Off Grid Survival - Preparedness & Survival Training Blog

Off Grid Survival

South Western, USA - -(Ammoland.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog is the Off Grid Survival found at (www.offgridsurvival.com )

The Off Grid Survival blog is resource for people who are interested in survival topics and Off Grid Living..

Off Grid Survival’s main goal is to provide readers with the knowledge they need to survive in any SHTF situation.

Robert Richardson is the owner and author of Off Grid Survival.

Robert provides a lot of great survival related gear reviews, but he belives the best thing you can have in any survival situation is knowledge.

“Knowledge is the key to survival, without it you don’t stand a chance!”

Off Grid Survival Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: Off Grid Survival

Q: What is your Name?
A: Robert Richardson

Q: Where are you located?
A: I live in the desert in the Southwestern United States

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: The main purpose of my site is to give people the skills they need to survive in any situation. We encourage people to be prepared for whatever the future holds and we try to give them the survival skills that they need to survive in any environment.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: I started the site back in 2007 and I have loved every minute of it. I have met some really great people and we have received a number of emails from people who have actually used some of the skills that they learned on our site in a real life survival situation.

Robert Richardson Off Grid Survival Blogger

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A:The site is starting to become a full time job, but I also own a small sign shop that takes up some of my time.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: I guess the main goal of the website is to encourage people to be prepared for whatever the world has in store for them. While I talk a lot about survival and preparedness topics my other mission or goal is for people to fall in love with the outdoors. I’m an avid hiker, hunter, fisherman & backpacker so the site is really a labor of love.

Q: As a survival expert what is the hardest step or task for people to accomplish when prepping for a survival situation?
A: I think there are a couple of things. The biggest obstacle is usually a lack of urgency. People tend to put off prepping until it’s too late. They usually start thinking about it when their stuck up on their roof after a hurricane or some other disaster has taken place..

The second problem is actually the notion of prepping itself. Prepping without preparing yourself mentally and physically can actually become a big downfall in a survival situation. One of the most common things that I come across is people who stock up on thousands of dollars worth of gear and then somehow think they are prepared.

Having survival gear and other preparedness items sure makes life easier in an emergency but there’s nothing that can replace training and good old fashion knowledge.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: That I practice what I preach. When I’m not blogging (or working) I can usually be found out on a trail somewhere hiking, hunting or fishing. I do this for a couple of reasons. First, I absolutely love the outdoors and have been living this lifestyle since I was a very young kid. Second, I realize the importance of training and staying fit. All of these outdoor activities keep my mind and body in peak physical condition and prepared for whatever may come.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: I guess it would actually be something that you guys are doing by interviewing me and some of the other guests that you have on your site. I think people appreciate when bloggers expose their readers to other points of views or stories. People always seem to like when we have guest bloggers or recommend other survival related websites.

I think knowledge is power, especially in a survival situation, and the more information we can give to our readers the better our site becomes.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: Well I’m not sure if it’s the worst thing I ever did, but I did a post awhile back that was critical of certain so called survival T.V. shows. While some of these shows are entertaining to watch, they often give people a warped sense of what it really takes to survive.

I wrote an article that pointed this out and also talked about how dangerous some of the things presented on these shows would be in a real survival situation. I guess some fans of the show didn’t like the article and we got a lot of pretty nasty comments.

The thing about my site is I run it less as a business and more as a way to educate, inform and have fun. I’m going to say things that make some people mad from time to time, but if I worried about pleasing everyone I don’t think my site would be a fun or informative place to visit.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Well I could probably rant on this subject for awhile but for the sake of this interview I will try to be brief.

Yes, OffGridSurvival.com is very pro gun. I think it’s one of our fundamental rights as Americans and in my opinion one of the most important right that we have. I think George Washington summed it up better than I can when he said” Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.” Without the second amendment the rest of our rights wouldn’t stand a chance.

That being said, I think our current political environment is very disconcerting. As a gun owner I’m very worried about what laws may be passed in the coming years. The laws that are currently on the books are confusing enough, especially if you travel or hike with your firearms. I think gun owners really need to pay attention to what is going on in Washington D.C..

Q: In general what is your favorite firearm and why?
A: Well I know I’m running the risk of seeming a little less than manly with this answer, and a few of the people who read this may fall off their chair in laughter, but my favorite gun is probably my Ruger 10/22. The reason why has a lot to do with survival (and the fact that I’m cheap and I like to shoot a lot). In general I think it’s probably one of the best all around guns in a survival situation.

Q: What would be your choice of firearm in a survival situation?
A: Now this is a question that can usually cause very heated debate among survival minded people but If I could only bring one gun it would probably be my Ruger 10/22. There are a couple of reasons that I really like it as a “survival gun.”

First, if you’re planning on carrying a rifle in your survival bag you have to think about how much ammo you can comfortably carry. I can easily carry my Ruger and a couple hundred rounds of ammo without adding an amount of weight that would make the gun a burden to carry. Second, the reliability and the ease in finding parts are both reasons that this gun is at the top of my list. Third, in a survival situation it’s often easier to find small game which makes this gun a winner in my mind.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I love to hunt and fish so I try to get out there as often as possible. When I can’t find the time for hunting I often head out into the desert to shoot at some targets. I had someone blog on my site about 3 Gun competitions so if I can find one I might check those out soon.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I love to write about anything that has to do with survival or the outdoors, but lately I really like to write about the challenges of urban survival. I think it presents a number of challenges that often make for interesting and thought provoking articles.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: I just added a tactical section to our site. In the future I want to build out that section of the site to include more articles that are related to self defense in an urban environment.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Well to those that are antigun I would tell them that nothing they do is going to prevent people from committing crimes. I often wonder what makes them think that passing more laws in going to stop one criminal from getting his hands on a gun? There called criminals for a reason, they have no respect for the law and passing more laws does nothing to help the situation. All it does is ensure that law abiding citizens will have a harder time protecting their homes and families from danger.

As for the purpose of guns in our society today, I still believe that it’s one of our most important rights that all other rights hinge upon. On a less political note, there are still a good number of people in this country that rely on their guns as a tool to help feed their families.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: I would just like to thank everyone at AmmoLand for the opportunity to talk about the importance of preparedness and survival training. If you would like more information on what it takes to survive in any situation I invite you to check out my website at OffGridSurvival.com

Leupold 3-9x40mm Ultimate Slam Muzzleloader Shotgun scope

NRAHuntersRights.org

Fairfax, VA--(Ammoland.com)- One fortunate hunter will receive two great prizes in a special double gift giveaway this month on NRAhuntersrights.org: a brand new Leupold 3-9x40mm Ultimate Slam muzzleloader/shotgun scope and an NRA Gunsmithing Tool Set.

Leupold’s UltimateSlam scope is finished in Mossy Oak treestand camo and features the company’s Sabot Ballistics Reticle, which provides precise hold points for 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 yards. Simply set the Ultimate Slam’s power selector to the icon matching the load you’re shooting, and you’ve got precise aim points from 50 to 300 yards. Other features include ¼-MOA windage and elevation adjustments and Leopold’s standard multicoated lens system. This model typically retails for $319.99. For more information, visit www.leupold.com.

