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The bombardment of commercials on television and music on the radio continue to remind me that the holiday season has arrived. I’ll admit, I’m still one of those last-minute-gift-buyers. However, since my stint as a part-time manager of a retail store, I hold even less with the Black-Friday-type floods of shoppers out and about (stories […]
Christmas season has sent floods of shoppers to the streets and stores. The increasing influx of busy people running their holiday errands has not only made shopping malls more crowded, but also more lucrative hot spots for thieves. Reuters reported one such attack on a New Jersey couple. Last night, Dustin Friedland, a thirty-year-old lawyer […]
Colorado experienced another school shooting recently in the town of Centennial. Reportedly, eighteen-year-old Karl Halverson Pierson was “set off” by a teacher kicking him off of his school’s—Arapahoe High School (only eight miles away from Columbine—speech and debate team. Pierson allegedly targeted the teacher who had pulled him from the team. Reports place Pierson at […]
I’m happy to be able to introduce a new writer to The Arms Guide: AussieWombat. Aussie has been shooting since joining the Army cadets in high school when he was 15, somewhat over 40 years ago. In those days of non-political correctness, there were plenty of WWII surplus giuns and ammo to use, so I […]
Last week, Jay posted an article about the spread of the so-called “Knockout Game,” and five tips for how to avoid it. In this follow-up post, I’d like to share with you an instance of a victim of this “game” who fought back. Knockout “Game” Victim The first attack was reported near the end of […]
After years of efforts at passing concealed carry legislation (thwarted twice by then-Governor Doyle), my home state of Wisconsin was the second-to-last state (behind Illinois) to permit concealed carry in November of 2011. Applications—my own included—flooded the State Department of Justice, and before the law was yet a year in effect, Attorney General J.B. Van […]
From the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, to the more recent tragedy at Sandy Hook, school shootings have stoked the subject of campus concealed carry into even more heated debate. The polarizing issue seems to have two main responses: Some react with a call for tighter restrictions on firearms and tougher measures to keep guns […]
This morning, several news sites are reporting that a gunman opened fire at a U.S. Navy command complex in Washington D.C. The suspect, Aaron Alexis, was allegedly armed with a shotgun, and handgun it is believed he took from one of the guards he shot on the Navy Yard grounds. He drove into the Navy […]
More firearms legislation out of Illinois follows the recent trend of decreasing firearms restriction. After Illinois lifted its handgun prohibition in 2010 and passed its concealed carry bill in July of this year, Chicago recently voted to strike down its 45-year-old gun registry. Last week, the city council of Chicago voted not only to do […]
I’m happy to welcome two new writers to The Arms Guide crew. Allow me to introduce Alessio Baldi and Cody Kammer. Alessio Baldi Born in a rural area of Italy, with hunters and gun enthusiasts in his family, Alessio has always been passionate about the outdoors, hunting and firearms. Aside from bird, deer and wild […]
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