ALBANY, GA (WALB) – A Moultrie burglary victim was ready when someone tried to break in on her again Tuesday night. She opened fire and shot the intruder.
Tamika Seay's home on Second Avenue Southeast was broken into March12th.
So she went out and bought a gun, and Tuesday night when she heardsomeone breaking in again, she grabbed it, and started shooting. Read more
In general, a person who uses force in self−defense or in the defense of another person may not be convicted of a crime stemming from that use of force. This law applies only when: 1) the amount of force used is reasonable; and 2) the person uses that force to prevent or stop what he or she reasonably believes is an unlawful interference with himself or herself or another person, such as the crime of battery.
Current law specifies that a person may use force that is intended or likely to cause the death of or great bodily harm to another individual only if the person reasonably believes that using such force is necessary to prevent the imminent death of or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another person.
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Under this bill, if a person used defensive force that was intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm, the court must presume that the person reasonably believed that the force was necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm if: 1) the individual against whom the force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcibly entering, or had already unlawfully and forcefully entered, the residence ofthe person who used the force; 2) the person was present in that residence; and 3) the person knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry was occurring or had occurred. This presumption, however, does not apply if: 1) the person who used the force was engaged in an unlawful activity or was using his orher residence to further an unlawful activity; or 2) the individual against whom the force was used had identified himself or herself as a peace officer (or was or should have been known to be a peace officer) and was entering the residence in the performance of his or her official duties.
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You will need a concealed weapons permit to carry the loaded gun in the backpack. But you don’t need any kind of permit if you just want to stash your loaded weapon in the tent.
At the same time, unless you feel your life is being threatened, don’t shoot the gun at all.
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What’s going on? Guns in national parks are now under both state and federal restrictions, and the result can be confusing.
State law generally applies to the way guns are carried and how a concealed weapons permit is enforced. California’s odd exemptions to the concealed weapons rule include sleeping in a tent, which is considered your temporary home.
Federal restrictions aim at a bigger picture. They do not allow guns in many federal buildings, such as park visitor centers. They also forbid hunting, target shooting or even firing a gun.
“The fact is, you still can’t use a weapon in the park,” said Steve Shackelton, former chief ranger of Yosemite National Park. “I don’t think we’ll see much of a difference with this law in Yosemite.”
As shooters know all too well, many ammunition calibers have been in darn short supply for a year or more.
So it’s of some note when somebody, anybody, has too much ammo—which was the situation in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, where the city recently disbanded its police force and contracted out law enforcement duites to another local department.
But, city officials told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, what do with 58,000 left over rounds and shotshells? “The 58,000 rounds of handgun, rifle and shotgun ammunition is about five times more than a department the size of the city force would require in a year for duty and training purposes, some city officials said.”
“It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need,” Mayor Scott Klein said.
Actually, the city should have no problem selling the ammunition. One buyer? The Waukesha County Sheriff Department, the same agency that took over law enforcement for Pewaukee. “It's a high volume of ammunition, that is true,” Sheriff Dan Trawicki told the Journal-Sentinel. “But I don't know the last time they ordered it and between the wars, prices have really gone up. No doubt, we'll buy some of it.”
You spent nearly a year working with GOA to kill the anti-gun ObamaCare bill, even though much of the time, people were saying that its passage was inevitable … that it was going to pass no matter what we did.
But as you know, it wasn’t inevitable, and we almost beat the anti-gun legislation that passed last night. By 4 pm yesterday, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi still did not have enough votes to pass this monstrosity!
If you were watching the “sausage making” on Sunday — or have been listening to the news today — you know that we narrowly lost the battle over ObamaCare. [Click here to see how your Representative voted.]
That's the bad news. The good news is that we only lost a battle… for the war is not over. Here's what your GOA is doing to stall ObamaCare in its tracks:
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* Gun Owners of America has been working in Virginia to pass legislation that will exempt citizens from purchasing ObamaCare. This legislation has passed both houses and is now sitting on Governor Bob McDonnell's desk. He is expected to sign this bill tomorrow, making the Old Dominion the first state to take such an action. Other states are looking to follow Virginia's example, and you can be sure that GOA will be involved in those states, as well.
