Month: September 2012

NYPD has a firearms training problem.

  First, NYPD cops shoot not one or two, or even three or four innocent bystanders while engaging the Empire State Building Shooter a couple of Fridays ago.  No, they shot all nine, scoring direct hits on some and ricochets with the others. Sure, part of that was the heavy,…

Candid comments from the Democrat National Convention

We wrote earlier in the week about Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein pledging to reintroduce a ban on America's favorite rifle, the AR-15, and tens of millions of other semi-automatic rifles and pistols, along with full-capacity magazine bans and other stuff that's well outside what Americans want. Now, we're not big…

Sightmark “Sure Shot” Reflex Sight REVIEW

[caption id="attachment_1236" align="alignnone" width="350"]Sightmark “Sure Shot” Reflex Sight[/caption] PRODUCT REVIEW Reprinted from the Dec 2011 issue of GunNews. by John Boch (GunsSaveLife.com) - When you turn forty, the eyes just don’t work like they did when you were a teenager.  Thankfully, technology in the form of reflex rifle sights have…

We’re flattered GLOCK USA reads GunNews…

(GunNews) - We hear from time to time how influential folks and gun aficionados in far away places read and enjoy our own GunNews each month.  We’re flattered to discover that the folks at Glock USA in Smyrna, GA read our humble little publication. We discovered this when they notified…

Tom Shafer: GET OUT ALIVE!

Sangamon County Rifle Association Guest Speaker Tom Shafer Tom Shafer addressed the audience at our Independence Day meeting and talked about mindset and tactics to survive a critical incident. Shafer noted that most of the general survival books mention basic stuff like how to build a fire, but it seems…

IDNR has been misappropriating Pittman-Robertson monies for years

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448"] Illinois hunters.Photo courtesy IDNR.[/caption] (This article was originally published in the December 2010 issue of GunNews by remains as true and accurate today as it was then as nothing has changed with regard to Illinois government misappropriating Pittman-Robertson monies.)   by Lee Williams Springfield, IL (Illinois…