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Staccato’s New CS Pistol Makes Debut At Inaugural Celebrating Heroes Festival
The inaugural Celebrating Heroes event last month at Staccato Ranch in Florence, Texas, was the ideal location for Staccato to premiere its new CS 9 mm pistol. The first new pistol from the company in two years could have made the weekend on its own, but the event also raised …
Which Comes First? Gun Handling or Hitting the Target?
Making sure the gun fits the shooter as well as possible greatly enhances the likelihood of he or she hitting the target once rounds go downrange. The Problem You have decided to get serious about your personal-defense training in light of the continued social unrest in your locale. The dilemma …
$60 Million Norma Ammo Plant Coming To Georgia
Dott. Pietro Gussalli Beretta, president and CEO of Beretta Holding, has announced the company’s plans to further increase its presence in the United States. Through the firm’s recent acquisition of Norma Precision, it is investing $60 million in a state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility for ammunition in Savannah, Ga. Beretta Holding …
Preview: Mid-Evil Industries 360 VFG (GEN 2)
More than just a Vertical Fore Grip (VFG), Mid-Evil Industries offers a U.S.-made, modular, user-adjustable, stability-enhancement accessory that can be affixed to a firearm’s Picatinny or M-Lok accessory rail. The VFG contains a ball-in-socket head that is locked into place by tightening the lower portion of its split-grip section. A …
Tested: CZ P-10 M
When introducing a new pistol line, manufacturers often like to put forth a full-size initial offering before releasing something for the CCW crowd. Such was the case with CZ-USA when it introduced the P-10 C, its first polymer-frame, striker-fired pistol in a “middle-of-the-road” compact size. Over time, CZ would move on to …
More Than Two Dozen Gun Control Measures Prefiled for 2023 Session of the Texas Legislature
Although the 2023 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature does not convene until January 10, gun control advocates have wasted no time declaring war on your Second Amendment rights in the Lone Star State and making clear their intention to push for Biden/Beto gun restrictions during the upcoming legislative session. Today is …
Testing “Get Off The X” and “Tap, Rack, Roll”
The self-defense community entertains considerable debate regarding the use of additional time for techniques that may provide beneficial to the defensive shooter. This article demonstrates comparison of the time it takes to perform the fastest technique foiled against the time it takes to perform additional measures which may offer benefit. …
Oregon Gun Control Ballot Measure Passes, Barely; Iowans Overwhelmingly Approve RKBA Amendment
Two firearm-related ballot measures – one bad, one good – were voted on in last week’s midterm elections. Both passed. In the blue state of Oregon, voters were presented with Measure 114, the 12-page Changes to Firearm Ownership and Purchase Requirements Initiative, described by the NRA as “the nation’s most extreme gun control …
REGARDLESS OF PARTY, PRO-GUN CANDIDATES WON THEIR RACES THIS WEEK
It did not take long for anti-gun activists in the media to make the claim gun control is a winning issue for Democrats, but only if the glaring problems with that picture are ignored. Abortion, record inflation, large amounts of crime, concerns about democracy, and even climate change and healthcare ranked …
The Armed Citizen® Nov. 14, 2022
Armed Citizen® Today A homeowner in Los Angeles, Calif., defended himself when a stranger allegedly tried to stab him on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The homeowner was in his front yard around 9 p.m. that evening, when a stranger approached. The unknown man walked onto the homeowner’s property, produced a …