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By Brian K. LaMaster

For the most part, we would all like to believe that we will act or react in
an appropriate amount of time in a situation. Truth of the matter is, will
you
really react the way you think you will?!

Many of us have heard that we are
most likely to be confronted within twenty-one feet. My understanding that
one
of the reasons this saying started was due to the distances at which law
enforcement encounters occur. Truth of the matter is that we are most likely
to be attacked within ten feet. If I am attacked by someone who is
twenty-one
feet away, I believe that it is a good day for me!

The purpose of this article is to hopefully get you to understand just how
much time you do or do not have to react. Personally, I do not feel this has
been put into proper perspective by a lot of instructor's. This information
is,
in my opinion, critical to your survival because you need to know how much
time
you do or do not have to react in a situation and that your current firearms
training (if any) may not be enough to keep you alive in a situation.

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By Fred Thompson

When I was working in television, I spent quite a bit of time in New York City. There are lots of things about the place I like, but New York gun laws don’t fall in that category.

Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week.

This week's "Friday Flashback" is....

Banning the guns (or the iPods) can't replace common sense

By Steve Loos

In this latest example of the nanny state mentality comes a ridiculous story. New York State Senator Carl Kruger has proposed banning iPods and the use of other electronics at crosswalks. The reasoning behind this feel-good legislation is the claim that pedestrians are increasingly distracted by iPods, cell phones and Blackberries, allegedly resulting in a rise in traffic accidents. Although Kruger did not produce any statistics, he cited a recent death of a 23 year-old Brooklyn man who, while listening to an iPod walked into the path of a bus.

Kruger stated "I think it's necessary if we just look at the statistics that bear out the argument that people while being too into their electronic gadgetry are tuning out the rest of the world. They are becoming a statistical fatality, they are being part of an accident scene. They are basically jeopardizing their well-being as well as the well-being of others around them."

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The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Ohio concealed handgun license-holder Robert Bragg apprehended an armed suspect just moments after a fatal shooting in a nearby laundromat.

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From the story:

Robert Bragg said he had no time to consider the risks to himself when he confronted two ski-mask-wearing gunmen headed down his street Tuesday afternoon.

The 24-year-old Ohio Air National Guardsman, who works as a military policeman at the Springfield Air National Guard base, went into his house and came out with his personal 9mm Beretta semi-automatic handgun and headed into the street soon after he heard gunfire and screaming.

Police said the gunfire had come from inside the Covault Market and Coin Laundry, 3705 Wayne Ave., where the owner, Roger Covault, 71, of Vandalia, and one of his employees, Robert T. Harris, 53, of Dayton, had been shot. Both died.

...Bragg said he heard gunshots at about 1:30 p.m. and got a bad feeling. Moments later, he saw two men carrying handguns headed his way. He told his mother, Barbi Byrd, to dial 911.

"I just knew I had to stop them," recalled Bragg, who holds a concealed carry permit.

He walked across Coventry with his handgun at the ready. When the two moved into range, Bragg identified himself as a military policeman and told both to stop, to drop their weapons and hit the ground.

"They were both stunned," Bragg said.