Our second gift, the NRA Gunsmithing Tool Set, comes with screwdrivers, solid brass pin punches, and a solid brass hammer, all kept in a durable soft case. The eight screwdrivers are hand assembled and custom hollow-ground to fit scope, plug, guard, floor plate and sight screws. The screwdrivers feature square-shanked blades that are hardened and tempered and guaranteed not to twist or chip, while the handles are composed of Maine hardwood and feature the NRA letters. The eight brass pin punches are sized from 1/16” to 5/16,” and each punch has “NRA USA” engraved on the side. The hammer is made from solid hand-polished brass with a hickory handle that showcases the NRA logo. The entire set is made in the USA and retails for $99.95. For more information, visit www.NRAstore.com.

TO ENTER the February Gift Giveaway, simply visit www.nrahuntersrights.org, scroll down to “Gift Giveaway” on the right side and follow the simple instructions. All you do is send an e-mail to the address provided, with “Gift Giveaway” in the subject line. There is no cost to enter. One winner will be selected for both gifts. Entries will be accepted now through Feb. 28.

For the most up-to-date information about your hunting rights there’s just one source: www.NRAhuntersrights.org.

The Armed Citizen is Back Online

TheArmedCitizen.com

Kentucky, USA - -(Ammoland.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the Month is the The Armed Citizen. ( www.thearmedcitizen.com )

The Armed Citizen is an online blog that archives news stories from across the USA of citizen use of firearms to save their own lives from criminals.

Guns save lives, and are necessary for protection. That’s according to research from David Burnett, who track incidents of defensive gun use at TheArmedCitizen.com.

The Armed Citizen, LLC is a website dedicated to arming citizens not just with guns but with knowledge and information. As a website, the Armed Citizen has existed for several years, originally created and maintained by Clayton Cramer and Pete Drum in response to gun control advocates and criticisms of gun ownership. The blog documented stories of armed self-defense starting in late 2003, accumulating nearly 4,000 entries by 2010.

These stories were compiled into a study which was published on the November 2009 cover of the NRA’s America’s First Freedom magazine and an article through the US Concealed Carry Association.

In July 2010, a frivolous lawsuit was filed against The Armed Citizen alleging copyright infringement. This was one of hundreds of lawsuits filed by a group of copyright trolls known as Righthaven. TAC was in good company, since the Second Amendment Foundation, the Second Amendment Sisters and the Drudge Report were also sued. In order to escape a prolonged and potentially bankrupting legal battle, TAC’s owners settled and, believing that success is the best revenge, used donations to rebuild the website.

The Armed Citizen Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: The Armed Citizen

Q: What is your Name?
A: David Burnett

Q: Where are you located?
A: Central Kentucky

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: To provide a resource for armed citizens. Our main goal is to have an ongoing list of defensive gun use stories as illustrations for why people need to be armed, and to highlight the positive aspects of firearms. Almost all the people in the real-life stories we post would be dead if they didn’t have a gun. That’s a huge factor to consider when someone decides to enact stricter gun laws.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: Since 2003 initially. It was begun by Clayton Cramer, who worked with Pete Drum. I joined the crew around 2007. It was relaunched in its current state at the first of the year.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I work a security job, teach concealed carry classes and I’m currently developing some business plans for a computer programmer. (I have a degree in business.)

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: Guns are the great equalizer. More people need to own them — a lot more. And not just OWN them but KNOW them. We need to eradicate ignorance about firearms. Our motto is “Armed with knowledge.” The most powerful weapon any of us has is located between the ears. A gun is just a tool; being an armed citizen is about a lot more than just having a pistol in your closet. It’s a mindset. That’s what we want to encourage.

Q: We have all heard or read about the troubles with Righthaven, extroting money from sites like yours. Can you relay us the story again and how was it resolved?
A: It really does boil down to legal extortion. We used to copy stories from the newspapers or TV stations and reprint them, providing full citation and links. Sometimes if a story was long, we had to excerpt it. The newspaper we quoted had the article available freely, and had more than a dozen buttons on the page inviting the reader to share the article. We were hardly making any money on the blog, it was more of an academic exercise. But a lawyer in Nevada decided there was a gold mine in suing mom-and-pop blogs for money. Unfortunately, it wasn’t our battle to fight. There was too much to lose, so we settled. Our fans were awesome with the donations, we didn’t lose a penny in the end. But we still hope Righthaven’s litigious little jihad comes to an end very soon.

Q: What advise can you give other Gun Bloggers on protecting themselves from shady practices of those like
Righthaven?
A: Don’t copy any images or text from any newspapers or online media! Especially the ones funding Righthaven. Don’t even link to them. If they’re declaring war on the very blogs that sustain them with huge referrals, they don’t need us to send them any more traffic.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: We had an article published on the cover of the NRA’s “America’s First Freedom” magazine. That was quite a highlight. On both sides, I daresay…

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Never better! The law is more friendly than ever, and we’ve obviously made some significant political strides. But guns shouldn’t be partisan. Self-defense and self-preservation aren’t liberal or conservative. They’re human. We need to help people understand that, and help them understand that if they will stand up for themselves and make themselves a less attractive target, they’ll be safer.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: I’m a Glock man. Simple, effective, efficient.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: Oh goodness! There’s a lot I have in mind, and a lot we have coming. I’m in talks with people in different countries to take the concept nationwide. We want to create an article database, and reach out especially to people who aren’t experienced with guns. Those are the people I like talking to the most.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Well, first of all, come to the website. Read the stories of the everyday citizen who simply prepared for the possibility of a criminal assault just like you prepare for a car wreck (with a seat belt) or a fire (with a fire alarm) or a virus (by installing virus protection). Things like that happen every day. The ones who are prepared are far more likely to survive. The people who aren’t armed because they feel apprehensive about a piece of metal will be less prepared, and more attractive to criminals. But I swear to you, if you just visit a range once with someone who knows what they’re doing and is safe with firearms, you’ll at least come away with a more educated opinion.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: Well really, I’d like to make an appeal to people first to visit the website and share our stories. Second to support our sponsors, and consider becoming a sponsor themselves. Third, I’m looking for someone who might be willing to share the vision and workload of the blog if anyone wants to contact me. Other than that, the goal is to make every capable citizen a law-abiding gun owner.

If every criminal were told that their victims were armed, crime would almost be nonexistent.

Visit: www.thearmedcitizen.com

Gun Values Board - Your Firearms Knowledge Base

Gun Values Board

USA - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the Month is the Gun Values Board. www.gunvaluesboard.com

A loose knit but effective coalition of volunteer gun bloggers and forum participants.

The Gun Values Board is all about knowledge, sharing and fun with firearms. It started on 2006 as a meeting place to help enthusiastic people answer common firearms questions and since then it’s been evolving and building a steady stream of useful content for the gunny.

The following is an interview with Nancy, one of  the Gun Values Board Administrators and active gun blogger for the board. You can visit Nancy’s slice of Gun Board at www.gunvaluesboard.com/nancy/blog/

NRAHuntersRights.org Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: Gun Values Board Blog

Q: Is Gun Values Board a blog or a forum?
A: It is Both and neither . Gun Values Board is a community site. The members are all gunners of one sort or other, many of them experts and collectors. The forum (www.gunvaluesboard.com/forums/) currently has close to 53,000 post, which we are very proud of, making it a really great source of information. The blog is really a collection of blogs written by members on the Gun Values Board. Each member has their own blog, the common denominator of the blogs is the name and the topic. You can read the best posts on our top articles page www.gunvaluesboard.com/top-articles/ A lot of the people blogging on the board started out as regular users asking and answering questions on the forum, and in the course of their time on the board, started blogging as well.

