Archive for the ‘Safety’ Category
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
We are aware that a product strikingly similar to the Gadget was recently debuted online. Imitation, as they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. That company has been aware of the Gadget for at least two years and knows the Gadget was awarded a patent earlier in 2013.
Suffice to ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
NBC's Channel Five in Dallas reports the tragic shooting and death of a woman, mother of two, who was innocently sitting in her hotel bed when a bullet struck her in the chest.
The bullet was fired from an adjacent room by Michael Gray who was allegedly cleaning his gun when ...
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Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Earlier this week, I bought some of the new black Wilson ETM 10rd 9mm magazines. The main reason I wanted the black mags was for concealed carry. The black color is slightly less likely to draw attention if my concealment garment shifts, but mostly it just helps me tell my carry ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 30 Comments »
Monday, October 7th, 2013
About 75% of my practice happens at the busy indoor public range located at NRA Headquarters in Virginia. It's a fantastic facility with a bunch of trained, dedicated range officers on staff who patrol the firing points looking for accidents before they happen. However, they can't be everywhere at once. And ...
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
The topic of mandatory training for Concealed Carry licenses has popped up online quite a bit over the past two weeks. My home state of Maryland enacted a law that now requires sixteen hours of mandatory training to apply as well as eight more hours every three years to maintain what is ...
Posted in Safety, Teaching | 37 Comments »
Saturday, September 28th, 2013
As reported yesterday at The Firearms Blog, a major law enforcement agency in Brazil -- the São Paulo State Military Police -- is returning ninety-eight thousand Taurus 24/7 pistols. You probably don't speak Portuguese but I trust the typical pistol-training.com reader will be able to figure out why:
[youtube]http://youtu.be/ozvZDLvMoac[/youtube]
The discharges occur even when ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 10 Comments »
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
To all of the in-your-face tough guy Open Carry zealots who held Starbucks rallies such as the one pictured here, thanks.
Thanks for forcing a major, high profile international corporation into choosing between its image and yours.
Thanks for making such complete idiots of yourselves with your "Look Ma, I've got a ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 481 Comments »
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Having completed its "investigation" related to the March 2013 recall of certain Model C pistols, Caracal is now recalling all Model C guns worldwide. According to Caracal
"[The] potential safety issues cannot be addressed through a repair of the Model C pistol and all Model C pistol’s must be returned for refund."
Caracal will ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
As anyone who's read PTC for a while knows, I'm a huge fan of the Heckler & Koch LEM ("Law Enforcement Module") trigger system.
So, apparently, is Darryl "nyeti" Bolke of Hard Wired Tactical Shooting. He recently posted the following on pistol-forum.com and gave permission for me to reprint it here:
The ...
Posted in Gear, Safety | 12 Comments »
Thursday, August 29th, 2013
Springfield this morning announced a recall of all 3.3" XD-S pistols in both 9mm and .45 Auto.
"Springfield has determined that under exceptionally rare circumstances, some 3.3 XD-S™ 9mm and .45ACP caliber pistols could experience an unintended discharge during the loading process when the slide is released, or could experience a double-fire when the trigger ...
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