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Hey, everybody, and Happy New Year! Citizens Safety Academy has an NRA Instructor course coming up the weekend of January 18th, but that class is almost sold out. If you want to squeeze into that one, please send us an email ASAP. Otherwise, our next NRA Basic Pistol and NRA Pistol Instructor combo weekend is coming up in March. For those who would like to teach handgun carry permit classes or NRA pistol classes, we're offering the NRA's two-day pistol instructor certification course. And if you haven't already had NRA Basic Pistol (now a prerequisite for instructor certification), we have that class the day before, so you can cover everything in one weekend. NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting When & Where: Friday, March 29, 2018 (CSA HQ; Murfreesboro, TN) Name of Training Organization: Citizens Safety Academy (CSA) Name of Instructors: Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir Cost of Training: $75.00 Course Info: No prerequisites; No experience necessary. This course covers the universal safety rules, the fundamentals of marksmanship, and pistol operation, selection, storage, and maintenance. Great for brand new shooters, veteran shooters looking for a refresher or training documentation, and everyone in between. Participants will need a reliable handgun, eye and ear protection, approximately 100 rounds of ammunition, an open mind, and a positive attitude. Please let us know in advance if you think you'll need to borrow a handgun or purchase ammo from us. More Details & Registration: https://citizenssafety.com/event/nra-basic-pistol-mar-2019/ (or see our Eventbrite page) NRA Pistol Instructor Certification Course When & Where: Sat-Sun, March 30-31, 2019 Name of Training Organization: Citizens Safety Academy (CSA) Name of Instructors: Tiffany Johnson and Aqil Qadir Cost of Training: $225.00 Course Info: This is not a shooting course; instead, it's for experienced shooters who are interested in teaching others about handgun safety and marksmanship. We'll cover adult learning theory, best practices for effective instruction in the classroom and on the range, and ways to properly teach the NRA's Basic Pistol lesson plans. Participants will need a reliable handgun, eye and ear protection, approximately 100 rounds of ammunition, an open mind, and a positive attitude. Prerequisite: The NRA now requires everyone to take NRA Basic Pistol before they can take the Pistol Instructor course. Sorry, no exceptions (even if you're the world's greatest super-duper-commando-special-forces-SWAT-top-shot-SEAL-sniper-operator, LOL). If you've already had NRA Basic Pistol, you can just send us your certificate and you're good to go. If not, you can take basic Pistol with us on 3/29 or with someone else, as long as you've got the pre-req before attending the instructor course. More Details & Registration: https://citizenssafety.com/event/nra-pistol-instructor-mar-2019/ (or see our Eventbrite page) We've now had several people come out and train with us who saw our posts on TGO, so many thanks to @TGO David and this whole community for the great exposure. If you have any questions about these classes, just let us know. We hope some of you will join us in March. Aqil Qadir and Tiffany Johnson Info@CitizensSafety.com www.CitizensSafety.com

Because when it rains it pours! Bullet's that is.

It really is nice leatherwork, but it does leave me scratching my head about a few things. That’s for sure.

Biggest problem with Kahr handguns: They have Kahr triggers.

They already make that. It’s called a Kahr P45.

When I first started to read this the word "troll" kept popping up in my mind. Now I think it is so.

They are the spuds for a bore sighting tool. We used the same brand at the gun store I worked at 30 years ago. I believe that is Bushnell or maybe Tasco- one of those two. There should be a device that screws onto the end of the spud where the flat part is.

So my uncle passed last month. He told my aunt before he died to make sure I get a certain revolver that was my grandfather’s. He already gave me my grandfather’s .SW 38 special which SW dated back to 1964. So I was surprised to hear about this one. I never saw it growing up and had no idea he owned it. My father said he owned this one first but it was just to big to carry everyday. He worked as a constable and at parchman prison in MS. I contacted SW with the serial number and they dated it 1926-27. Very well take care of. Looking forward to taking her out. Going to get the holster repaired as well. proud to have it looks good to be 90years old

Bob Einstein, who brought us the world’s greatest daredevil, has passed away. Too many good stunts to pick just one so I’ll just leave the YouTube search: https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=super+dave+osborne

I think there would be a shortage of maglights if this were to happen.

I like my handguns similar to the way I like women...just thick enough to grip well. These single stack Glocks are way to skinny for me. But I get it, Glock has to make a product to people without the genetic condition known as "man hands".

It's a good thing he's wearing a helmet

Today's the day. Official announcement and specs: https://us.glock.com/a-perfect-fit

Looks like a solution lacking a problem.