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: Nancy

Q: Where are you located?
A: I am currently located in Israel. All of the other GVB bloggers are American

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: It would be hard to pinpoint our point of view, since as I have already mentioned, I am not the only blogger on gun values board. It is easier to talk about the purpose of the GVB blogs, which is to share gun knowledge. Since most of our bloggers are either collectors or experts in one gun kind or another, most of the posts are “hardware” type posts, sharing knowledge about the technical side of guns, And post about particular guns of interest. Obviously, there are some gun rights and Second Amendment posts as well, since living in America, and loving guns leaves you with very little possibility to stay away from gun politics.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: The Blog has been active for a couple of years. In the passed year, more and more members have started their own blogs on our site as well. I would love to get more people blogging on the board. It’s a really nice solution for someone who wants to write but doesn’t really like promoting their blog, since the readership is built in, and the blogs are promoted along with the site in general.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: None of us are full time bloggers. I personally am a crafts person, and the rest of our bloggers have their day jobs as well.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: I would say that the goal of the blog is to promote good, in depth, reliable knowledge about guns. I think knowledge is strength, and by promoting it, and making guns more familiar and less mysterious , the fear of the unknown, which is the root of the anti gun movement, will be removed, pulling the carpet out from under most of their pro gun control arguments.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: Yes, I am involved in several other sites, though non of the sites are mine.

Q: Who else is involved with Gun Values Board?
A: We have a great team including some very experienced people answering tons of questions posted everyday on the forum. The best way to get to know them is to check out our about page on www.gunvaluesboard.com/about-the-team.html . Of course, other than the actual team there are lots of other registered members who contribute in making the site what it is.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I am really not the issue here . I think that there are very interesting bloggers on GVB for example

• Siliconsoccer www.gunvaluesboard.com/siliconsorcerer/blog/ who specializes in Remington and pre 1898 firearms,
• Rboatright www.gunvaluesboard.com/rboatright/blog/ who among other things, has an interesting series of post about the stages of fixing up an old gun.
• Flynnscot www.gunvaluesboard.com/flynscot/blog/ has a series of posts about valuing your gun and selling it on line.
• 5madfarmers www.gunvaluesboard.com/5madfarmers/blog/ Who is a collector, through and through.

These are just a few of the bloggers, and I would like to get the word out about them. Most of them started blogging after being active participants on GVB. I enjoy reading their posts so much and learn so much from them, I want to share the wealth.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A:That’s a hard call – we have posts with over 6000 views but with no comments…and posts with less views but much more comments. One of my favorite posts is this one by silicon soccer, which has also made its rounds on the blog sphere http://tiny.cc/w0up3

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I wrote a well intentioned post about some blogs I love and I spelled one of the names wrong. (I corrected it, obviously). But it was like dropping a bomb in the gun sphere.  http://tiny.cc/63ekrae4ev

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: As I mentioned before, there is no way to be a gun lover in America, without getting involved in politics. So yes, the blog is Pro Gun, and as I see it, the only way to improve the gun rights situation America is via education. There is a misconception about guns, and the evil they do, instead of the people behind the guns, and this needs to be straightened out.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: Wow, tough question. The jury is still out on that one

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I spend as much time at the range as I can, which at this point in time isn’t saying much, unfortunately, but I hope to be back shooting regularly in a short while.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: Personally, I like writing about gun stories in the news. The other bloggers on the board are more technical for the most part and write about their collections, valuation, and their love for guns and shooting. One of our newest bloggers, Gunman 1104 posted this wonderful post a couple of days ago. Definitely food for thought. http://tiny.cc/xiiyc

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: I would love to get more bloggers writing on Gun Values Board, so that it can fulfill its potential as a central site for gun experts to blog in, and share their knowledge from.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Its been said before but is so true, Guns don’t kill, people and stupidity do. It would be better if they directed their energy to being anti crime, and anti criminals, than to be anti gun. It would solve the issues they are worried about in a much more efficient manner.

Also, I suggest that people who fear guns get to know them. It will take some of the mystery away, and help them realize that the power is in the hands of the person holding the gun, not in the gun itself.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: I would like to invite gun lovers and experts to start blogging on Gun Values Board www.gunvaluesboard.com Each user has their own personal blog, the readership is already there, and we do what we can to promote the site and blogs further. It really is the easiest and most care free way to start a blog. Its all ready for you – the editor, the blank page and the readers. All you have to do is to find the worlds.

Visit: www.gunvaluesboard.com

Wilson Combat Blog

Wilson Combat

Berryville, AR --(Ammoland.com)- We are proud to introduce the all-new Wilson Combat blog at blog.Wilsoncombat.com.

This blog will serve as a central location for all things Wilson Combat including press releases, promotions, new product announcements and other exciting projects we are working on here in Berryville, AR.

From time to time we may even have a few honored guests show up and provide their insights and reflections on the world of high-performance firearms and accessories.

About:
At Wilson Combat we’re proud of our position as the acknowledged leader in customer satisfaction and quality products. We work hard to maintain the reputation we’ve built over almost thirty years, and continue to invest in the human resources, training, capital equipment, research and development to stay on top. We have added new leadership personnel in engineering, manufacturing management, materials, research, design, operations, and business development. One of our goals is to be a little better every single day, and we work hard to meet that goal.

U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance

Columbus, OH --(Ammoland.com)- Editor’s Note: According to a recent online survey conducted by AnglerSurvey.com and HunterSurvey.com, 64 percent of hunters and anglers report they are not using social networking sites, like blogs, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace to obtain outdoor information.

While these numbers may be slightly different depending on the polls and surveys taken, there is one clear thing to take away from this, the outdoor sports community should have a more active role in the new media environment in order to share experiences and fight back against the loud voices of the anti-hunting/animal rights community.

This week on USSA’s Bullseye Blog is a guest blog, written by blogging expert and executive business coach Barbara C., and will help explain how through blogging, you can get more involved in sharing your passion for the outdoors with friends, family and those that may not know much about our outdoor heritage.

Did you know there’s an easy and fun way to protect your sportsmen’s rights without ever leaving the comfort of home or taking too much time away from the field?

I’m talking about blogging.

For anyone unfamiliar, the term “blog” is short for the term “weblog”. But blogs aren’t just “kidstuff” anymore and have exploded in a big way with almost everyone using them. Blogs are simply a short story mirroring an editorial about a subject that can be sent out quickly to the masses. There are personal blogs, business blogs, celebrity blogs, and even outdoor news sites like AmmoLand Shooting Sports News.

The Anti's are Blogging are You?

Blogs are popular for many reasons: they’re fun, easy to create and can be easily personalized. They give anyone with the right background the chance to be an authority on the web.

They can also help you protect your rights and traditions by giving you a chance to make an impact on how the public, the press – and even politicians view sportsmen’s issues.

The secret is that blogs run on a technology called RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication. Simply put, whenever you post content on your blog, it can be indexed in Google or other online search engines almost INSTANTLY.

That means that you have the power to instantly publish content directly onto the web, which can be seen by millions of people – including members of the public, the press and politicians.

And on any given day, when those people perform a Google search for “hunting”, fishing” or “antis” – your blog makes your opinion visible – which means your voice can make the difference on any given day.

Can a simple blog translate into political power? YES!

Politicians and pundits check the “blog-o-sphere” daily for the pulse of the people – meaning you.

