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Arizona Citizens Defense League Debuts: Frustrated with the legislative
efforts of the NRA and its state affiliate, a group of Arizona gun
owners have formed the Arizona Citizens Defense League, which has
already found sponsors for bills for the 2006 legislative session. AzCDL
is basically oriented toward regaining lost rights of self-defense. The
group is offering free legislative alerts. At this time you must click
on the "Who we are" link, then the "Bylaws" link, then scroll down
several pages to find out how to join. (I have taken out a sustaining
membership.)
http://www.azcdl.org/
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Dynamics Of A Shooting: A district attorney in Oregon has cleared a
Corvallis police officer in the fatal shooting of a mentally ill man who
threatened and attacked him with a three-foot metal rod. Note the
ineffectiveness of the Taser.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/12/23/news/community/fri03.txt
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More Details Would Be Nice: An auxiliary police officer in Indiana will
be sent for remedial firearms training after shooting her fianc� in the
leg. She was attempting to shoot a pit bull that was running toward her.
(It's not clear if she failed to evaluate the background or if the
bullet ricocheted. Rule Four: Always be sure of your target and what's
beyond it.)
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051229/NEWS01/51229003
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A List Member Inquires:
> Stephen,
>
> With two similar incidents taking place on local highways recently, I
> was discussing the matter with my wife this evening. I'd like to know
> what you would suggest if you were to encounter a situation where you
> were:
> a. driving on the freeway, in heavy traffic.
> b. an erratic driver pulls up to your side, manages to attract you
> attention, and brandishes a firearm.
>
>
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1230shooting-ON.html
1. Get out of the easiest line of fire. In most cases this will be a
matter of braking but, in certain circumstances, could involve
acceleration. Circumstances may allow you a lane change as well.
It is easiest for someone firing from one moving vehicle to
another to hit if the vehicles remain completely parallel to each
other while the shooter is firing.
2. The problem is enhanced in urban areas, where freeway traffic
tends to box you in. While I can advise use of the Key of Defense
Driving of "leaving yourself an out," trying to maintain
maneuvering space around your vehicle, attempting to do so on a
crowded freeway might be the very thing that provokes an
aggressive driver.
3. If you perceive an immediate threat, your best weapon is your
vehicle. However, recall the annual 5 mph crash tests you see on
the news - an impact at a net 5 mph can seriously impair your
ability to keep driving. If you must use your vehicle as a weapon
(or to remove one that is blocking you), make your impact at 2-3
mph. In other words, if the other vehicle is moving at 55 mph, you
want to strike him doing about 57 mph. If you do this against a
moving vehicle, aim for one of the other vehicle's wheels.
4. The use of your vehicle as a weapon does present the dilemma of
where the aggressor vehicle will end up once it has lost control.
This may not pose a threat to other drivers on a relatively empty
rural road but could easily do so on a crowded freeway. The
rural-road scenario is not unheard of - in the closing months of
this year I have been aware of two road-rage shootings on SR 260,
east of Payson although I must add that rural highways may also be
crowded as they are often two-lane affairs.
5. Most of the time that an innocent driver is hit in a road-rage
shooting, the shot is fired by a passenger in the aggressor
vehicle. It's extremely difficult to shoot and drive at the same time.
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From John Farnam:
26 Dec 05
Lion Hunting:
John Taylor referred to himself as "Last of the Ivory Hunters." An
adventurous Britisher, from the 1920s through the 1950s, John was on a
more-or-less continuous safari in South and East Africa, hunting mostly
elephant. The native Chinyungwe gave him the nickname, "Pondoro," which
translates to, "Lion." In such remote areas did he spend most of his
adult life, that he didn't even know WWII had broken out until he read
about it in old newspapers used to wrap supplies he had arranged to be
sent to him in the bush! Upon returning to London in the 1950s, he
discovered, too late, that civilization represented a lethal snare.
Owing to politics, he was unable to return to the Africa he loved. He
died in London, penniless, in 1969.
He has interesting comments about lion hunting:
"... what rifle to use for lion? See to it that you have plenty of
power. The lion's tenacity to life is something you can't possibly
appreciate until you have had actual evidence of it. You can drill him
through and through..., and he'll come on..., and he will still be able
to kill you first. It's happened many and many a time.
.. the British seem to have a mania for featherweight, smallbores,
throughout Africa, and when I hear of one of them getting killed or
mauled, I just can't shed a tear.
.. You may shoot many lion without being charged; but sooner of later
you'll have to face one. I consider it the acme of foolishness to
tackle a lion with a low-powered rifle.
.. when lion hunting, I strongly recommend you carry a good handgun, in
an open-top holster. When a lion gets you down... he will chew on an
arm or leg for a long time and appear to be quite satisfied. Men have
tried to get hold of the lion's tongue, only to have their hands crushed
to pulp. Had they a handgun... they could have blown out the animal's
brains a few seconds after being brought down."
Comment: "Tenacity for life" represents a challenge no matter what you
are trying to kill! In fighting, it is a matter of being more tenacious
than your opponent. When you raise the ante high enough, most human
opponents will break it off, rather than risk losing the only life they
have.
His comments about fast pistols in open-top holsters are also
interesting. He apparently had scant interest in wimpy rifles and slow
pistols. When carrying a rifle, you should always be carrying a
pistol(s) too. When the lion charges, it is too late to "get ready!"
/John
(I believe that Taylor's comment about open-top holsters refers to the
lack of a flap, not necessarily the lack of a retention device such as a
thumb-break. When John refers to "slow pistols," I believe that he is
referring to access, not muzzle velocity.)
--
Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
