Where did the Ammo Go?

This is a great article on the current ammo shortage, read it all to get a great look at the industry.

It also makes a great argument against the main stream media lies about gun owners and our numbers. 

Gun owners are a growing population in this country. . . we are growing because many people are learning that shooting is fun, both men and women are flocking to the shooting arts, as a sport, and for self defense.

So go give it a read, you won't be sorry.

Concealed Carry stops possible Mass Shooting

Here is one that won't make the news. . .

Story is HERE

A man legally carrying at a party shoots a gunman who threatened folks at the party.

Of course the gunman is the only one hurt so the news won't tell you about this one.

like so many other times we never hear about it when a legally carried handgun stops a crime, murder or worse. . . .

GUNS SAVE LIVES folks.

And yes, the cops are investigating but so far the man who shot the gunman has been cleared of any wrongdoing. . . go read the whole thing!

20/20 on gun myths

Go give it a listen HERE

This is a great piece that rips apart most if not all of the BS the gun grabbers tell us.

It shows that guns make you safer, guns save lives, and more guns in an area lowers crime, not what they want you to think is it?

Gun laws do no make you safer.

Fact.

Shrink admits mental health background not a help in mass shootings

Read it HERE

Well written article on how mental health and guns does not really make any difference in stopping a mass shooting.

They explain how this will impose on folks rights for little to no gain in the real world.  It is more about looking like they are doing something instead of actually doing anything about this.

Gun control folks refuse to see reality and the basic facts:

• Areas with strict gun control have more crime (see MA crime jump after 1998 law)
• Areas with more guns have less crime
• Gun owners are more law abiding than others
• Gun law reductions have not lead to shootings in the street and the "wild west"
• Owing a gun is your RIGHT as an American. . .  and shall not be infringed as our founders say. . .

what do you think?

LaserLyte LT-TT Trigger Tyme Pistol

Now that I have my NRA and state certs to start gun training with people I am looking to build up the tools to be successful with it.

I just got one of the LasterLyte LT-TT Triger Tyme Pistols with the goal of eventually getting the laser insert and target for it.  For now it lets me have a blue gun that I can dry fire with and it is not a real gun.  I am looking forward to doing some dry fire with it myself.  I know I need the practice but have been hesitant to have a real gun out while the kids are up and it is has been hard to find the time I can practice that I feel comfortable with.  This will take that fear out of it since it cannot fire a bullet.

For me this gun is a big pro, it will let me do dry fire training on my own and with students without having a real gun in use.  It also lets a new shooter try it and see what the trigger pull and such is like without actually shooting a real gun.  Having something they can practice with, get use to a sight picture with that does not shoot means I can take one safety issue out of the class.  It will also let them practice without the recoil so they can focus on what they need to.  Then we can move on to the range and deal with the noise and recoil of a real gun.

The one down side so far is the trigger pull is light by MA standards.  We by law need a 10 lbs trigger pull and I am not sure that this can be modified to do that.  I have sent an email to LaserLyte to see what they say but it will work as it is.

Now I need to put aside a few bucks and get the laser insert and target to work with it.  

UPDATE -  They don't have a way to change the trigger pull at this point but they did note the request and are passing it on.  I like the quick response I got from them and it supports what I have heard about LaserLyte, they seem like a great company that listens to the customer.  I hope they do come out with a way to set the trigger pull but I won't wait on it to buy the laser and targets for use with the trainer gun.

NRA Certified in Pistol

Well I got it! I am now certified as an NRA instructor for Pistol. It was a weekend of work, a 17 hour course for those interested.

The one I took was broken down into two parts.  The first part was covering how the NRA wants instructors to act, kind of a crash course in teaching.  The second part was about pistols and how to teach the pistol course.

We went over  a LOT of stuff in a very short time then had to take a test on each part.

For me the instructor part was rather dry and did not cover much new stuff for me.  I teach classes at work all the time so much of this was a repeat.

The pistol part was a lot more interesting to me.  We went over the basic laws, then how to teach pistol use to a beginner.  This was a lot of stuff I already knew, but some new stuff to.  It was a good review on how to hold the pistol, good pointers on trigger control and follow through helped too.

Once I passed the two tests I had to wait about two weeks for my cert from the NRA to show up in the mail.  Now I have to fill out the state form and wait for the MA cert to show up.  Once I have that I will be able to teach in MA so folks can get their licence.

Next week I will be assisting in my first class at the club.  I don't know how many folks we will have but it will be a first class for me as an instructor of any kind.  I am nervous but looking forward to it.  I think I will learn a lot working with the more experienced instructors and teaching folks.  You would be amazed how much you learn yourself when you teach someone how to do something . . .

So we are off on our new adventure in teaching now. . .  more later

DC Shooting

Well folks another gun free zone is used by the bad guys to kill folks Lets look at the facts so far. . . More than one shooter, Targeting folks on a military base - civilian and Navy that is all they know at this point. 12 dead This is a terror attack folks, yet they will use this to try to disarm law abiding gun owners. . . just you watch. . . They love death these gun control folks they really do. . .

Duck Dynasty

I hate to admit it folks but I am hooked. . .

I started watching it last night because nothing else was on and I wasn't looking to stay up long anyway. . . .

