Tag Archives: carry

2013 NEShooters Summit

Once again, NYFirearms will be sponsoring the NEShooters Summit training event held at Pelham Fish & Game Club, Pelham, NH. This is the 6th annual Summit Meeting and it will be held on April 26, 27, and 28th of this year. The focus this year will be on solutions for dealing with difficult situations. The [...]

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Monroe County needs your help!

Are you a Monroe County resident?  Do you know that on March 12, 2013 at 6pm the legislature is supposed to decide whether or not they want to officially oppose the SAFE Act.  Did you also know that unlike every other county out there they don’t plan on actually voting on it.  There is just [...]

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Western NY lawsuit over the NY SAFE Act

Dywinski v. State Of New York was filed in in the NYS Supreme Court in Buffalo, NY.  Follow the legal battle on our forums! http://www.nyfirearms.com/forums/laws-politics/46785-tresmond-lawsuit-information-use-thread.html

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America Has An Asshole Problem.

As this wild year and even wilder week begins to come to a close, I finally felt compelled to write a bit about what has transpired. First off, I am proud to the core of my bones to be an American. I have served and defended this country in one capacity or another for the [...]

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Home Defense Preparation

As many who have attended MDTS courses know, I am not a big fan of tactical gear for the average citizen who is primarily interested in protecting themselves or their family. Often I get questions from students about why I do not advocate or utilize some type of “Chest Rig” or LBV during carbine training [...]

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RIP Mark Craighead

My good friend and industry Leader, Mark Craighead passed away today. Mark owned & operated Crossbreed Holsters with his family and friends. I received the news today from. the family and they asked me to pass on their thanks for the thoughts of the firearms community and their assurance that things would continue as expected [...]

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Monroe County Action Alert Again

Once again we are asking you to come to the Monroe Co. Legislative meeting on July 10th 6pm Monroe Co. Office building 39 W. Main St. Rochester 4th floor. At the June meeting we had a great turnout of speakers and enough supporters for loud supportive applause. WE NEED TO DO BETTER at the July [...]

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REVIEW: VRI Tactical EDC Belt

BACKGROUND: Located in Cheektowaga NY, VRI Tactical is a fairly new (3 yrs or so) division of VRI Sharpening owned and run by Brian Benson. Brian is a big, unassuming guy who is always eager to help you out, answer a question, or discuss a piece of gear. Last year Brian attended an MDTS Combative [...]

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PFC Training in January

This January, NY Firearms will be sponsoring several classes offered by PFC aka Progressive F.O.R.C.E. Concepts. For those of you who don’t know who PFC is, Las Vegas based PFC is a training and instruction company that specializes in providing integrated small arms, physical defense and tactics instruction that is innovative, comprehensive and intense. To [...]

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URGENT UPDATE TO UTAH NONRESIDENT PERMIT HOLDERS AND SEEKERS

After doing a lot of digging and having just heard from the Utah BCI Office, here is the scoop: The original bill did not clearly address the issue of states such as NY. They have since fixed it. In a nutshell: If you live in a state that has reciprocity with Utah, let’s take PA for [...]

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UTAH Permits No More for NYS Residents?

According to Utah state senate bill SB36, proposed on 1/25/11 by Senator John L. Valentine and passed in 2/14/11, they have added verbiage that prevents non-resident permits from people living in states that do not have reciprocity with Utah. Considering NY does not recognize Utah permits, New York residents will no longer be able to [...]

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REVIEW: Alessi Holsters Ankle Rig

Background: There exist numerous methods for concealed carry of handguns and with each method come a number of manufacturers, materials and types of of holsters. I am a fan of very few methods of carry for personal protection and admittedly NOT a fan of ankle carry for a primary handgun. Unfortunately, things don’t always go [...]

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Review: Combative Carbine Skills 1 & 2 with MDTS

I’ve had the opportunity to attend Combative Carbine Skills 1&2 twice now, so I feel I can accurately review this class. First off, Modern Defensive Training Systems (MDTS) is run by Chris Fry, a well-versed training instructor as well as a great contributor to our forums, here at NY Firearms.Chris does not claim to be [...]

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Review: Tactical Pistol Shooting Book

I recently picked up this book to get me by through the long nights when our newborn cannot sleep, and found myself not being able to put it down! The book is Tactical Pistol Shooting by Erik Lawrence. Despite some simple editing errors in the book, it was very informative, had accurate and helpful pictures, [...]

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Handgunlaw.us

handgunlaw.us is a great resource of information regarding carrying a handgun for self defense owned by Steve Aikens and Gary Slider.  The site includes laws arranged by state, off limits places, non-resident permits, car carry information and a reciprocity map.  The site has a great feature that lets you select which state permits you have [...]

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