I hope this edition of the Armed American Report finds you well, and I hope you’re not having a hard time staying cool. It’s been one scorcher after another up here!

Carrying concealed is tough in the heat. Sometimes we have to sacrifice on cool, breathable clothes, other times we have to sacrifice our ‘every day carry’ guns, and go to something smaller for the summer.

I know a few guys who carry full sized 1911s in cool weather, but revert back to their trusty snub-nose .38s when the weather is cooler.

The important thing, is that you’re carrying period. Remember- criminals come out of the wood-work in hot weather… especially after dark. So whatever you do… don’t let the hot weather deprive you of your flashlight and gun.

Hey- before we begin, you remember the JPFO, right? Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership? Well, they’ve always been one of my favorite pro-gun groups, because if there has ever been a group of people who understand first hand the consequences of gun-control, it’s Jews.

Another reason I like them, is because they are very much a ‘no B.S.’ group. They don’t tippie-toe around sensitive issues- no way! They’ve put out some great 2nd Amendment documentaries that really, really aught to be shown in ever school.

And, they’ve hit yet another home-run with their latest film, showing that gun control is undeniably racist.

The film is called “No Guns For Negro’s”, and it’s all about how gun control in America began as an attempt to disarm the free blacks following the civil war. It’s a must-watch for you and everyone you know. Here’s what the JPFO says about the film:

“No Guns for Negroes” -exposes the racist history of American gun control laws. Every person who supports gun control laws must be shown this film or gun ownership will cease to exist in America.

Don’t become a former gun owner because you chose not to show “No Guns for Negroes “to every one you know.

You get a copy of the DVD for free if you join the JPFO, or you can watch it (or download it and watch it later) for free from their web site, at this link:

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/movieplay-ngn-swf.htm

It’s not a very long film, which makes it perfect ‘lunch hour’ or weekend material. Be sure to give it a spin.

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== USCCA Laugh of the Week ==

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Sunday, on Armed American Radio!

Coming up this Sunday 6-28-2009 on Armed American Radio, the official radio program of the USCCA, join host Mark Walters, the Ordinary Guy columnist from Concealed Carry Magazine and his guests Mr. Rob Pincus and Mr. Mike Janich. Mark and his guests will be discussing in detail the art of armed and unarmed conflict, situational awareness and diffusing a potential deadly encounter.

Rob and Mike, the hosts of the wildly popular Outdoor Channel television series The Best Defense and The Best Defense-Survival will also be discussing the upcoming season which begins July, 1st 2009. Rob will focus on armed defensive situations, car-jacking, ATM safety, store robberies, etc while Mike will focus on the art of unarmed combat techniques.

Catch the show LIVE at 8pm Eastern on Intelligent Talk 920 WGKA AM in the Atlanta metro area or simulcast live online at www.920wgka.com from anywhere on the planet, simply click the “listen live” button at the top of the page. Can’t catch it live? You can always visit www.armedamericanradio.org the following day to catch the podcast or pick it up on I-tunes! Mark will be taking calls live on the air at 888-920-2665 or 770-226-0920. You may also e-mail the program live and ask your questions at mark@armedamericanradio.org Don’t miss this weeks program or any Armed American Radio Broadcast every Sunday evening from 8-9PM Eastern!

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“SELF-DEFENSE WITH THE LONG-GUN: Considering The Concept”

“…So how do you prepare to actually fight with a rifle or shotgun?…”

by CR Williams

As long as I’m talking about my friend up north…

I mentioned that he likes rifles. Has three, and a shotgun, as far as I know. Maybe more, but at least that many. Likes shooting them. Really likes the concept of being a rifleman. You know–one hole at a hundred yards, dime-size group at two-hundred yards, inside a quarter at anything three hundred yards and over. The focused, precise, accurate long-gunner that’s part of American history and maybe part of American mythology.

One of the problems he’s having, though, is that he’s talking to me about it. Remember me? Mr. “It’s The Fight, Silly!” me?

Once again, I’m thinking he probably practices more with his rifle than I do currently, and that he can most likely shoot it better than I can.

What he hasn’t done to date, as far as I know, is to take a rifle off of the 100 (or better) yard range and into a pistol pit and run the same drills with his rifle as he does with his pistol. I’ve done that. And I’m recommending to him, and to you, that you do the same thing with whatever long-gun you have chosen to keep ready as a home-defense weapon.

You may wonder why I recommend that. Here is my thinking:

Whenever the subject of defending yourself and family with a rifle comes up on the USCCA forum, we have one member who invariably reminds us that it is unlikely that we would be able to justify shooting someone that was fifty or a hundred yards or more away. The ‘imminent or immediate’ part of the threat to life would be pretty hard to come by in most cases, he will say.

And as irritating as it may be to some of us reading this, he’s close to being absolutely right about that. Not completely absolutely, mind you–exceptions will always be present that can test the rule–but pretty close to absolutely right about this call.

If that’s true, though–that legally you won’t often find a usefulness out of the rifle or shotgun’s additional range capability–then a reasonable question is: Why even have a long-gun available as a defensive weapon?

There are two additional advantages that rifles or shotguns have over pistols besides range–power and precision. Pistols of almost any caliber have always been considered underpowered weapons whose only claim to desirability has been their handiness (and in modern times, their concealability). We don’t carry pistols because we expect trouble, we carry them in case we get into trouble we don’t see in time to get out of. If you know trouble is coming, the saying goes, get a rifle and get friends with rifles. Rifles and shotguns just hit harder than pistols, and when someone is already inside the front door, hitting hard is what you want. You need them to stop as hard and as quickly as you can make them, and so you grab the long-gun when you can.

The longer sight radius and additional points of contact–shoulder and cheek–also makes for better precision shooting than with a pistol. And even shotguns need precision. Inside of the average home or even to the edge of the average front yard, even buckshot will not spread enough that you can just face somewhere toward the bad guy and close your eyes and still hit. And besides that, even rifles and shotguns work better and faster stopping bad guys if you get Central Nervous System hits; you need precision for that. And besides that, you have as much concern with hitting what you’re aiming at and only what you’re aiming at with a long-gun as you do with a pistol. So take advantage of that extra precision you get and practice using it at the ranges and under the circumstances you’re most like to face in a defensive situation.

What ranges? What circumstances?

Range is easiest. What is the longest line of sight you have in your house or apartment? And, how far is it to the edges of your lawn or yard? In my case, 36 feet and 67 feet, the last my stepped-off measure to the opposite edge of the street in front of my house. Not quite the rifle shot my friend up north envisions, but nothing that law enforcement and military doesn’t face every day either, and they do just fine with long-guns in those situations. If you’ve chosen a shotgun and buckshot for home defense, set targets at those ranges and room and hallway distances and make sure you know where the round you’re using ‘patterns’–the roughly-circular area that the shot will spread (or not) into. You may be surprised at the lack of spread at those short ranges, or you may not, but do it before you have a chance to be surprised for real.

