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Nov. 3, 2014 Jason Howerton -What would you do in a “life and death” situation when your handgun jams? If you have no formalized training then to do what this woman did, which is pray for a miracle. This is a pathetic story. I encourage everyone to enroll in a quality firearms course, and I […]

The Key to Securing your Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The vast majority of Americans, be they gun-owners or not, are unconsciously incompetent about firearms. That is, they don’t know what they don’t know. The perceptions that the average non-gun-owner has about firearms are largely driven by what they see in media, or by […]

Time is running out to enroll. Friends, I try never to pass up an opportunity to train. Or an opportunity to practice. I am always a student of the gun. Whether I am learning some new skills, or re-learning and reinforcing fundamentals that I may have forgotten. Or just practicing known skills to get better […]

Time is running out to enroll. Friends, I try never to pass up an opportunity to train. Or an opportunity to practice. I am always a student of the gun. Whether I am learning some new skills, or re-learning and reinforcing fundamentals that I may have forgotten. Or just practicing known skills to get better […]

Shooters, I am happy to announce that this news site hit the milestone of 20,000 followers last night!!! I’m not talking about 20,000 web hits, I get about twice that every day. I’m talking about 20,000 individual gun owners that are following us. I got up this morning and the count was 20,047. Wow! They […]

Local San Diego County shooters, Sign up NOW for our ULTIMATE CONCEALED CARRY PACKAGE!!! Includes classroom instruction on gun safety, weapon handling, use of force laws, and concealment methods. Then Practice what you have learned in our Defensive Firearms Class, drawing from concealment, firing on multiple-reactive targets, shooting on the move, and more…. To get […]

By Debbie Dujanovic SALT LAKE CITY — When Dusti Shepard’s husband got a gun last year, she decided it was time to put aside her fear of handguns and learn to use one. Besides practicing her skills at a new shooting range in Sandy called The Armory, the mother of two young children obtained a […]

By John Potratz Published September 09, 2014 FoxNews.com “People are popping off rounds beneath the busy streets of Manhattan. The stench of burnt gunpowder fills the air. Paper targets twitch from incoming bullets. And shell casings clank with each ear-piercing bang from the shooters in their booths. It’s just another day at West Side Rifle […]

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Poway, CA – Poway Weapons & Gear, a federally licensed retail firearms dealer, announced today that on August 23rd, 2014 it will be opening its new range & training facility. The Poway Weapons & Gear Range is a 42,000 square foot, $8 Million facility will be one of the newest, high-end gun ranges to open […]