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Jon Responds

Thanks, Matt, for the generous introduction and the opportunity to contribute to the blog. Matt is a pretty impressive, knowledgeable gear guy with a good sense of what works and what doesn’t. I too am very interested in guns and gear but focus will be different.

My contributions will include posts about maximizing fitness, providing motivation to train, and some LE perspective on current events and news stories that I think might interest you as readers. I’m also excited to try my hand at a few firearms reviews and share what I have found that works well in its prescribed role. You won’t want to miss a day here at the blog!

Happy Mother’s Day

Where would be without moms? I hope you spending the day appreciating and honoring your mom.

Happy Mother’s Day from JTT!

 

Californian Denied CCW Permit, Uses Handgun to Defend Neighbor

Yih-Chau Chang, of Examiner.com, reported the amazing story of a Californian citizen who’s CCW application was turned down at the whim of his local police chief for not demonstrating “good cause,” as if a fundamental and enumerated right wasn’t cause enough. 2 1/2 months later the same citizen used his handgun to protect his neighbor and detain a criminal until police could respond.

I can only hope that stories like these will keep the pressure on California and other states to recognize their citizen’s fundamental rights.

Read the article on Examiner.com.

Be Heard: Is Organized “Tactical” Firearm Training Vital or Poser-ish?

Based on last weeks responses, it seems that most of you like to plan your range time. I find well planned, well documented range time necessary for improvement. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t room for a laid back trip to the range. Unfortunately, when you write a blog, it seems those laid back trips turn into review sessions.

This week’s question is in response to a sentiment that I seem to come across a lot lately. Is organized “tactical” firearm training vital to responsible gun ownership or is it poser-ish? For the purposes of this question, assume that I am talking about tactical or defensive firearms courses. A 3 day carbine course would be a good example. I am not referring to legally mandated CCW training or military/LEO training.

Be Heard! Leave a comment below.

Investors Taking Notice of Ruger

Apparently taking orders for over 1 million firearms in a single quarter is a great way to make investors stand up and take notice. Sturm Ruger & Co (RGR) stock has been on fire lately. Forbes.com says…

RGR is a small-cap ($1.1 billion) company that is trading at about 20 times forward expectations for next quarter’s earnings per share.

Ruger isn’t the only firearm manufacturer that is benefiting from the current political climate but they have been the hottest of the publicly traded companies. View the entire article at Forbes.com.

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