Nine Ways to Stop Crime in Your Community
The George Zimmerman trial brought a lot of attention to neighborhood watch organizations. While I wouldn't recommend getting out of your car and confronting someone in your neighborhood, you can make a difference by staying alert, paying attention, and alerting authorities to suspicious situations. You can learn more ways to fight crime in your community in my article:
Nine Ways to Stop Crime in Your Community
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Now that I'm on twitter @GunGator, I'm discovering lots of neat website and gun forums. I've added three new forums on the Favorite Gun Forums page this week:
Gun Forum Firearms Discussion Forum Riflecompetition.com Sometimes it's not just about guns! The battle lines are being drawn and the lobbying efforts are running full tilt. The gun control debate is back with a vengeance. The president and many liberal congressmen would like to see a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. This strikes many gun owners as being ridiculous. Here are the major arguments against an assault weapons ban: Gun Owner Objections to an Assault Weapons Ban and Magazine Capacity Limits. No matter what side of the gun control and gun violence issue you stand on, you need to make sure that your children understand that they shouldn't play with guns. There are some basic gun safety rules that they should know so that if they ever find an unattended gun or see a schoolmate with a gun, they know what to do.
What to Teach Your Young Children About Guns A couple of weeks ago, I took a young couple to range and taught them to shoot handguns. We took three handguns: the Ruger Single-Six Convertible, Enfield No 1 Mk 2*, and Smith & Wesson SW9VE. Here is a full report on our outing:
Shooting Range Report: Teaching New Shooters at a Range in Georgia. It's always worthwhile to bring responsible new people into our hobby, pastime, and sport. It also helps counter negative stereotypes of shooters. There is a pretty good chance the gun control debate will broach the topic of mail order ammunition. What people don't realize is that there are plenty of good reasons to order ammunition via mail, telephone, or the Internet.
The Real Reason Gun Owners Want to Order Ammunition Via the Internet It's a challenging New Year for gun owners. For 2013, it looks like gun control is on the political agenda in a big way. It's no surprise that politicians want to address spree shooting tragedies. But, it looks like they are going in the wrong direction. In this supercharged political atmosphere, every gun owner is an ambassador for gun ownership. Here are some New Year's Resolutions for every gun owner:
Seven New Year's Resolutions for Gun Owners If you move about in an urban area, you don't want to be a target. So, don't make yourself a target. You can fly under the radar and avoid attention from criminals.
How to Avoid Being Targeted by Criminals It's seems like we learn of a murderous shooting spree somewhere in this country every month. My thoughts and prayers go out to the grieving families. There can be no doubt that these spree killings are the greatest threat faced by the Second Amendment in this county. As gun owners, we all have a vested interest in keeping nutjobs from joining our ranks.
Self-Defense is often about avoiding bad situations. The Cuong Nhu style of Martial Arts summarized much of this philosophy in what they called the Five W's of Self Defense. You can read more about it here:
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AuthorFor formal formal firearms training, I completed a Riflery Class at the University of Florida and qualified as a collegiate Marksman. Long, long ago in a galaxy not too far away, I earned a green belt with two brown stripes in the very practical martial art called Cuong Nhu. Archives
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