I recently was given a great big dose of reality, sitting through a drug enforcement class. It was a bit humbling to find out that in some cases I didn't even know what I didn't know. Well, I'll get to know it now, you know.
OK, enough levity. This is serious business. The class was conducted by Joe Keil (pronounced like Kyle). Deputy Keil is a 20-year veteran of the Manitowoc County Sheriff's department, working the night shift on the patrol division. He is also a K-9 handler for the department and Joe Keil knows how to catch druggies. He wrote the book on it, literally. Check out this link to Joes' book, When Just Say No Doesn't Work https://www.whenjustsaynodoesntwork.com/book.html
The book, on it's cover, doesn't appear to be directed at law enforcement. It is defined as a book on parenting, but the clues to spotting drug use it details are things every cop should know. They are also things every parent should know.
In the class, Deputy Keil points out that typically one clue is not really enough to get the reasonable suspicion needed to conduct a search, but once you start seeing several clues, all pointing toward drug use, you quickly end up with enough information to take a closer look. The trouble is, most of us don't know what we are looking for and in some cases we don't even know what we are looking at. His book solves all that. It is $20 very well spent for anyone who wants or needs to pay closer attention to the clues of possible drug use.
To underscore his fury, LaPierre introduced to the audience the family of NRA member Robert Krentz, the Arizona rancher who was gunned down earlier this year by a suspected illegal alien. Krentz’ tearful family, all NRA members, stood to a thunderous applause, and LaPierre promised that “the NRA will not forget Rob, and we will not forget you.”
Robert Krentz was known among fellow ranchers as a good Samaritan who often helped injured illegal immigrants trying to cross the boiling desert border into Arizona. But the 58-year-old was gunned down while tending to his ranch Saturday morning, and police suspect an illegal immigrant was to blame.—Fox News
“Robert Krentz was one of the good guys,” LaPierre stated. “Robert Krentz was one of us.”
“They killed one of us,” he told the audience. “They attacked an NRA family.”
LaPierre's remarks clearly hit a raw nerve with his NRA audience, and he went on to define what he believes is the ‘real’ problem: Too many politicians in Washington would rather prevent a criminal from being caught than prevent a law-abiding citizen from being killed.
His remarks are hauntingly reminiscent of an effort launched by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, a Bellevue, WA-based group that joined the NRA in a lawsuit to strike down a San Francisco Housing Authority gun ban regulation, and is also a participant with NRA and the Second Amendment Foundation in another legal action that struck down an illegal parks gun ban in Seattle this year. (SAF and Gun Week are exhibiting at this weekend’s NRA convention here in Charlotte.)
“We need to control our borders, not perfectly legal firearms. Our government should seriously restrict access to our country by people who have no right to be here, rather than restrict the gun rights of citizens.”—Alan Gottlieb
In September 2005, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb launched a politically-incorrect effort (something he excels at) to “Control Borders, Not Guns.” The group printed thousands of bumper stickers with that message, in English and Spanish. He told this column yesterday that CCRKBA will probably revive that campaign now to support the State of Arizona’s effort to do what the federal government won’t: enforce the law. Read More
"Those left-wing groups are supposed to be so tolerant of everybody's lifestyle, but they're intolerant of our lifestyle."
"In these tea party rallies, you've got these veterans and these grandmas and grandpas. It's so fun to watch how the mainstream media covers these rallies. Some of these reporters are trying to portray us, tea party Americans, as being violent or racist or rednecks. Well, I don't really have a problem with the redneck part of it."
"These animal-rights groups, just to be blunt about them, they're crazy. One of them actually condemned our president last year because our president killed a fly during a nationally televised event. I have a lot of issues with the president, but killing a fly is not one of them."
Actor Chuck Norris: "The Clinton White House was absolutely convinced that pushing gun control would help it politically. … Then, in the 1994 election, we cleaned their clocks. They didn't even see it coming. Sort of like a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick."