One thing to keep in mind with certain rifles as the range gets in very close: Certain rifles, patterned after military/police weapons, have a front sight post that’s up to two inches above the line of the barrel. If you’re sighting as normal at very close distances, the shot will go low. You need to work a little at the range to understand where to ‘hold’ the sight-line so that you hit where you want to hit when you’re shooting from across the room.

The circumstances where you might use a rifle in defense fall into three categories in my thinking: Proactive, Reactive, and a kind of in-between that I’ll call ‘Prepared Reactive’.

Proactive is least likely. That would be any situation where you have enough warning to have the rifle or shotgun prepared to fight with. This would also be where you’re more likely to have the longer ranges to deal with. An example would be a serious ‘bump in the night’ while you’re still awake.

Reactive, for most people, is more likely than Proactive but not as likely as ‘Prepared Reactive’. An example would be some crazy person driving up and shooting up your house, or a home invasion that comes in the front when you’re in a room in the back of the house. There is time only to access the weapon and fight.

Prepared Reactive seems to me to be the most likely current circumstance where a rifle would be brought into play for defense. The best example is the standard recommendation for the ‘bump in the night’–assume a defensive position in the safe room, cover the entrance with your rifle or shotgun, call for help, and wait it out. You’re reacting to a possible threat, but with a plan you’ve prepared in advance.

There are many variations of these circumstances, but I believe that most if not all situations of self-defense with a long-gun will fall into one of those three categories.

So how do you prepare to actually fight with a rifle or shotgun? The basic answer is to take the long-gun to the same range as you take your pistol, if that’s allowed, and do the same kind of drills with it that you do with your pistol. You will have to change a few things, and there are some differences between having the long-gun in your hands instead of the pistol. Take note of these points in your training:

Obviously, you’re not going to be drawing a rifle from concealment. Substitute two things for that: Firing from different ready positions such as Patrol Ready, Contact Ready, Underarm, and other positions. Also, set the rifle up as it is in your house, move yourself the approximate distance you would be away from it that you would be in different parts of your house, mark out the same route around ‘corners’ and through ‘doors’ as best as you are able, then work on accessing the weapon from a standing (or sitting) start–run the route, pick up the weapon, load or chamber if you don’t normally have it ready to fire, then move back to where the target is and engage. Make the route and the placement as close to the real home as possible. Also, practice a ‘covert ready’–simulate you in, for example, your front doorway with the long-gun out of sight beside the door. ‘Draw’ the weapon on the signal, chamber or disengage safeties, shoulder, aim, fire. When you dry-fire at home–why not do it with the long-gun as well?–walk through the access as you would do it in an emergency.

There are different situations where you would be compelled to be moving through your home with the rifle or shotgun in hand–you can’t always set up in a barricaded place. Simple situations are retreating back to the safe room after you’ve collected a family member, retreating back into the house under fire (and firing back) to get behind cover or concealment, and moving through the house to check out the bump you’re not absolutely sure about or to collect family members to take them back to the safe room. If you even think you might need to do this for real, start practicing it now. You need to work out ready positions while moving in tight quarters (My main hallway is 37″, my interior doors are 29″–add my body thickness to even the shortest legal rifle and careful movement and searching and pieing corners and doorways gets interesting very quickly. Ask me how I know.), how to move both forwards and backwards, think and work out some retention and close-combat techniques and generally ‘wargame’ the process as comprehensively as you can.

You need also to be able to shoot the long-gun from either side and have malfunction clearance procedures in hand. Reloading techniques should, naturally, also be practiced. Understand also that what is cover for a pistol round is likely to be concealment for a shotgun or rifle round and set you plans for use of that accordingly.

That’s about as much as I can recommend without getting too specific. I believe that these basic skill-sets, practiced dynamically and with imagination, could be of great value to you if ever the chips are down on your table.

Two thoughts in closing:

You still need to practice shooting, and you still need to practice–with the rifle, at least–at long range, 100 yards and more. The foundational skills of shooting are important for all firearms.

If you can get training in defensive use of the rifle or shotgun, do so, BUT GET TRAINING WITH THE HANDGUN FIRST. If you are ever forced to use a firearm to defend your life, it will most likely be the pistol. LEARN TO FIGHT WITH THE PISTOL FIRST. Only after that, seek formal training with the rifle or shotgun.

The summary is this: Think FIGHT, no matter what the weapon you have.

It could be important that you do.

It could be life or death.

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Armed Response: Training DVDs

A couple months ago, we reviewed one of the DVDs from a company called Armed Response. Cody loved them, and we got a TON of great feedback from those who decided to give them a shot. We also told you that they were working on a couple more, and that we’d let you know when they were finished.

Well we haven’t completely reviewed the new ones yet, but if they are anywhere near as good as the first, we’re going to love them. (I’ve heard they are better). I don’t want this to sound too much like a commercial- I just want to make sure you have all the tools that you need to keep yourself, your family, and your friends safe.

Here are their titles:

-”Fundamentals of Defensive Shooting”

-”Tactics and Techniques for Defensive Shooting”

-”Dynamic Drills for Defensive Shooting”

Good stuff, guys- check them out if you get a second:

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Review of Blackhawk’s Be-Wharned Folding Knife

written by Cody S. Alderson

USCCA GEAR REVIEW

I don’t mind so much if something is made in Taiwan as long as it is made with good materials and to demanding design specifications. This week I’m telling you about a folding knife from Blackhawk that happens to be made in Taiwan. I realize through feedback that the point-of-origin for manufacturing is a big issue for many readers. However, the readers of my reviews have wholeheartedly embraced the Kelly Kettle, and it is made in Ireland. Of course there isn’t the “job” issue with the Kelly Kettle as has been mentioned concerning other products, since the Kelly Kettle has always been made in Ireland.

We all must realize that a very powerful force driving US economics is that the majority want the best product at the lowest cost. Then there is a huge volume of customers who want the lowest cost, and they are willing to sacrifice a bit of quality just to obtain a product that they desire. Businesses need customers or they fall to their competitors. So, collectively the issues of US manufacturing jobs can be, in part, blamed on ourselves.

I needed to include that preface for the many readers who outright refuse to even consider a product from Taiwan. Of course guns from Austria are okay, just not stuff from Taiwan. Stick with me through this so I can tell you about a knife that may get overlooked by some just because of where it happens to be made.

There are three components that make this knife a good choice: It’s a Blackhawk product, Michael Janich likes it, and it has a nasty Wharncliffe style blade shape. Let’s talk about the first component which is Blackhawk. Blackhawk’s motto is “Honor as a way of life.” I like that motto because that it is the same lifestyle that my dad taught me. And I happen to like this knife with the Blackhawk name on it. Plus Blackhawk has a warranty on the knife that lasts as long as the life of the original owner.