Blogs are easily the most powerful tool in the fight to protect your rights and those of your fellow sportsmen and women – and it’s as easy as typing.

Which brings us to our next question – are you blogging yet?

As a member of the USSA, you can help simply by blogging! Help us help you! Take our Sportsmen’s Blog Survey & tell us what you think! Click here! (Be sure and mention AmmoLand Shooting Sports News)

And stay tuned to USSA for more helpful and exciting blog ideas and information. Also stay tuned for future stories that will connect you to all the info you need to get started with your own blog.

About:
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and sportsmen’s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. Visit www.ussportsmen.org.

MJ Mollenhour’s Blog

Lucky Gunner.com

KNOXVILLE, TN --(AmmoLand.com)- LuckyGunner.com – the Internet’s largest “everything in stock” ammo retailer – is proud to announce the launch of MJ Mollenhour’s Blog on the 2nd Amendment, Terrorism, and National Defense.

While it doesn’t create the content (or necessarily agree with it all), LuckyGunner.com saw an opportunity to provide a platform for its customers to engage and debate on all things gun by sponsoring this blog. The author, MJ Mollenhour is a Soldier, Lawyer, and Author and has served America through many capacities.

As a soldier, MJ Mollenhour served among United States Army 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry. As a lawyer, he has fought to protect and defend the rights and freedoms of many citizens. As an author, MJ Mollenhour portrays the passion and desire that motivates his characters to fight to protect what they love and believe in. One common thread facilitates the things he believes in most – The Gun- Your Constant Companion. The blog is dedicated to the advice given by Thomas Jefferson to a young man to let his gun be his Constant Companion.

Visit MJ Mollenhour’s Blog on the 2nd Amendment, Terrorism, and National Defense to read more on MJ Mollenhour’s thoughts and opinions. As MJ Mollenhour puts it-

“At this web log, you’ll find a source of news and commentary that stir your warrior within. You’ll find a humble comrade sharing your quest. The gun will be our catalyst—our constant companion.” – MJ Mollenhour

Visit: http://mjm.luckygunner.com

Don’t forget to check out the cheap ammo at LuckyGunner.com. To find our weekly specials anytime your reading MJ Mollenhour’s Blog, just enter the term “special pricing” in the top navigation search bar. That way, you’ll always be able to see what we’ve currently got in stock and on sale.

As is always the case with LuckyGunner.com, when you order before 2pm EST on a weekday, your order will ship the very same day. Orders placed after 2pm EST or on a weekend ship out the next business day. Our live inventory counter ensures that what you see is what we’ve got. Every time. No exceptions.

Happy blogging and God Bless America.

GrassRoots South Carolina

South Carolina --(AmmoLand.com)- On May 22nd AG Henry McMaster announced that the NRA had given him an him an “A+” rating in the June 8th primary for the Republican nomination for Governor.

We at GrassRoots were surprised and disappointed, because we had previously compiled a study of McMaster’s record as AG. Our research showed quite clearly that McMaster is no friend of gun owners. McMaster has, in fact, worked against our interests. Our study was published on the front page of the May 2010 issue of The Defender. If you would like to share it with friends, its available online.i

People have been asking how GrassRoots and the NRA could be so far apart in their opinions. We can not speak for the NRA, nor can we find any evidence to support their “A+” rating. What we can do is explain how we at GrassRoots determined that McMaster is a poor choice for gun owners.

GrassRoots believes that the best way to predict what a politician will do in the future is to look at what he has done in the past. We went through all of McMaster’s published AG opinions as far back as 2005, to see if they were good or bad for law abiding gun owners. Most of his AG opinions have nothing to do with guns. Some that do involve guns really don’t concern GrassRoots, law abiding gun owners, or CWP holders. These gun related opinions that do not concern us include the legality of a school offering a class in gunsmithing,ii whether reserve and off duty officers may carry on school property,iii and whether a convicted felon may hunt with a muzzle loader.iv

An AG opinion that does greatly concern GrassRoots, and that should greatly concern our members and CWP holders everywhere, is the one dated March 5, 2009, where AG McMaster said counties may ban CWP carry in county parks. South Carolina law says CWP holders may carry in county parks.v

SC also has a firearms pre-emption law (§ 23-31-510) that prohibits local governments from regulating the carrying of firearms. Oconee County passed an ordinance banning firearms in county parks. In spite of the pre-emption law, AG McMaster issued an opinion stating any local government could ban CWP carry on public property within its borders if it posted signs giving notice that CWP was banned.

McMaster claimed the pre-emption law does not apply to CWP carry!

GrassRoots gave a detailed analysis of McMaster’s March 5, 2009 AG opinion in our The Defender article. We concluded that his opinion misinterpreted SC law generally, and could become the basis for undercutting the entire CWP law. We said “Gun owners need to let McMaster know how they feel about his anti-gun opinion.”

GrassRoots says Henry McMaster is bad for our state’s gun owners. The NRA gave him an “A+” rating. GrassRoots has explained why we believe McMaster is bad for SC gun owners. Has the NRA explained why they think he’s good for SC gun owners? Has the NRA explained its “A+” rating in spite of McMaster’s March 5, 2009 AG opinion?

Once again, GrassRoots finds itself in total disagreement with the NRA.

Which organization has been proven right in the past? Which organization has given you the facts on which it bases its conclusion? Which organization can you trust for honest answers on issues important to South Carolina gun owners and CWP holders?

• i http://www.scfirearms.org/TheDefender/DefenderMay2010.pdf
• ii http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/opinions/pdf/walters l d 2-16-07 os-8334 credit certificate prog.pdf
• iii http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/opinions/pdf/crawford k r 6-4-07 os-8397 off-duty police, reserve officers – concealed weapons – school property.pdf
• iv http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/opinions/pdf/2008/knotts j m os-8560 3-17-08 felony or CDV conviction hunting with muzzleloader.pdf
• v http://www.scattorneygeneral.com/opinions/pdf/2009/whitmire w r os-8584 3-5-09 concealed weapon in county park.PDF

About:
The mission of GrassRoots is to educate and promote acceptance of responsible firearms ownership within the State of South Carolina and to protect the rights of law abiding citizens with regard to firearms ownership. Initially we focused all of our attention on merchants who posted against the lawful carrying of concealed weapons in their stores. Since then we have broadened our scope and are currently increasing information delivery to all firearms owners, SC concealed weapons permit holders, and firearms instructors. As GrassRoots continues to grow we will further broaden our objectives to improve all aspects of lawful ownership and carrying of firearms in South Carolina. Visit: www.scfirearms.org

The Minuteman - Because Waiting For Help Just Isn't An Option

The Minuteman

Pullman, Wa - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger is “The Minuteman”, Barron Barnett on BarronBarnett.com.

Barron Barnett is a big bear of a guy and not to be messed with… that is until you get to know him and it turns out he is a true modern day MinuteMan willing to help out anyone in need.

But we like him most because he is Pro Gun and his blog covers two niches of the shooting sports world that often go unmentioned. One is BoomerShoots and the other is recreational shooting in Washington state.

Read our interview with Barron, we are sure you will like him too.

The Minuteman Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: The Minuteman

Q: What is your Name?
A: Barron Barnett

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: Barron, B, or Tux depending on the location.

Q: Where are you located?
A: Just south of Pullman Washington.  (The Palouse to those who live in the area.)