"We should thank the NRA for making the Second Amendment the political powerhouse it is today."
NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre: "We know that every word spoken today and throughout this weekend will be scrutinized by our opponents. Make no mistake, we will never back away from our resolve to defend the rights of all law-abiding gun owners."
Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action:"Too many of the media are part of a systematic effort to dismantle our Second Amendment rights." Read More
"I was not expecting a free ride," said Mr. Snyder, 45, "but this is an obstacle course they put in place."
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's 32-year ban on handguns in 2008, a victory for the gun-rights lobby that seemed to promise a more permissive era in America's long tussle over gun ownership. Since then, the city has crafted rules that are proving a new, powerful deterrent to residents who want to buy firearms.
Legal gun owners must be registered by the city, a red flag for many in the gun-rights community concerned that registration lists could be used to confiscate firearms. The District limits the number of bullets a gun can hold and the type of firearm residents can buy. It requires that by next year manufacturers sell guns equipped with a special identification technology—one that hasn't yet been adopted by the industry.
The Supreme Court is now deliberating a case challenging handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Ill., which are similar to the former ban in Washington, D.C., and is widely expected to side with gun-rights groups. The experience of Washington, D.C., however, suggests a pro-gun ruling by the Supreme Court doesn't mean an end to the matter. Here, the battle over whether residents can own guns has been replaced by a fresh debate over whether lawmakers can restrict legal gun ownership.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's non-voting representative in Congress, is blunt about the point of the city's laws: discouraging gun ownership.
"To get them you have to go through a bureaucracy that makes it difficult," she said in an interview. Her constituents tend to oppose firearms because of gun violence, she said. "Nobody thinks we would have fewer shootings and fewer homicides if we had more relaxed gun laws."
Kenneth Barnes, 65, became a D.C. gun-law activist after his son was shot to death in his clothing store in 2001. He supports the city's current gun law. "I have no issue with the right to bear arms," but the Supreme Court's decision gave the city the right to set gun laws for its citizens, he said. "What we're talking about is self determination."
In 2009, the first full year the law was in effect, homicides in the city dropped to 143 from 186 in 2008. The 2009 total was the lowest since 1966. Read More
But as a supporter of pending legislation that would give Illinois residents the right to carry concealed weapons, Emery would not complain if some of the workload, as a byproduct of new laws, falls on his department.
Carry and conceal, or CCW, refers to the practice of carrying a handgun or other weapon in public in a concealed manner, either on one’s person or in close proximity.
“There are 48 states that currently have carry and conceal laws in place,” Emery said. “At this point, we can pick and choose what works best for the state of Illinois. You must have strict training certifications and adequate background checks. But at some point, the county sheriff departments would have to have some percentage of control to ensure it works for the benefit of everyone.”
Wisconsin is the only other state without a carry and conceal law on the books.
Earlier this month, an Illinois House committee pushed through three pieces of gun legislation, sending them to the full House for consideration. If approved, the package of laws would allow gun owners to have a proper, portable gun carrying case in which to transport their weapon. Opponents such as State Rep. Ed Sullivan, R-Mundelein, said the legislation is too vague.
“Judges all over the state would each make their own ruling on what is considered a proper, portable gun carrying case,” he said.
“One of the problems we have always had with proposed carry and conceal legislation is making it specific enough so there is no confusion about interpretation of the law,” said Jared Shoffner, a Dewitt County deputy who is running unopposed in the November election for DeWitt County sheriff. “I would support carry and concealed legislation, but part of the problem is how it is written and interpreted. We want to make sure that any legislation is the right step for law-abiding citizens and doesn’t allow criminals easier access.”
The bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Harry Osterman, D-Chicago, said that won’t happen — that measure would still prevent people with criminal records from owning firearms.
The Illinois Sheriff’s Association has endorsed carry and concealed legislation, even though specifics have yet to be ironed out.
