Articles about handgun (0-50 of 482)

  • Buying Gun Safes For Storage
    By: Rudyard Wesley | - For many gun owners their gun collections are very important to them. These guns can be protected in gun vaults. Storing firearms in gun vaults is necessary for gun owners who are expected to be responsible for keeping everyone around them as safe as possible. Children should never be able to access guns and this is possible as long as the guns are kept in gun vaults. Investing in quality gun vaults is a factor worth considering and they are available at different costs along with sizes and desi ...
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  • Michigan Bill Pending To Make Stun Guns Legal
    By: Ron Sass | - A measure toiling its way inside the Michigan Legislature would likely help make the state the nation's 45th to permit residents to possess stun guns as a method of self-defense. Wisconsin had become the 44th on Nov 1.


    Stun guns, which actually discharge an electrical current in between two frontal prongs that can temporarily disable an attacker once they make contact is different from Tasers, which fire out a set of electrically energized probes upwards to fifteen feet, more ...

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  • Four Pros Of Getting A Gun Safety Certificate
    By: Art Gib | - "It's better to be safe than sorry," as the saying goes. While many people say this out loud, not many people reflect its teachings with their actions. Too many people own and handle guns without a gun safety certificate. This is probably because of the misconceptions that achieving such a goal is difficult and expensive to do. Nothing could further from the truth, actually. So what are the pros of getting certified to safely handle a gun?

    Protect Others

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  • Effective Usage Of Gun Cleaning Accessories
    By: gregg | - Gun cleaning accessories can be a set of entire gun cleaning kit. This kit can have accessories such as patches, solvents for black powder guns. There are sprays to wash and clean wash everything out, and also a little bore light. You can have Patches that come with a brush, tiny on one end, a little bigger.

    Once you are done using a firearm for a certain period of time, you must keep the unit back and in a a clean, safe working order. If you follow a few common sense techniques, i ...

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  • Taking A Handgun Safety Course
    By: Hype Williams | - More and more Americans are arming themselves with handguns to safely protect their family and belongings from harm. Having individuals in the family who will know where your handgun is and be around it, should be one or some of the individuals who also takes a handgun safety course, along with yourself for everybodys safety in the home. This education is crucial and will let them know about the dangers of handguns and some of the benefits that can be obtained from them as well. As a homeowner, ...
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  • Non Lethal Self Defense-why It Is Preferred
    By: Jack Krohn | - FBI statistics show that there are over 1.3 million violent crimes reported annually. Over 800,000 are aggravated assaults and over 400,000 are robberies. Despite their claims to the contrary it appears that crime is on the increase. I see anecdotal evidence of that every day with news stories talking about home invasions, robberies, assaults, rapes, drive-by shootings and so on.

    Many people are turning to nonlethal self-defense products as an alternative to the deadly force of a h ...

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  • How Glock Started And Why Its Still Around
    By: Chelsea McVey | - Gaston Glock is an Austrian engineer, and founder of the firearms company Glock. He is a successful businessman and polymer manufacturer, who by chance wound up working with the Austrian Ministry of Defense at the beginning of the year 1980.

    Glock supplied the army with combined trench tools, non-moldering machine gun belts and hand grenades at the time. His company produced household goods (curtain shafts, drawer rods, etc.) and Glock had skills with traditional production.

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  • Self Defense Products And Michigan's Outdated Laws
    By: Jack Krohn | - My sister lives in Michigan. She is the one that initially told me about this crazy situation in that state. Anyone who does not have a felony background can apply and get a permit to carry a concealed weapon-a handgun. I think that law has just recently gone into effect so Michigan is in compliance with the Second Amendment on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

    But it is a felony in the state of Michigan to carry a 10% solution of pepper spray or a stun gun both consid ...

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  • Choosing The Right Pistol Grip For Your Handgun
    By: Keith Grable | -
    There are many reasons why choosing the right pistol grip for your handgun is so important. First and foremost, the right grip gives you better control when firing. Better control means that the gun will have less of a kick back onto your firing hand as well as better precision. The right pistol grip will afford you better control over the firearm and will ensure that the handgun more stable in your hands which also allows for more precision in firing as well as better gun safety. Oth ...

