National Rifle Association

Mass shootings are happening so regularly now that it has become normal to turn your computer or tv on and, see another headline dealing with another derange shooter. Who went into another public place and empty a gun on innocent people. I shouldn’t have to use the word normal in the same sentence as mass shooting, but yet here we are in a society where you can’t get away from the headlines or, the sad reality that it has become normal ,and typical to see these headlines and outcomes. We hear…

Rifles Rifles replaced muskets in battle. It has a longer range(about 1,000 yards) and it is more accurate than a musket. The Union and Confederacy both used rifles in battle. Some of the rifles they used were the Spencer carbine (a rifle that could fire multiple times before reloading) and the Smith carbine(not used as much after the invention of the Spencer carbine and the Shapes rifle). Reloading a rifle took a long time to reload. So in 1848, Claude Minié, a French army officer, invented…

What is one of the biggest differences between Australia and America? Is it obesity? Is it our accents? Maybe it’s time difference? When was the last time you heard about a mass killing in Australia? If I remember correctly, it was in Port Arthur, 20 years ago. Since then, Australia has put extremely strict gun laws in place and there hasn’t been a shooting since, making it the 9th most peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index rankings of 2015. Now compare this to…

Long Range Shooting Tips Shooting at a long range is a lot more difficult than most people think it is. It isn’t as simple as point and shoot. You have to focus on your target and have a lot of different things happen at one time. Otherwise, you may end up way off your target. To help you become a master at shooting things further away, here are a few tips for long range shooting, take a trip through our long range shooting school. Focus On Your Bullet At the beginning of a shot, there is…

Knowing that a mass shooting could occur any time and any place, people believe that owners and workers should carry guns….interesting to know. Reading through the two articles, “Issue Overview: Guns in America” and “Famous Speeches:...” one can illustrate that a tremendous amount of people agree to carrying guns, but some also despise the idea. Connecting with someone else’s perspective and feeling like one is in the moment can change why people agree and disagree to the idea of holding guns in…

At about 11:19 a.m. April 20 1999 Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold dressed in trench coats started shooting students at columbine high school, the weapons used by Eric were: Hi-Point model 995 carbine rifle, and Sawed-off pump-action Savage-Springfield 67H shotgun, now Dylan Klebold used: TEC-DC9 9-mm semi-automatic handgun, and Double-barrel Savage 311-D sawed-off shotgun, both carried various knifes and used bombs but most didn't go off. This was a huge Historical Turning Point in history, this…

As he thumbed off the safety, he allowed himself one last, stolen glance at the sculptured head, arching up to grasp an apple. Jamie swallowed and slowly started to squeeze the trigger. Than his foot moved and crunched on a stick the 8 point buck looked at him and blasted away jamie shot and hit it in the left leg. He went back home and brought the bad news. Then about 3-4 years later his dad said he was strong enough to use the family gun, a beautiful 375 magnum 12x13 optical zoom scope and a…

half-right in their slogan, ‘Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.’ We just need to modify that to: ‘Guns don’t kill people Americans kill people.'” To bolster this claim, Moore pointed to Canadians, who have “an estimated five million hunting rifles and shotguns in their homes” yet “don’t go and shoot each other on a daily basis like we do.” He pointed that japan and Australia have draconian guns in place and us Americans will have them and always will. Even though if we add more…

approximately 200 nautical miles away. Conventional weapons generally require a propellant to fire a projectile to inflict damage either by piercing or by explosion of the target. Some examples of conventional weapons would be cruise missiles or rifles which use a chemical propellant (explosion of gun power to fire a bullet and burning of liquid fuel to propel the missile) to gain high velocities until the point of impact. The principle of conservation of momentum explains the projection. As…

It is estimated that 2.5 million civilians defend themselves and their families from criminals by using a gun every year or 6,850 times per day. In December of 2007, 24 year old Matthew Murray went on a killing spree starting at a YWAM training facility where he killed two and woundeding two others before moving to his next destination. Murray then arrived at the New Life Church in Colorado Springs still carrying a number of firearms. Murray killed two more people and injured three before he…