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Weekly Newsletter Click Here for Membership Information! October 19th, 2007 Dear Friend, This week, I have a very important message to share with you, in the form of the 'Video of the Week'. I am a huge fan of Glenn Beck! Last month, he aired a 4 part series about a potential terrorist strike called "The Perfect Day". Each of these ran for about 10 minutes, and they were all a wake-up, even to those of us who have been well aware that the next big attack on America will be an attack on 'soft targets', like schools. As a parent, I urge you to watch the two videos below (I had to break them up, because you can't upload a video longer than 10 minutes), and THEN, follow the link provided to CNN's website to watch the remaining three- trust me, you will not regret it! Below the videos, there will also be a button that you can click on to send this newsletter and the link to all the videos to your friends and family. The Perfect Day, Part 1 of 4 USCCA Video of the Week Click HERE to go to Glen Beck's Site and watch the remaining three parts to "The Perfect Day". Once you open the site, scroll down to the center of the page, and on the right side you will see a box called "Exposed: The Perfect Day".
http://www.a-human-right.com Have you guys ever been to this site? It's amazing! A guy named Oleg Volk created and runs the site, and it's really amazing! There are a lot of awesome pictures that he has taken, posters that he has created (like the one above), and some even better articles that he has written. One of the things I like the most about it, is the questionnaire that you get if you click on the "a liability" choice when you first go to the site. This would be a GREAT place to send an anti-gunner, or person who is anti-CCW. "Flawed Laws Help Stalkers Victimize Women" By John Lott and Sonya Jones What do you do when the police can't protect you? Police may be the single most important factor for reducing crime, but there is something the police themselves understand: They almost always arrive at the crime scene after the crime has occurred.
Expecting people to trust the police to protect them and to behave passively is a recipe for disaster. The last couple of weeks have seen a couple prominent murders where restraining orders did women little good. Numerous news organizations, such as ABC News, have run headlines asking "How Do You Stop a Stalker From Killing You?" Unfortunately, despite acknowledging that "many women find themselves on their own," the media are drawing the wrong lessons. To simply advise that women "Get the hell away him" often doesn't go anywhere near far enough. With her tragic murder on Monday on the campus of the University of Washington, Rebecca Griego learned this the hard way. Twice she had filed for restraining orders against her abusive and physically violent former boyfriend, Jonathan Ghulam-Nabi Rowan, but the police didn't know where he lived and could never serve him. It wasn't like they didn't try, for in January they couldn't even locate Rowan for an outstanding warrant for a drunk driving conviction. Rowan made Rebecca's life hell. In police reports as well as her request for a restraining order, she described Rowan as a "suicidal alcoholic" who had "punched," "slammed," and "thrown" her to the ground. To no avail, she moved a couple of times and changed her cell phone number. Nevertheless, on March 7th and 14th, Rowan called her at work, threatening both her and her dog. He then called and threatened Rebecca's older sister. But restraining orders often aren't worth the paper on which they're written, even when they are served. For a stalker intent on killing his victim or committing suicide after the attack, the penalty for violating a restraining order is irrelevant. With Seattle police's response time of seven minute for the highest-priority emergency calls, the police simply can't be there to protect you even with a restraining order. Seven minutes can seem like an eternity. With such rampant failures in the system, there is one piece of advice that could have saved Rebecca's life: self-defense, get a gun. Indeed, the University of Washington goes in the opposite direction and tries to protect people by declaring the campus a "gun free zone," with the school's code of conduct banning the "possession or use of firearms . . . except for authorized university purposes." Gun free zones may be well intentioned, but good intentions that is not enough. It is an understandable desire to ban guns. After all, if you ban guns from an area, people can't get shot, right? But time after time when these public shootings occur, they disproportionately take place in gun free zones. It is the law-abiding good citizens who would only use a gun for protection who obey these bans. Violating a gun free zone at a place such as a public university may mean expulsion or firing and arrest, real penalties for law-abiding citizens. But for someone intent on killing others, adding on these penalties for violating a gun free zone means little to someone who, if still alive, faces life in prison. Unfortunately, instead of gun free zones ensuring safety for victims, ensuring that the victims are unarmed only makes things safer for attackers. One of us conducted research with Bill Landes at the University of Chicago that examined all the multiple-victim public shootings in the United States from 1977 to 1999. We found that when states passed right-to-carry laws, these attacks fell by 60 percent. Deaths and injuries from multiple-victim public shootings fell on average by 78 percent. To the extent that attacks still occurred, they overwhelmingly happened in the special places within right-to-carry states where concealed handguns were banned. The University of Washington is a good example of this. There is no evidence that there are any more accidental gun deaths that occur from right-to-carry laws. Permit holders also tend to be extremely law-abiding. Ironically, earlier this year University of Washington President Mark Emmert began consideration of making the school's ban somehow apply to students living off campus as well. Students are sitting ducks on campus, but the change would make them vulnerable off campus as well. Not only did the gun free zones fail here, but it is extremely unlikely that Rowan could even legally own a gun. As a non-resident alien Rowan needed an alien firearms license to even own a gun, something that rarely granted. There is an even simpler point to make. It is the physically weakest, women and the elderly, who benefit the most from having a gun to protect themselves. The U.S. Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey has shown for decades that resistance with a gun is by far the safest course of action when one confronts a criminal. Good intentions don't necessarily make good rules. What counts is whether the rules ultimately save lives. Unfortunately, too many rules primarily disarm law-abiding citizens, not criminals. I found this GREAT article at http://johnrlott.blogspot.com. *John Lott is the author of the forthcoming book, Freedomnomics and the Dean's visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Binghamton. Sonya Jones is a lawyer
Smart Carry USCCA Gear Review This week, I'm going to revisit the Smart Carry. As you all probably know, I am a huge fan of this holster, and I wear it as my primary carry rig. Being such a huge fan of this thing, I wanted to see how well it would stand up to a friend of mine. You see, this guy is about as dedicated to IWB carry (Inside the Waistband) as he his to the cowboy hat that he wears everywhere!! He has tried about everything out there, always reverts back to IWB. So, I asked him to try it out for a good week or two, and write me a short review on what he thought about the smart carry.... Here we go!!