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  • Handgun Laser For Greater Accuracy In Your Shooting
    By: Keith Grable | -
    The handgun laser feature allows a shooter to fire accurately in full dark and low light situations. A laser attached to your handgun and can improve the accuracy of your shooting tremendously even if it is not dark. That is because the laser is projected onto your target and you are able to visualize where the bullet will penetrate. Even through the use of dry firing training situations, you will find that a laser sight will improve your marksmanship, which, in turn, will improve your ...

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  • Handgun Laser Sights Give You A Better Shot In The Dark
    By: Keith Grable | -
    Laser sights are designed to aid you in shooting accuracy while aiming in low light and full dark. Typically, laser sights are employed on rifles and submachine guns. However, laser sights can be attached to your handgun to improve the accuracy of your shooting in those situations. Military personnel, police officers and individuals concerned with home safety most often employ laser sights on their handguns. Laser sights not only improve your night vision, but they can also improve th ...

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  • Handgun Grips Steady Your Shooting Hand
    By: Keith Grable | -
    When gripping a handgun for the first time, a shooter should use his dominant hand and grip the gun with steady pressure using a straight arm stance. If he is nervous, he may find that his grip hand will become sweaty and slippery. This is where good handgun grips can come in handy. Handgun grips are an accessory that is really a must for all handguns.

    Handgun grips do more than just improve the look of your handgun. Handgun grips afford the shooter better control of the ...

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  • Charlotte New Guns, Charlotte Guns For Sale, Charlotte Gun Safes
    By: Acuitybrands | - A handgun safe is designed to protect and secure your firearms. Depending on the design, a gun safe can protect your firearms from fire and water but all gun safes will protect from theft. Most importantly, a gun safe is a responsible way of storing your handguns and will ensure that they will not be misused. A number of states have already made it a standard law for people who own guns to also have gun safes and has significantly improved gun safety levels, especially from the dangers of untrai ...
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  • Some Reasons Why You Should Use A Pistol Safe
    By: Hank Connor | - For those who own a pistol or any sort of gun, it is recommended to keep it stored safely away. The best choice that you've got is to invest in a pistol safe. You'll find different types of pistol safes available so you will likely need to know just a little about each of them prior to choosing one for your firearm.

    The Main Advantages Of A Pistol Safe

    The main advantage of a gun safe is the fact nobody else can get to the gun. This is extremely important should you hav ...

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  • Biometric Gun Safe Reviews
    By: Chip Beamer | - Being the owner of a handgun comes together with a significant of responsibility. By law you need to keep the firearm stored safely away where nobody else will get to it. In several circumstances you also have to keep the bullets stored in a different location of your household or property to wherever the gun is. To be able to accomplish this you will need to obtain the perfect type of handgun safe.

    Just what are Biometric Gun Safes?

    A Biometric gun safe is most likely ...

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  • How To Buy A Gun Online - Part 2 Of 3
    By: Manny DelaCruz | - After you've found a local FFL holder willing to do your gun transfer, the next part is the fun part - finding and buying your gun online! When I buy a gun online, I need to see four important things. First, I never buy a gun online unless I have the option of returning it. The way I see it, if the seller isn't willing to take a return, I'm not willing to risk my money. I don't care about so-called buyer's insurance - insurance offered by some online auction companies guaranteeing the buyer aga ...
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  • How To Buy A Gun Online - Part 3 Of 3
    By: Manny DelaCruz | - OK. You've decided on a gun, you like the seller, and you're doing it at a reputable gun website. What should you do first? Send money? NO! The first thing you should do is contact the seller by phone. NEVER send money without first verbally confirming with the seller what you're interested in, and that you understand the seller's instructions on how payment is to be made. If you can't contact the seller by phone - don't send money! Period.

    Use a phone. Seriously. You may think ...