Secondly, Michael Janich is a renowned blade expert. If you watch Shooting Gallery with Michael Bane, you’ve probably seen Mr. Janich on a couple of episodes. Simply put, dude is lethal wit’ a blade. I don’t know specifically how much of Mr. Janich’s input went into this knife, but if he promotes it as a good self-defense knife, then that works for me.

Thirdly, the blade style is a Wharncliffe shape that has a straight angle taper to the blade tip rather than the curving taper typical of other Wharncliffe’s that I’ve seen. The name of the blade “Be-Wharned” is rather cool too, since it is a play on the blade style and how ferocious this blade can become when wielded correctly. When the knife is open, it looks like an edged weapon that was made to do two things—stab and lacerate. Of course it can cut rope or open a box as well, but that would be like using a warrior as a mall guard.

Overall the knife is 7 7/8 inches long with a blade of 3 1/2 inches that is a hefty 1/8 of an inch thick. The knife body is a half-inch thick, and has a sturdy pocket clip that can be switched for either left or right carry, and even switched to be able to carry the knife tip up or tip down. The blade metal is AUS 8A stainless steel with a satin finish, and the handle liners are made of 420J stainless steel. No rust worries!

I really like a folding knife to have handles made of G10. G10 is layers of fiberglass soaked in resin, put under pressure, and baked into a hard material that is impervious to the elements. The material is tough enough to be machined into its final shape like metal. The G10 handle surface is unyielding in the hand, but as long as it is textured correctly it provides superior gripping capability in all conditions. The handle surface on the Blackhawk Be-Wharned feels like I could grate cheese with it. I like that solid non-slip feel.

The blade has an ambidextrous thumb-assist for opening. This knife differs from other folders that I have had experience with in that there is a round metal protrusion on the liner lock that meets a detent on the blade that keeps the blade solidly closed until the user wants it to open. You can see what I’m referring to in the two images below.

When I first opened the Blackhawk Be-Wharned knife, I thought it was being a bit sticky so I took a closer look. It wasn’t being sticky; it is designed to stay either positively closed or solidly locked open. This is actually a good thing and only takes a few seconds to get used to once the design concept is understood. Once the blade is opened past that tiny detent, it opens the rest of the way as smooth as silk and locks open with a solid click.

There isn’t any movement or loose feeling at all when the blade is locked open. A bit of movement is typical of a cheaper or poorly designed folding knife. This one doesn’t jiggle in the handle one bit. A knife that may someday be used to save my life needs to be made of proven materials and put together into a rock solid design package that I can put a little trust in.

This knife meets those needs so well that instead of keeping it for myself, I’m giving this one to my wife to carry, until I can get another one. She’ll appreciate the small but lethal size of this knife. She’d probably like it better if it was available in other colors, but hey it’s a knife. Don’t tell her I said that. Guys will like it for the same reasons. It doesn’t feel like one is carrying a brick in the pants pocket, and it leaves room for another valuable tool such as a good LED tactical light.

Don’t let the small size and lightness of this knife fool you. In the hands of a competent user, this blade is shaped to stab deep enough that bleeding out will be quick. It is also sharp enough and sturdy enough to open up meat all the way down to the bone on an attacking sociopath. Nasty stuff to think about in polite society, but a self-defense knife may need to be able to do the nasty job of saving your life some day.

Got an adult son or daughter in college in a state where they can’t carry guns but can carry a folding knife? Get them some training with a knife like this. After a bit of hands on training and some resolve to fight to live, a man or woman with a knife in hand has an extreme advantage over an empty-handed defender.

At $99.99 retail the Blackhawk Be-Wharned is a good bargain. A savvy shopper can probably pick it up at a lower price from a dealer. Check out the Be-Wharned and other Blackhawk Products at:

http://www.blackhawk.com

I would like to hear from you. Email me at: cody@uscca.us. Twitter me.

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Dear Tim,

I am not writing to ask a question, I am writing to say thanks for the Beat the Ban. I thought I was ahead of the curve, but only realized I had been putting off buying what I may need and what I really wanted before the Obamanation takes place. I wanted to beat the ban.

I was going to joke and say your Beat the Ban cost more than 17.00 dollars, hell I bought a Saiga 12 Shotgun overpaid but got it anyway and to 2 RRA AR15s at retail cost due to having a gunsmith relationship. I also bought some fantastic 5.56 ammo and over 2k rounds of practice ammo.

My next purchase will probably be an SKS or AR47. I have read a great deal more about my rights to arm myself and to protect my country from a threat.

Thanks for placing me ahead of the curve and your book only cost me over 2800.00 dollars in guns and ammo. Well lets just say it was a good investment in my family’s future! Best to you and your family and may you continue with success and great health.

-Mike P.
Proud USCCA Member
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Proud American!

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How easy it is to become a criminal . . .

My wife and I took a ride down to Ripley West Virginia on Sunday to be there for the last day of the Thomas Family Reunion that is held every year at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Now of course we wanted the carry weapons to come with us because our Pennsylvania permits are good in West Virginia.

The fastest way to get there requires us to pass into Ohio twice on the way down and twice on the way back. I find it absolutely incredible that if I have my gun on me, I instantly would become a criminal when I cross over a geopolitical boundary line if I’m still carrying my gun. Then when I pass over the next line, I’m a law abiding citizen again.

I figured it might be okay if the weapons got locked up in a steel case on the floor behind the driver’s seat while going through Ohio. The ammo was going to removed and put in a separate location (the glove compartment). To tell you the truth, I’m not even sure that method would still be okay when transporting a handgun across state lines.

Maybe those who live in communist states, er I mean states that don’t want Pennsylvanians carrying guns through their states can tell me what the different rules are. I can’t keep track of this stupidity by myself.

I wish that every single politician in this country would read this little forum post written by a guy who just wants to be able to protect himself and his loved ones from the chance sociopath who would target us to maim or kill us. I would absolutely be thrilled to be at one of these “borders” standing on the side where I’m a legally carrying law abiding citizen with a bunch of reporters standing around to see me have to decline shaking hands with a politician on the other side of the “border” because it would make me a criminal when I crossed that line.

Anyone who follows a normal pattern of logical thinking would then realize that some things are just plain stupid. Probably nothing would be done about it, but it sure would be nice to point it out to the masses.

This same logic applies to schools, federal buildings, court houses, post offices, and in some places restaurants that serve alcohol. If I’m considered by my peers to be an OK enough guy to carry my gun in some places, I want everyone to know that I’m still the same guy when I cross over these little NO YOU CAN’T lines that are every where!

