First Reflections on National Church Security Conference
The 14th Annual National Organization of Church Security and Safety Management National Church Security Conference is a wrap. Three of the four members of our church security collaborative inquiry team attended the conference at Grace Church in Frisco, Texas. I was invited into this project because of my long history of work in the sociology … Continue reading →
read more3d Printing Hysteria
"We favor enforcement of existing regulations over the creation of new regulatory schemes." You may notice that this is one of our policy positions, found here. Just keep that in the back of your brain for a few minutes. Over the last week or so, it seems that the...
read moreYour Hump Day Reading List for August 2, 2018
I found more interesting articles for this week’s List, some of them guaranteed to make you think twice!
Whatever happened to positively identifying your target?
I’m not sure where to start with this article, but I’ll boil it down to this: Just because an alarm goes off doesn’t mean there’s a threat, and blindly firing through a closed door without first ascertaining an actual threat is irresponsible in the extreme.
Speaking of stupid self defense tricks…
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read moreWhat’s Next? Understanding and Misunderstanding America’s Gun Culture – Book Chapter FINAL
I am preparing to depart for the Republic of Texas tomorrow to meet with my church security Collaborative Inquiry Team (another sociologist and two pastors) and attend a national conference on church security. Each of us on the team shared something we wrote to help the others understand where we are coming from as we … Continue reading →
read more“Justifiable” isn’t the same thing as “desirable”.
It’s been my observation that only a very small percentage of gun owners think deeply about this business of shooting another person. By that, I mean beyond the aspects of sight picture and trigger press.
What brought this to mind were the reactions of people to a recent story out of Oklahoma.
A landowner’s tale
It seems the owner of a vacant home had tired of people breaking into his empty house and developed the habit of frequently checking …
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read moreHandgun caliber and lethality.
This post is NOT about gun control, even though the article which it references specifically is. I don’t want to get into that discussion here, and will delete any comments which attempt to discuss it. Rather, I want to look at the article in order to better understand ‘real world’ handgun effectiveness, in terms of […]
read moreSlee Overtakes O-Class for Fourth Time at Soggy 2018 National Rimfire Sporter Match
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The National Rimfire Sporter match fired on Sunday, July 22, with a total of 273 entries throughout the day. Heavy rain, wind and erratic temperatures challenged competitors on the firing line as well as the spectators behind it, with precipitation eventually passing through and leaving wet conditions for the rest of Continue Reading
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read moreCMP Sees Unexpected Numbers at Inaugural National Smallbore Matches at Camp Perry
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Just like the blustering winds off of Lake Erie, the 2018 National Matches smallbore rifle series returned as a powerful force across the ranges of Camp Perry. Drenching rainstorms and consistent heavy gales tested the abilities of the competitors on the line – appropriately welcoming the events back to the venue Continue Reading
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read moreYour Hump Day Reading List for July 25, 2018
I haven’t let this heat wave stop me from gathering more great self defense and preparedness articles for you! (Now, where did that iced tea go…)
The gun shouldn’t be the first thing you grab
“I don’t need to identify my target, because I can tell my girlfriend’s steps from an intruder in the dark”. Someone actually told me that, in explanation for not having a flashlight with his home defense gun. I offer this article as counterpoint, …
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read moreBred To Be Distinguished: The Ohlinger Family Marksmanship Legacy
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer The 2018 National Matches are well underway, having already assembled a cluster of competitors of all ages and skill-levels onto the grounds of the historical Camp Perry National Guard Training Base through the pistol, smallbore and rimfire sporter rifle phases – with the highpower and long range series of events still ahead. Home of the Continue Reading
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