* GOA is ready to assist the 38 states which are now planning to file suit against the anti-gun health care law as soon as the President signs it tomorrow. Over ten years ago, GOA helped Sheriffs Richard Mack and Jay Printz sue the federal government after the Brady Law required law enforcement to run background checks. You may remember that in Printz v. U.S. (1997), the Supreme Court ruled in our favor. We will now try to parlay that victory and make the same case here, namely, that the federal government can not force state authorities to act on its behest.
* Finally, GOA is committed to targeting the sell-out congressmen who turned a deaf ear to your letters, phone calls and emails. For almost a year, Gun Owners of America has been the ONLY gun group at the national level working to kill this legislation. Some thought this was an impossible battle… but what they don't realize is that even though we narrowly lost, the fight has been well-worth the effort. Read more
The Kimber Model 84L™ represents a new category of rifle with the perfect combination of weight and elegance. Weighing only 6 pounds, 2 ounces, it offers the custom and performance features expected from Kimber at a production rifle price.
The “L” in Model 84L could stand for “long”; as in long action. The Classic Select Grade is available in .25-06 Rem., .270 Win. and .30-06 Spfd and carries a 24-inch match-grade barrel to wrings every bit of velocity and accuracy out of America’s favorite cartridges. The Model 84L does not compromise accuracy or velocity to save weight.
The Model 84L action follows the minimal dimensions of the Model 84M, but is slightly lengthened for standard calibers. Both Classic and Classic Select Grade models hold five rounds in the magazine plus one in the chamber. The Model 84L features a full-length Mauser claw extractor for true controlled-round feeding and extraction.
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When combat assault rifles are a topic of discussion, the Avtomat Kalashnikova emerges supreme and the most successful combat rifle in the history of modern warfare. No other shoulder fired weapon stirs emotions like the AK47.
Although nothing more than wood and steel, the AK47 retains a character, a certain romanticism, only found in the literary works of Russian poets like Alexander Pushkin; often described as evil and vicious by ardent, well intentioned, individuals lacking the capacity to reason that it is not the tool that makes the craftsman. Yet, it is fait accompli, the gates of heaven have welcomed countless innocents from its encounter. As true as the later is, the AK47 has earned global admiration for its robustness and simplicity of design, and a young Russian Sargent by the name of Mikhail Kalashnikov was author of its story.
Sixty-five years after its design, the AK47 remains the weapon of choice for many, if not all, of the developing nations around the world. Kalashnikov’s design also influenced homegrown small arms like the Israeli Galil. Like the Pax Romana, which gave Christianity a fertile period that assured its growth, the AK47’s accelerated distribution was the product of Soviet Russia and the Cold War. It’s estimated that over 50 million AK47s and derivatives have been produced since 1949, when it was first adopted by the Soviet Army.
Design and development of the AK47 was heavily influenced by the Russia experience during WWII. Faced by Germany’s mechanized assaults it became more important to deliver mass short-range area fire than continue the use of full power ammunition designed to engage point targets at 600 – 800 meters. Russia’s response was to develop the 7.62x 39 round and Simonov's SKS rifle. Although the SKS was a poor response to Germany’s MP44 (StG44) it moved the Russian army closer to an assault rifle concept.
In 1947, Mikhail Kalashnikov, developed the AK47 – a selective fire 7.62 x 39 assault rifle. There’s been considerable discussion on just how much influence the German StG44 had on the development of the AK47, with some suggesting the AK47 mimics the StG44, an allegation that Mikhail Kalashnikov vehemently denies. Yet, interesting similarities surface with a side-by-side comparison of the two. For example, the short sight radius and rear sight block, the bolt carrier and gas piston assembly and possibly the combined use of stamped and milled parts.
The trigger, bolt assembly and unlocking raceways bear similarity to the M1 Garand, and the safety mechanism was clearly influenced by a John Browning’s design found on the Remington Model 8.
Before it was modernized and morphed into the AKM, the AK47 was produced in three different types (Type I, Type II and Type III) each type incorporated a number of design changes that I’ll mention briefly.
The Type I to Type II transition involved a change from a stamped receiver to a milled receiver and the addition of a receiver block for mounting the stock to the rifle.
