian ones. There are small lathes and mills that are relatively cheap and compact enough for even an apartment dweller to make her own guns. The internet is full of sites to teach the beginner the basics to advanced skills, for free. There are how to DVD available to rent and buy as well. Go for it!
As depressing as the situation across the pond is…it does warm my heart to think how many Lee-Enfields and Bren guns and Webelys and souveneir german weapons must be hiding under floorborards and burried in fields in the english countryside.
The next revolution in home, or neightborhood based small-arms manufacture is desk-top manufacturing. CNC machines and plasma cutters are coming down in price and with CAD-CAM and controller software peasant quality firearms should be manufacturable in a home or small workshop. You no longer have to be a machinist, just have access to computers, equipment and steel. The improvement over the one at a time cave based system is faster production, little or no hand fitting and everything made to the same standard. Good models to recreate would likely be the AK-47, TT-33 and Grease or Sten submachine guns.
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July 16th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Now there’s an article that warms my heart.
We hear so much nasty and scary these days, it gives me hope to see that the rest of the world has a glimmer of freedom, albeit hidden in the back closet.
The part I like the best is the notion that no matter how much legislation and gun-grabbing we may have to suffer through, the forces of evil simply can’t snatch them all. Our gun culture is now “too big to fail”.
Of course that doesn’t mean we should slack off one bit in our vigilance, but it does mean that we’re winning.
See? It’s not all doom and gloom!
July 16th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Illegal firearms are found all over Europe wherever the Wehrmacht once marched. In France, it is common knowledge that many fine pieces of steel with “Mauser” or “Schmeisser” stampings are hidden where they are accessible.
A joke I heard some years ago: “Why does your father pour oil on his flower beds?” “Oh, that’s to keep his guns from rusting.”
July 16th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Guns are symbols of liberty. Just as cannabis is.
Neither will ever be eradicated because freedom lives on in the hearts and minds of humankind.
July 16th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Claire,
Thanks for the heads up about the Scofflaws post. It was a great read and I hope he finishes and publishes it.
July 16th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I do declare, I feel positively overcome with the vapors thinking about all those poor Rulers whose “laws” are being ignored by us uppity peasants. What’s an ambitious tyrant to do?
Suicide would be my suggestion. ;)
July 16th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
“Thousands of 9mm pistols, knock-off AK-47s, machine guns and anything else you can imagine are manufactured there over wood fires with hand tools – and so is the ammunition to match.”
Where could I learn that skill (preferably in the US)?
July 16th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Ellendra,
Google and other search engine are your friends. Just search gunsmithing schools.
If you are only interested in short term classes, here’s a possibility:
http://www.nragunsmithing.com/
Neither I nor anybody else on this site have anything to do with them. It’s just something to look into as a possibility.
Hopefully you’ll be able to use better tools than the Pakis do. : )
July 17th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Ellendra,
The first step is to learn to use machine tools. A lathe and a milling machine are the basics. Once you have a modicum of skills with these two, making a firearm is pretty simple. There is a web site that shows how to make an AR15 lower receiver from scratch using a hobbyist’s table top milling machine and plates of scrap aluminum.
It is my opinion that self reliance requires mechanical skills as well as agrarian ones. There are small lathes and mills that are relatively cheap and compact enough for even an apartment dweller to make her own guns. The internet is full of sites to teach the beginner the basics to advanced skills, for free. There are how to DVD available to rent and buy as well. Go for it!
July 17th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
As depressing as the situation across the pond is…it does warm my heart to think how many Lee-Enfields and Bren guns and Webelys and souveneir german weapons must be hiding under floorborards and burried in fields in the english countryside.
July 17th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
The next revolution in home, or neightborhood based small-arms manufacture is desk-top manufacturing. CNC machines and plasma cutters are coming down in price and with CAD-CAM and controller software peasant quality firearms should be manufacturable in a home or small workshop. You no longer have to be a machinist, just have access to computers, equipment and steel. The improvement over the one at a time cave based system is faster production, little or no hand fitting and everything made to the same standard. Good models to recreate would likely be the AK-47, TT-33 and Grease or Sten submachine guns.