Two episodes later I am sucked in and still laughing my ass off at these guys.

I loved it!

I guess I have gone over to the dark side. . . .

So You Want to be a Gun Instructor. . . .

With the way things are going in this country I only see one way for us to stay free. . .  and that is to start winning back our Second Amendment rights.  The Second Amendment was put there to insure the people kept all of their rights, and if we lose that one the rest is toast folks. . . we are starting to win, but to truly win back our rights and our country, we need to get more people on board with our rights and this means we need to counter the propaganda and lies of the media and anti-gun folks.

I have been trying to do my part in this, and the logical next step for me is to go from informally teaching a few folks about guns and spreading the word as much as I can to going active in my teaching.  And by active I mean get my certs so I can teach and folks can get their permits. . . see I live in MA where the People's Republic requires you to jump through hoops to get a permit, and a training class is one of those hoops.

I am hoping that by getting my NRA cert I will be able to bring others into the gun world and introduce them safely to the fun of the shooting sports and self defense.  I have met many great folks through going to blogger shoots and just normal range trips.

Gunnies are great folks!  They tend to be very friendly, willing to share their guns and knowledge with others so all have a great time.

So next month I will be taking my first NRA class to get the basics and get certified to teach others.  I will then be helping as an assistant teacher at my club to learn from the more experienced teachers how to do this right. . .

I will also be helping to bring the next generation into the gun world as we set up a class for younger shooters at the club so they can learn to safely use a gun and have fun target shooting.

We will see how this all goes and I will be documenting it here on the Blog.  I hope I can get others to jump in and get their certs too.  The rights you save may be your own. . . . . .

Guns in Massachusetts

Here is the start of my latest letter to our friends on Beacon Hill. . .

They are having meetings all over the state during the work day to discuss a mass of new gun laws, most of which should never be allowed to see the light of day in a free country. . . anyway I need to polish it a bit and get my list together to send it in.  As a working person I have been unable to get to these meetings but I will be heard. . . If you live in MA please write or call your reps to stop this madness.

I am writing you because as a working person I could not attend your hearings.  With a family to support in this poor economy I could not get the time off.  But let me assure you I am watching what is going on with our rights, and I vote in every election.

New gun laws must be based on FACT and our Constitution, not feelings.  The only laws passed based on emotion are bad laws.

New gun laws will not change things or make us safer.  There will be no effect on gun violence, or gangs who commit most of it.  Criminals will not be affected by the laws any more than they are by our drug laws.  They still get drugs to sell, they will still get guns, all we do is up the violence involved.

New gun laws will only impact those who are not the problem, lawful gun owners.  One gun a month, insurance, storage laws will not slow down the criminals.  What would you say if you needed insurance to vote or publish an editorial in the paper?  Then how can it be legal for our other Constitutional rights such as gun ownership?

Forced sale of magazines over 10 rounds?  Do you really think criminals will follow this?

Limit of 7 rounds in a gun?  Why?  There are no facts that show any mag limits have made ANY difference in crime.  All it will do is put the law abiding citizen at a disadvantage against the criminals. 

Insurance for gun owners?  Again what criminal will buy this?  This is a tax on a right nothing more

One gun a month?  Again where are the facts showing a criminal will be even slowed down by this? 

All you are doing is hurting law abiding citizens again

More background checks. . .  when the criminals are buying the guns out of car trunks illegally to start with why would this make any difference ?  All this does is cost more money when law abiding folks want to sell a gun or give a gun to a family member?

Let’s look at some of the facts of gun control:

At least two towns in MA have tried to pass new gun laws at the town level and failed. . . the townsfolk’s don’t want them.  IN OUR STATE

Almost all (all but one) mass shooting since 1950 were in gun free zones. . . do you think the criminal who is going to kill people cares about gun laws?

The shootings in Newtown and at Columbine high school both happened where there are “assault” weapon bans in place. . . they did not work.  Heck more people are killed every year in fist fights and by hammers than by “assault” weapons.  The most people killed in a school attack was in the early 1900’s by a bomb attack, not guns.  The most folks killed in a mass murder attack was by arson in NYC in the 1990’s

Gun control has failed to pass on a national level due to lack of support.   We don’t need it.  Please do the right thing morally and legally and let this go.  If you want to make a difference then fix the laws we have.  Massachusetts has a mass of confusing gun laws now not to mention a permit system that is unfair.  We need to make is simplified and respect the rights of law abiding citizens.  We also need to enforce the laws we have and make new laws to deter criminals from using guns or at a minim keeping them off our streets if they do get convicted of a violent crime.

States and areas that recognize our rights and have “loose” gun control laws have less violent crime than areas that have strict control or prohibit guns.  Guns are only a tool, it is the person that is the problem.

Gun sales, ownership and number of new gun owners has been taking off for months now.  People do not support gun control and vote with their money and by getting permits.  Permits in MA are so far behind it takes over 3 months to get your permit after approval.  Law says you should have it in 40 days.

Gun training classes are full all over the state.  My club is trying to get more folks trained and certified to teach to keep up with class demand.

Gun clubs are gaining new members every day here.  My club had nine new members last month alone, and two were women. . .