When I’m teaching my concealed carry classes I always cover how to properly fly with a firearm so you don’t end up behind bars. However, after I explain this there are often one or two people who tell me the story of the poor gun owner who got arrested at a New Jersey or New [...]
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Bank of America’s Response to the McMillan Firearms Claim
On April 20, 2012 we posted an article about McMillian Firearms claiming Bank of America didn’t want their business anymore due to them being a firearms manufacturer. There have been a lot of different opinions on this of whether the claim was true or not. On April 22, 2012, Bank of America posted the following [...]
Bank of America Doesn’t Want McMillan Firearms Business
After having banked with Bank of America for 11 years, Kelly D. McMillan says they don’t want their business anymore because they are a firearms manufacturer. McMillan Fiberglass Stocks, McMillan Firearms Manufacturing, McMillan Group International have been collectively banking with Bank of America for 12 years. Today Mr. Ray Fox, Senior Vice President, Market Manager, [...]
Tampa May Seek Gov. Rick Scott’s Help Keeping Guns Away from RNC Protests
Frustrated by a Florida law that blocks all local regulation of guns, Mayor Bob Buckhorn expects to reach out to Gov. Rick Scott for help keeping concealed firearms away from protests during the Republican National Convention. The 2011 state law pre-empts the ability of cities and counties to pass any laws regulating firearms or ammunition. [...]
Missouri Senators Back Firearms Discrimination Bill
A Missouri Senate panel has endorsed legislation making it illegal for employers to discriminate against current or prospective workers who have concealed weapon permits or have used a legal firearm. Continue reading at Belleville News-Democrat
Pistol Courses and Profanity
Today, I’d like to tell you about pistol courses… profanity… and what they have to do with keeping you out of jail. You see, this past Saturday I held a CCA Defensive Pistol course. It was a beautiful spring day and there’s just something special about shooting on an outdoor pistol range surrounded by the [...]
How to Become a Firearms Instructor
I get a lot of folks asking me how they can become a firearms instructor, so today I’m going to tell you exactly what I’d do if I were you. Obviously, it helps if you have prior experience such a police or military, but I know plenty of instructors who don’t have either. However, they [...]
Are You Being Watched and Are You Watching Them?
In early September two items of interest caught my eye related to the US Government and subtle actions which relate to Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights. Because of the internet, and with no help from the mainstream media, a frantic outraged cry went up from firearms owners and supporters of 2nd Amendment rights when an Italian [...]
Will I know the Time?
I recently read several articles about dementia and gun ownership. Quite a few of the comments were; “Substitute real bullets with fake ones!”, “Tell them either the gun goes or you go” (the caretaker – usually a sibling), and “demented people have no rights; therefore, they should not have a gun!” While disturbed at most [...]
Rise in Firearms Usage by Women a National Trend
There is a new trend among women and it has nothing to do with high heels or hemlines. Conversations about caliber and kick back are swirling as across the country, the number of female shooters is on the rise. “More and more women are coming into gun ownership and the number of women participating in [...]
Pending New York State Legislation Regarding Firearms
As many may know NYS has been engaged in a struggle between a Democrat controlled Assembly and Republican controlled Senate over the definition and implementation of “common sense gun laws.” While most of us theoretically support laws that would stop crime, what is proposed generally attacks the rights of law abiding gun owners, leaving the [...]
North Carolina Firearms Bills Inch Closer to Law
North Carolina comes closer to sensible home-defense and carry legislation this week as a major Castle Doctrine bill gets an overhaul and two others work their way through legislative committees. SB 34, a proposed revision to North Carolina’s flawed Castle Doctrine statute, received a significant re-write this week and is set for further review this [...]
Concealed Carry Package Giveaway