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  • How To Buy A Gun Online - Part 1 Of 3
    By: Manny DelaCruz | - So you want to buy a gun online? You're in luck! There are dozens of websites out there prepared to supply you with whatever gun you're looking for. Whether it's a rifle or shotgun, semi-auto pistol or revolver, or even a Class III item like a machinegun, it can be found on the internet. The only thing keeping you from enjoying eternal firearms bliss is that you don't know how to buy a gun online. I can understand if you're nervous or intimidated by the idea - there are rules, and you don't want ...
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  • Selecting A Handgun Safe Means How Secure Does It Have To Be?
    By: Christopher Lee. | - It is probably very fair to ask a gun owner just how safe they want to be since anyone choosing to use handgun safes wants the most secure setup possible. On the other hand each handgun safe has different focuses and strengths, and is built to protect against different threats. The best question is usually just what does the firearms owner feel is the greatest threat, and then choose a type of safe from those answers.

    Some owners of firearms are most concerned with protecting against ...

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  • How To Make A Paper Gun
    By: sadie.backhurst | - At one point or another every little boy wants a toy gun to play with; parents are often skeptical about getting one because they fear it will bring harm to their children or to other children and this is a very legitimate worry. So what is the solution to this problem? A paper gun.

    A paper gun is a very quick and simple project that you can teach your children to make to pass a bit of time. You can all sit down and make paper guns together if you want and play a game of police and ...

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  • How To Buy Your First Handgun- A Series Of Articles For Your Safety Part Four
    By: Daniel Petrucelli | - If you read my three articles then we can save the time and space of my credentials. If not then go read How to Buy Your First Handgun Part One. A small disclaimer here for you is one thing I am not is an attorney. Anything I am suggesting or giving my opinion about how to purchase your first handgun is just that, my opinion based on years of experience of practical use and not to be construed as legal advise.

    Here we will wrap up our series of articles with choices of fini ...

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  • How To Buy Your First Handgun- A Series Of Articles For Your Safety Part Three
    By: Daniel Petrucelli | - If you read my first or second articles then we can save the time and space of my credentials. If not then go read How to Buy Your First Handgun Part One. A small disclaimer here for you is one thing I am not is an attorney. Anything I am suggesting or giving my opinion about how to purchase your first handgun is just that, my opinion based on years of experience of practical use and not to be construed as legal advise.

    In the first and second articles we discussed mind set ...

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  • How To Buy Your First Handgun- A Series Of Articles For Your Safety Part Two
    By: Daniel Petrucelli | - If you read my first article then we can save the time and space of my credentials. If not then go read How to Buy Your First Handgun Part One. A small disclaimer here for you is one thing I am not is an attorney. Anything I am suggesting or giving my opinion about how to purchase your first handgun is just that, my opinion based on years of experience of practical use and not to be construed as legal advise.

    We will continue now with the consideration of how often your goi ...

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  • How To Buy Your First Handgun- A Series Of Articles For Your Safety Part One
    By: Daniel Petrucelli | - There are many factors to take into consideration when you are about to buy your first handgun. Let start off by saying that I feel that I am qualified to speak on this subject for the following reasons. I have had 18 years of martial arts training at the Bujinkan Atlanta Dojo in Atlanta Georgia which I attained the level of 5th Degree Black Belt. I am proficient in close quarter combat with and with out a handgun. I was a teacher for 14 of those years. I taught local swat teams on close qua ...
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  • A Noteworthy Premium Hand Gun Safe
    By: Diana Weiler | - From time to time you read about a child, who killed themselves or other children by accidental happening, just since they lied their hands on a somewhere hidden hand gun.

    If you want to avoid such sad happenings, it is absolute essential to lock-up hand guns in an unassailable property all the time!

    Hand gun safes are the sole option, given that you decide to store your hand gun secure to minimize the risk of a mishap!

    Maybe your house is in a bad territ ...

