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Late in December 2015 my father and I were looking for something new we could do together. We both have always been interested in target and tactical training with handguns. In late January of 2015 my father and I signed up for a gun safety class at The Place To Shoot in Portland, Oregon. They supplied a multitude of different handguns to learn with as part of the training. You did not have own a handgun. In February of 2016, we started to spend two to three days a month working with the…

thought what’s to be. Another rolling nightmare with no end in sight. Another day with this war has come for me, raising my rifle is hell that won’t let me be. The thought of violence helps to get this right. Molding me out of flesh, forged in the fire. Where I go and what I do, I just don’t give a damn. Another shot, one more mortar is all that they have planned. I raise my rifle, take the shot, and run one through and through. Home now. Take away my wings. The man they made me be is who is…

Introduction: On August 1, 1966, University of Texas at Austin student Charles Whitman perched himself on the overlook of the University’s clock tower, armed to the teeth with rifles and handguns, and took aim at dozens of his fellow students and faculty. This was long before the media frenzy surrounding the Columbine High massacre of 1999 paraded school shootings firmly into the American psyche – and for Whitman’s actions, there were no videogames, cliques, or Marilyn Manson to blame. He was…

Mass Shootings and the Moral Decline in the U.S. Megan jones 2 There have been over 294 mass shootings in the U.S so far in 2015. Many people have been left wounded or dead due to them. Yet they have very little attention payed to them due to a combination of the FBI’s definition of a mass shooting being when 4 or more people are killed, and because no one who enjoys a lack of gun control wants to put an emphasis on the fact that people are being killed, very easily, because of guns. Mass…

So far this year, there have been 21,295 total gun incidents in the U.S. Over 5,000 people have died and over 10,000 people have been injured. Homicide and gun accidents are some of the leading causes of death in the U.S. These deaths and injuries can easily be prevented. Our plan is to limit the gun availability to people whom are a threat to the safety of the public. We will require background checks in guns stores and at gun conventions. In addition, we will advertise smart guns. Smart guns…

In today’s world it has become a common occurrence that many people have to face the terrible tragedy of mass shootings. They occur at places where individuals would not even expect such as: schools, where students attend to receive an education, movie theaters, where families and friends go for fun weekend activities, and even hospitals, where there are defenseless people trying to get well. Throughout the recent years the numbers of mass shootings have shown a dramatic increase that have many…

As Kyle is sitting in his living room he hears the sounds of gunshots and helicopter completely dazed on the thought of war, all sure symptoms that he is facing PTSD. When his wife tries to talk to him as he blocks her out while focused on a kid playing with a dog. While Taya continues to try and have a conversation with him Kyle jumps up and believes that the dog is trying to attack the child. He rips the dog off the child and nearly beats it in the head until Taya stops him. “This scene shows…

flintlock models. There were many types of flintlocks made. The flintlock idea was thought of and started developing in France during early 17th century. The flintlock style of firearms, quickly was the most popular ignition system. The musket, fusil, rifle and fowler were all types of flintlock firearms. Blunderbusses were a type of musket, they were for close combat fights. They were loaded with lead shots. They were used for boarding naval ships and coach guns. Flintlock pistols were very…

United States is the largest country that has people being killed by gun every year. Many people assume the causes for mass shooting would be mentally illness criminals, the act of revenge, loneliness, or hopeless. These causes are absolutely right, but besides these causes, we have to expand the investigation to a broader society. The latest mass shooting is happened in Orlando, Florida, where an American-born man, Omar Mateen, gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub at 2:00 am. Not…

Robert K. Campbell was a law enforcement officer for over twenty years where he was a trainer, weapons tester, and a street cop. Mr. Campbell is one of the most prolific writers today on the topic of fighting weapons. He is also a very big contributing writer for the well-known website Gunblast.com. This article was published by Sonoran Desert Institute. The purpose of this article is to give the reader (us) a better understanding of what type of bullets you can and can't use in a Glock, and why…