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: The blog was originally just a way for me to post different events that I went to or was involved in.  Boomershoot actually was what kicked it off.  After putting together the blog I figured I did all that work I might as well make other use of it.  I began blogging about gun-rights, constitutional issues, self-defense, politics, and things I’m involved in.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: The site was built in May of 2008 specifically for a Boomershoot post, but blogging remained light until recently.  My bachelors in Electrical Engineering and getting a job were a higher priority followed by buying a house with my wife.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I am actually a software engineer and write code for critical embedded real-time systems.  When I screw up worse things than your phone crashing happen.  That is why I don’t.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: My goal is to educate people about gun rights, why the idea of limited government is important, expose them to the idea of self-reliance, and to just try to get people to think.

Q: What is with the Minutemen title?
A: The best compliment I ever got was from my mom when she described me to someone. “He’s an Eagle Scout both literally and figuratively.”  It is no joke either.  The title actually grew from that because of how I act and conduct myself.  The statement of who and what the militia and minutemen were, is long and drawn out and a cause for great modern debate as supposedly now it’s the National Guard. I’m here to tell you it’s not, it is any and every citizen that is able and willing to do what is necessary to protect those around them in their own community.

If you look at my blog my slogan is, “Because waiting for help just isn’t an option.” Waiting is not going to solve anything, you are the help!  In the back of my truck is a go bag, emergency response bag, tow straps, come along (mechanical winch), and just about anything else you can think of to “Be Prepared”.  I even carry my dive equipment during boating season.

I was a life guard in high school and acted as one at scout camp.  If a swimmer went missing the dive response teams were 15 minutes out at minimum.  After 15 minutes your job is most likely corpse recovery except in rare cases of miracles.  It was then I fully realized and understood depending on outside help can get you or someone else killed.

Ever since I’ve done everything I can to help someone when they need it.  I’ve pulled out more cars than I can remember now during winter here on the Palouse.  Thankfully I haven’t had to act as a first responder for an accident or other incidents yet.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I may look big, scary, and intimidating.  That assessment is completely wrong unless you piss me off.  How wrong is it?  The Square of Virtue is a marvelous thing; also my wife married me didn’t she!?

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: My Boomershoot videos seem to have attracted a lot of attention, especially the 2010 main event video.  I don’t get much in the way of comments however that video seriously made the rounds in the blogosphere.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: The only negative reaction I ever got was from a troll that I didn’t even have to respond to.  Thankfully a bunch of other visitors fried him before I even got home from work.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun?  What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Currently I think the outlook is extremely good.  The current administration while very anti-gun is actually afraid to move and push forward.  I think this is partly due to the large backlash that occurred during the midterm elections after the first assault weapons ban.  Businesses like Starbucks currently feel it better to respect local laws instead of creating a gun free zone, and the VPC and Brady campaign are throwing a fit.  Starbucks holds its ground and gets an impromptu thank you by creating Starbucks Appreciation Day.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: Do I really have to pick just one?

Just about anything designed by John Moses Browning is extremely high on my list.

Pistol: M1911A1 Make: Kimber Model: Custom Classic – I absolutely love that pistol, trigger always breaks the same, rock solid, pleasure to shoot.

Semi-Auto Rifle: M1-Garand – I got mine just before my 18^th birthday.  It was manufactured January of 1944.  I brought it home and immediately recited, in its entirety the Rifleman’s Creed.

Bolt Action:  Northwest Armswerkes R700 - glass bedded, rethreaded, precision machined tack driver.  It holds a special place in my heart as it was my High School graduation gift from my father.  A year after I received it he passed away.

Kimber 8400 Advanced Tactical is up there too.

Shotgun (Defensive): Benelli M-4, Awesome shotgun

Shotgun (Hunting): Benelli Super Black Eagle II

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I participate in Boomershoot every year.  When I have time I do IPSC and Steel, though I haven’t been able to lately.  I am trying to get into competition F-Class and Tactical.  I do make sure to hunt every fall though to stock the freezer for myself and family as well as keep down the varmint population year round.

Q: Of the firearms topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: Shooting events, Boomershoot especially.  The photos and videos made at Boomershoot and associated events are like no other.  Shooting events in general I love, because despite how the media portrays the Gun Culture; they’re the nicest bunch of folks you will ever meet, seriously.

I’ve spent a lot of time around hot-rodders and other groups.  At a drag strip, no one would ever let me take their car down the strip for a run, even a low grade junker.  At Boomershoot this year a man let me shoot his M82A1 with a BOHRs not just once, but twice with match grade ammo, $5.50 – $6 bucks a shot.  The man didn’t even ask for anything in return.  Ry Jones was dolling out 5 shots on his .50 cal to people who wanted too as well.  The people love their toys, they love sharing them, and love talking about them.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future
A: As readership increases I might add a forum, I would also like to cover more events.  Just requires more time and money than I have right now; eventually it will happen.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: If you have never shot before, contact myself or someone else in your area and go actually shoot at least once.  Guns are inanimate objects and tools.  Fearing them does nothing but place you in a weaker position.  People will do bad things with or without the guns. With firearms though, even someone physically disabled can defend themselves.  Go to an actual shooting event, not a gun show; see what it’s like and what it’s about.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: There is a lot of information out there, the environment is changing daily.  If you’re a shooter, try and bring someone new the next time you go.  Educate people; it’s the only way to fight ignorance.

Visit The Minuteman at : www.barronbarnett.com

National Shooting Sports Foundation

NEWTOWN, Conn. --(AmmoLand.com)- NSSF has launched a new blog focusing on public policy, legislation, regulation and legal issues affecting the firearms industry.

Titled “Keane Insights” after its author, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane, the blog is a direct response to member requests for more government-relations-based communications.

“As NSSF continues to expand its communications reach, a government-relations blog is a logical next step,” said Mark Thomas, NSSF managing director of marketing and communications.

NSSF's Lawrence Keane

“Every member survey we have conducted shows a strong desire for more government-relations-related information. ‘Keane Insights’ will accomplish this while ensuring that visitors to the NSSF site remain educated on the most hot-button issues affecting our industry.”

Bookmark the blog, subscribe via RSS feed or read it online at www.nssf.org.

About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 4,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.

CAS City - World of Cowboy Action Shooting

CAScity.com

Howard, KS - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the Month of March 2010, is Marshal Halloway of CAScity.com .

Marshal Halloway wears many hats including one as the owner and editor of CAScity.com, the longest living promotional site for cowboy action shooting. Online since 1995!!

Marshal’s real name is Kjell Heilevang, but is better known as Marshal H. after his many years of promoting cowboy action shooting in the US and in Europe.

He has been an active sports shooter since he was 18 with background in bullseye pistol shooting , Long Range rifle, IPSC and Cowboy Action Shooting. He has also been involved in running local and national shooting organization. He has worked as a safety and firearms instructor for sports shooters and hunters.

His website CAScity.com is the gold standard in cowboy action shooting websites and sets the bar for shooting sports fan sites on the world wide web.

CASCity.com Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: CAS city – The World of Cowboy & Western Action Shooting

Q: What is your Name?
A: Marshal Halloway aka Kjell Heilevang

Q: Where are you located?
A: Howard, KS

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of CAScity?
A: CAS city’s goal is to promote Cowboy Action Shooting and their organizations like SASS, NCOWS, Western 3Gun, their clubs and non affiliated clubs.

