Front Sight, Press

While I try to avoid doing too much direct politics in this newsletter, except as it relates to gun rights and law, I feel compelled to express my utter outrage at the Bush administration’s filing of an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Washington DC handgun ban.

Guns are dangerous! They have to be, or there would be scant point in ownership, much less in carrying one. Of course, “dangerous,” is a relative term. However, WHEN FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE, THE ONLY KIND OF GUN I WANT IS ONE THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!

Volume 278, 1/5/08
KIMBER PRO CARRY: RANGE REPORThttp://tinyurl.com/37awkl
WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IN A GUNFIGHT?The conclusions from twenty-five years of lethal force investigation by Dave Spauldinghttp://tinyurl.com/5dyr3
PREPARE FOR THE UNTHINKABLE AS THOUGH IT WERE INEVITABLEhttp://www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/calibre-press/articles/1298367/
THE SECOND GUN, PART TWOhttp://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/tactics/the-second-gun-part-two/
A SOLDIER’S FAREWELLAndrew Olmsted, who blogged at Obsidian Wings, was killed yesterday in Iraq where he […]

For those who frequently go in harms way, I highly recommend the second gun.

Volume 277, 12/29/07
A SMOOTHER OPERATORSpringfield’s new Lightweight Operatorhttp://www.gunsandammomag.com/ga_handguns/opersp_031207/
UGLY GUN SUNDAYhttp://tinyurl.com/3ddnqf
REMINGTON TO ACQUIRE MARLIN FIREARMShttp://tinyurl.com/2z2kns
USA TODAY GUN POLLPlease vote this gun issue question with USA Today. It will only take a few seconds of your time. Then pass the link on to all the pro gun folks you know. Hopefully these results […]

Volume 276, 12/22/07
MERRY CHRISTMASDemocrat and Republican versionshttp://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/news/merry-christmas/
THE RUGER 10/22http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/12/ruger-1022.html
THE COLT WOODSMANThe Colt Woodsman was Hartford’s premier .22 caliber pistol. Designed by John Moses Browning, the Woodsman was produced from 1915 to 1977.http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/12/colt-woodsman.html
USA SHOOTING ANNOUNCES 2007 ATHLETES OF THE YEARhttp://tinyurl.com/25zm5p
MAJORITY IN U.S. POLL SUPPORT GUN OWNERSHIP RIGHTShttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/
KOPEL: REDUCING THE RISK […]

By Dick Fairburn, Illinois State Police
Several years ago a comprehensive study of active shooter incidents found that most were over too quickly for a Rapid Deployment Contact team to assemble and make entry into the kill zone. In almost every incident where an active killer was stopped before they fully ran their plan, […]

Volume 275, 12/15/07
THE CHRISTIAN GUNHow can a thoughtful Christian reconcile armed self-defense with an understanding of New Testament Christianity?http://www.snubnose.info/wordpress/concealed-carry/the-christian-gun/
RAMA: ENHANCING THE 1911http://tinyurl.com/yurps6
BROWNELLS INTRODUCES NEW 1911 CATALOGhttp://tinyurl.com/2jra5e
THE BACKUP IS BACK UP!The S&W Model 40http://www.gunsmagazine.com/DRS0208.html
A NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE DISSECTEDhttp://tinyurl.com/36rllv
COLT’S PATENT REVOLVER, THE GREAT EQUALIZERhttp://tinyurl.com/2sa6s3
THE GUN-FREE ZONE THAT WASN’TNew Life Church of […]

For anyone who has been raised with traditional Christianity and who takes seriously the right and responsibility of self-defense, the vision of church members armed and engaging psychopathic killers in the church presents a jarring cognitive dissonance. After all, the church is supposed to be a place of peace, healing and redemption, a sanctuary from the evil of the outside world, and not an arena for combat. How can a thoughtful Christian reconcile armed self-defense with an understanding of New Testament Christianity?

Last Wednesday in Omaha, Neb., gun control failed America again. On Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo., the Second Amendment saved lives again.