Control is an illusion that comforts the weak. Training and preparedness gives the true advantage against the element of our society who would rape, maim, or kill us. Over and over again we hear about the “reasonable man” in reference to law. What would a reasonable man do? Think about that for a moment. What reasonable man, woman, or even child would think that a law to control would have any effect on a lawbreaker who has no issue with breaking the number one law against murder?

Anyway, now that I step off of the soapbox, what non-resident permit can I get as a Pennsylvania resident that will allow me to carry in Ohio?
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Customer service error in gun store?

I watched this little drama unfold in my local gun store recently. I have my own ideas about it, but I’m interested in your perspectives on what might have been done differently.

General background: Local gun store with indoor range. Customers in the store (6 including me) at least two of whom were off duty LE. Two counter sales guys.

Sales guy A is showing a few small concealable guns to a customer, while I stand a few feet away staring at the display and mentally counting my remaining disposable income. The other customers are milling around the store, but generally in view of the counter.

The customer is looking for something really small, that he can wear with a suit, and has asked to see a NAA .22 mag revolver, among the others he is considering. While I watch ( I always look at this process to make sure that neither the sales guy nor the customer is inadvertently pointing the gun in my direction…..old habit!) The customer is saying how small the gun is. He seems to think it cannot be very dangerous because it is not very big. (warning light begins to blink in my mental heads up display - this guy is a newb)

As he is saying how small and ineffective the gun ‘must be’, he is sort of ‘practice aiming’ the gun at various points around the store. The Sales guy says to please aim the gun at the ’safe - aim here’ target they have posed up high and on a solid wall in the store. (thank you!)

As he is warning the customer, who is not really listening, and I am beginning my dodge and weave to stay out of the path of a gun I know is empty, but still don’t want pointed at me, the customer does this:

He sticks the gun right up to the sales guy’s face (!!!) while saying, “But wouldn’t you have to be about THIS close to do any damage with this thing?”

Several interesting things happen more or less immediately.

The sales guy freezes for a second or two and then reaches up and pops the gun out of the customer’s hand with a quick sort of two handed slap. The customer is surprised and starts to bristle at being whacked, and the salesman says to him, “I’m going to ask you to leave the store now.”

I notice the two off duty LE guys moving to better positions in the store, out of the corner of my eye. This is while I am backing slowly off line from the center of the action. Yes, I am armed, but not a cowboy, here.

The customer says, “What? What’s up? You can’t just hit me…” Then he trails off as he realizes what he has just done. He looks around and picks up his stuff and walks out the door. One of the LE guys walks to the door to make sure he is leaving, and then the discussion ensues.

But here is the weird part. The second sales guy, who had no part in the drama, is the store manager. I know this guy pretty well, but I’m surprised to hear him say that guy A made a bad choice by assaulting a customer. He seems to think that this was bad customer service, since the salesman KNEW that the gun was empty (since he had just handed it to the customer and verified same). He was actually appearing to be more concerned with not offending a customer than with maintaining good gun safety.

I gently mentioned (remember, I don’t work there) that its good to treat EVERY gun as if it was loaded, all the time. Maybe this customer will not be back to this store…maybe he will. But I guarantee that he will always remember that lesson.

So, here is my question: Was this a customer service error or a hard lesson in gun etiquette that happily ended without injury to anything except pride?

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Newbie Needs Advice

Looking for a small light weight pocket semi with a safety. I want the safety for the grand kids. Any suggestions are appreciated! ty, Dixie
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== Video of the Week ==

USCCA VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Police can’t be everywhere at every moment. There were civilians here, but only one account of someone even trying to intervene. This video is a sad and tragic commentary of what can happen at anytime, to anyone, anywhere. If a human is capable of committing such horrific violence on a child, then there is no limit to what evil is lurking in our society. I wish you all to be trained, be prepared, and be safe.

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== “Tim-spiration” of the Week ==

USCCA PHOTO OF THE WEEK

All Photos of the Week are taken from Mr. Oleg Volk’s
website: http://www.a-human-right.com/. It is a
FANTASTIC site. Please check it out!

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USCCA QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Sometimes a good quote will inspire or motivate you. Sometimes, they’ll just put a smile on your face! Here is the quote for this week…

Have you been a little slack in defending your right? Just to remind everyone, here’s a quote that is representative of the other side:

“I didn’t think the gun was loaded.”

-A. Moron

“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely - lay your life before him.”

-Bruce Lee

Self Defense Story OF THE WEEK

Every day, thousands of Armed Americans use their firearms to preserve human life. Let this section of my newsletter serve as a record of this fact!

Wife of an alleged drug trafficker defends her life against criminals posing as US Marshals after they shot her husband and 9 year-old daughter.

From: CNN

Rogue Minutemen Leader Held In Fatal Home Invasion

SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) — Raul Flores thought federal agents had barged with guns drawn into his home in Arivaca, Arizona, in the middle of the night. The woman and two men wore uniforms and identified themselves as U.S. Marshals. They claimed the house was surrounded. They said they were looking for an escaped prisoner, Flores’ wife told a 911 dispatcher.

But there was no backup waiting outside, and no fugitive. The marshals were imposters. They had targeted Flores because they suspected he was a drug trafficker and they wanted to rob and kill him, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.

As the intruders searched his home, Flores asked one of the men why his handgun was taped. The man responded by shooting and killing Flores.

“Someone just came in and shot my daughter and husband,” Flores’ wife frantically told 911. She tells the police operator that she was shot and left for dead with her husband, Raul Flores, 29, and daughter Brisenia, 9, who were both shot in the head.

Police are not releasing the woman’s name to protect her identity. But her 911 call, released to the media by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, tells the story of a deadly home invasion by a rogue band of impostors. As she describes the initial attack, the intruders return to the house. The door can be heard opening.

“They are coming back in! They are coming back in!” the caller screams. She has armed herself with her husband’s handgun. “Get the f— out,” she barks. The order is followed by the explosive sound of gunfire traded as the wounded woman and her would-be killers fire on each other. A man—one of the intruders— is hit and groans loudly. The attackers retreat and leave the woman alive and alone with her slain family.

Twelve days later police have the “marshals” in custody on charges of first-degree murder, burglary and aggravated assault. Police identified the suspects as Shawna Forde, 41, of Buena Vista, Arizona; Jason Eugene Bush, 34, of Kingman, Arizona; and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42, of Tucson, Arizona.

As police put her into a car, Forde told reporters, “I did not do it.” The Pima County public defender’s office, which represents Forde, Bush and Gaxiola, did not return CNN’s calls requesting comment.

Authorities from five different police departments in three states are investigating crimes allegedly involving the trio. Forde’s arrest has had even greater reverberations across a community of private citizens who believe the government is not adequately protecting the nation’s borders.

There’s more to this story. Read it HERE.

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Closing Thoughts

Okay, do you remember a couple weeks ago, when I bounced someone’s question off of you about reloading empty brass?