Q: How long has your CAScity been active?
A: Since 1995

Q: Technically CAScity is more than a blog what else it there to see and do on your website?
A: The CAScity forum and the integrated classified section are features in addition to our news and blog section which also promotes the television show Cowboys on Outdoor Channel.

Q: You can not possibly do everything on CAScity, who else helps you out?
A: The CAScity blog and news section is primarily maintained by me. The forum section is moderated by 20 volunteers among cowboy action shooters, many of them have been moderators for over 10 years.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your CAScity a full time job?
A: CAScity is part of Down Range Media owned by me and my wife, Teresa. Maintaining CAScity is part of my full time job as a consultant, producer and editor for Outdoor Channel with emphasis on shooting sports and personal defense. This is done in partnership with Michael Bane, producer of Shooting Gallery, Cowboys and The Best Defense.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: I maintain and have the editorial responsibility of DownRange.TV owned by Outdoor Channel. Michael Bane and I established DRTV in 2007. It is a multimedia web site with the primary goal of promoting Outdoor Channel’s original production on Wednesday night, programs like the ones mentioned above and S.W.A.T. Magazine TV.

Q: For those that have no idea, what is Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS)?
A: Cowboy Action Shooting is a highly multifaceted shooting sports where participants compete with original of replica firearms from the 19th century, primarily from 1860 to the turn of the century. The sport was formally established in the late 1970s by former IPSC shooters, later organized by Single Action Shooting Society. In later years, organizations like National Congress of Old West Shootists and Western 3Gun came on board and combined they administer around 100,000 shooters worldwide.

Q: Marshal, some of our readers may not believe this but you have a lot more interests than CAS, what else gets you fired up you these days?
A: I am blessed to have a job which also integrates my hobbies. Hey, some even claim I shouldn’t call it a job…. LOL

All in all, as an editor involved in many levels of content production (text, stills, video, podcasts), travelling to events around the country, there is little time for much beside work. 2/3 of my time is devoted to DownRange.TV and projects together with my partner and good friend, Michael Bane.

I am also fortunate to have a wife who shares my interests and we just returned from Arizona where we both participated in the National Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I have always been engaged and devoted to get more people involved in shooting sports not just cowboy action shooting. My priority is more related to demystifying the sport and make people understand that shooting sports are comprised of 99% “regular” people and 1% top shooters. We have given the 1% well deserved and good coverage in a variety of media, but I do believe it is important from a recruiting standpoint to show all levels including the recreational shooters.

Q: What was the best thing you did on CAScity that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I cannot pinpoint anything in particular, but what needs to be mentioned is the fact that we have been able to run the site for as long as we have and where people can find a starting point to join the sport , meet new friend and interact with each other. I think our consistency in running the site and the moderators excellent work in keeping the forum a friendly place for everyone is the major factor for a good feedback and loyalty.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on CAScity that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: Worst thing…. the fact that I have not had time to resume the production of Cowboy Action Radio, the podcast related to the sport. I cannot promise if or when at this time, but I would like to get it started as soon as time allows.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: The most difficult question of all…. I would say it is a shared first place between the Colt Single Action Army and 1911.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in CAScity to in the future?
A: Our biggest challenge is to recruit new shooters and especially the younger generation. We are currently working with SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) to establish projects which hopefully will increase membership. CAScity, DownRange.TV and the show Cowboys will all be a part of this.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you that means CAScity is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: I am a Second Amendment Absolutist and as concerned about our gun rights as my fellow NRA members. I believe our major focus is “Not to take what we have for granted”. I hope McDonald v. Chicago can establish once and for all that the Second Amendment is an individual right no matter where you live in the US.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Step away from the fixed mindset for a moment and spend some time with gun owners in their own environment. I have personally witnessed anti gun people change their mind after being invited to a gun club and spent some time with gun owners at a shooting range. Let me add that Cowboy Action Shooting is a perfect door opener for people who for various reasons cannot understand the so called gun culture and I personally know fellow shooters who has gone from being totally anti gun to become active shooters and NRA members.

Visit: www.CAScity.com

NRAHuntersRights.org

NRAHuntersRights.org

Fairfax, Virginia - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the Month of February 2010, is NRAHuntersRights.org.

The right to keep and bear arms if closely linked to the right to hunt. Yet many hunters fail to appreciate the danger of losing their rights to hunt because of a pending gun law.

The reverse is true of many gun owners that are quick to leap to the defense of their RTKABA but take a wait and see posture when hunters rights come into question.

To take it one steps further the ability to manage and conserve our natural wildlife is ultimately dependent on the ability of hunters to remove game and keep animal populations in balance. Simply put without Hunters we have no conservation only the flawed science of preservation.

One blog at the fore front of this fight to protect hunters rights is NRAHuntersRights.org . Take a moment and get to know the folks fighting for your rights.

NRAHuntersRights.org Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: The name is “Hunter’s Blog” and it appears as part of the website: www.nrahuntersrights.org. We also have a “Discussion Forum” where we introduce a topic, stand back and let hunters weigh in on it.

Q: How many people work on the NRA Hunters Rights Blog or what is the organizational structure?
A: There are two main bloggers, and occasionally we allow a “guest blog.”

Q: What are the names of the writers or contributors to the NRA Hunters Rights Blog?
A: I (J.R. Robbins) am Managing Editor and I am helped by Assistant Editor Justin McDaniel. I have been with NRA for 26 years, including stints on American Hunter Magazine, InSights (NRA’s junior magazine) and as Manager of Communications for NRA Programs. After years of writing how-tos and where-tos, I realized how much threats to hunting are escalating in this country and devoted myself to speaking out against these threats, and promoting what NRA does for hunters. I mostly hunt deer, antelope, black bears, ducks, geese, pheasants, grouse, quail and woodcock.

Justin has been with NRA for four years, the last two of which have been spent working on www.nrahuntersrights.org. Before joining my staff, Justin also spent two years in our Communications Department helping to promote NRA Programs. He is a lifelong hunter and NRA Member and returns to his home state of Pennsylvania as often as possible to hunt deer, turkeys, and a variety of small game.

Q: Does each person have a specialty or area of interest that they focus on?
A: We blog about anything that affects hunters’ rights. This could include ridiculous media statements about hunting or smacking down false information communicated by anti-hunting groups. We expose the bureaucracy that inhibits hunters’ access to public lands and makes hunting too expensive and too burdened with paperwork and blizzards of red tape. The number of hunters in this country is declining. We need to make hunting more accessible and less complicated, especially for newcomers, to reverse that trend.

Q: Where is the NRA Hunters Rights Blog located? A: The exact url is: http://www.nrahuntersrights.org/blog/Default.aspx. To find the Discussion Forum, go to www.nrahuntersrights.org, and scroll down about halfway. The forum is on the left side.

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: Through the Hunters’ Blog and the Discussion Forum we make hunters aware of escalating threats to hunting, what NRA is doing about them, and we stimulate discussion from hunters on these topics. It is imperative that hunters become more informed and vocal about these issues. We need more hunters showing up at public hearings and taking part in public comment periods on issues that affect hunting. You can bet the anti-hunters are showing up at these meetings and sending in comments on many hunting issues.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: Both the Hunters Blog and the Discussion Forum have been up since November 2008.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of the NRA Hunters Rights Blog?
A: While defending the Second Amendment will always be NRA’s first priority, 80 percent of our members hunt, and every issue that’s important to hunters is important to us-especially access to hunting lands and retention/expansion of hunters’ gun rights.

