LIGHTING A CANDLE

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On January 8, the Brady Bunch suggested a lighting of a candle as a protest to gun violence. Awww…how sweet. The 8th, of course, was the one year anniversary of the grotesque mass murder in Tucson,...

WHEN BAD AMMO HAPPENS TO GOOD GUNS

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I recently shot an IDPA state championship (under the auspices of the International Defensive Pistol Association, www.idpa.com) with over 140 other good people. One was a damn good sixgunner I had met only the...

STUDENTS REINFORCE LESSONS FOR TEACHERS

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For 19 years, I served as chair of the Firearms Committee for ASLET, the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and spent a few years on their Ethics Committee as well. ASLET’s motto was...

THE GATES INCIDENT IN CAMBRIDGE: IT’S “CLASS,” NOT “RACE”

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I deliberately waited until the furor over the Cambridge incident had died down before discussing it here, now. I figured a lot of folks would assume I was the guy with time wearing a...

New Ruger in Hand

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A few entries ago, you were promised that as soon as we got our hands on the latest new Ruger rifle, you’d hear back. Well, we muckled onto three or so of ‘em...