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Volume 234, 12/31/06
Happy New Year, and remember: whatever goes up must come down. So, if you must shoot your guns off at midnight, fire them into the ground rather than up in the air, even if you live in the boondocks. If you live in the city, Iâ??d suggest not firing them at all […]

NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert Vol. 13, No. 51 12/29/06
States with updates this issue:  Michigan.
2006–THE YEAR IN REVIEW
Here are some of the top stories we brought you in the NRA ILA Grassroots Alert in 2006.  With the new challenges we will inevitably face next year in Congress and the states, we must re-double our […]

There’s a weird emptiness when an old enemy finally goes away, not unlike the disbelief and silence that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. I never really believed that the Iraqis would actually convict and execute him. It even occurred to me that he might pull off some sort of judicial miracle, get acquitted, […]

My kids got me a gun for Christmas… makes those long nights of walking the floors trying to get them back to sleep and changing poopy diapers almost worth it.

It’s an NAA 22LR. This picture makes it look bigger than it is. It’s actually 4″ long, stem to stern. Before you launch into the tactical […]

I got an interesting question from a reader:
I have my CCL but my mother-in-law says that now I have a greater chance of getting killed with my own gun.  She says home owners always get killed with their own gun.  I think this is bunk. I asked her where she gets her info and she […]

“This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty — The right of self defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep […]

Volume 232, 12/23/06
Merry Christmas, everyone.NORAD SantaCamhttp://www.noradsanta.org/en/default.php
GUN VS. KNIFEReally good demo video of officers attempting to draw a gun against a knife attack.http://crimefilenews.blogspot.com/2006/03/gun-vs-knife.html
STUDY OF UNINTENTIONAL DISCHARGESThis is a fascinating study of unintentional discharges in a controlled setting. A researcher gave officers a SIG modified with a pressure-recording trigger and had them go through […]

I read way too many of these stories:
Boy, 7, shot by cousin, 9, who mistook gun for a toy
Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. - A 7-year-old central Kentucky boy was accidentally shot by a cousin Wednesday, authorities said.
Caleb Arnold, 7, and Andrew Seat, 9, were playing at their grandparents’ house in Jeffersonville, about 35 miles east of […]

One night, two of Louisville’s finest followed Daniel home at 2 AM. They came up and knocked on the door. I answered wearing my Kimber Pro Carry (think CNC-machined Lightweight Commander) in a Miami Classic shoulder holster, completely unconcealed. There had been two burglaries, one hot, on our block in the last two weeks. […]

Someone visited the blog using the search term, “What is strong side carry?” Wow, that takes me back. But yes, when I think about it, there was a time when I didn’t know this term. Everyone has to start somewhere, so here’s what the term means.
“Strong side” refers to the hand, arm and side of […]