By Kellene Bishop This evening my husband and I went to the outdoor range for a little practice. As always, we brought a can of several hundred rounds. Every once in a while I will shoot too limp wristed and get a stove pipe, but tonight it was happening on every single shot I took. [...]
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So, yesterday morning I got up at “stupid-o-clock” so that I could hook up with a female news reporter from our local ABC news morning show. The premise was that she was discussing ways for women to better defend themselves and her research came across the fact that in 2009, National Shooting Sports reported a [...]
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by Kellene Bishop Fact: 100% of ALL firearm “accidents” occur as a result of someone violating one of the four most critical safety rules in the ownership and use of a firearm. Firearms don’t kill people as the media would have us believe, any more than pencils are responsible for making spelling mistakes. Your ability [...]
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By Kellene Bishop I recently finished reading two GREAT books, back to back, that are fictional scenarios about an EMP (electro magnetic pulse) attack on the U.S. Both books are very well written, extremely realistic, and I had a hard time putting them down. The first one (still my all time favorite) was “Alas, Babylon” [...]
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By Kellene Bishop While men roaming the earth seem to possess an innate understanding about the various types of ammo to use for this and that, my female friends tend to be more focused on how to convert a quart into cups, which jeans make us look fat, the pursuit of career and education, and [...]
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By Kellene Bishop In a recent article I wrote, quite a few opinions were given about the appropriate caliber for self-defense. There are many macho opinions dished out on the caliber wars. But as a woman and a professional instructor I am constantly waging war on the misinformation dispensed to women on this matter. Ironically, [...]
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3/18/09 Update: While we’re ecstatic to hear that the NRA-ILA and a couple of good politicians have rectified this wrong, there’s still merit to this particular blog below in showing just how vulnerable we are to the minds and wills of a select few. I would suspect that there are very few readers who do. [...]
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