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A father in Bloomfield, Ct., used his handgun to save his daughter from a neighbor who was attempting to rape her, local media reported last week. Maurice Gordon saw his 30-year-old daughter being attacked by one of his neighbors, Michael Farrigon, 43, while the woman was parked in the driveway of Gordon’s home. Farrigon approached the car, opened the door, and said he wanted to rape her.

J.W. Hornady founded the company in 1949 in Grand Island, Nebraska. What began in small shop has grown into one of the biggest names in ammunition and reloading equipment in the world. Hornady opened the new facility this month and has introduced two new cartridges.

At the time these events happened, I considered myself to be well-prepared — maybe over-prepared — in the area of personal self-defense. (I am retired military and a former police officer.) I foolishly thought I was smart enough to be able to keep a criminal from getting the best of me. I was wrong.

The updated B model has a reversible push-button magazine release along with all the features that make the VP9 the success it’s been.

A Vietnam veteran and Silver Star recipient has been sentenced to 87 months in prison by a federal judge for illegally purchasing a fully automatic M14 rifle at a Fort Worth gun show in the early 1980’s. Alfred Pick, 70, lives in Plano, Tx., and purchased the rifle because it was similar to the one he carried in combat.

“The current 40% support for an assault rifles ban is below the historical average of 47%,” noted Gallup. “The latest data provide further evidence that public opinion typically shifts to higher support for tougher gun laws in the aftermath of a traumatic national event such as a mass shooting, but gradually reverts to prior levels as the memory of it fades.”

“There is no way to undo the life-shattering harm that Mr. Dunn caused, but we are pleased with the grand jury’s decision for such an unnecessary and egregious use of deadly force,” said the attorney.

The M48 Nosler Custom Handgun as a hunting handgun which challenges the hunter. It’s also a lot of fun to shoot, once you get used to it.

Need an intro to patterning? It refers to where you’d like to break a target, using the height of the shotgun’s comb to change where the gun shoots.