One goal of the blog is to make people more aware of what NRA does for hunters-we have nationally known youth and women’s hunting programs and we are involved in legislation that affects hunters at every level of government. NRA-backed Open Fields and No-Net-Loss legislation work to get hunters access to private and public hunting lands.

We work with several federal agencies to expand access to federal lands and to keep public shooting ranges open. We’ve helped pass “Right to Hunt” Constitutional amendments in 10 states. We’ve supported youth-mentored hunting laws and fought attempts to ban hunting for doves, bears, wolves, prairie dogs and other species. There’s a lot more, but you get the idea.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: The Hunters’ Blog is part of www.nrahuntersrights.org. We launched this site late in 2007. This site offers links to outside headlines, gear write-ups, a monthly Gift Giveaway, links to other hunting resources, and several ways to find state/federal public hunting lands and even a state list of guides and outfitters.

There is also a Trophy Gallery where we post photos of hunters and their downed game.

Q: What is the biggest issue facing hunters today that most concerns you?
A: It has become too difficult for the average guy to find a place to hunt, or even to find a range where he can sight-in, practice marksmanship, or teach his kids to shoot. Fighting to keep ranges open, and to protect and expand hunter access to private and public lands is our most important-and most difficult-challenge. Access to hunting land is directly connected to the number of hunters. If the number of hunters continues to spiral downward, it threatens the very existence of the tradition of hunting.

Plus, it means even more revenue lost for wildlife conservation. It’s hunters who pay for wildlife management in this country.

Q: What is one thing that you want AmmoLand Shooting Sports News readers to know about the NRA Hunters Rights Blog?
A: The Hunters’ Blog and the Discussion Forum are two very visible places where your opinion can be heard! We want your voice on this site!

Q: What was the best thing done on the NRA Hunters Rights Blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: In November, a California high school student was expelled for having two unloaded shotguns locked in his off-campus truck. He had the guns because he had gone bird hunting before school. People were outraged.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: No one thing comes to mind, but it is true that some hunting issues can be divisive. Even so, we want to hear from all hunters and make sure we understand their point of view.

Q: What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights or in you case hunter rights in America?
A: We have battles ahead and hunters must be informed and active in those battles. Restrictions on traditional [lead] ammunition are being pushed hard by anti-hunting groups. As America continues to become more urbanized, more hunting lands are lost, and more restrictions on guns are called for by new residents of areas previously open to shooting and hunting. And it’s not just fringe anti-hunting groups we face today, either.

It’s well-funded, radical environmental groups that would block hunters’ access to public lands, and sympathetic media who trumpet their cause.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: Hunting is in my blood, and to have slowly evolved from writing “Ten Hot Spots for a Tree Stand” to “Abysmal Harvest Angers Wisconsin Hunters” has been an enjoyable, and meaningful, process.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand on in the NRA Hunters Rights Blog in the future?
A: I would like to open up the Hunters’ Blog to more typical hunters who have an informed opinion on a hunting issue they would like to share.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti hunting or maybe just unsure of the purpose of hunting and guns in our society today?
A: Hunting is an essential wildlife management tool. Decisions about hunting should be based on solid science researched by qualified wildlife biologists.

Hunting decisions cannot be made based on emotion, politics or personal agendas. Hunters are the original conservationists, and without us, many species would never have come back from near-extinction at the beginning of this century.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: Hunters tend not to get riled up and active until hunting is threatened in their own favorite spot. At that point, it’s often too late. Stay informed about issues anywhere that could affect a hunter’s rights, and get active in opposing them.

Visit: NRAHuntersRights.org

Bill St. Clair - End The War On Freedom

BillStClair.com

Berkshires, NY - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the new year of 2010 and the Month of January 2010, is Bill St. Clair’s website and blog “End the War on Freedom”.

In steep contrast to the blogs we have recently covered Bill St. Clair says what many of our readers are afraid to say. Bill has strong opinions and does not follow the main stream. In-fact he is blazing his own trail in the proverbial woods and his path is well worth considering.

BillStClair.com Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: End the War on Freedom

Q: What is your Name?
A: Bill St. Clair

Q: Where are you located?
A: Upstate New York, in the Berkshires

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: Initially, I was focused on ending the war on some drugs. But my focus quickly expanded to government abuses of all kinds, culminating in the realization that government itself is the source of the war on our freedoms.

As Claire Wolfe said, “It’s too late to fix it by working within the system”.

I used to think that implied violent revolution. Now I think we need to build a parallel economic system to take over when the dinosaur inevitibly dies. Agorism seems like the right idea to me.

(Agorism is a political philosophy founded by Samuel Edward Konkin III and developed with contributions by J. Neil Schulman that holds as its ultimate goal bringing about a society in which all “relations between people are voluntary exchanges – a free market.”)

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: I’m pretty sure I started in 1999, but the earliest post I still have is dated January 20, 2000.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I write software. Except for a three-year burn-out in 1986-1989, during which I rang up groceries for a health food store in Cambridge, MA, I’ve been writing software for a living since I graduated from MIT in 1978.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: I’d love to change the world, but it’s really just a hobby.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I just want the government to leave me alone.

Q: You have said “I’m a libertarian”.. not everyone is sure what that means today? What does that mean to you?
A: I use L. Neil Smith’s definition, the Zero Aggression Principle (ZAP):

“A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim.”

This is very simple, and most people agree with it, but it has wide ramifications. For example, it forbids taxation, and prohibition of drugs, and regulation of firearms, and any kind of state-mandated licensing or registration, of anything.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that got the most reaction from your readers?
A: I get surprisingly little reaction from my readers. But my most read essays are “The Lie of Cannabis Prohibition“  and “Waco Justice” .

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I have said some very angry things that made me afraid that the feds would come to my house and kidnap me (e.g. “Waco Justice”), but so far, I’ve seen no evidence that they pay attention to what I say at all.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro Gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: L. Neil Smith said it best in

“The Atlanta Declaration” ( – “Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon — rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, ANYTHING — any time, any place, without asking anyone’s permission.”

I concur, with every fiber of my being.

Gun rights are inalienable, and nothing anybody can do can change that at all.

But you were probably asking about the politics of gun rights. There have been some promising legal developments, but there are still a lot of people who don’t believe we should be allowed to own guns, and a lot of legislators who would gladly ban them all if they could get the votes.

We won’t be out of the water until (L. Neil Smith again) any one of us can walk the length of Manhattan Island with a handgun openly on his hip, unmolested by any freelance or official parasite.

Fortunately, as Mike Vanderboegh reminds us often, no matter how outnumbered we are politically, gun owners still get to vote, from the rooftops, though we all hope and pray the hoplophobes don’t force us to go there.

My two Marlins, the 1894P on top and the 444P below.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: My most fun gun to shoot is my Marlin 1894P in .44 magnum, with cowboy action rounds that I load myself: IMR Trail Boss powder and cast lead bullets. My most important firearm from a militia viewpoint is my M1A. One shot man-and-beast-stopping power well past 300 yards.

M1A Carbine

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I used to shoot traps regularly and plink on the rifle range, but my shooting has become very sporadic for the last few years. I also enjoy loading my own .44 magnum, .444 Marlin, and .30-06.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I don’t write very often. I mostly post links to essays I like with short commentary. But most of my writing is about ending the drug war and preserving the right to keep and bear arms. My tone is changing of late as I’ve more fully realized that government doesn’t work, and can’t ever work, so tracking electoral politics, though a fun and maddening hobby, is basically useless.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: I’ve become more focused on alternative currencies. A prototype of one idea of mine is at www.trubanc.com . There’s still a lot of work to do on it.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: The right to own guns is part and parcel of the right to life.

