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By Mike Keleher On Monday, October 08, 2018, President Trump spoke in front of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) national convention in Orlando, Florida. This convention has historically been quite a big showplace for Presidents to come in and make a pro-law enforcement speech. I was at McCormick Place in 2015...
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Photo Credit SSPEyewear.com By Mike Keleher I stumbled across this innovative eye protection at the 2018 SHOT Show in Las Vegas in the SSP Eyewear Booth. What a brilliant idea-safety glasses with a magnification at the top of the lens which they call "Top Focal" instead of at the bottom like a bi-focal.  What...
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By Mike Keleher The Thirty Third annual Gun Rights Policy Conference was held at the Chicago Ohare Hyatt Regency this weekend, 21-23 September, 2018 with this year's title "Fight For Freedom." Hundreds of attendees, who were noted to be some of the most law abiding citizens in the nation, went to see over 70 speakers...
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By Mike Keleher I have always said "Shooters are the nicest people." Always polite and willing to lend a hand, spare ammo or equipment. This past weekend they also put their money to work for a terrific cause, raising awareness and treatment options for Veterans at risk and donating their match fees to help....
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Photo Credit: Tuffypacks.com   OK It's a crazy world, let's get that out in the open. The idea of equipping kids with body armor so they can go to and from school really should be outside the realm of "normal" life. But it's not. We don't live in normal times, and things like giving...
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by Mike Keleher  I love Glocks. I don't love their factory trigger. There I actually spit it out…you probably have not seen anyone else confess this in print in such a manner. Not loving everything about the Glock may be taken as blasphemy in the Glock Fanboy community-but it's true. I find the trigger...
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  I heard the shooting numbers this Monday morning, and the count just got higher and higher as the morning wore on. I quit watching Chicago TV news on Sunday nights years ago- it is all just death and destruction. I tune in on Monday for the recaps and today found 12 human beings have...
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  By Mike Keleher You may not be aware of this, but these are the bargain days for obtaining AR-15 rifles. Back when Hillary Clinton was running for president, gun owners were very worried about their gun rights and the whole Democrat gun-ban agenda brashly came into the public light. Gun sales boomed, particularly...
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By Mike Keleher Dateline: Deadwood, SD. One hundred forty-two years ago. On August 02, 1876, western celebrity James Butler Hickock, was shot in the back of the head by a mentally deranged gunman Jack “Crooked Nose” McCall. Wild Bill Hickock died instantly from the single shot to the back of his head. At the...
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H+K UMP9-Photo Credit Wikipedia By Mike Keleher The Army Times has let the sub-machine gun cat out of the bag. Seems the Army is setting up trials to pick a new “Sub Compact Weapon” or SCW, for troops who are infrequently involved in combat, are involved in personal protection missions and/or possibly vehicle and...
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