Type I
Type II
The Type II to Type III transition saw the elimination of the receiver block for mounting the stock, the magazines were reinforced with the addition of ribs, the selector went from one finger tab in the Type II to two in the Type III. The gas piston in Type I and Type II designs was thicker and fluted. In the Type III design, the gas piston was completely smooth and thinner. There were other cosmetic changes that are inconsequential
Type III
After its introduction in 1959, the AKM or Modernized AK47 was the “de facto” standard and further improvements to its design were not made. Telling the difference between the AK47 and its modernized version, the AKM, is straight forward. The AK47 will have a milled receiver, lacks a muzzle brake, has a smooth receiver cover and the gas vents are aligned horizontally along the longitudinal axis of the gas cylinder.
The AKM will have a stamped receiver, ridged receiver cover (usually three ridges), a slant muzzle brake and the gas vents are aligned in a radial pattern along the interface of the gas cylinder with the gas block. Additional designations of N and P refer to the presence of luminescent element in the sights (P) or the presence of a rail along the side of the receiver, for day and night optics (N). AK’s with folding stocks were designated with the letter (S)- regardless of orientation.
Soviet AKM
It would be 1974 before a major change in direction occurred, and that was the production of the AK74. Although the design of the AK74 was identical to the AK47, the AK74 was chambered for the 5.45 x 39 round rather than 7.62 x 39, and featured a redesigned muzzle brake. The AK74 replaced the AK47 as the standard issue carbine of the Soviet Army.
AK47’s may not be imported into the United States because it does not meet the “sporting use” definition as specified in law. As a result, all AK47’s imported into the United States are configured in sporting configurations, meaning the offensive parts are replaced with acceptable parts prior to entering the country. Once the rifle arrives, the acceptable parts are removed and replaced with U.S. made parts to make the rifle 922r compliant. The process destroys the authenticity of the carbine so it is impossible to acquire a genuine AK47, AKM, AK74 and a slew of other models and firearms. It’s a law that stands as a monument to our stupidity and I hope that the “sporting use” language and/ or the import band are repealed.
With over 50 million AK47’s used and/or produced in 55 countries around the world it is unlikely that Kalashnikov’s brain child will fade away into oblivion, but times change and the need for a more advance weapon systems demands a facelift.
So, just what is wrong with the AK47? Depending on who you ask, AK47s are either loved or dismissed as cheap pieces of junk. In the United States, they’ve taken on a cult status very much like driving a SAAB. Interesting comments like: “it’s a stamped receiver that does not hold up” fascinate me since Heckler and Koch have been integrating stamped parts with milled parts for years, and across a large family of carbines that everyone likes. I suppose if you’re influenced by appearances, the Kalashnikov rifles are the ugly duckling of the genre; however, it’s only when you look beyond its physical appearance that you can gain an appreciation for the design. Don’t get me wrong, I recognize there are limitations, but given it is now 65 years old even its harshest critic must admit that it was quite an accomplishment.
Notwithstanding its outward appearance, it is highly probable that were you to dig one out of the ground and load it, it would still fire. That level of reliability is an excellent reason to carry one. It’s often been said that as long as there is a round in the magazine the AK will go “BANG”; the reason is the simplicity of its design. With a total of 8 moving parts, the AK47 or AKM family of carbines have the least moving parts of any assault rifle fielded, which when combined with looser machining tolerances makes the AK47 impervious to debris or heat related stoppages even without lubrication. The AK47 was designed to quickly outfit and train an army of conscripts. Other than the geopolitical climate of the Cold War reliability and simplicity are the overwhelming reasons why the AK47 became the weapon of choice in many developing nations.
Operations like field stripping and maintenance can be taught easily and in a matter of minutes to combatants who are illiterate and poorly trained.
