{"id":99785,"date":"2024-02-03T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=99785"},"modified":"2024-02-03T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T17:11:25","slug":"99785","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=99785","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Everytown Describes Lever-Actions as ‘Deadly Innovation’<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, people who had attended SHOT Show started the trek home. From the media folks covering cool and interesting pieces to the attendees and the gun companies showing of that cool new stuff.<\/p>\n

But SHOT isn\u2019t just about new technology, but also new lines from established companies.<\/p>\n

Lever-action firearms, for example, have been with us for coming up on two centuries now. So a company that\u2019s decided to get into the lever action game would show it off at SHOT.<\/p>\n

And the folks at\u00a0Everytown\u2019s The Smoking Gun has decided to complain<\/a>\u00a0about all the goodies there in a piece headlined, \u201cDEADLY INNOVATIONS FROM THE 2024 SHOT SHOW\u201d<\/p>\n

Yes, the all caps was their idea.<\/p>\n

So what does that have to do with lever-action guns? Apparently, they\u2019re \u201cdeadly innovations\u201d now.<\/p>\n

Smith & Wesson<\/strong>\u00a0unveiled its first lever-action rifles \u2014 a stark contrast to the company\u2019s AR-15s \u2014 which can be seen as the company\u2019s attempt to compete with Ruger\u2019s Marlin Firearms brand of lever-action rifles. Smith & Wesson\u2019s new Model 1854 rifles are also a nod to the company\u2019s roots, as Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson patented their first lever-action pistols and rifles in 1854, as part of the short-lived Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. The new rifles are chambered for the .44 Magnum and hold nine rounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Henry Repeating Arms<\/strong>, another company known for its lever-action rifles, has introduced the new Lever Action Supreme rifle that is available in two popular AR-15 calibers and uses AR-15 magazines. In other words, the company is capitalizing on the gun industry\u2019s push for assault weapons. This follows the company\u2019s introduction of the semi-automatic Homesteader rifle last year, which uses 9mm Glock, Sig Sauer, or Smith & Wesson pistol magazines.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, the Henry is interesting because it just involves a magazine swap versus how you typically have to reload a lever-action rifle, but since it\u2019s not going into a semi-automatic rifle, there\u2019s literally nothing for The Smoking Gun to really have an issue with, right?<\/p>\n

Except that despite their claims of just wanting some \u201ccommonsense\u201d gun control, they really don\u2019t want us to have access to any firearm at all.<\/p>\n

These are based on technology that first turned up in a handgun in 1826. This isn\u2019t an innovation in any appreciable sense, though Henry using magazines is new. Smith & Wesson\u2019s offerings are just new lines based on old, beloved, tried-and-true technology to try and carve out a bigger market share.<\/p>\n

As a capitalist, I approve.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more hilarious is that if you really look at the offerings, these \u201cdeadly innovations\u201d are micro-steps forward. Kel-Tec SUB2000 now lets you leave optics on the rifle when you fold it. Palmetto is taking semi-auto tech and making an MP7 clone in 5.7. Kahr has an AR-15 styled Thompson.<\/p>\n

Nothing here is a huge leap forward in firearm technology, yet The Smoking Gun\u2013and, of course, Everytown as a whole\u2013is freaking out over it.<\/p>\n

Well, if that\u2019s what it takes, that\u2019s what it takes. I challenge all firearm companies to start developing some really cool stuff for next year, just to watch their heads explode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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