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  • Waist Holsters Together With Handgun Buckle Vegas Continues To Be The Wild West
    By: Mary Dezfoli | - There are certainly new Laws being placed in the book everyday all over the country. Chances are the typical American wouldn't be able to inform you when the gun laws in Washington D.C. were identical or different from gun laws in California or even how Las Vegas Gun Laws differed from the other two. On most occasions if this doesn't interest people then they have no need or desire to look up what they consider irrelevant information. When it entails carrying a gun from place to place, the old s ...
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  • Fashionable Holsters As Well As Handgun Harness Vegas Continues To Be The Wild West
    By: Mary Dezfoli | - Throughout our country you can find new Laws being placed into the books daily. Chances are the typical American wouldn't be able to inform you when the gun laws in Washington D.C. were identical or different from gun laws in California or even how Las Vegas Gun Laws differed from the other two. On most occasions if this doesn't interest people then they have no need or desire to look up what they consider irrelevant information. When it entails on carrying a gun from place to place, the old say ...
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  • Advanced Self Defense - The 4 Critical Skill Areas When Training For Self Defense With Firearms
    By: Jeffrey Miller | - One of the worst areas of training in the world of martial arts and self defense, is that involving the use and defense against firearms. It has been my experience that most of the self defense techniques being taught are unrealistic, dangerous, and lack any sense of big-picture strategy which could put the defender in even more danger. If you want to develop a sense of mastery in using firearms for self defense, you must make sure that you are training in the four critical skill areas you may n ...
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  • Self-defense Training - 4 Pillars Of Defensive Handgun Training
    By: Jeffrey Miller | - One of the most frequently asked questions in the realm of self-defense training involves the use of weapons, like guns and knives, for protection. This article outlines the four areas that make up a complete defensive handgun training program.

    While most people, and subsequently most programs, focus on the shooting facet of gun training, there is actually much more to the subject. Just as any solid, well-structured, and complete self-defense program should include lessons on the ca ...

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  • Self-defense - Surviving Your Worst Self Defense Nightmare
    By: Jeffrey Miller | - Whether you're a gun-control advocate, a member of the NRA, or you don't have any particular like or dislike for firearms, the fact remains that, as long as criminals have access to them, you may find yourself in a self-defense situation where you will have to deal with them.

    I have lots of friends who take martial arts or study self-defense. As I should, since this is what I do - it's the world in which I live.

    Not surprising.

    But what is surprising ...

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  • Fire Safe: The Ultimate Protection For Your Possessions Against Home Fires
    By: Mark Thomas | - Most home fires in the U.S. are caused when a stove or other appliance used for cooking is left unattended. This well documented fact is supported by research that shows kitchen fires occur every eight minutes, on average, and in 70% of these fires, an appliance was left unattended. The research also found that more than 50% of all men and women admit to leaving the kitchen while they are cooking, a contributing factor in both the number and seriousness of kitchen fires. Most kitchen fires are b ...
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  • 7 Life-saving Tips - Keep Your Handgun In A Fingerprint Gun Safe
    By: Doug A. Kramer | - There are an estimated 193 million guns in the United States, with some estimates as high as 250 million. According to a 1998 survey by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, 43% of households with children have a gun. Of those, one in ten of guns are loaded and one in eight is simply left unlocked and hidden in a safe place. You need a handgun safe.

    Improperly storing a handgun is not only dangerousit can be lethal.

    Any household that children have ...

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  • 4 Dang Good Reasons You Should Be Using A Fingerprint Gun Safe Over A Lock And Key
    By: Doug A. Kramer | - With cutting edge technology comes cutting edge opportunity. In the world of handgun and rifle safes, the newest and greatest option on the market is fingerprint gun safes, also known as biometric gun safes. While combination locks and key locks have been used for years, the availability of advanced technology in this market has quickly labeled biometric gun safes as the premium safety option.

    Fingerprint technology
    Every persons fingerprint is unique. Because of this ...

