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On the bright side, the homeowner retrieved a gun while the invaders were distracted, and successfully ran them off. On the not-so-bright side, the home invaders were apparently targeting the house specifically to find weapons. It will be interesting to see what the police investigation...

In today's online edition, Beth Kassab is defending the rights of pediatricians to ask kids about guns, based on the shooting death of a 15yo at the hands of his 7yo cousin, who was playing with what he thought was a toy gun. The comments have been interesting. I added one, then added a...

In this case, additionally, sometimes a nurse is not a nurse, and a physician's assistant is not a physician's assistant. This 18yo has some issues, but apparently he's intelligent enough to pull off some serious cons, and has been doing so since age 13 or so. Seemingly, he just likes to do...

Here's a home invasion robbery which seems to have involved at least some drugs in the home that was hit. The homeowner was arrested, but not for shooting in self-defense. The charge was for using a stolen gun for his self-defense. Seems like the homeowner isn't exactly a good citizen, but it...

We had a discussion a couple weeks back about range type practice vs an apparent tendency for many SD incidents to actually happen as point-and-shoot, and whether range practice would help with point-and-shoot. I have played around every so often with point-and-shoot, but it's not something I...

It's often suggested here that robbers are not likely to harm people during a robbery of a store or fast food joint. Apparently, this guy didn't get the memo: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/17/3375727/sonic-employee-shot-during-kc.html#storylink=omni_popular One pistol-whipping, one...

My mother just sent me a chain email... man, I hate those things. But this one actually made sense, so I'll relay the basic premise: A new carjacking tactic is to affix a piece of paper to the rear window of a parked car. It should be small enough to not be noticeable until one checks the...

Anybody out there found a way to keep the cylinder latch from chewing skin off your right thumb? File down an edge? Get a replacement part that has a gentler contour? My 442 chewed up my right thumb a wee bit today... Not a huge deal, but annoying. (Luckily, I have decided at this point to...

I realized recently that in every qual I've shot, we fired from prone and sitting. Most indoor ranges don't allow standing fire: the rifle areas, if they have them, usually require shooting from a bench. Even those that allow standing rifle, usually only have 25m at best. Outdoor ranges...

Broke out the full-size and compact, and shot a bunch of Georgia Arms 185gr FMJs. Spent part of my time practicing draw and point fire, punching the gun forward but not using the sights, and was very pleased by how easy it was to keep rounds in the silhouette torso at 7 yards. (Everything...

On the advice of several TFL members, when I recently had an urge to get a 5" 1911 I opted for the Les Baer UTC; the other contender had been the Dan Wesson Valor (I have a CBOB that I like quite well), but the UTC was very nearly the same price, so I figured, why not? Ordered from Crazy John...

Today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article about some things that can go very, very wrong... http://www.ajc.com/news/man-facing-105-years-1221252.html Georgia is a very gun-friendly state; Fulton County is not typical of most of Georgia. Even so, the distinction between "in the...

Unfortunately, this... person... failed to do so, and killed a Marine. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/22/3222857/sheriff-hiker-mistakenly-shot.html So far, no charges, but there should be. Yet one more reason why many of us don't want hunters on our land, without express permission. If I...

Does anybody have experience with both? Looking to order a Valor via my LGS; not sure if the black bonded coating is worth the extra $300-$350. Recommendations? Thanks, M

I'm encountering this phenomenon now. Last year, I bought a used Browning HiPower MkII and sent it off for some customization at Novak's. A few months later, it came back as ordered. Beautiful pistol; had all the following: Carry bevel Radiused and tuned trigger Bar-Sto match barrel with...

Not to make light of an accidental shooting, or an injury to an 85 year old man... but apparently he's ok (shot with a .32) after having been shot by a female friend. The victim and friend were trying to get a possum that was in their chicken coop; the friend missed with her first shot, and the...

Here are the results of about two hours' work with my local gunsmith (he obliged my request to watch, and I ended up getting to assist him) on my PX4 .40 full-size. First, we pulled the safety and replaced it with Beretta G decocker setup. I don't like slide mounted safeties, and even though I...

Ok, I need to work on my move and shoot skills. Went out today, and dropped zero points on the two static courses of fire, but then shot like a monkey on the two moving courses. Well, the retreat and shoot wasn't too bad... dropped 1 second each on two of the three targets. But my triangle...

I think fiddletown had an earlier thread about this class, in a different location. Anyway, I just finished MAG-40 with Mas at the Firearms Academy of Seattle yesterday. It was $800 (plus plane ticket, hotel, and rental car, plus 440rds of .45acp) well spent. The shooting portion was...

Called S&W today, to check on status of some parts. Voicemail said they are closed for some sort of project until August 15th. In the interim, they are only servicing Law Enforcement and military contracts. Had this been advertised anywhere?