“One of the main sticking points about the legislation is how it affects Cook County,” Emery said. “My thinking is that if that’s the case, then let’s write different legislation for Cook County. It seems to me, it’s that simple.”
Adding to the debate is a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court on a challenge to Chicago’s existing ban on handguns. The court is expected to rule by late June. Read More
Firing a .308 bolt action with a suppressor by AWC. The suppressor keeps muzzle flash and sound signature to a minimum, making it an asset in tactical operations.
Forty-five states allow legally registered machine guns. These firearms are available to civilians if they were manufactured and registered before the magic date in May, 1986. They are called transferable machine guns. All the usual requirements for gun ownership, and then some, apply.
Actually the form that needs to be filled out has similar questions that are on the Form 4473 that you fill out when purchasing a new gun. There is a part on the form where the application needs to be signed by the chief law enforcement official of the area in which you will keep the gun. This is usually not a problem unless possession violates some ordinance or local law.
Before purchasing or possessing any machine gun or buying or building a silencer, apply for and have the ATF registration and tax stamp for the equipment in hand.
But let’s be specific here and use the proper terms. Select-fire weapons are guns that can fire more than one round with one pull of the trigger. Some select-fire weapons will continue firing until the magazine is empty or the trigger is released and some have the ability to limit the number of rounds fired each time the trigger is pulled, as in the three-shot burst configurations.
All this has been summed up by our phraseology culture as a machine gun and deemed not necessary for private citizens by the anti-gun crowd.
The same goes for the suppressor. This technology allows us to reduce the noise of firearms so that we may shoot without hearing protection and noise to bother our neighbors. But somewhere along the line the “silencer” became an evil assassin’s tool.
Is a Mauser in your future? Soldiers returning home from WWII brought with them many rifles that found their way into the sporting mainstream and popularized the 8×57 cartridge.
I do not load for either of them but do load for the 6.5×57, a common rechamber on the Japanese round, and the 8mm-06, the most common early rechamber of the Mauser, so I consulted a couple of friends on their favorite loads for each of the originals. Our discussions taught me a thing or two that may have interest for the reader.
When WWII was over, returning vets brought home with them many rifles of the conquered nations and these found their way into the sporting mainstream, as evidenced by the American ammunition companies bringing out soft-point loads for the captured rifles.
In the 1960s, most ammunition retailers, if they had any inventory at all, had right up there with the .30-06 and .270 fodder, boxes of 8×57 Mauser ammo. The 8×57 in the .323” bore is a fine killer on deer and elk, closely comparable to the well-known .30-06 in power and trajectory, the 1934 military round driving a 197-grain full metal jacket bullet in the 2600 fps neighborhood.
Using currently available modern .323” diameter soft point spitzer bullets of 125, 150, 170, 175, 180, 200 and 220 grains, the 8×57 can offer the handloader a wide variety of options for game and target shooting. Most of the 8mm Mauser handloaders I know started with the 150-grain bullet at about 2850 fps for their whitetail hunting, using 46 grains of IMR 4064 and a standard large rifle primer.
While in Alaska in 1999 I met a middle-aged fellow from Denmark that carried a wonderful Oberndorf sporter chambered for the 8×57, in which he used the 200-grain Nosler Partition and 45 grains of IMR4064 at about 2600 fps to take his caribou. He told me that he had used the same load to take European moose and brown bear.
Closer to home my old friend Eric Yates used the 125-grain Hornady and 53 grains of H4895 in his 98K short rifle on everything, from groundhogs to deer. This load, which I have fired in his rifle, was very pleasant to shoot and very accurate in the sporterized gun and developed around 3100 fps in the cut-off 22-inch military barrel.
A good reloading manual will give you a starting point to work on loads for you classic gun. It is best to start light and work your way up to find the best load.
Never embraced by the American shooting public because of the overbearing popularity of the .30-06, the 8×57 is a very usable and efficient cartridge that deserves better than it got.
