Tag Archives: concealed

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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New I.C.E. Training Website is Live

Rob Pincus, founder and managing editor at I.C.E. Training, is one of my personal friends and a big inspiration to many of us in the firearms training industry. He has spearheaded many aspects of training that you can find throughout a great deal of other curriculums out there. I wanted to pass this along that [...]

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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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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: 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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