No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.6/257 - Release Date: 2/10/2006 Violent Crimes Rise In Some Cities: The New York Times admits that the violent responses to trivial disputes involve suspects and victims who tend to be young blacks, born to teenage mothers, and who have previous criminal records. Yet, NYT cannot help blaming the crimes on the availability of firearms. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/12/national/12homicide.html?ei=5094&en=75a6cc1dcde7131f&hp=&ex=1139806800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all --- Defenseless-Victim-Zone Shooting: Signs prohibiting firearms failed to deter a shot fired during a dispute at an Arizona Motor Vehicle Division office in Phoenix. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0212B1-talker0212.html --- Counter-Terrorism Precautions: Bruce Mandelblit repeats some of the guidelines for recognizing and surviving terror incidents. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/10/133714.shtml?s=lh --- Attention, Tucson Area: Those of you who know me, know I don't ask things of people very often. In truth, I'd like you to do something both for yourself, and for freedom next Saturday and Sunday. I'd like you to take as many of your family members as you can to the McMann Roadrunner Tucson Gun Show next weekend, 2/18 & 19, which will be at the Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Rd, not at the TCC as usual. At the last TCC show, the city accepted a deposit for the hall for 2/18 & 19, and then someone forgot to write the contract. It was then rented out to another show, leaving Lori McMann to find another venue. TCC officials have apologized for the mistake and have offered to put people at the curb telling them the show has moved. That venue, again, is The Tucson Expo Center, 3750 E Irvington Rd, Just East of Palo Verde on the South side of Irvington. It's right between Denny's and Carl's Jr. for those who navigate by landmark. Here's the rub: many will be disappointed to find that the show is not at TCC, and go home. That is not good for Roadrunner Shows, or any of its vendors. They need a good turn out, and I'm asking you to help with that turn out by forwarding this to everyone you know in Tucson who might be interested in going to this gun show. Why? Pat McMann fought very hard against some underhanded and anti-freedom policies of the City of Tucson that tried to keep him out of the TCC. He went so far as to go to court and fight a tough and courageous battle against the City, which he did not win, but set the tone for changes in the pre-emption law, ARS 13-3108. In the end, the show stayed at TCC, mostly on his resolve. I am sure that that battle hastened the stroke that killed him. Now his daughter Lori and widow Joan carry on his business, running clean, ethical, and well done shows all over the state. Can we, as gun owners, pay back a little of the debt to the McMann Family for standing up for our rights to assembly? I hope so. Please attend the show Saturday, 2/18, 9 - 5, and Sunday 9 - 4, and forward this to everyone you know who might attend. I'll even forgive the regular listeners to the Swap Shop, Sunday 10 AM - noon and Liberty Watch Sunday noon - 2 PM on AM 690 KVOI, for missing the shows that week to go to the gun show. So please, redistribute this widely, and thanks. Respectfully, Charles Heller --- From John Farnam: 9 Feb 06 Today was the first day of the SHOT Show in Las Vegas,NV. We got through the law-enforcement section. Some observations: Stinger, Taser's competition was on display. Similar device, but with an important difference. A hit from a Taser will deliver a pre-set, five-second ride to the recipient. The user can manually abort the ride sooner than five seconds, but, for best results, such shortening of the ride is not recommended. The stinger only delivers electricity to the recipient so long as the trigger is held down, and it automatically shuts off after four seconds in any event. Time will tell which approach is best, but, from what I know, my preference is for Taser's system. A prematurely shortened ride may create more problems than it solves! Bill Wilson has introduced a small, polymer-framed, concealable 9mm pistol, about the size of a Kahr 9. It's called the APD. It uses the gas-retarded blowback system of the old H&K P 7 and comes apart the same way. Trigger is seven pounds, and the reset is deep and mushy. Self-decocking, this will make a nice, small carry gun. On the downside, it has a two-position, manual safety lever, which I would just leave in the "off" position, and it has no external slide-lock lever, so the slide can be locked to the rear only with the insertion of an empty magazine. The gas system will heat up, but polymer will not transmit the heat as readily of did H&K's steel frame. Action Target is now making an ingenious device, called the "Breach Door." This training edifice allows officers to breach the same door multiple times, and it resets in seconds. Resistance of the door can be adjusted so that it can be kicked open, or it may require an impact device, and/or a shot-lock. It can even be used with explosive entry. Breaching doors can thus be practiced time and time and time again, by the same team, with little time required for reset. Something every SWAT team should have! Kimber had on display its new KPD, a polymer-framed duty/concealment pistol, designed to compete directly with