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  • Choose Your Goal. Meet Them With Front Sight
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - Police officer, Kyle Russel was lucky to be wearing a bullet proof vest. He says it felt like being hit with a sledgehammer when the bullet struck his chest. Was he involved in a crazy gun fight? No. Had he entered an intense crime scene? Again, no. So why did this officer get shot? He pulled someone over. The car was swerving, so Russel and his rookie passenger stopped it. Russel went to the passenger window and saw the driver with empty eyes, a bloody face and foaming at the mouth. The officer ...
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  • Choose Your Goal. Meet Them With Front Sight
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - Police officer, Kyle Russel was lucky to be wearing a bullet proof vest. He says it felt like being hit with a sledgehammer when the bullet struck his chest. Was he involved in a crazy gun fight? No. Had he entered an intense crime scene? Again, no. So why did this officer get shot? He pulled someone over. The car was swerving, so Russel and his rookie passenger stopped it. Russel went to the passenger window and saw the driver with empty eyes, a bloody face and foaming at the mouth. The officer ...
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  • Front Sight Challenge, Hosted By Dr. Ignatius Piazza Episode Twelve: Semiautomatic Handgun
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - Driving from Las Vegas, Nevada, it takes less than an hour to get to the world's greatest firearms training school. Front Sight Firearms Training Institute spans five hundred fifty acres and students are going crazy over the exceptional gun training and other self defense training offered there. Self defense firearms training is made fun and safe by founder and director Dr. Ignatius Piazza and his staff of highly trained and motivated firearms training instructors. They work hard at providi ...
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  • Front Sight Challenge, Hosted By Dr. Ignatius Piazza: Episode Seventeen, Semiautomatic Handgun
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - About an hour outside of Las Vegas, Nevada on a five hundred fifty acre plot of land is the world's greatest place to learn how to use a gun for self defense. Founded and now directed by the Millionaire Patriot, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute is the undisputed leader in gun training schools. If you are looking for self defense firearms training, competition training or combat training, Front Sight is definitely the right place to go. Firearms training courses a ...
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  • Gun Safes - 4 Questions You Must Ask Before You Buy A Fireproof Gun Safe
    By: Wendy Moyer | - When you purchase a gun, buying a gun safe is one of the most important and responsible decisions you can make. But what are the best handgun safes for you?

    You can narrow down your search and buy the best safe for your purposes if you first decide:

    (1) how much fire protection you need
    (2) what type of lock you want
    (3) where your safe will go
    (4) how thick the walls of your safe should be

    How Much Fire Protection Should You Ha ...

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  • Front Sight Challenge, Hosted By Dr. Ignatius Piazza: Episode 1 Defensive Handgun
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - What do a handgun toting software executive, a fifty one year old retired grandmother packing a CCW, a police detective with his Glock from Brooklyn, and a firearms training deputy sheriff have in common? They are all about to take the "Front Sight Challenge." It is a competition that will test their level of skill at arms and see how they really measure up against the best shooters around.

    Meet the contestants. Richard is a gun enthusiast who runs a software company, Glynis is a ...