In 2004 Remington manufactured what I believe is the only American rifle ever factory chambered for the 8×57, the 700 Classic limited edition. I have heard that a few Model 54 Winchester guns were chambered for the Mauser round but I have never seen one. I’d be interested in hearing about them if you readers know of any, so send me an email!
The 6.5×50 Arisaka military round pushed a 139-grain bullet along at 2500 fps from the long 32-inch barrel of the Japanese battle rifle and it was a deadly combination, as our Pacific Theater soldiers found out. Except for some very late-war “last ditch” rifles the Arisaka action is extremely strong and reliable and many were used as the basis for ugly, but very serviceable sporting rifles. With its small powder capacity the round is very pleasant to shoot and with the long 6.5mm bullets of proper construction it defines the term “penetration.”
Using the Nosler 100-grain Partition and a listed maximum load of 37 grains of H4895, you’ll get 2700 fps through a 22-inch barrel. This is a very accurate load used by two friends in cut-off and sporterized military rifles, and a deadly combination on our Virginia whitetails (as with any of these suggested loads, please back off five grains to start your load development and work up carefully from there).
For a bit more penetration and striking energy the use of 38 grains of H380 with the 140-grain Nosler Partition can be a very effective short-range load (200 yards and less) for black bear and elk in the timber, the light recoil and low noise level coupled with superb accuracy making this a very “shootable” round. In a light, short mountain rifle the 6.5×50 can be a neat, efficient short to medium range cartridge. While more powerful loadings such as the .260 Remington and the 6.5×55 out-perform it in terms of velocity and energy, I wouldn’t throw away a solid Arisaka just because it’s a bit on the slow side. The 6.5×50 may be the most pleasant rifle I’ve ever fired above .22 centerfire from the bench.
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The last time I checked Norma was still putting 6.5×50 ammo on the American market and brass is also available from several sources. There are at least eight makes of 8×57 on the market, in various bullet weights, and if you can’t find brass you can always run .30-06 cases through a 8×57 full-length size die and trim them back to 2.240”. Good, shootable Mausers can still be had for less than half what a current production sporting rifle costs and the Japanese rifles, while not plentiful, are out there and very inexpensive. For a shooter or hunter looking for an accurate, dependable and fun-to-shoot rifle, these two are hard to beat. GDTM
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Barking between Suffolk County neighbors over a pit bull came to a head Tuesday when a man shot and killed the dog.
The canine reportedly broke free from its leash this afternoon in East Setauket just as a group of kids were coming home from school, and began to attack the students, police said.
A neighbor told police that he witnessed the attack, and went out to defend the children – bringing along his legally registered pistol as a precaution. Read more Source: nbcnewyork.com
A 20-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and two others are facing charges in connection with a robbery that led to a deadly shootout Tuesday night at a north-side auto store, police said.
Carlos Peyron is facing charges of first-degree murder,attempted aggravated robbery, attempted armed robbery and kidnapping after he and three other men attempted to rob M&M Customs, which sells and installs car alarms, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
One of the suspects, Noah Lopez, 18, was shot to death by anemployee during the robbery.
Two other men, Toney Stith, 26, and Anthony Peyron, 19, were wounded in the shootout and will face charges once they are released from the hospital, Pacheco said.
All of the men are gang members, he said.According to police, four men went into the business, at 3040 N. Stone Ave., and confronted an employee, forcing him into the back office.
The business owner, who was in the office, pulled out a shotgun and fired, wounding Anthony Peyron. Read more
MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) – Bennett Dean, Jr. has worked for several pizza restaurants in Mobile over the past ten years.
He said therewasn't anything special about the call that came in this weekend, but the delivery turned out to be anything but routine.
“Got adelivery going to Elmira Street. I checked the delivery out, got it down there,” Dean said. Dean said there were no lights on at the house, so he had to use his spotlight to find the address. “It's not uncommon for people to have their porch light off, but I wish they'd have it on, but when I got out I got maybe two or three feet up the sidewalk, and when I got that far up he came out from the side of the porch and had a shotgun on me,” Dean said.