the G19/23, the SIG 229, and the S&W M&P. It has an eight-pound trigger with a deep, mushy reset. It is slim and features adjustable grip sizes, something that all manufacturers of service pistols are going to be forced into. It is slim and easy to handle. On the negative side, it has a magazine safety, and the magazine safety shares the same problem with that of the Ruger's pistols. With the magazine removed, the trigger functions normally, dropping the hammer, but the gun is prevented from firing. Magazine safeties on S&W pistols simply make the trigger go slack, which is sensory input to the shooter that the magazine has become unlocked or is not inserted at all. Either way, the shooter instantly knows what to do to correct the problem and get his pistol running. With the Ruger, and now the KPD, the magazine safety, when activated, will still allow both trigger and hammer to function normally. It simply blocks the firing pin! Upon hearing a "click," instead of a "bang," the shooter knows little, because the pistol has told him little. Chamber might be empty. Might be a dud round. Magazine may be unlocked. To me, this is a source of needless confusion. It's a deal-buster! Remington's 40XS sniper rifle in 338 Lapua was on display. Wonderful 1500m gun! In conjunction with DPMS, Remington is also marketing the XM110/SASS autoloading sniper system, featuring an upscaled AR-15 in 308 caliber. Remington's shotguns are now available with the Knoxx buffered stock. Really takes the unpleasantness out of shooting a 12ga shotgun! They also had their 7615 223 pump rifle. It's basically a 20ga 870 in 223 caliber. Controls are all in the same place. Remington "Technology Division" showed the R1 Eyeball. A softball-sized ball, containing a video camera, can be thrown into a danger area. It automatically rights itself and pans the area. A remote TV monitor can then be consulted to reveal what the ball sees. I can see many uses for this! Beretta had the PX4 pistol, in four versions, the "C," D," "F," and "G." The one to get is the "C" version, for "Constant Action." This is a rotary-barrel, polymer-framed pistol. Nice size,and it features adjustable grip sizes. The "F" and "G" versions have manual decocking levers and thus will not sell well. The "D" version's trigger is heavy, but the pistol features a "double-drop" on a recalcitrant round. The "C" version features a seven-pound trigger, deep, but distinct, reset, but no double-drop. The"C" version will sell well, again competing directly with Glock, SIG, and S&W. They needn't bother with the other three! Beretta is also now making a 223 rifle, designed to compete directly with the AR-15. It's profile is similar to that of the AR-15, but far from exact. It is called the RX4, and it features a collapsible stock, ambidextrous controls, and it takes AR-15 magazines. This is a nice, light rifle and will do well. Blackhawk's wonderful Serpa holster now has a level III, duty sibling. The level three version features the button release on the right side and a thumb release on the left side. Fast, slim, easy to learn to use, and secure, this holster is ideal for uniformed, duty carry. More tomorrow... /John ("Self-decocking" is Farnamese for "Double Action Only.") 10 Feb 06 Second day at the SHOT Show: Friends at the Glock booth indicated that Glock's long-awaited 223 rifle will not be with us any time soon. Most pistol manufacturers, including Glock, are now focusing on the new Pentagon Pistol Contract, the particulars of which are still not clear, although we know the new pistol will be in 45ACP caliber. Kel-Tec's new PF9 nine-millimeter pistol is small, light, and extremely flat! Nice hide-out gun. Brian Hoffner is making the "Secret Carry" holster to accommodate it and also Kel-Tec's 380Auto. Nearly invisible as Brian was wearing it. Friends at Cor-Bon tell me their best seller is still 115gr, 9mm, conventional hollow-point. Powerball is ten-percent more expensive, and DPX is fifty-percent more expensive, but both are surging in popularity. I carry DPX. Detonics had their small, Combat Master, which I carry, on display. Joining the line is the Service Master, a commander-sized 1911. Wonderful carry gun! I'll have a copy soon. Their five-inch 1911 is called the 9-11-01. The Taurus "24/7" is basically a G19/23 with the addition of a manual safety. Trigger is two-stage and similar to Glock's, inasmuch as the reset is short and crisp. The Taurus folks were gracious and helpful. I didn't shoot it, of course, but the 24/7 felt good. If I carried one, I'd leave the manual safety in the "off" position. I didn't handle FN's new plastic pistol, but I'll get my hands on a copy tomorrow. I lost count of companies marketing AR-15s. I particularly like DSA's and RRA's versions. I'll handle S&W's version tomorrow. The standard for 223 rifles is the AR-15. It works fine, but gas-piston guns like Robinson Arms' existing RA-96 and their new XCR, Beretta's new RX4, SIG's 551, and others will all probably work better. Lots of interest, in and out of police channels, to drive this market. SIG's 551 is a wonderful 223, but thus far is imported only into police channels. Two choices in 308 are SA's M-14 platform and DSA's FAL. Both were on display. I own both, but my preference is the FAL. DSA's customer service is next to none! More tomorrow... /John -- Stephen P. Wenger Firearm safety - It's a matter for education, not legislation. http://www.spw-duf.info .