Oregon Measure 114 is on the ballot, and it’s shit
An explanation of the onerous and fucked up requirements of Measure 114
Who is behind all this? Lift Every Voice Oregon, who got the necessary signatures to put it on the ballot
These “common sense measures” are gonna make a dent in gun violence
Naturally, like basically all gun control, cops are exempted. Despite the fact, of course, that they themselves are extremely violent actors that don’t keep people safe
Strict gun control? Loose gun control? Doesn’t seem to have much correlation to the homicide rate
Gun control will be a tool in the toolbox of cops and the state to disarm the most vulnerable people in our communities
We aren’t gonna tell people to vote, because that’s not who we are. But know that this measure will make it hard for poor, queer, and BIPOC people to arm themselves. If other gun control measures are an indication, this measure won’t have any effect on violent crime.
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“Short” guide to the main factions of the Syrian Civil War. Lots of nonsense out there. Some of it is just people not being informed, but some is pro-Turkish, or pro-Russian, or pro-Assad swill (especially left pro-Assad crap).
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast” is a fudd canard. It’s just silly on its face. Fast is fast, and we can measure speed by using a shot timer. Sometimes we get the question, when should I start working with a timer and pushing speed? Probably sooner than you think.
Remembers: skills like shot confirmation, recoil management at speed, and how to press the trigger quickly at speed can only be practiced while shooting fast. Practicing these slowly will not develop these skills. Slow fire will not tell you how the gun behaves at speed.
The drills to start practicing these skills are actually really simple. Shot confirmation and recoil management? Doubles drill. Trigger control at speed? Trigger control at speed drill.
We’ve written about politics in Georgia (Sakartvelo) before and the conflict between Georgian Dream and its political opponents. Georgian Dream has released new ads in the capital Tbilisi which amount to political hostage-taking and blackmail.
Pic 1 is the theater the Russians destroyed in Mariupol, Ukraine with the caption “no to war,” and the election numbers of the Georgian opposition. The right side shows Senaki Theater with the caption “choose peace” and Georgian Dream’s election number.
Pic 2 shows a bombed out church in Donetsk contrasted with the Sameba Kathedral in Tblisi. Pic 3 shows 2 contrasting classrooms. Both photos have the same captions.
Pics from Katie Shoshiashvili @KShoshiashvili on Twitter.
Quality of life item: USPSA carry optics extended mags
We’ve been talking a lot about competing USPSA as a training tool to push yourself and develop the skill of performance on demand. If you’re shooting Carry Optics class, why not get some stendos legal for the class?
If you’ve shot the class at all you’ve probably notice that despite the name, most people are shooting full size handguns with extended mags. There’s nothing stopping you from you getting good with stock mags (like 15 rounds on your Glock 19)
on a small gun, but it is nice mentally to not have to think so hard about reloads, and some shorter stages you may be able to shoot without a reload at all, or at least with fewer. The USPSA rulebook has the specifics magazine dimension maximums. But just to make this easy:
Dmytro Mrachnik is a former mortarman and friend of YPT. Dmitro is a longtime Ukrainian antifascist, and he’s been in the army fighting Russia since the full scale invasion in 2022.
As we’ve often talked about on YPT, so many Ukrainian (and Belarusian!) antifascists have been fighting Russian invasion since 2022. Dmytro himself fought in Kharkiv and Bakhmut, where we supported him with car repairs.
And recently, we were so grateful to him for sharing his experiences with us on the Tiger Bloc Podcast. Go check out the episode if you haven’t, great listen.
How to use LPVO with bullet drop compensator (BDC) reticle
BLUF: you will need to confirm your reticle in live fire for your specific ammo and setup.
Low power variable optics (LPVOs) have become pretty popular lately for those looking to stretch the legs on AR rifles…
while still retaining the ability to have a 1x for shooting closer in with no magnification. A lot of the time, LPVOs will have a BDC reticle like the one in the post picture. This Vortex Venom reticle has pre-marked holdovers for 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards.
Seems easy right? Just hold over the target, press trigger, and make hit. But read the fine print. Couple things to keep in mind.
One is the zero distance. The subtensions won’t correspond unless you zero the optic in the right place. Here, reading that manual, that’s 50 yards.