If you examine the selector of an AK47 you’ll note that the first position coming off “SAFE” is FULL AUTO. This is an indicator supporting its design objective, which was to deliver mass fire on an area target. Secondly, the sight radius on the AK47 rifle is quite short when compared to the M16, M4, HK G3, M14 and M1 Garand. The rifle was not intended to provide accurate point target fire at longer ranges. Soldiers would most likely use the front sight to make the shot. Finally, the 7.62 x 39 round, originally developed for the Simonov SKS rifle produces a strong recoil impulse when fired in the AK47. When all of these factors are placed in play, it’s reasonable to expect that the AK47 is not a tack driver. Making the “pray and spray” perception ill-informed. In reality, when fired in semi-automatic mode, using proper trigger reset and advanced optics like the M68 weapon sight the AK47 is capable of 2 MOA throughout its effective range. Making the AK47 more accurate would involve improving the sights and tightening operating tolerances, and changing tolerances would adversely impact the weapon’s reliability.
Magazine length has always been an issue with its critics. The AK47 magazine extends beyond the weapons grip so it hinders firing from the prone position.
So far, we are left with some interesting observations about the AK47. First, they can be built quickly and inexpensively. Second, they are easy to operate and maintain; reducing training times and cost of operation. Finally, there is a high percentage of parts commonality, few moving parts and high degree of reliability. It sounds like a strong business case to me!
Before moving on to current modernization efforts underway, I want to share one observation. The relationship between machining tolerances, accuracy and reliability is not a linear function. A one unit tightening of tolerances does not yield a one unit increase in accuracy, or on the down side a one unit decrease in reliability. Given current assault or combat loads, a soldier engaged in MOUT operations is physically incapable of holding 1 minute of angle accuracy so it is far more important, in my view, to provide him or her with a weapon capable of delivering large volumes of fire with utter reliability. This is the criteria that reigns supreme in my mind; however, there is no doubt that the AK47 and AKM are in need of a facelift.
Is the AK47 obsolete in concept or form factor? I happen to think it’s the latter. With a modest face lift, it can brought into the 21st century yet keeping its timeless qualities.
A modernized AK47 would reflect an improved stock and grip for greater function and durability, it would include a quad rail system to support a variety of enhanced aiming devices that include red dot sights and laser aiming modules, IR illumination and IR laser aiming modules. It would include support for a vertical fore grip and a variety of other accessories that are Picatinny compatible devices. New receiver covers are entering the market that extend the rail system so the sighting optic can be brought closer to the shooter’s eye. The Kalashnikov picture above is capable of supporting any of the existing technologies currently in use the the M4 or M16. Although we’ve added minimally to its weight we’ve retained its reliability and enhanced its accuracy.
The same improvement made by the owner of this AK47 ca
n be readily made to the AK74 due to its similarity of design. At a retail cost of just over $200, the owner of this AK47 has a rifle that is as capable, if not more so, than many of the carbines available in today’s market. Other improvements are on the way and these include magazine designs and recoil mitigating devices ( in the meantime use a telescoping Bulgarian recoil spring).
Heading out to the range to see just how well this “pray and spray” AK 47 does!
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Tactical Gear editor Kevin Michalowski talks with the folks from OTIS about their new tactical in-field cleaning kit and TRS rail for AR rifles at SHOT Show 2011.
What is the old Chinese saying, Learn to run today that you may live to run tomorrow?
Which ties right into the idea that the best fight is the one you are not in.
There are times when you need to back away. In the DAAT model police officers always have two choices: disengage or escalate. Cops can't just walk away and let a bad guy disappear, but we can disengage, call for help and keep an eye on the subject until the cavalry arrives.
On the other hand, a civilian, even a CCW holder who is legally carrying, should consider taking a step back from the situation and acting as a good witness. You don't always know what's going on and it really isn't your job to find out. Remember you are making a serious decision to get into the middle of an altercation. Such a decision could turn deadly and if you think your life is busy and confusing now, imagine what would happen if you were involved in a shooting.
The delicate question is: Where can you do the most good and the least harm? Often that will be from a distance directing the cavalry.
Once in your life you might have to step in. That's why you need to train and be ready. Because if you do step in, you have to do everything right to protect your life and your freedom. But remember, you always have the option.
Holding the detent in like so will allow the other hand to use the pivot pin to push the detent fully into the hole, allowing the pin to move left into its loops, also retaining the detent underneath.
Today’s lesson begins with a short recap. In the last two installments of this column we have been building an inexpensive go-to rifle and a not so inexpensive hunting rifle.
