Col. Jeff Cooper furthered general gun safety by distilling and popularizing the four rules of safe gun handling. The purpose was to minimize accidents, otherwise known as negligent discharges (every accidental discharge is a negligent discharge). There are other variations on the theme, but Cooper’s four rules of gun safety are easy to remember and communicate. You […]
By Robert B. Young, MD Ryan Cleckner has one of the strongest resumés in the shooting world. He served two tours of duty as a special ops Ranger sniper, team leader and trainer in Afghanistan. Following his return, he completed college and law school, founded the educational Veteran’s Advocacy Group and the New Battlefront Group […]
What’s wrong with this picture? The campaign’s message is simple. It encourages adults to take five steps to prevent child gun deaths and injuries. Those include securing guns in homes and vehicle by making sure they are unloaded and properly locked up; modeling responsible behavior around guns; asking about unsecured guns in other homes and […]
By A. Reeder The question came up after reviewing several shooting episodes posted on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter (also some news station videos). In a number of shooting situations, the “good guy” was dealing with bystanders in range and proximity to the “bad guy”. We all know about several incidents where police generated collateral casualties […]
There are generally two kinds of gun owners: those who have fired a shot unintentionally and those who will. Another way to look at it is, play with fire long enough and you’ll eventually get burned. The first thing we have to understand is the definition of an unintentional discharge. The way I explain it […]
After years of eschewing the gun world into which her husband has delved, and delved deeply, Dan’s wife JZ has the long rage shooting bug. Bad. And that’s good! The former St. Louis utility CFO has found her happy place. Of course, before she got behind the trigger, Dan taught her the Four Rules of […]