Well, I’ve made a web-page with everyone’s mailed in responses- I got some good ones! So if you might get into reloading, be sure to check out this veteran-advice beforehand!

http://deltamediallc.com/aar/reloading.html

For this week, I’d like to see if I can pick your brain on this question from a USCCA member. Just use the ‘ask Tim’ form after the question to post your feedback. I’ll share the feedback I get from everyone else with you early next week!

Question:

I have arthritis in my fingers and cannot fire a weapon with much trigger pull. I got a 1911 that I can use but want to find a pocket gun that has a light trigger pull and a slide that it not difficult to move. Any suggestions would be welcome. -Thank you.

Do you have a pressing concern? Use the ‘Ask Tim’ contact form found at this page to let me hear your advice. Just use the graphic below!

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U.S. Concealed Carry
“Armed American Report”

Visit Here for Membership Information!

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June 19th, 2009

Dear Friend,

This week I wanted the Armed American Report to be a reminder to all who are permitted to carry concealed firearms that we are still very much in danger of having our natural right to self-defense stripped away from us. We sometimes joke about the methods and spokespersons of the anti-gun crowd, but propaganda has proven itself an effective weapon throughout history.

Concealed carry permit holders are by their nature honest and law-abiding citizens. The strength of our honor and integrity has been exploited by the continual spread of lies and half-truths of the anti-gun media, politicians, and Hollywood liberals.

This week’s Quote of the Week is from an outspoken anti-gun television personality who has been the butt of jokes in just about every form possible from our side of the fence. Her quote is her mindset about guns in the hands of private citizens. The Video of the Week demonstrates one of the tactics used against us. That tactic is to use a position of mass exposure to spread false information based entirely on emotion. The true fact proven over and over again is that guns in the hands of honest law abiding citizens save lives.

Both the quote and the video are from ten years ago! Nothing has changed from the anti-gun side. It is still the same agenda of rallying anyone who will listen by manipulating information, wrongly quoting statistics, and telling outright lies to citizens who want to feel safe but don’t know how. It is up to us to inform and educate everyone that we possibly can about the truth of why we even have the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and how they can actively benefit because of its existence.

Remember, the Second Amendment does NOT grant a right- it recognizes a pre-existing right of ALL free human beings. The Second Amendment is a written guarantee to the citizens of the United States of America that this pre-existing right, the right to keep and bear arms, shall NOT BE INFRINGED!

This week’s article is a Concealed Cary Magazine Profile. A profile of a concealed carry permit holder appears in every issue of Concealed Carry Magazine. The profiles are a reminder that we are not alone. There are now millions of us across this Great Land that legally carry a concealed firearm.

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== USCCA Laugh of the Week ==

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“CCM Profile: Josh Benson”

“…being in the chair I wanted to have all the
advantages I could if something happened…”

by USCCA;
Reprinted From:
Concealed Carry Magazine- July 2008

In a world full of whiny emo-boys and latte-sipping cowards, a man who never utters the words, “I can’t,” and who never asks for a drop of sympathy is a refreshing change.

I met Josh for the first time last spring at the Firearms Academy of Seattle, during the last course Jim Cirillo ever taught. Cirillo’s class was a two-day adventure into close quarters shooting techniques, including alternative sighting methods and shooting from downed positions. Josh wheeled himself in on the first day of class, taking the far right hand end of the line so that his crossdraw holster and unusual one-handed reload would not cause his muzzle to cross any of the other students. This class was designed for intermediate to accomplished shooters, not at all for beginners, and I confess that I wondered if the young man in the chair was going to be able to keep up—a worry that seems downright laughable in retrospect.

Josh, it turned out, was no beginner: he is a certified handgun instructor through Tom Givens’ Rangemaster firearms training school in Memphis, TN. Now 25 years old, he’s taken dozens of professional training classes in the three years he’s been shooting defensive handguns. And he takes his personal defense very seriously, carrying a concealed firearm every day.

The physical challenges that Josh faces are a bit out of the ordinary. An encounter with vaccine-induced poliomyelitis as an infant left him with no function in either leg, roughly five percent function in his right arm (very little in his right hand), and only about eighty percent function in his left arm and hand. While most shooters struggle to get shots on paper using both hands in a stable stance, Josh nails the target while holding the gun with his left hand only, steadied somewhat by the lifting muscles in his right arm.

“This kid just impresses the hell out of me,” says Massad Ayoob, who taught Josh’s LFI-1 and LFI-2 classes in 2007. “At LFI, we’ve had students in a chair before. We’ve had one-armed students before. But Josh is the first one-armed guy in a chair we’ve ever had. He taught us all some things.” Like many firearms classes, LFI-2 is physically demanding in a lot of ways. Josh, working one-handed from his wheelchair, kept up with this demanding class just fine. He successfully completed the LFI Qualification shoot at double speed, which included getting all his reloads well under time.

“I can reload an auto-pistol in about four to six seconds,” Josh explains. “I recently have shaved off about two seconds by going straight to a backup gun, the New York reload.”

Although Josh sometimes carries a snub-nosed revolver as a backup, his regular carry is a semi-auto. He considered, but ultimately rejected, making his primary carry gun a revolver—the gun type perhaps most commonly recommended for people with physical challenges—for two reasons. First, he believed that he wanted more ammunition available to him than a revolver generally carries. The second reason was minor, but still worth considering: Less felt recoil. Josh explains, “The action of the slide absorbs some of the recoil. Since I have only one arm to hold the gun, less felt recoil means faster follow- up for me.”

Was there a specific incident that caused you to carry a gun?

No. I grew up with my dad carrying, so when I turned 21 it was one of those natural things. Plus, I moved to Memphis, and they kind of have a high crime rate down there. And being in the chair I wanted to have all the advantages I could if something happened. It was all just very natural.

What training methods do you employ?

Friday nights at Rangemaster we have shooting league, a competition basically similar to IDPA, that helps keep my manipulations and gunhandling skills up. For regular practice, I like just going to the range and dedicating 50 rounds to going through various qualifications. Tom Givens has a list of different qualifications, different tests from various places like the FBI Qualifications and others. I just take 50 rounds and run myself through one of those qualifiers so I’m doing something structured and not just putting holes in paper. I like using the qualifications because it’s a specific bar that tells you this is how well you’re doing. It gives you a structure to shoot and something to evaluate it with to see where you’re at. Plus I take a class probably every couple of months so that also helps. I take classes just as often as I can.

Have you had any difficulties with safety in any of the classes you have taken, or with shooting while there are a lot of other people on the line?

Not really. I’ve just gotta be aware of my muzzle during my one handed reloads and watch the angles from my crossdraw holster. I always take the far right hand side of the line so I don’t sweep anyone. It’s more positioning than anything, and making sure the instructors are aware of what I need, and also my fellow classmates.

You’ve taken a lot of different classes. Which specific classes have been the most helpful to you personally?