From: (Name Removed) Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:33 PM To: Tim Schmidt Subject: RE: Newsletter request Hey Tim, I wore that Smart Carry of yours around for a while instead of my usual rig- just like you wanted me to. My first impression was that this Smart Carry is a sturdy piece of work. It's tough as nails. When first strapped it on, I was thinking that as the day went on, I was going to have to keep re-tightening it up as it stretched out, but I never did. It was as tight in the evening when I took it off as it was right after I put it on in the morning. When I first put it on, it felt real comfortable. It's got some nice padding behind it, and I didn't feel my Baby-GLOCK or the extra mag poking at me at all. I liked that. After wearing it for a week, here are my "scientific observations", haha: 1) It's kind of the opposite of carrying IWB for me. Carrying IWB, I forget that I even am wearing my gun when I am sitting down, but sometimes it digs into my side when walking for a while. With this, walking around was comfortable, but when I would sit down is when I would get a little irritated with this thing some times. You know where I work, I'm always sitting down- pretty much all day. The first hour or two is fine, but after a while, and especially after getting up and down a few times, the Smart Carry would make the legs of my Boxer-Briefs ride up a little, and the edges of the holster would chafe my legs a little bit. I guess you could compare this minor irritation to always having to pull down my shirt when carrying IWB, when standing / sitting down a lot. Nobody ever said carrying a gun was gunna be as comfortable as not carrying one! The only other thing that got to me a little at first was that it made me pretty conscious that there would be a huge lump where the Smart Carry was. You know me, I ain't that thick of a guy, and my pants did stick out from my waist by about an inch in the front, more than they used to. I guess the Smart Carry spreads it out enough though, that you can't really tell. My wife says that she can't tell I'm carrying at all when I use it. She can always tell when I'm carrying IWB, but that could be because I'm ALWAYS carrying IWB, hahaha. That's what I'm so amazed at about this thing. You can't see it. You can wear jeans and a T-Shirt, and you can't even tell you've got a gun. You really look unarmed. That's why I have to say that this is about the best option to hide a gun, with minimal amount of clothing. I can do IWB with just a T-Shirt on too, but it has to be a LONG shirt, and it has to be a dark color. This thing doesn't need any of that though! Drawing isn't too bad either. I'm pretty used to IWB, but I think I could get used to the reach. Sitting might need a little practice, but those instructions that came with yours covered all that. Oh yeah, that DVD that you made, the "Ultra Deep Concealment Techniques" really helped. At first, I strapped it on too high, and the handle of the pistol was digging into my gut. That thing you show in the DVD about wearing it extra low REALLY helped. They aught to include that DVD with the Smart Carry!
Do you know someone who would appreciate the information in this newsletter? Send it to them! It's easy- just click on the big envelope above, punch in their email address, and send it on their way! I know they would thank you for it! Forum Highlights Every Deluxe Member has complete access to the USCCA forum, which is constantly being accessed by members sharing information, knowledge, insight, and fun. With well over twenty-thousand posts and growing by the hour, this is one heck of a valuable resource! Women and How They Conceal... Hi, I am a young woman and I'm on the small side. I carry a gun daily, but on hotter days I have a serious issue. I use a belly band currently and holster the gun in the small of my back, but on hot days with no sweatshirt or jacket I resort to throwing an open blouse over whatever I am wearing. It's also a difficult draw having to dig under layers and draw from the back. I was wondering if any ladies out there can give me any pointers. I carry a Taurus millennium pt145 pro .45 cal. Smart Carry and Seatbelt.... Hi all, I recently purchased a Smart Carry for my Glock 23. I am still in the "getting used to it" period but so far so good. I find it somewhat uncomfortable to wear a seatbelt while driving (which I always do) with this smart carry rig... any thoughts/advice? Laser sights Does anyone have them on a concealed firearm, and what works best for you? Thanks!! Quote of the Week Sometimes a good quote will inspire or motivate you. Sometimes, they'll just put a smile on your face! Here is the quote for this week...
Closing Thoughts That's all folks! If you found this information valuable, you might want to consider signing up for our magazine, if you haven't already! The information found here is just the tip of the iceberg! Ask any member, and they will agree! If you're interested, click here to find out what you have to do to become a member! Oh yeah, if you haven't followed that link to watch the rest of those "Perfect Day" videos yet, be sure to the next time you get a chance. You'll have spent about 45 minutes total watching them, not to mention they take a LONG time to load over a slower internet connection, but they are well worth it. Talk to you all next week! ---- Tim Schmidt Founder - U.S. Concealed Carry http://www.usconcealedcarry.com |
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