Archive for July, 2009
Author: “As a six-year prisoner of war, I learned freedom is our most important commodity. We keep it through personal responsibility. Freedom is the flip side of responsibility.” Leo K. Thorsness, Air Force, Vietnam
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You may want to consider this information if you are looking to buy a hand gun for home defense or personal protection reasons, it is important to know. The study/science of Kinetics, (motion) is way over my head, but I understand the general properties of how a bullet works, and for this segment that is good enough for me. Glazer Safety Slugs are made by the Dakota Ammunition Co. www.dakotaammo.net , if you need to find a store that sells their ammo you can contact them. I do not own stock in this company or benefit in any way from their sales, I just want to pass on information that will help keep you safer concerning firearms.
For home defense you need to be concerned about “over penetration” …..
To read this chapter in full, and any other articles in the Gun Sense series, it is available as an Ebook and a Paperback at Amazon under:
Gun Sense Massachusetts Gun Law Information and Common Sense Firearm Safety By Mark R. Shean Sr.
“You have never lived until you have almost died…for those who fight for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know.” Hershel W. Williams, USMC, WWII
Safeties, and where they are placed on firearms vary from one maker to another, and cover a huge variety of firearms. I am not going to go into each type of firearm, that would take far to much space and bore you, (and me) to tears. I am going to generalize the subject by giving you some good advice, and coupled with your own common sense, (that I know you have) this should suffice if taken as seriously as death itself……..
To read this chapter in full, and any other articles in the Gun Sense series, it is available as an Ebook and a Paperback at Amazon under:
Gun Sense Massachusetts Gun Law Information and Common Sense Firearm Safety By Mark R. Shean Sr.
“Our freedom, envied the world over, was attained at great personal sacrifice by our nation’s founders; we cannot allow it to wither away through apathy, or tolerance for actions that could jeopardize it.” Thomas J. Hudner, Navy, Korea
Dry firing, there are two camps on whether or not dry firing can or cannot do damage to a firearm. I lean to the side that says damage can be done to the internal workings of a firearm. I am not going to chance doing damage to any of my investments, and that is exactly what firearms are, investments. The firing pins in firearms are designed to to strike the primers of the ammunition being used in the chamber. If there is nothing for the firing pin to strike it can over extend, it was not designed to take that kind of punishment from the viewpoint of my camp.
There is a solution to this dilemma though…..
To read this chapter in full, and any other articles in the Gun Sense series, it is available as an Ebook and a Paperback at Amazon under:
Gun Sense Massachusetts Gun Law Information and Common Sense Firearm Safety By Mark R. Shean Sr.
“Moral courage….doing what has to be done because it is the right thing to do regardless of the consequences to yourself or what others will think….that is the mark of a true hero.” Thomas G. Kelley, Navy, Vietnam
I know, I know, your going to say that when you hear a command like ‘cease fire’ at a gun range, you stop shooting, of course you are correct, to a point. But what else do you do, and should you do? Well that is what I am here to let you in on, there are those of you that may already know, so please be patient. For safeties sake I can not take for granted that everyone knows this information, that would be irresponsible on my part……
To read this chapter in full, and any other articles in the Gun Sense series, it is available as an Ebook and a Paperback at Amazon under:
Gun Sense Massachusetts Gun Law Information and Common Sense Firearm Safety By Mark R. Shean Sr.
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“There are two kinds of people in the world; those who get things done and those who take credit for getting things done. Belong to the first group if you can; there is much less competition”. Francis S. Currey, Army, WWII
If you are not some kind of control freak in your day to day personal life, that is probably a good thing, I mean, no one likes a control freak. They are overbearing, domineering, insensitive, rude, crude, socially unacceptable, (probably your boss) and usually end up in divorce court. But when it comes to firearms we all have to be control freaks where bullets are concerned.
I have mentioned common sense before and I will bring it up again, engage your common sense every time you handle a firearm, take common sense for a walk around the block, give it a bit of exercise………
To read this chapter in full, and any other articles in the #Gun Sense series, it is available as an Ebook and a Paperback at Amazon under:
GUN SENSE Massachusetts Gun Law Information and Common Sense Firearm Safety By Mark R. Shean Sr.