The most helpful class was LFI-1, easily. Judicious Use of Deadly Force, the classroom part of the class, covers what happens after a shooting, the aftermath and the legal concerns. That’s a subject a lot of people don’t like to talk about, but it’s probably the one thing that will save you after an incident. If you manage to survive the incident there’s a whole other world that a lot of people aren’t aware of. Other than that, I cannot name just one class—because I’ve taken so many from them—but working with Tom Givens and John Farnam, definitely. It’s not so much the course, it’s the instructor, and Tom Givens and John Farnam have both been very very helpful.

Your primary carry gun is a semi-auto. Did you have a hard time learning how to rack the slide?

Not really. I’m pretty quick at adapting some things. When I was younger my dad just ran it for me but obviously that wasn’t going to work for defensive handgun. My one-handed reload, my shooting ability and how I carry came from different instructors pretty early on.

My shooting ability just came from working with Tom Givens. He’s really been very helpful. The cross-draw carry came out of a Gabe Suarez class. And then when I took the course with John Farnam, he taught me how to do a one-handed reload, so my reload technique came from John Farnam. I started shooting in August when I was 21 (in 2004). I took my first class from Rangemaster in August, and took the Gabe Suarez class also in August, right after my first class. In September that year I took the class with John Farnam. So it all went really quick. I just kept taking classes, figured out what kind of holster I needed, and then was able to work out the one handed reloads. It all happened in a matter of just a couple months, bringing everything together.

What weapons do you carry, and what ammunition?

I carry a Browning Hi Power that’s been worked on by Jim Garthwaite, and also a Springfield XD, both in 9mm. I had a beavertail added to the Hi Power and a Teflon finish and all the parts fitted. It’s got Heinie sights with a gold bead front sight. You can pick the front sight up in any light conditions, or if it’s too dark to see the gold bead it’s too dark to see what you’re shooting at. My Browning Hi Power carries 15+1 and the Springfield XD-9 carries 17+1. I use 127- grain Winchester Rangers in those.

What concealment holsters do you use?

Right now I use a crossdraw holster, the FIST Driving Holster. The holster has a snap where you can move it around on your belt from driving to on your hip and back again. I just run with it in the driving position and it works great. It holds the mouth of the holster up a bit higher than the holster I was using before too.

Do you have a big box o’ holsters?

I really don’t. By taking the classes very early on I kind of avoided that.

My first carry holster was actually made by Dale Fricke. My first two holsters were custom made by him, just for me. After that, I ended up looking around a little bit and I found that FIST driving holster. The other holsters were good, but I looked around because if I never try new things I’ll never know if there might be something better out there. The FIST was leather and I prefer leather over Kydex, it’s just more comfortable. I found it smoother to draw from, and it’s less clicky. Also sometimes I felt like my Kydex one was going to break on me. Since I’m sitting down and bending around a lot, moving around to a lot of different angles in the chair, I just felt like it was on the brink of snapping sometimes. Major paranoia there. So I just like the leather holster better.

What specific adaptations have you needed to make in order to shoot well?

I do a one-handed reload off my wheelchair. It’s just your basic one-handed reload like they teach in a lot of classes. You know, where you just stick the empty gun back in the holster, pop the old mag out, put the new mag in, and then draw the gun again and rack the slide. Instead of running the slide off a belt or a holster, I found a spot on the wheelchair I could press the slide, and just run the slide against that. It works pretty well.

What do you recommend to other physically challenged people who are concerned about self-defense? What advice do you have for other people who have physical difficulties and want to figure out how to safely run the gun?

I would say take as many classes as you can and learn from as many different instructors as possible. You want to get as many different inputs as possible because what one may come up with might work really well for one thing, and someone else might have a good solution for something else. So get a lot of different perspectives. Everybody problem solves just a little bit different. With the different perspectives I was able to problem solve most of the things that I ran into.

Do you have any recommendations for all of our readers?

Yes. If you have the time and money to do it, get as much training as possible. I know not everyone has the money or the time, but if you can you really should. A lot of people don’t want to give up the time but they need to give up at least some time for training. Shooting is a skill that diminishes if you don’t do it for a while. Even just going to the range at least once a month will at least keep your skill where it’s at.

[Each issue of CCM contains an article that profiles an everyday individual who carries a concealed weapon. This article is an inspiration to our readers by helping them to realize that they are not alone in their lifestyle decision to always be armed.]

This column appeared in the July 2008 Issue of CCM. Members, use the links below the cover to download the entire magazine! Not a member? Click on this link for more information: Become a Member of the USCCA.

July 2008 Part 1

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Add Insult to Injury
By Uli Gebhard,
Suarez International Staff Instructor

Many of you have been following the situation in Orange County with our appointed Sheriff revoking CCW’s that have been legitimately issued by her predecessor’s administration.

Looking back, Sandra Hutchens is a person who took a very covert approach with these revocations, apparently in an effort to generate facts before the Board of Supervisors or the public could object.

She ignored advices from well-known and highly experienced lawyers who indicated that her claim to be bound by law to initiate the revocations is completely false.

Assistant Sheriff Hillmann, whom she brought with her from LA County used an overbearing police presence and plainclothes members of his SWAT-team in an apparent attempt to intimidate members of the public who wanted to voice their concerns against Mrs. Hutchens agenda driven policy.

Undersheriff Scott, Assistant Sheriff Hillman and other command staff level members of the OCSD exchanged derogatory remarks about these members of the public on their department-issued Blackberries. There was no visible consequence to these insults – while other police departments have fired employees for similar violations.

A Sheriff’s Department investigator used the security cameras in an apparent attempt to spy on those two supervisors who are most outspoken against Mrs. Hutchens restrictive CCW policy.

Mrs. Hutchens made the attempt to force CCW holders to agree to an early expiration of their permits to prevent a revoked CCW permit from appearing on their DOJ record.

She also posed “course and scope of business” restrictions on many of the remaining CCWs – hoping that felons will not be patient enough to attack their intended victims after business hours – when they are at home with their families.

All these efforts, that are in no way mandated, cost an amount of time, money and departmental resources that the county will most likely never be able to completely calculate, let alone recover.

Meanwhile, according to Supervisor Norby’s office, no real solutions have been developed for the overly costly operations, sub-standard conditions in the county jails and other real and pressing issues.

These are nine paragraphs or a full page of failures, ignorance and unwarranted and unnecessary restrictions – and I’m being very short in the descriptions.

This was the status of developments as of June 9. On June 10, 2009, my wife handed me an invitation-sized envelope labeled Orange County ******* Sandra Hutchens – not quite the official letters I got in the past notifying me that my CCW was marked for revocation.

The material inside added insult to injury: it was in fact an invitation – to a fundraiser for Mrs. Hutchens who had worked so hard to reduce the level of protection for hundreds of Orange County citizens. The minimum required contribution being $500.

