Col. John Dean "Jeff" Cooper (ret.)
May, 10 1920- September 25, 2006
Rest in Peace.
It has just come to my attention that the father of Modern Combat Shooting, Jeff Cooper, has passed away. Many of us for years have been reading his publications and columns, and no doubt many lives have been saved by his teachings.
Posted by gsadmin on Monday, September 25 @ 19:41:57 CDT (310 reads) (Read More... | Score: 3.33)
Well its been Just over a year and we're up to 386 total members. With last year's major changes for myself I was left with little time free to work on the site. This year though with stability restored and everything looking up, I suspect I will finally have time to add new reviews, technical articles, and just generally content that everyone should enjoy. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and I appreciate your continued support for The-Gunsmith.com.
Store owner, 80, returns to work, gun at the ready, after shootout
CRAWFORDSVILLE — The potato chip deliveryman saw the handgun sitting on the counter at The Neighborhood Store during his stop last week and raised his hands in mock surrender. "Don’t shoot me," he said, laughing at store owner Clarence Cochran.
The gun, a Taurus. 38 Special six-shooter, is the frequent butt of jokes at the tiny grocery on Green Avenue, near the railroad tracks at the southern end of this Crittenden County town. Friends tease the wiry, 150-pound Cochran that the pistol, with its 6-inch barrel, is almost as big as he is. Its loud report is the antithesis of Cochran’s soft, raspy voice.
Cochran, 80, keeps another handgun in his mobile home next door and a shotgun rests behind a shelf in the store. He takes a ribbing for his cache of weapons, Cochran’s family said, but one of them was a lifesaver when two men bent on robbery entered his store the night after Christmas last year. "
Posted by gsadmin on Friday, May 20 @ 22:14:39 CDT (480 reads) (Read More... | Score: 1)
Gun Free Zones.. or.. “Unarmed Victim Zones”
In the world we live in today, as gun owners we have many restrictions applied to us. There have been a number of recent successes in increasing our safety, our right to carry in more and more places. At the time of this writing, my Kentucky concealed weapons permit is good in 30 states. If all goes as planned I will be relocating to Texas soon, where I plan to obtain a Texas permit, which is still good in 24 states, a respectable number. I imagine most of you are aware of the strict nature of the background checks, and training Concealed Carriers undergo to obtain their licenses. It is an extreme rarity for a permit holder to be involved in crime, yet even with all the training and an assured clean background, there are still so many places we cannot carry.
Looking back at the events of today, in the Georgia courtroom, there was a great tragedy. A dangerous felon, obtained a handgun from his guard and Killed 3 people, wounded one more, pistolwhipped and carjacked a reporter, and is currently on the run. A retired homicide detective from NYC has offered a 10,000 dollar reward on this modern day Jesse James wannabe. Dead or Alive. Other organizations have pooled another 60,000 dollars in reward money for information leading to this fugitive’s capture. Three people, with families, an esteemed Judge, a court reporter, and a veteran Deputy have fallen, another Deputy, the lady who he took the gun from, lies in an Atlanta hospital in critical Condition.
This is the third high profile courthouse shooting in the last
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