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Outdoor Hub
Identifying firearm malfunctions is easy enough after the fact, but can you correctly call these as they happen? Not only is it a useful skill to have, but being able to identify certain malfunctions instantly can save lives — and that's no hyperbole.
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Guns.com
Competitive shooter Doug Koenig walks you through his personal method of honing his skills through the repetitive use of one-shot drills. If anyone knows the steel plate game its Koenig, who holds 70 National Championships and 16 Bianchi Cup wins under his belt. And his advice to make the steel ring: work one shot at a time as the warm up.
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Bearing Arms
Military servicemen still seething over domestic Islamic terrorist attacks at Fort Hood in 2009 and at Chattanooga in June want the ability to carry a concealed weapon on domestic military bases by a whopping 81 percent, and will likely get it very soon. Just 15 percent oppose on-base carry, and 4 percent are undecided, according to a new Rassmusson Reports survey of 1,473 military service personnel.
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By Archita Datta Majumdar
 The gun debate in the U.S. may never end, but opinion polls show most Americans want stricter gun laws. In a recent move, an alliance of organizations representing police chiefs and executives said they would strongly support universal background checks for firearms purchases. Currently, only licensed dealers have to insist on background checks, but firearms sold through private parties or gun shows do not require any checks and constitute 40 percent of total gun sales.
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KXAN-TV
Teaching security strategies to those who oversee our courts is a crucial part of helping keep state and local court judges safe. Judge Mark Atkinson, CEO of the non-profit Texas Center for the Judiciary in Austin, an educational group for court judges, said it's a priority to make sure newly elected judges overseeing sometimes emotional cases involving crimes, bankruptcy and child custody disputes attend seminars on staying safe both on the bench and while they're away from it. Topics in security seminars range from home protection tips like having good exterior lighting to changing up travel routines, even whether to carry a concealed weapon.
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The Post and Courier
A 13-year-old Ladson, South Carolina boy fended off two would-be burglars by using his mother’s gun to protect himself while home alone. He killed one of them in an exchange of gunfire, and the second suspect was later arrested, according to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.
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CNN via KCPQ-TV
A man has been charged in the home invasion and shooting of a North Carolina mom. Semantha Bunce, 21, a combat medic in the National Guard, was in her Charlotte home breast-feeding her 4-month-old son in her bedroom when intruders barged in, according to CNN affiliate WSOC. As the intruders broke into the home and opened fire, Bunce fired back with her own weapon.
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WMC-TV
Video simulator training allows you to put yourself into real life situations that help you think and react fast when every second matters. "You never know what's actually going to happen until you're actually put in there," Dennis Smith said. "[These are] for real world incidents that you may find yourself in that nobody wants to be in, but it's always better to train for.”
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KXAS-TV
The start of the deer rifle hunting season is a busy time for Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens as more of their time is being devoted to tracking and prosecuting poachers. "I feel that it's a bigger problem during the season of a lot of people not abiding by our laws," Game Warden Cane Shumaker said. Despite what many might think, Shumaker said poaching is far from a problem that is isolated in the rural areas of the state.
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Shooting Illustrated
Years ago, it was a common practice to buy a semi-automatic pistol and immediately take it to the local gunsmith to tune it up before firing the first shot. The next step was to fire several hundred rounds through it to verify reliability. In reality, doing so probably wasn’t as important as we initially thought, and with the advances in manufacturing technology today, it is likely unnecessary.
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