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Anti-Gun ABQ City Council members Triple Down Against Your Second Amendment Rights!
Not satisfied with restrictive gun control measures already enacted by the New Mexico Legislature, like the ban on private firearms transfers and a red flag gun confiscation law, the Albuquerque City Council is poised to consider three additional gun control measures in September: Resolution R-20-68 urges the New Mexico Legislature to strip …
Fighting’ Iron: The Fall of the Reising Submachine Gun
A group of Marine Raiders hailing from Texas were equipped with the ill-fated Reising Model 55 SMG during the vicious fighting on Guadalcanal. As was my habit, I came back on the gun’s trigger rather gently. After all, it was an unusual gun and I had no experience with it …
Back to Basics With Bullseye Shooting
Shooting is a perishable skill—that’s a simple and often painful fact. For me, nothing disappears faster than handgun-shooting skills, and it was a horrible time for that to surface. Due to major surgery—with a less-than-acceptable outcome—I had been in a forced hiatus from competitive shooting for a couple of years. …
Carry a Spare
Self-defense shooting and tactics instructors tend to have varying perspectives on virtually every subject, but there are the occasional exceptions where they agree. In all my training, one of these exceptions has been the admonition that all students tote a spare magazine when carrying a semi-automatic handgun for self-defense. The …
This Old Gun: Russian RPD
At the height of World War II, the Soviet Union relied on the 7.62x54R, a 19th century cartridge chambered in a 19th-century bolt-action rifle, the Mosin Nagant, as well as other small arms in the Soviet inventory. However, the benefits of an intermediate cartridge were clear to the Soviets. In …
A Labor (Day) of Love: Guns, American Workers and the Second Amendment
Labor Day 2020 is a celebration of America’s workers and their critical contributions to making this nation such a great place to live. Some of these workers are in the American shooting sports industry, which is built on the solid foundation of our Second Amendment rights. From America’s first gunsmiths …
Handgun, Shotgun, or Rifle: Which is Best for Home Defense?
I’ve seen a number of articles regarding defensive firearms for protecting the old homestead. In most of them, the author makes a case for a shotgun over a rifle or a rifle over a shotgun. And virtually all of these articles talk about the small role the handgun plays. There …
Listen More, Talk Less: Getting the Most from Firearm Training
One time I was working with a film crew out here in the desert Southwest. These folks were a long way from home and not at all familiar with my part of the country. So I made them a brief little talk about rattlesnakes and how to keep from being …
Concealed Carry Made Simple
Over the last several months a lot of folks have become an owner of a new self-defense handgun. And, a lot of folks who already own a defensive handgun are looking at it a bit differently; looking at it like they may very well have to use it to save …
A Closer Look at Kamala Harris’ Second Amendment Record
Though the mainstream media and its flock of so-called “fact-checkers” might be intent on sanitizing Kamala Harris’ stance on the Second Amendment before the election on November 3, her words have left little to the imagination when it comes to how far she is willing to go to disarm you. …