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  • Front Sight - It's Not Always Women
    By: EmmySue Pryor | - I often write of the importance of firearms training for women, due to rapes and murders from angry ex boyfriends and other sickening but rather common occurrences. However, sometimes the tables are turned and it is the man who is the victim. Such is the case with the death of thirty nine year old Mitchell Kemp. He was murdered by his estranged wife, Tausha L. Fields. It was a dramatic love triangle. Kemp and Fields were married, but Fields was living with her ex husband Gregory Morton. Morton a ...
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  • Gun Holster Glossary
    By: Grant Jordan | - When searching or researching gun holsters, it's extremely important to fully understand the terms that are common in the industry. Not understanding the terms, can cause a significant issue as you may not be purchasing the style or model that you think you are. In my gun store, I can't tell you the number of times a customer has ordered an IWB holster, not fully understanding what IWB (inside the waistband) means. As soon as the holster arrives to the customer, they call back claiming that t ...
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  • Ignatius Piazza Lists Why Gun Training Vital To America
    By: Jayden Adams | - Ignatius Piazza is the founder and director of the nation's largest gun training academy, Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. Ignatius Piazza has recently had all his attention on the U.S. Supreme Court's case concerning the District of Columbia's handgun ban which was only recently brought up for consideration. With ruling promised to be doled out in January, not only Ignatius Piazza, who sits at the veritable head of gun training in America today, but also the rest of the nation sits on ...
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  • Ignatius Piazza No Longer Lone Opposition To District Of Columbia's Handgun Ban
    By: Studio98 | - Ignatius Piazza is the founder and director of the nation's largest, most successful gun training school: Front Sight Firearms Training Institute. Gun training is a way of life for Ignatius Piazza, and he thinks that's how it should be for all Americans. So the 1976 District of Columbia handgun ban is a matter that has always been a barb for Ignatius Piazza and Front Sight. Front Sight is obviously a place for all of America. The firearms training available at Front Sight is unlike anything ...
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  • Front Sight Calls District Of Columbia Handgun Ban A Joke
    By: Studio98 | - Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, a bitter opponent of gun laws and other restrictions to the Second Amendment, has recently been overcome with relief upon receiving news that the U.S. Supreme Court will be accepting for review the case of District of Columbia v. Heller. Front Sight and its founder and director, Ignatius Piazza, have called the District of Columbia's handgun ban unconstitutional, and in direct opposition to the Second Amendment, for years, and now the U.S. Supreme Court ...
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  • Front Sight: Colorado Springs Shows How U.s. Supreme Court Must Rule
    By: Studio98 | - Front Sight Firearms Training Institute is demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court take into consideration how examples like the Colorado Springs shooting are relevant to the case the U.S. Supreme Court is considering right now: the constitutionality of a handgun ban. Front Sight is quick to point out that the Second Amendment clearly says that no citizen's right to bear arms shall be infringed. After listening to Front Sight, much of America is agreeing: the Colorado Springs shooting has huge r ...
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  • Front Sight's Handgun Training Course
    By: Jayden Adams | - Front Sight Alaska and Front Sight Nevada was founded by Dr. Ignatius Piazza. Front Sight was started in 1996 with a mere 10 students and the only instructor at the time was Dr. Ignatius Piazza.

    Prior to starting Front Sight, Dr. Ignatius Piazza was a successful chiropractor living in California with his family. Then one day, fate came knocking at his home in the form of a drive-by shooting. When he and his family emerged unscathed, Dr. Ignatius Piazza began a quest to learn as ...

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  • Ignatius Piazza Helping Disaster Survivors
    By: Jayden Adams | - Ignatius Piazza did not grow up in a wealthy home. Instead, he lived like many other people in our society. He received hand-me-down gifts and attended a regular public school. Perhaps it is due to his upbringing that Dr. Ignatius Piazza is the person he is today.

    Dr. Ignatius Piazza began his early adult life as anyone else. He did not know what he wanted to do with his life. However, in his early twenties he found himself attending chiropractor school and working as an inte ...

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  • Front Sight Firearms Training Institute Encourages More Than Just Unarmed Training
    By: Jayden Adams | - Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, the largest firearms training academy in America recently recognized and congratulated Pittsburgh area schools for their decision to train teachers in unarmed self-defense. Front Sight, no stranger to self-defense training, admires the decision to empower teachers to protect the children they're trusted to educate every day.

    Front Sight realizes the enormous onus which is put upon teachers, and Front Sight expects citizens to recognize tha ...

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  • Can You Afford To Go Without Front Sight & Gun Training?
    By: Jayden Adams | - Front Sight Firearms Training Institute is, unfortunately, an anomaly in our modern American culture: Front Sight expects, encourages and creates responsibility. "Responsibility" in America today might as well be a four-letter word with the way that most people avoid it and run from the very possibility of it. But Front Sight and Dr. Ignatius Piazza certainly don't do any such thing. It probably makes sense to most laymen that a shooting school would have to instill responsibility to its stud ...
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