Instead of panicking,Dean did something the robber wasn't expecting. “I dropped my pizza bag when I drew my weapon, and that got his attention. He glanced to the side, and when he glanced, I just drew my weapon, and he ran off, almost instantaneously,” he explained. Read more
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SARASOTA COUNTY – Pharmacist Frederick “Jerry” Pireaux shot a robber on Friday at his shop on Bee Ridge Road, the second time he has pulled his pistol and fired at someone trying to steal drugs.
“I never saw Jerry grab thegun,” said Mike Hull, a friend who was behind the counter, chatting with Pireaux at about 4:30 p.m. “It happened just so fast. I just heard bang, bang.”
The drugstore, Bee Ridge Pharmacy, has two counters, one in front with the cash register.
Pireaux, the owner, dispenses medicine from a second counterthat sits on a raised platform at the back end of the store.
The robber was at the register,Hull said, and showed a clerk the gun, demanding oxycodone and yelling at her that she had 30 seconds.
The clerk turned and headed to the back of the store,her face “as white as a sheet,” Hull said.Then Hull and the clerk both ducked as Pireaux fired. Read more
TUSCALOOSA | A 30-year-old man died early Sunday morning after he was shot in his side, according to police.
Juan Carlos Campos died at the DCH Regional Medical Center emergency room, but no arrests have been made since there is a possibility Campos was shot in self-defense, said Capt. Loyd Baker of the Tuscaloosa Homicide Unit.
Witnesses said Campos and a suspect got into a verbal altercation that turned physical when Campos attempted to fight the suspect by kicking the home’s front door three times. Read more
The more crossing a target to your position, the more lead you will need to hit it. Don't be afraid to miss in front of those crossing birds.
To become competent at wingshooting, you must have the basics of shooting flying objects firmly in place. In Part 2 of the series excerpted from the Gun Digest Book of Shotgunning, Marty Fischer gives you more basic tips.
A shotgun is a different animal all together. Since there is no rear sight on the models used for wingshooting — shooting flying objects like gamebirds and clay targets — the gun is pointed and not aimed.
When you consider the absence of a rear sight, you’ll find that the shooter’s eye on the side of the shooting shoulder takes its place.
Assuming the gun fits the shooter properly and is mounted to the face and placed in the shoulder correctly, the gun should shoot exactly where the shooter is looking.
Since the gun will shoot to the point of the shooter’s focus when properly fitted and mounted, he should always look down the rib or through the beads of the gun and directly on the target itself or to a point ahead of the target depending on his shooting style.
If at any time the eyes leave that focal point relative to the target and are directed back to the barrel for shooter alignment, or they look at some object other than the intended target, the result will almost always be a miss.
Successful shooting starts with a good stance, which allows the body to move freely through-out the shot sequence.
The shooter’s ability to use his eyes to acquire a lead picture is not the only ingredient needed for a successful shot. Things like proper foot and body position and a well executed gun mount are also required if a shot is to be successful. These important elements of successful shooting require physical motion and can be learned and applied with proper practice.
At first, mastering the basics of wingshooting might appear to be difficult for some new shooters, as the thought of having to determine just what sight picture is needed to hit a constantly moving and changing flying target can be confusing.
Even though humans are not blessed with the best vision in nature, they do have a mental capacity that is superior to all creatures. As a result, we can see and feel lead pictures that can in fact be learned and stored mentally for future use. You will find that shotgun leads are not measured. On shots taken in the field, there simply isn’t time.
Professional instructors often tell their students to feel the lead, not measure it. The eyes will tell the shooter when the picture is right. Without question, the more information that is stored for immediate recall when a bird is flushed or passes overhead, the more instinctively the shooter will respond. As this skill is further developed, the shooter’s ability to feel the lead will become more natural.
