Daily Archives: December 22, 2008

Meanwhile, in reality-land

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December 22, 2008

While our mayor is thinking about more gun control, an armed citizen uses his firearm to defend his life and the lives of others during an attempted robbery at a grocery store. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Matthew Mount said the robber, brandishing a handgun, corralled all the customers into one part of the...
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Garbage In, Garbage Out

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December 22, 2008

I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase – it’s pretty common, and means “if you start with bad data, your end result will be bad as well.”  Our local paper, the Indy Star decides to take the garbage in-garbage out approach by using Mayors Against Illegal Gun’s already debunked study to ask for more gun...
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Practice

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December 22, 2008

Practice does not make you perfect.  Practice makes you better.  Bowling Pins, steel plates, IDPA, USPSA – if you carry a gun for self-defense, find a venue that forces you to shoot that gun, to reload that gun, to clear jams on that gun (if it’s not “perfect”); and to do it all under...
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2008 greatest hits

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December 22, 2008

For each month, here are the posts that you, the readers, decided were the most popular.  Based on page views: January: Security Threatre February: SHOT Spotlight Boberg XR9 March: “Don’t Worry”.  (Silly image ftw) April: Wintermute is Back May: ATF Throwing Adventure Outdoors Under the Bus June: Imagine Obama 08 July: Tactical Segeway August:...
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SHOT ‘09 Update

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December 22, 2008

Currently in Hoosierlandia: 1 F, -17 F after windchill. In Orlando, FL site of SHOT ’09: 51 F. I can’t wait!
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New Hamilton County Shooting Range

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December 22, 2008

Wyatt’s Sporting Goods has re-opened its doors in Cicero, just north of Noblesville.  This is good news for Hamilton County shooters, because in March, Wyatt’s is planning on opening Hamilton County’s first indoor shooting range.  Did I mention that the new range that’s going to open is going to be the absolute state of...
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Too Cold to Shoot Outside

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December 22, 2008
Too Cold to Shoot Outside

Honestly, this weekend I was going into “bullet withdrawal”.  Over the past few weeks I’d skipped Friday Night Steel to go to a party, had my regular IDPA match canceled, had a Steel Challenge match canceled (protip: shooting outside in the winter in Indiana can be dangerous), and generally have not been shooting as...
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