Recent content by SKN

Just signed by the President so it's a done deal, but not until February 2010 when provisions of the entire bill become law.

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58; married w/ girl 9 and boy 6; retired CA LEO, past 8 years firearms and tactics instructor for SO, and state LE Academy in OR.

"Effective Defense" by Gila Hayes, from the Firearms Academy of Seattle web site.

In the 1986 FBI Miami-Platt/Mattix shootout SA Ed Mireles functioned and fired his Rem870 4 times using only his one uninjured hand. In his situation he improvised, adapted and overcame. Since then it has become an instructed emergency/disabled action technique for professionals, much like...

Flashbangs (noise flash diversion devices) are classified as explosive devices by ATF which strictly regulates their legitimate sale only to law enforcement agencies and the military. Your alternative is to attempt to modify railroad torpedoes, M-80s (cherry bombs), or military grenade...

The parents, both Army vets and the father is a former Screaming Eagle as well, were interviewed on CNN (12/13 AM). Their only son, a medic with the 101st, was killed by IED 7 weeks after his arrival in Iraq. Their objection was that their son was being transported by commercial air and they...

OR "Castle Doctrine" case law If you have an OR CHL the instructor for your class should have at least touched on the foundation case about the castle doctrine in our state, State v Gibson (1903). Essentially the court ruled that if you are on your own premises or in a place where you have a...

Try signing on at www.oregonconcealedcarry.com, a couple hundred Oregonians are there.

If the media accounts are accurate, Stemle's action was clearly out of compliance with Oregon statute law, ORS 161.219, with regards to justification for the use of deadly physical force defined in ORS 161.015(3). Oregon case law requires that the danger of death or serious bodily injury must be...

As long as your light doesn't have one of those bezels with the crown points you should be OK.

Resident state, OR, and non-resident permits in AZ, FL, UT and WA, as well as my CA retired LEO credential. I obtained my 18 USC 926C (d) (2) (B) credential shortly after 'W' signed HR218 so I won't have to renew any of them and will now be good in HI where I was born.

Confidence Drills Used by highly disciplined, experienced and skilled LE and Mil units before the advent of Simunitions. My team did them, as did others, with the team commander/trainers/leaders/assistant team leaders standing in very close proximity to targets. Simunitions really eliminated...

Whenever possible both hands move simultaneously, the support hand thumb up with palm down flat against the the upper abdomen and toward the master hand side. The bladed master hand with fingers pointed down moves across the abdomen to clear the open front garment (jacket). For a closed front...

proven, My apologies for not being clear in my point which had nothing to do with how much that clerk earns. To re-state: compare the attachment, the dependence, the love and the obligation I have to the mother of my children versus someone whom I've never met, have no attachment to or...