The lower receivers were supplied by C3 Defense (www.c3defenseinc.com), while the remainder of the go-to rifle was a 16” carbine kit from Del-Ton. The other stuff for the hunting rifle will be detailed in a later paragraph.
The next step was to assemble the lower receiver of the Del-Ton/C3 rifle to complete the carbine. The steps below are not necessarily the most comprehensive, but rather are an attempt to make the steps easier from my own extensive AR construction experience, in an order absolutely guaranteed to prove the most convenient and happy-happy for you.
This also assumes that the reader who attempts this type of build is also more intelligent than the average arboreal primate.
To begin, pins such as the trigger guard pin are easier to insert if you push or pinch them in, rather than tapping. The trigger guard ears are easily broken from pounding, so if you have a bench vise with hard flat jaws, the pin can be easily and cleanly fully inserted by slowly closing the vise jaws on a pin that has been finger pushed or “tap started” in the hole.
This should be the first step. Our second step is to screw in the magazine catch. The tip here is to grab your firing pin and use the back end of it to push in the mag button from the right side (with spring inserted first, of course), and screw the latch itself until the tip of the screw becomes flush or just below flush to the outside surface of the button.
The firing pin will allow you to push the mag button all the way in, allowing the latch to screw in the necessary amount while still clearing the left side of the receiver. Unless you are a lefty it is this author’s recommendation to stay away from the ambidextrous magazine catches. Norgon makes a truly wonderful model but it tends to be pricey, and is not worth it for a righty.
However, if you are a lefty, it is almost a necessity, and according to the mutant dominance-challenged lefties that I have talked to, it is the finest accessory available. The third step is to install the bolt catch. Use a roll pin starter punch of the appropriate size and tap the latch retaining roll pin in (standard forged receivers from the front; however, most billet machined lowers like these from C3 Defense, almost always require installation from the rear) until its leading edge is flush with the inside of the slot within which the catch rotates.
Then insert the spring, detent, and latch, and tap the pin in, while holding the catch in with your third hand. Finish the pin insertion with Brownell’s bolt catch pin punch. This is a handy punch that is flattened on one side to allow left side receiver clearance and simplifies bolt catch installation nicely. It’s long enough to use from the front or the back and is a mere sixteen bucks.
Its purpose is mainly cosmetic, so you don’t scratch up the side of your receiver with a normal knurled punch.
Three very handy tools for this segment are an M4 stock wrench (actually this one is completely necessary), a Brownells bolt catch pin punch, and a firing pin.
PINS
Pivot and takedown pins next. If you haven’t got a lower receiver vise block, get one, or use a crappy magazine. Brownells has the former, everyone has the latter. Stick the vise block in the mag well.
Place the receiver in the vise so that the front of the receiver is pointed at the sky. Drop the pivot pin spring in the hole on the right front of the receiver and use needle nose pliers to grasp the detent, pushing it in part way until the pliers prevent any further insertion. Then take the pivot pin with your other hand and push with the side of the nose of the pin straight down while pulling the pliers off.
This pin should push the detent right down flush and then you can just shove the pivot pin into its loops. There is a tool out there somewhere that is supposed to make this task easy but this is one instance where the “nice to have tool” is just not worth the money.
This is merely a simple test of your dexterity, and you should pass as long as you don’t have any kind of the shakes. If you have the shakes then by all means buy the pivot pin installation tool. But since its existence so offends me, you can just go out and find it yourself. The rear takedown pin installation is integral with the installation of the stock.
Some billet receivers out there have a retaining screw for the takedown pin detent spring, but most times the spring is retained by the buttstock. In this case, using an M-4 style stock, the receiver end plate (as Colt calls it, I call it a stock/receiver plate) holds the spring in and the castle nut tightens the plate to the rear of the receiver.
Insert the pin halfway with the slot to the rear and stick the detent in the small hole in the back of the receiver, followed by the spring. Place the buffer detent and spring into the large hole just in front of the receiver threads at the back of the receiver. Screw the castle nut on, notches to rear, then slide the retaining plate onto the buffer tube and apply blue loctite to the threads.
