by W.H. "Chip" Gross
If you ever become involved in a self-defense situation, it will likely occur suddenly, unexpectedly, and could turn very violent very quickly. And if you feel threatened to the point that you choose to draw your concealed handgun, remember that it’s now a gunfight, not target shooting.
It's time to get your furnace ready for the winter months, and also time to get yourself ready for winter concealed carry.
That means rethinking how you draw from concealment. On cold winter days, you could be dealing with base layers, a heavy shirt, bulky jacket, and underneath it all your concealed gun.
Imagine digging for your firearm under all those layers, searching for the thing you need most, at a time when you need it fast.
Here's how I imagine it happening for me …
by Rob Morse
I want to make us safer and we might have more firearms accidents than we have today. I put that shocking statement in front of you rather than stand accused of it later. You might think that fewer guns would make us safer. The more I learn, the more I doubt that approach.
Patients want to trust their provider to not make mistakes and to not lie to them. Unfortunately, when it comes to guns, medical organizations have not been living up to that expectation. Medical associations have been insinuating an anti-gun political agenda into the patient-doctor relationship for decades. Patients are routinely being asked about gun ownership. Worse, many physicians commit boundary violations by pressing anti-gun messages on patients.
by Sean Maloney
Because of the recent murders committed in Texas and Ohio, and the resulting knee-jerk reactions, more and more stores that we regularly patronize are now banning open carry, and sometimes concealed carry, of firearms inside their retail establishments.
by Rob Morse
You didn't see it in the news, but again this week, responsible gun owners defended themselves and the people they love. Self-defense instructor David Cole joins the Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast to look at four new examples. Were these gun owners lucky, or were they well trained?
These victims survived lethal attacks because they had a gun..and training.
Our friends at Buckeye Firearms Association in Ohio have announced that in November they will host Lt. Col. Dave Grossman who will present his Bulletproof Mind seminar.
When
Saturday, November 16, 2019
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where
Cherry Valley Hotel & Event Center
2299 Cherry Valley Rd SE
Newark, OH 43055-9393
If you carry a firearm for protection and travel across state lines, you face a difficult problem: how to understand and comply with completely different sets of gun laws.
Let's say you live in Virginia and you are taking a trip to visit family in Florida. If you're traveling by car, you'll need to know the laws in your home state plus North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Reprinted with permission from Buckeye Firearms Association
While we don't yet have all the facts on the mass murder in Dayton, we do know a lot about about these kind of horrible acts and the people who commit them.
by Elizabeth McGuigan
(AmmoLand.com) - A recent study, funded by the National Institute of Justice and conducted by anti-gun researcher Phillip Cook, takes an interesting approach to the question of how long criminals possess a firearm before they are arrested and charged with a firearm-related crime.
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