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Rust
October 21, 2012

It seems blogger Robb Allen had stored his defensive handgun for a few months, and when he finally took the gun out of the safe, he found had a problem with rust: Oh, there’s none on the gun itself; I keep that cleaned and lightly oiled so the metal is fine. No, the rust was all in my fingers and between my ears. Months of simply not handling a gun on a regular basis saw me jerking the trigger and not being able to get on target in a timely… Continue reading →

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Myths About Self-Defense
January 1, 2000

…lives handling weapons of all sorts. The mere sight of a gun is not going to cause the criminal to faint! Some criminals will run away when the intended victim brings the gun out. But it is not the gun itself that makes them run away. A criminal runs when he believes the victim will shoot and kill him if he continues his attack. If the intended victim does not have visible resolve that she will use the gun if she must, the criminal may very well… Continue reading →

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Is Your Child Ready for the Range?

…’t touch anything on the bench for awhile.” If you cannot trust your child to follow these simple instructions or others like them, she does not yet belong on the firing line. Additionally, you should be able to trust her to follow instructions from the range master if there is one.   Do you have adequate safety gear for your child? If so, is your child willing to wear it? Never allow your child to set foot on the range without… Continue reading →

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Caliber Confusion

…ars. Initially developed as a black-powder round, it successfully made the transition to smokeless powder and today is very popular for Cowboy-Action Shooting. Note Revolvers designed around the .44 Special can also fire .44 Russian. Those designed around the .44 Magnum can also fire both .44 Special and .44 Russian. Introduced around the turn of the last century, the .44 S&W Special (commonly called simply .44 Special) uses a somewhat… Continue reading →

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Glock

…t this stage, no, the patch does not have to be perfectly clean. “Mostly clean” is good enough. Wipe down the outside of the barrel, paying special attention to the feedramp at the non-muzzle end. Use the nylon scrub brush if you need to. There’s no real reason for this picture — I just liked the look of the sparkling-clean feedramp. Once it is clean, dry the inside and the outside of the barrel. Wipe down and dry the… Continue reading →

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Open carry
October 22, 2012

…and to educate law enforcement about our rights under the law have indeed paid off. That said, I’m not a fan of rudeness. I don’t mean the rudeness of having a firearm visible and available to you during the day (that’s not rude at all), but the rudeness of being snotty, confrontational, obnoxious, or condescending when asked about it. I’m a big fan of polite activism, and I think highly of people who are good ambassadors for gun ownership. For… Continue reading →

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Buying a Gun
January 1, 2000

…to comply with those laws. Because firearms laws are complicated and punishments for breaking them are very severe, I really recommend that your very first firearm purchase should be made through an FFL. This is especially true if you are buying a handgun, because handguns especially are often subject to additional laws at the local level. Gun Shows (and that famous “loophole”) Many guns shows feature two types of sales. Most common… Continue reading →

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Safety rules for dummy guns
January 25, 2018

…demonstrating bad ones Because dummy guns build habits, we should work hard to protect our own good gunhandling habits whenever we use one. We also want to model good gunhandling habits for others. While this is especially true for instructors, it’s also true for anyone who wants their loved ones to handle firearms safely and well. So whenever we handle dummy guns, we do it with deliberate and conscious awareness of the habits we are… Continue reading →

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