Since this thread has taken a historical turn, here's another tidbit.. Ellis Island began processing immigrants into the U.S. on Jan. 1, 1892 — 127 years ago. Fifteen-year-old Irish immigrant Annie Moore was the first to cross through the Ellis Island Immigration station, according to the Library of Congress. She would be one of more than 12 million people who would pass through the entry port in New York Harbor, which operated for 62 years. https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/01/ellis-island-immigration-new-year/

Like many of us, I have several 22s. Rifles and pistols. Though pistols are my favorite, I do have 2 rifles that I'll never let go of. A Winchester 75 that was my Dad's. I must have been 7 or 8 when he got it. Paid a tremendous amount of money for it...125 dollars and that included the Unertl scope on it. lol I remember it well. We were living with my grandparents at the time, and they gave him a great deal of hell over spending that kind of money on a gun. That should have been about 1962 or thereabouts. The other is a Ruger 10/22 I got from one of our good guys here...DolomiteSuprafly. It's been heavily customized. All towards great shooting and accuracy. Green Mountain Heavy target barrel, and a Volquartsen trigger group that is unbelievable. More that I don't remember offhand. Dolo cautioned me not to attempt to remove the trigger, as he had polished, fitted, and shimmed every part that needed it. I can tell you that it is a superb 10/22. And has a threaded barrel, so my cheap can is a ball on it.

Patience Gentlemen. He may have gotten all the info he needed. After all, it'd s 1911. They are pretty much all built the same, just with different tolerances.

Hope you find the 9mm that suits you. Great to see you posting again.

Wow, a 5 screw 44spl. What a great pass me down. Make sure nothing in that holster like the snap can get anywhere close to the cylinder. A real gem of an American treasured classic...... You Lucky dog you!

As a veteran who suffers from anxiety, depression and PTSD, this law absolutely scares me to death. I am by no means a threat to my self or my community but all it takes is someone to say otherwise no matter what evidence they have. Because of my health issues, I would stand little to no chance of a legal defense. Keep in mind, I am a veteran. I have served my country and know a thing or two about respecting firearms. After leaving the military, I served my community for over 15 years working as a civilian employee for a local police department. Although I was not sworn, I worked closely with our officers on a daily basis. I have nothing but love and respect for my country and community and the laws that we must abide by. I can not fathom breaking those laws especially to do something as crazy as a mass shooting or anything like that. All this being said, do you really think the court or liberals would care about any of this? All they would see is someone dealing with health issues and who has guns. It doesn't matter to them that I am actually a law abiding citizen much like so many of our current veterans who deal with the same problems that I have to deal with. Honestly I am terrified to even make this post but people need to understand there are plenty of veterans and others like myself who are healthy members of our society that contribute to the well being of our citizens on a daily basis but also deal with, dare I say it, "mental health issues." This does not make myself or anyone else a threat to our communities, regardless of the fact that we are also responsible gun owners. All it takes is a single person who thinks differently and all of this would go away for myself or any others in similar circumstances. Again, this scares me greatly. As with many shooters, it is very relaxing for me. I am an accuracy nut, albeit not that great of one. I love reloading and squeaking every once of accuracy out of my firearms that I am capable of. It is fun for me and is a family "tradition" that has been passed down to me and I have in turn passed down to my children. The attention to detail that shooting and even hunting takes is something that takes my mind off of my own personal problems and is very therapeutic for me. This doesn't even take into account the self defensive rights that I also have as a father, husband and responsible citizen. Please do not allow a bill like this to be passed in our state!

Four additional rounds in a 43 makes a lot more sense to me than five less in a 19. Especially at only 1/16" thinner.

I've carried a Glock 19 for nearly a decade and I still think they make one of the most reliable guns on the market. The Gen4 17 is one of my favorite guns I own. I'm obviously a fan. That being said, Glock stopped being innovative in the 90's. They are always trying to respond to a consumer request from 5 or 10 years ago. The request for a single stack 9mm became an internet meme before it became reality. I'm not convinced the G43 has been as successful as they hoped. It seems even some of the die hard Glock guys prefer the Shield.

The new Glock does for me exactly what the old Glock did for me. Nothing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The only way this works is to have a national registry and track who owns what. That is it. Otherwise how would anyone know who is SUPPOSED to have what and be able to enforce it if you gave or sold something to someone without doing the check ? Otherwise there is no mechanism to know if someone sold something to someone without doing a check. We need to make it known that if you support Universal background checks you are supporting universal gun registration...period. I fear at some point one monkey who has had enough is going to stand up and say "No" and others will join him all hell will break loose... (For those not tracking that "monkey" reference.... that is what Cornelius (in Escape From the Planet of the Apes (IIRC) ) said was how the Simian revolution started...one day one monkey (Ceasar) had enough of being told what to do by humans and stood up and said "NO" when ordered to do something.....

This is why we can’t have nice things. Here’s some lovely ammo for the folks who’d like to repeal “guns in bars” as it was so wonderfully dubbed back in the run up to restaurant carry being passed. I’ll be honest, I don’t think it’s a big deal to have a drink or two while carrying. If you are unsafe with a gun after a drink or two, it’s probably not the gun that is the problem. But crap like this is what makes life hard on the rest of us. Whatever you do and however you do it, be responsible and safe while doing it. If you screw up, own it. Don’t run off like a coward. Whatever you do, stop making life hard on the rest of us!

For me it boils down to when they take the firearms. If a person is flagged, goes through due process and is found dangerous. Then they can take their guns. However, if a flagged person's guns are confiscated first and then they have to go through the process, it becomes guilty until proven innocent. That I want no part of. Honestly, the whole idea of "Red Flag" laws scares the Hell outta me. The potential for abuse is mind boggling.

Still wimpy and communist Give me all the rounds.