Then screw the extension tube in until the lip on the front of the mouth of the tube retains the buffer detent in the hole. Most combination action wrenches don’t have the right stuff for this castle nut, but the M-4 stock wrench (a cheap 10 bucks usually) is made to order for tightening this nut.
Brownells has a new model of this wrench that engages all four of the notches, and while more expensive, I expect has a significantly longer life expectancy. The front of the castle nut has three little indents in it. Take a punch and stake the rear edge of the plate into one of these indents. One should be enough.
This and the blue loctite should suffice to keep the stock nut tight. One thing to note is that there are two types of collapsible stock extension tubes, commercial and mil-spec.
The mil-spec tube is about thirty thousandths of an inch smaller in diameter. Mil-spec stock pieces will not fit on the commercial tubes, and the commercial stock pieces are so loose on a mil-spec tube that even a moron might think that something is amiss from the persistent high volume rattle.
Fortunately, most, if not all, stocks out there are made in both sizes. This particular tube was of commercial diameter. I’m going to end this installment here. The conclusion, including the fire control installation and the details of the hunter build will be relayed in next month’s column. Till then, have a nice life.
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This is gun owners' last shot (so to speak) at saving the country from the worst piece of legislation that we've seen in years.
Make no mistake about it: The pivotal vote in the House will be — directly or indirectly — on whether to adopt the corrupt and discredited Senate ObamaCare bill verbatim. And the votes are being corralled by Obama and Pelosi through a new round of bribes, threats, and corruption.
Consider what has been implanted in the bill which will be voted on in the House this week.
1. Restrictions upon gun owners. The Senate-passed version would allow the ATF to troll your confidential medical records in order to take guns away from potentially tens of millions of Americans. The “individual mandate” (in Sections 1501 and 1502) will make it impossible for you to keep private, medical information out of the government-controlled medical database that was created in last year's stimulus bill.
2. Bribes, bribes, bribes. The bill your Representative will be voting on still contains virtually all of the bribes that made the Senate version such a disgusting spectacle. This includes:
* Mary Landrieu's $300,000,000 “Louisiana Purchase;”
* A broadened version of the nauseating “Cornhusker Kickback” to get Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson's vote;
* The roughly $10 BILLION (with a “b”) bribe to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for clinics which could well be run by ACORN and Planned Parenthood;
* The $100 million Connecticut “Hospital Handout” bribe to corrupt Senator Chris Dodd; and
* The $300 million Libby, Montana, asbestos bribe.
3. Unconstitutional mandates. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill to be voted on this week would increase the cost of private insurance by 10-13% over what it would be if Congress did nothing — and require, under penalty of imprisonment, that you buy it. Read more
Police said a 53-year-old woman shot her ex-boyfriend after he broke into her house and started beating her.
Donald Bryant, 40, approached the woman in the 2300 block of West 19th Avenue while she was starting her car, according to a police report. Bryant said he wanted to talk with her about getting back together, the report said.
She ran into the house and he chased her inside and pushed in the door while she yelled for her sister to call 911, Lt. Sam Roberts said.
Bryant “began punching her with his fist and began to grab and choke her,” Roberts said. The struggle continued into the bathroom, where the two fell into a tub. The victim pulled out a gun and shot Bryant in the stomach, police said. Read more
HOUSTON (KTRK) — It was a chaotic scene inside an office building in northwest Houston where a suspect was shot after being accused of searching the place for something to steal. When workers confronted the suspect, a struggle followed and that's when the shot was fired.
It all happened inside an office building on Mangum and the Northwest Freeway, where a suspected burglar got far more than he bargained for.
While most office employees were at lunch on Tuesday, police say there was an uninvited guest, trying one door after another to see if he could get access. A few people eating in saw him.
Building tenant Brad Brawner said, “He was well groomed. It wasn't like his hair was all over the place, and down the hall there are some employment agencies.”
The man walked into an insurance claims office around noon, was surprised by the office manager and there was said to be a loud, physical confrontation. People heard it from neighboring offices.
Business neighbor Terry New said, “I heard a noise. I didn't really know what it was and immediately after we heard a lady hollering for help, screaming for help.”
That was the office manager who called her husband, the business owner, who was in another room. He responded, brought along his concealed weapon permit and his 9 millimeter pistol. Read more
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.