Tom Givens recommended in the Rangemaster 2018 Three-Day Firearms Instructor Development and Certification Class a book on criminal psychology titled Inside the Criminal Mind, by Stanton E. Samenow, Ph.D. I recently acquired this book and found it to be hard to put down. Having some idea of how violent criminals might look at the world and what they are capable of constitutes useful knowledge for the concealed carrier. Please be advised that this article addresses only a few of the points made in this book. I have intentionally avoided using terms like “always” and “will” in favor of “possibly” and ”may” in an attempt to avoid blanket generalizations, but I personally would always attempt to be prepared for the worst-case scenario when it comes to an interaction or confrontation with another person whose mentality and intent is questionable.
Continue reading “Why criminal mentality might matter”Here we go again …
In the aftermath of another deranged killer using a gun as the tool to commit his homicidal and suicidal acts of violence, the hand-wringing gun grabbers are at it again. They are wasting no time in exploiting the deaths of innocent people by pointing their finger at GUNS as the cause of the carnage and wanting to ban them.
Continue reading “Here we go again …”Visa pledges to process gun sales as long as people can buy guns
Visa chairman and CEO Alfred Kelly says his company will continue to process gun sales as long as buying guns is a legal activity.
Continue reading “Visa pledges to process gun sales as long as people can buy guns”Supreme Court: Right to bear arms protected by the highest category of liberty recognized by law
- It’s the Constitution that has the final say
Study: 89% of 21st century mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones
A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows 89 percent of mass shootings between 1998 and June 2019 occurred in gun-free zones.
Continue reading “Study: 89% of 21st century mass shootings occurred in gun-free zones”Gilroy Garlic Festival prohibited ‘weapons of any kind’
As gun-control advocates seize the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting to justify even more gun control it should be noted that the festival prohibited “weapons of any kind.”
Continue reading “Gilroy Garlic Festival prohibited ‘weapons of any kind’”Needles formalizes ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ declaration
NEEDLES — The city council inspired serious and apparently widespread discussion with consideration of declaring Needles to be a Second Amendment Sanctuary City during its regular meeting of June 11.
Continue reading “Needles formalizes ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ declaration”Gun control fail: Mexico homicides nearly three times higher than U.S.
Mexico has one gun store, stringent gun controls, and nearly three times the number of homicides witnessed in the U.S.
Continue reading “Gun control fail: Mexico homicides nearly three times higher than U.S.”California town wants to be a sanctuary … for gun owners
NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) — The Old West desert town of Needles, California, is where the beleaguered Joad family crossed the Colorado River into California in John Steinbeck’s classic novel “The Grapes of Wrath” and was a boyhood home to “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz.
Continue reading “California town wants to be a sanctuary … for gun owners”Judge keeps California gun fight alive
- State imposed registration demand, but failed to provide system that worked