Tag: 5.7

  • FN Five-Seven – Home Defense For Women?

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    ENDO-Mike
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    I saw this ad in the March 2010 issue of GUNS Magazine: Two things immediately struck me as odd: It is being marketed as a good gun for home defense The ad is targeting women Maybe FN Herstal re-thought this advertisement after it was printed, because  http://www.fnhusa.com/FIVESEVENhomedefense6 does not go to any sort of relevant…

  • Cop Killer Guns and Fort Hood

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    The Five-SeveN pistol was released to the U.S. civilian market in 2004. Shortly thereafter, the Brady Campaign and a trio of anti-gun law enforcement organizations made the claim that the gun was a “cop killer.” This claim was based upon a misrepresentation of marketing materials discussing the pistol’s capabilities using SS190 armor-piercing ammunition and non-certified “tests”…