Shooting Sports
17 May 99 This just in from a friend who is trying to compete in IDPA: “They didn’t mind my reloading at the end of each station, but then insisted that I ‘Unload and Show Clear.’ They didn’t mind my scanning but did take objection to my returning to low ready after performing a chamber […]
More on the Glock 30
13 May 99 This from a student who is both an engineer and competent gunman: “I’ve also found that the Glock 30 provides for only a nine round magazine plus one in the chamber. Competition is forcing everyone (designers and engineers) into trying to maximize all features, with no or little attention being made towards […]
Negligent Discharge
12 May 99 A K-9 officer with a small, Midwest police department accidently shot his own dog yesterday. He was “holding a suspect at gunpoint,” and his pistol “just went off.” He spent most of his subsequent TV interview mumbling sheepishly as he looked at his shoes. Lessons: >The cost of putting poorly-trained, incompetent police […]
Glock 30 magazines
12 May 99 I’ve carried a Glock-30 for quite a while now, and, after many rounds launched downrange, I’ve decided that the ostensibly ten-round magazines supplied with the gun are really nine-round magazines. I have decided from now on to put only nine rounds in the magazines as I carry the gun. I’ve run into […]
For you cat lovers!
A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to “Where do pets come from?” “Adam said, ‘Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me every day. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here, and it is difficult for me to remember how much […]
More on the Coulter piece yesterday
12 May 99 This from a student who read the Coulter piece yesterday: “I despise Clinton not because he is Godless, but because he is self-serving, and dishonest — a crooked, self-interested asshole. The burdens borne by others because of his actions and inactions seem of no import in his considerations at any level. If […]
Commentary from Ann Coulter
11 May 99 This is too good not to read. It’s from Ann Coulter: Commentary from Ann Coulter Two teenaged boys decided to commit murder for the thrill of it — “Just to see what it would be like.” Until committing their carefully planned murder, they were not unlike millions of other boys across America, […]
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10 May 99 A friend in Texas who is attempting to secure out-of-state CCW permits from as many states as possible reports the following: “New Hampshire has the simplest form. It’s a one-page deal; no fingerprint cards, no photographs, no training requirement. All one needs is a copy of a current CCW. Florida is more […]
Don’t get caught “with your pants down.”
10 May 99 We just completed a Basic Defensive Pistol Course here in the Midwest. One of our students was a local municipal police officer. Saturday was very strenuous, and the officer had been up late several nights during the previous week. So, when he arrived home on Saturday evening, he dissembled his pistol with […]
The Balkans
8 May 99 From a friend serving in the Balkans: Well here I am in the town of ________, NE part of the Country. I am working in the local “Police Academy,” training service personnel. Appalling lack of equipment and money. Each officer has only one uniform and two shirts. In the summer it is […]
DSA
6 May 99 I toured this afternoon the new DS Arms plant in Lake Barrington, IL. I had the opportunity to talk at length with my good friend and owner of DS Arms, Dave Salvaggio. The main product of DS Arms is still the FN rifle, in a number of iterations. The current production samples […]
Tornados
6 May 99 This from a friend in Oklahoma city: “There are several accounts that will read the same as this one. Picture this…. No trees, no grass (sucked out), concrete slab (where house used to be) AND A BIG GUN SAFE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE. We have had three reports of this. A friend […]
More from the Philippines
3 May 99 This just in from a friend in the Philippines: “There is a new extortion scheme being perpetuated by certain local police. A number of cases have already been reported, but so far the media has not wanted to pass them on. They are apparently as intimidated as the rest of us. A […]
Beretta 1201 riot shotgun
3 May 99 We conducted a Defensive Shotgun Instructor’s program in Dallas Texas last weekend with SDSI at their beautiful outdoor range, and my Beretta 1201 riot shotgun started acting up on me. Up until now, it has always worked flawlessly, and thus usually have it with me. It was releasing shells from the magazine […]
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29 Apr 99 This just in from a student. This is what makes teaching rewarding: “I took your course at the H & H gun range in Oklahoma City in the spring of 1993. I have since become licensed to carry in Texas. A few months ago in Ft Worth while at lunch, I made […]
Littleton shooting
28 Apr 99 Some sage observations of the Littleton shooting from several students: “The big news story here, of course, is the Columbine High School massacre. The details will be forthcoming for months, and there will continue to be debates if the police response was proper, but at least three lessons are clear to me: […]
Comments on Ammunition
27 Apr 99 This is from a friend in the ammunition business on the East Coast: “Just wanted to update you about how Federal Hydra Shoks are working in the Baltimore/Washington Metro area. These incidents have all occurred within the last two weeks: (1) Maryland State Police double tapped a suspect armed with a knife […]
Another Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound
25 Apr 99 This just in from a friend in the State Patrol: “Last week one of our local deputies incurred a self-inflicted bullet wound to his right foot. He was outside his house in his back yard, trying to shoo away a stray dog. He had his department-issued pistol in his right hand and […]
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22 Apr 99 I just received this from one of my instructors in Texas. It is from a friend who has been, up until now, a staunch non-gun owner: “Dear ______, this is not a joke! After hearing about the Serbian Militia brutally ousting people from their homes time after time, what would YOU do […]
Incident for a female student
21 Apr 99 I just got of the phone with one of our female students on the East Coast. She took a Defensive Handgun Course from us late last year. She was involved in an incident several weeks ago which, fortunately, had a happy ending: “I was returning (alone) to my car, which was parked […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
