Accuracy Tip: Practice Proper Trigger Management
Most of the problems people have with accuracy are due to improper trigger management. Each shooter may experience slightly different errors, but they generally fall into three categories: placement, position or movement.
Most modern firearms...
In Praise of the Absence of a Manual Safety
Contributor John Sprague gave us his take on the manual safety in the piece entitled, in a post over the weekend. Mr. Sprague says that for him, a manual safety strikes the perfect balance...
A Question of Balance: In Praise of the Manual Safety
By John Sprague
There is a large contingent of gun users -- many of them here -- who are adamant that the only safety a gun needs is some self-control over the use of your...
Central Illinois NRA Youth Shooting Camp Returns After a COVID Hiatus
"This is fun!" That's how one of GSL Defense Training's new instructors described her first time volunteering at one of the nation's longest-running NRA Youth Shooting Camps in Bloomington this past weekend.
Before COVID came...
Gun Safety: Are Negligent Discharges Inevitable?
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An "accidental discharge" is more accurately known as a negligent discharge (ND). One second you’re admiring a brilliantly designed and executed piece of wood (or plastic) and steel and the next...your ears are ringing,...
On Situational Awareness and Dangerous Women
Making the decision to carry a concealed weapon is only the first step in a process which includes purchasing a handgun that's appropriate for one’s personality and life, training, regular practice, and adapting one’s...
New Orleans Pastor Protects His Flock by Embracing Armed Self-Defense, Firearm Training
Teaching day-long classes on firearm safety, storage, usage, tactics, gun laws, and obtaining a concealed carry permit along with providing basic shooting instruction at a local gun range, Pastor Isaiah Stewart's 20 years in...
Confessions of an Ex Cop: Young Police Officers Can Be Downright Dangerous
By Bud Harton
I became a cop in the spring of 1969 after returning home from Vietnam. It's hard to imagine now, but returning Vietnam veterans weren't really appreciated by the American public at the...
States Attack Private Shooting Ranges as ‘Antigovernment Paramilitary Training Camps’
By Lee Williams
The small town of Pawlet, Vermont – population 1,386 – has been feuding with Daniel Banyai for years over two shooting ranges he built on the 30-acre property he’s owned since 2013....
Woman to Woman: 4 Pieces of Advice for Getting Used to Your New Gun
Reader Rebecca Platt writes . . .
I was seven years old when I had my first experience with a gun. My father was target shooting with some friends and asked me if I wanted...
Student Of the Gun’s ‘Saigon Report’ Video Tops 3 Million Views
https://youtu.be/MehVIhoOBCo
From Student of the Gun . . .
The Saigon Report video series from Student of the Gun has surpassed 3 million views and keeps growing. The video series takes a look back to firearms...
The Four Rules of Gun Safety for New Gun Owners…and Everyone Else [VIDEO]
Col. Jeff Cooper furthered the cause of general gun safety by distilling and popularizing the four rules of safe gun handling. The purpose was to minimize accidents, otherwise known as negligent discharges (every accidental...