Tag Archives: safety

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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31 Crimes That Are Considered *Better* Than Having More Than 7 Rounds

As with the current NY SAFE Act, having more than 7 rounds of ammo in your magazine is defined as criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, a Class D Violent Felony. A felony is defined as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year. We consider these crimes [...]

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Allstar Tactical Announces Official Position On NY SAFE Act

Allstar Tactical, one of our website sponsors, has posted a press release, announcing it’s position on the NY SAFE Act. Head over to their website and check it out: Our Official Position On The Attacks On Our Freedoms

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Obama’s 23 Executive Actions Towards Guns

Breaking News. President Obama formally proposed the most expansive gun-control policies yet, and initiated 23 separate executive actions. Require Background Checks on All Gun Sales Address unnecessary legal barriers in health laws that prevent some states from making information available about those prohibited from having guns Ensuring federal agencies share relevant information with the system. [...]

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**URGENT** CONTACT SENATOR SKELOS IMMEDIATELY **URGENT**

**URGENT**URGENT**URGENT**URGENT**URGENT** NYFirearms has received information that Sen. Dean Skelos intends to capitulate to Gov. Cuomo’s anti-gun agenda and proposed legislation. This may happen as soon as Monday 1/14 in a rushed attempt to get this legislation passed prior to any  pro second amendment opposition. NYFirearms encourages all of it’s supporters to not take this issue [...]

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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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The MDTS Rx :: Ready or Not

You want to be ready to protect yourself, your family or perhaps someone else? How do you go about becoming ready to do this? Do you just take a class? Does it take a lifetime of martial arts or do you simply read the latest gun magazine or buy a DVD? A lot of people [...]

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NYFirearms.com Online Store Now Open!!!

At least a year and a half in the making, we finally managed to get an online store attached to this website. We have been planning and researching and planning and researching, and then we did some more planning after some research. Finally, we found a system that is going to work great for us [...]

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Firearms Appreciation Month 2012

Once again, this year, we’ll be celebrating Firearms Appreciation Month, September 2012! Another year in a row, we’re the #1 firearms blog/community website in NY, so we’re going to celebrate and promote firearms appreciation and awareness. We are going to be posting some great topics throughout the month, and even have some guest bloggers and [...]

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Support Joe DeBergalis!!

As many of you know, we, as in NYFirearms.com, as well as myself, personally, have supported NYSRPA (New York State Rifle & Pistol Association) for quite some time now. We’ve held raffles, advertised in their newsletter, and generally sent as many people towards them as we can. We truly believe in their organization. I personally [...]

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MDTS Vertical Displacement Guide

Article By Chris Fry / MDTS Training We possess a number of ways to move in a combative environment and it is well documented that movement is a life saving tactic. Movement almost always helps us except maybe when attempting to engage a target with accurate gun fire. This guide will focus on the varied [...]

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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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Injured Operator Care Course – Feb 26 2012

Three of our sponsors are holding a class in Buffalo this February called Injured Operator Care. The class is taught by Ed of Pathfinder Operations, and it is going to be held on Feb 26th at Northtown Center, 1615 Amherst Manor Drive, Williamsville, NY 14221. It is hosted by VRI Tactical and FTWNY. Who Should [...]

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