A couple of quotes from the letter:

“I am working to restore honor to the department […]” That does not quite sit well with me after Mr. Hillman called me and all the others in attendance on November 17 “Idiots”. Sure, according to Mrs. Hutchens he and the others involved had been “admonished” – again, with no public excuse of the perpetrators nor any visible consequences – no one knows what disciplinary actions – if any – were taken.

“They [the members of the OCSD] are true professionals committed to keeping out community safe and deserve leadership they can take pride in”. Those patrol deputies that I met are truly good cops – I have absolutely no problem supporting them. Can they take pride in a leadership that is driven by their imported agenda, that ignores voices of the public and moreover ridicules them, a leadership that used methods of suppression that reminds me of the schemes that my grandparents were exposed to in the Germany of the 1930’s? I’ll leave that for them and you –our readers- to decide.

Mrs. Hutchens has wasted valuable departmental resources on a perceived problem that did not need fixing. She took the most effective means of self defense from several hundred individuals, many of whom used their carry guns to also keep their loved ones safe.

The invitation included a list of her Co-host Committee.
Among many well-known names, two stood out:
Don Crevier – owner of Crevier BMW
Fletcher Jones Jr. – Owner of Fletcher Jones Motorcars, a large Mercedes Dealership. In his advertisement he gives himself the image of the nice guy next door who will get out of his way to help you.

Ladies, Gents, these people and the other co-host committee members accept willingly that Mrs. Hutchens is putting honest, law-abiding citizens and their families at risk of becoming defenseless victims of violent crimes.

The names are links to the e-mails for their respective companies. I’m sure they will be interested in the public opinion for the person that they intend to support.

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Review of Minnesota Permit To Carry A Firearm Fundamentals

written by Cody S. Alderson

USCCA GEAR REVIEW

Now why would I be reviewing a book that is A Companion Guide To The Minnesota Permit To Carry A Firearm Course in a newsletter that is widely read across all of our great states? Because it is packed full of information that applies to everyone who is permitted to carry a concealed firearm. Yes, the book does have some materials that are specific to Minnesota. However, it is also an outstanding source of universal training materials especially suited to the new permit holder of any state.

That being said, I must also add that it is of absolute importance for every person who will be carrying a firearm to be fully versed in the laws where their permit is issued, as well as other locations where they can legally carry under their permit due to reciprocity (USCCA members can check what other states, if any, their permits are also accepted at www.usconcealedcarry.com).

Many books today might have a color photo on the cover with a couple of other full color photos thrown in for effect. This book uses color photos and diagrams on practically every page. I really enjoy this style of book to teach basic material to the reader. Minnesota Permit To Carry A Firearm Fundamentals is done in a style reminiscent of the “Dummies” series of books that are available on just about every topic.

Just inside the front cover are tear out cards to keep on the person of the permit holder that include the Five-Point Statement to the Police, with the Your Only Statements to the Police After the Five-Points on the Other Side, a 911 call outline If You’ve Exposed Your Firearm to Resist an Offense, with 911 Call After You’ve Used Your Firearm on the reverse side of the card.

The book uses iconic graphics as the “Dummies” books do to set off special information found within its pages. The Light Bulb is advice, tips, and points-to-ponder. The Scales of Justice comment and remind about legal issues and requirements. The Liberty Bell sets off facts about the history of firearms and ammunition. The Megaphone is quotes and the Drafting Table icon is quizzes.

Chapter One covers the development of a personal protection plan discussing subjects such as the color codes of awareness, mental preparation, the Tueller drill and much more. Chapter Two deals with handguns and ammunition basics. This chapter is just the ticket for beginners as well as anyone else who has not been grounded in the fundamentals. Learn about the basics of revolvers and autoloaders as well as the different trigger actions. This chapter also covers the most common carry calibers as well as malfunctions.

Chapter Three covers such topics as gripping a handgun - not only the proper grip, but also the improper grip in full-color photos. It also covers information on how to find your dominant eye, proper stance, point-shooting, proper sight alignment with examples of what happens on target when the sights are not properly aligned using more photo examples. It also covers trigger control and follows through after the shot. I’m just giving a quick overview here in this review. The information is detailed with plenty of photos and diagrams to demonstrate by visual example.

In fact, the photos and text are done in a way that makes me feel like I’m being taught by an instructor right here with me as I read the book. I believe this has been successfully accomplished by the author by his ingenious use of anticipating what the student would think of or ask next.

Now there are a couple of chapters that will be mainly about carrying a gun in Minnesota, but the information those chapter contain can easily be adapted to many of the laws in other states. I like this book so much that I would be absolutely thrilled to see one published for each state in our Union that allows concealed carry either by permit or other law. Most of the material could be left as is with only the specifics of covering the laws of use of force and specifics of carry in each state being adapted for other states.

There are eight chapters in the book. Chapter Seven is Gear and Gadgets that covers holsters, lights, and has a great discussion about LASER’s. Chapter Eight talks about advanced training with a great section on how to tactically use the lights covered in Chapter Seven.

The book discusses serious matters about carrying guns while interjecting interesting facts and statistics as well as refuting some anti-gun myths. There are also a few times that humor is used within the pages. I particularly like that. Some times the more serious the material the more breaks should be taken to use a bit of humor to rekindle the minds ability to stay focused on the serious stuff. A giggle or a guffaw is like a dose of caffeine when reading.

At $26.95 the 179 page book is a bargain. It is published by Minnesota Tactics and was written by Michael Martin. Michael is an Army veteran including a stint as an instructor and range officer. He’s also a certified NRA instructor and runs Minnesota Tactics which is an organization certified by the State of Minnesota to teach the Minnesota Permit to Carry a Firearm Course. Visit www.mntactics.com for more information and to see even more photos of the book.

Until Michael Martin makes one of these books for my state, I’ll be using this one as an introductory text to the fundamentals of concealed carry for anyone who asks me for a comprehensive book covering what they need to know. Except for the specific laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania where I reside, this book is a great portable teacher.

Hey Mike! Get busy making one for each state!

I would like to hear from you. Email me at: cody@uscca.us. Twitter me.

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Dear Tim,

I am not writing to ask a question, I am writing to say thanks for the Beat the Ban. I thought I was ahead of the curve, but only realized I had been putting off buying what I may need and what I really wanted before the Obamanation takes place. I wanted to beat the ban.

I was going to joke and say your Beat the Ban cost more than 17.00 dollars, hell I bought a Saiga 12 Shotgun overpaid but got it anyway and to 2 RRA AR15s at retail cost due to having a gunsmith relationship. I also bought some fantastic 5.56 ammo and over 2k rounds of practice ammo.

My next purchase will probably be an SKS or AR47. I have read a great deal more about my rights to arm myself and to protect my country from a threat.