A good understanding of how the eyes and brain work together to direct the hands can give a shooter a leg up when it comes to his wingshooting skills. These skills can only be developed with proper practice.
Like other physical skills that require precise use of the motor movement senses, the proper and controlled mechanics for handling a shotgun have to be learned and developed to the point that they become habitual or as some might say, instinctive.
Being an accomplished shot with a shotgun doesn’t bear any resemblance to passing a college course in rocket science, but many shooters seem to take it to that level.
Once the basic motor skills of mounting and swinging a shotgun are mastered, and a series of mental images of lead pictures for certain shots are filed away in the brain, lead picture identification becomes more natural. And when all of the elements needed for a successful shot are in place, the shooter will be amazed at how natural it feels when a target such as a pheasant or duck presents itself in front of the gun.
The eyes will lock on the target and the hands will masterfully push the gun towards the bird. As this sequence of events unfolds, everything to the shooter seems to be in slow motion.
Remarkably the eyes and brain instinctively know when the proper sight picture is acquired and, as the shot sequence continues, the shooter will see the bird fall while focusing on it through the beads on the gun.
Did the shooter have the time to decipher all of the aspects of the shot in the few seconds it took for this scene to play out? If he was successful, chances are he would say that the gun just went to the right spot and the trigger was pulled when the muzzle got to the target and the picture felt right.
Many would define this action as instinctive, but once we analyze how the sequence of events unfolded, instinct might be only a small part of what actually happened. It might be better to say that the satisfying result of such a shot sequence was a combination of the eyes, hands and brain working as a team.
You will find that as you become more comfortable with your wingshooting it is this teamwork of senses and our remarkable mind that ultimately define the basics of wingshooting.
Since there is much more to the above scenario than just pointing the gun until it feels good, let’s take a look at the myriad of variables that allow such a shot to take place.
The Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House are pulling out all the stops to offset the oncoming tidal wave that is threatening to throw them out of power this November.
With their polls sagging badly, the liberal Democrats rammed through a Puerto Rican statehood resolution yesterday which many consider the first step towards making Puerto Rico the 51st state — a move that would give liberal progressives in the Congress six more Representatives and two new Senators.
Making Puerto Rico a state would bring another gun control bastion into our nation and bring almost ten anti-gun congressmen and senators into the Congress.
This is disgraceful! With her party’s polls plummeting, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to get as many additional progressives into Congress as possible so that she can continue advancing her liberal, anti-American agenda.
Regarding the statehood resolution, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) says it “is the Puerto Rico statehood bill which is being pushed by the new progressive party in Puerto Rico trying to create a federally [sanctioned] vote that they say is nonbinding but would give them the legitimacy to then come back and try to seat people in the United States Congress.” Read More >>
Be sure to check out the The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, 6th Edition by Massad Ayoob. In addition to the tactical aspects of self-defense, Ayoob also covers practical information about selecting a used handgun and the legal aspects of self-defense with a firearm. Learn more
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., has sponsored H.R. 2159, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009, which permits the attorney general to deny transfer of a firearm to any “known or suspected dangerous terrorist.” The bill requires only that the potential firearm transferee is “appropriately suspected” of preparing for a terrorist act and that the attorney general “has a reasonable belief” that the gun might be used in connection with terrorism.
Gun rights advocates, however, object to the bill's language, arguing that it enables the federal government to suspend a person's Second Amendment rights without any trial or legal proof and only upon suspicion of being “dangerous.”
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“[Rep. King] would deny citizens their civil liberties based on no due process,” objected Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America. “A ‘known terrorist?' Look, if the guy has committed an act of terrorism, we shouldn't have to worry about him being able to buy a gun; he should be in jail!” Read More >>
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Looking to go armed, but are stuck in the weeds as to what to arm yourself with? Here are 20 excellent concealed carry gun options that will keep you on the defensive.