Thanks for placing me ahead of the curve and your book only cost me over 2800.00 dollars in guns and ammo. Well lets just say it was a good investment in my family’s future! Best to you and your family and may you continue with success and great health.

-Mike P.
Proud USCCA Member
Proud Member of the NRA
Proud American!

This is a DIGITAL PRODUCT on PDF and MP3, so you get this timely information instantly delivered to your inbox, so you can Beat the Ban ASAP!

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== USCCA Members-Only ==
Forum Highlights

Every paying website member has complete access to the USCCA forum, which is constantly being accessed by members sharing information, knowledge, insight, and fun. With well over sixty-thousand posts and growing by the hour, this is one heck of a valuable resource!

If you have never logged in but are a member, visit THIS location to watch help videos, including how to find out your username and/or password!

Dry Firing… all that helpful?

I have read a thousand times everywhere that a great practice tool and ammo saving drill is to dry fire your firearm, especially to help get rid of anticipation of recoil, etc.

Is it just me, or does anyone else dry fire PERFECTLY with no flinch, but only because I am in my house without any ammo anywhere, and my brain knows the thing won’t go off, so no flinch.

But I doubt if that translates well at the range when my brain knows it will go bang.

Thoughts…..
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Almost road rage…

I had an experience today that made me realize how much my thinking has changed since I joined USCCA. Driving down the road, minding my own business, some jerk in a truck starts riding about 3 ft off of my bumper. It used to be I would’ve started screwing with him, which would have only angered him more. Since he could damn near see inside the car, I acted like I was getting on the phone to the cops, he backed off and a potential bad situation went away. Nothing happened, but it showed me how different I react now due to the high level of info and experience on this site. One .38 that did not get pulled. Thanks USCCA.

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We Should Lobby to Allow our Military Recruiters to Carry Concealed Firearms

We should lobby to allow our military recruiters to carry concealed weapons. All of our military recruiters have been formally trained in the use of firearms. A large percentage of our recruiters are combat veterans many with multiple tours during the war on terror. These men are trained and qualified to employ weapons. Obviously, the current events have demonstrated that these brave men and women are targets for protesters and terrorists. Our country has an obligation to allow them to properly defend themselves and their families while they serve this country. Let’s work together to allow our recruiters to defend themselves and stop another tragedy from occurring.

I sincerely appreciate the service of our active military members and all veterans that have fought for my freedom.
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== Video of the Week ==

USCCA VIDEO OF THE WEEK

This is how it works. Liberals simply repeat their mantra over and over to more and more people until it sounds like the truth. Watch this attack on Tom Selleck by Ms. O’Donnell all the way back in May of 1999. It’s ten years later and the outright lies continue to be spread.

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== “Tim-spiration” of the Week ==

USCCA PHOTO OF THE WEEK

All Photos of the Week are taken from Mr. Oleg Volk’s
website: http://www.a-human-right.com/. It is a
FANTASTIC site. Please check it out!

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USCCA QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Sometimes a good quote will inspire or motivate you. Sometimes, they’ll just put a smile on your face! Here is the quote for this week…

Have you been a little slack in defending your right? Just to remind everyone, here’s a quote that is representative of the other side:

“I would like to dispute that. Truthfully. I know it’s an amendment. I know it’s in the Constitution. But you know what? Enough! I would like to say, I think there should be a law—and I know this is extreme—that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.”

-Rosie O’Donnell
Rosie Takes on the NRA, Ottawa Sun, April 29, 1999

Self Defense Story OF THE WEEK

Every day, thousands of Armed Americans use their firearms to preserve human life. Let this section of my newsletter serve as a record of this fact!

MyFoxMemphis June 1, 2009

Oakland Man Fatally Shoots Intruder

An Oakland, Tennessee man fatally shot an intruder trying to climb in his window early Monday morning.

The incident occurred on the 400-block of Bell Grove Road. The homeowner heard what sounded like a knock on his window around 12:30am. When the noise grew, the homeowner found a neighbor, 32-year old Anthony Webb, breaking through his window with a rake.

The homeowner tells FOX13 that he told the man repeatedly to stop, but Webb’s reply was “What are you going to do?”

The intruder was shot three times, and was declared dead upon arrival by local police.

The homeowner also tells FOX13 that the intruder’s father was a high school classmate of his.

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Closing Thoughts

Okay, the answers to last week’s question about reloading are still pouring in- and I will definitely be sharing them with you next week. In the mean time, I’d like to address a question that was sent to me a couple days ago: Hey Tim, I am a Little person and carry a S&W J frame 32 H&R magnum. I would like to carry my 45 1911A1 but it prints like a neon sign. I would appreciate any feed back. Well, this is a toughy. Not everyone is going to be able to carry a concealed full sized 1911. There are things you can try- the appendix position on your belt (1 o’clock), or even in the “small of back”. But, you may find that you simply have to go with a smaller frame 1911. Here is an old archived link to a discussion on “The High Road” about concealing large guns that you might find handy: http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-277402.html Do you have a pressing concern? Use the ‘Ask Tim’ contact form found at this page to let me hear your advice. Just use the graphic below!

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You are in for a treat, today! The USCCA team has been hard at work to deliver more and more information to you, and today we’re VERY pleased to kick off yet another huge step forward for the armed citizen.

Introducing…

The USCCA Video Tip of the Week!

We may eventually do it more than once per week, but our goal is to get an ultra-helpful video to you AT LEAST once per week.

We’re going to skip around for content- some may be very basic to you, while others may seem advanced. But don’t worry- we’ll be sure to balance it well.

The first one was made by Team Member Patrick Kilchermann, and it’s about Magazine Carriers. (bullet-magazines, not reading magazines!)

Even if you know everything there is to know about magazine carriers, you have to watch this video- if nothing else, watch it for the action-packed intro.

It’s sure to get your adrenaline going!

ENJOY:

=> USCCA Video Tip 6-10-2009: Mag Carriers

Stay safe!

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Tim Schmidt
USCCA Founder
New Member Info

P.S. - Do you know anybody who would JUDGE you for carrying a concealed weapon?

I do… nearly the entire world.

When I first began carrying, I heard a story about someone who had the cops called on him because his gun showed.

I’ve come to learn that this is pretty rare, but it’s such a shame that we have to live in fear of being judged instantly this way.

Here’s what got me thinking about this:

On the USCCA forum today, I saw a thread where someone asked “How many spare magazines is it normal to carry“.

When I read this (and all the kind replies) , I realized that there is no “normal” here, and we don’t judge.

We don’t think you’re weird for carrying one, two, or three guns, and you can carry as many spare magazines as you want.

We understand the armed mentality.

Our community would be a better place with you in it, friend. I hope you’ll join as a full USCCA member today!

Please use the link below to find out more about how to become a member of this family:

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