Every person has the absolute right to defend his or her life and the lives of his or her loved ones. That implies the right to make, sell, purchase, own, and carry tools to help with that defense.

If you don’t believe people have the right to own and carry guns, always and everywhere, you don’t believe they have the right to live.

If you believe that any government has the authority, no matter how big a majority voted for it, to regulate that right, in any way, you believe that other people’s lives are yours to control.

You are a slave driver, and you want to make me your slave. I decline.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: Liberty!

Visit: Bill St. Clair – End The War On Freedom

The NRA Blog

NRAblog.com

Fairfax, Virginia -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blog of the Month, for December 2009, is the The NRA Blog at www.nrablog.com .

The NRABlog is the official blog for the National Rifle Association and is a joint effort by all the different branches of the NRA organization and is a great source for for an intimate look inside the events and programs of the NRA.

As diverse as the NRA membership the NRAblog covers many topics from Firearms Collecting to Women OnTarget Hunts to the National Police Shooting Championships. The Nra Blog is well worth taking time to explore.

NRABlog Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: NRAblog

Q: How many people work on the NRA Blog or what is the organizational structure?
A: NRAblog is a combined effort of the NRA’s Media Relations division and each of the divisions of NRA General Operations: National Firearms Museum, Competitive Shooting, Education + Training, Field Operations, and Law Enforcement Activities.

Q: What are the names of the writers or contributors to the NRA Blog?
A: Blog contributors from Media Relations include Lars Dalseide, Kyle Jillson, Danielle Sturgis, Kerrin Brinkman.

You’ll also hear from the staff of the NRA National Firearms Museum — Jim Supica, Phil Schreier, Doug Wicklund and Matt Sharpe – and assorted folk from across the NRA.

Q: Does each person have a specialty that they focus on?
A: Typically, Danielle blogs about our women’s programs, along with events happening at the NRA HQ Range and the National Firearms Museum; Kerrin covers most of the Education & Training division, including our busy youth program division and all NRA Certified Instructors; Lars takes care of Law Enforcement and disabled shooting; Kyle blogs about a variety of competitions and Friends of NRA events.

With 184 programs and a busy calendar of events, though, we share opportunities and areas in order to cover as much as possible.

Q: Where are is the NRA Blog located?
A: Wherever the programs of the NRA take us! Granted, most of our writing is done from NRA HQ here in Fairfax, Virginia, but in 2009 we have blogged “on location” from the following events:

• National Rifle and Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, OH
• NRA Annual Meetings in Phoenix, AZ
• National Police Shooting Championships in Albuquerque, NM
• SHOT Show in Orlando, FL
• Women’s Wilderness Escape at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, NM
• Friends of NRA banquet in Fountain City, WI
• Wanenmacher Gun Show in Tulsa, OK
• Club University workshops in Albany, NY; Sacramentio, CA; and Nashville, TN
• Collegiate championships in TX

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: We aim to spread awareness of the programs of the NRA – whether through pictures, video, first-person accounts, or interviews. NRA members and nonmembers alike are welcome to use NRAblog as a resource.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: After a re-design, NRAblog went live in December of 2008. We’re turning one this month!

Q: What are the main sections or categories of the NRA blog and what do they cover?
A: The following tabs at the top of the site offer easy navigation of our main areas:

• Hunting: Covers the hunters’ services department of the NRA; our sister site www.NRAhuntersrights.org ; and more.
  
• The National Firearms Museum: Includes info on gun collecting, gun shows, the curators and their media appearances.
  
• Competitions: Contains live coverage of the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Matches and information about all disciplines of competition.
  
• Law Enforcement: Covers all areas of Law Enforcement competition, including the National Police Shooting Championships and Tactical Police Competition; also Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and law enforcement training.
  
• Training: Encompasses all NRA Certified Instructor disciplines.
  
• Youth Programs:  Includes information about Youth Hunter Education Challenge, the Winchester Marksmanship program, and more.
  
• Women’s Programs:  Covers our popular Women On Target Instructional Shooting Clinics; Refuse To Be A Victim seminars; the Women’s Wilderness Escape; and women-only hunts.
  
• Community Outreach:  Contains information about upcoming Friends of NRA events; biographies of NRA Field Representatives; NRA Business Alliance; NRA Clubs & Associations; NRA volunteers; events and opportunities for veterans; and grants in action pieces.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: Of course! We invite blog readers to make use of the following resources:

• www.NRA.org
• www.NRAnews.com
• www.NationalFirearmsMuseum.org
• www.NRAILA.org

Also, for those interested in social media, check out NRAblog on the following network sites:

• Twitter: http://twitter.com/NRAblog
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40573473288&ref=ts
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/GOnraMedia
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=89220&trk=hb_side_g

Q: What is one thing that you want AmmoLand Shooting Sports News readers to know about the NRA Blog?
A: We’re your one-stop resource for the programs of the NRA! If you’re looking to learn more about the Youth Hunter Education Challenge, the NRA Bianchi Cup, or the NRA Business Alliance, check us out. We offer a variety of website links to other parts of the NRA, including the NRA-Institute on Legislative Action.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand on in the NRA blog to in the future?
A: We’re always working to find new ways to connect with our readers. Now that we are on Twitter and YouTube and Facebook and LinkedIn, we’d like to start a monthly or weekly newsletter feature. NRAblog readers could opt to receive the newsletter via email to stay up-to-date with the programs of the NRA and to learn about exclusive offers and more.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: We’re thrilled to be included on your site! Thanks for all you do to get the word out about firearms groups, events, and merchandise. See you at the NRA Annual Meetings, May 13-18 in Charlotte, NC.

AmmoLand is thrilled to be the first to wish the NRA Blog a Happy 1st Birthday! So be sure and stop by the NRA Blog on Facebook and wish them Happy Birthday on their wall.

Visit: www.NRAblog.com

National Rifle Association of America

Waronguns.blogspot.com

War on Guns

Northeastern OH - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for November 2009, is the The War on Guns Blog at www.waronguns.blogspot.com.

The War on Guns Blogs is the personal blog of David Codrea, National Gun Rights Examiner for Examiner.com, Co-founder, GunTruths and Citizens of America. His commentary has been featured in GUNS AND AMMO, HANDGUNS and GUNS magazines (where he is a featured columnist). Other work of his has been featured on numerous freedom-oriented Internet sites and, to his surprise,  he has become a much followed Gun Rights activist who is changing minds on the War on Guns!

War on Guns Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance
waronguns.blogspot.com

Q: What is your Name?
A: David Codrea

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: I generally post under my real name. On some social media sites, I post as dcodrea.

Q: Where are you located?
A: Northeastern OH.

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: No-compromise/no sacred cows gun rights activism mixed with social commentary, argument, and occasional twisted humor.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: Since Jan. 2005

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: The blog pays nothing–well, that’s not quite true–I think I make a couple hundred bucks a year off of Google ads that never seem to relate to the subject matter. I also am a paid columnist for Guns Magazine and Examiner.com. Stuff I do that’s not gun-related I keep separate.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: To point to hypocrisies and injustices, and to encourage gun owners to adopt creative ways of responding to them. And also to attract/nurture like minds.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: Yes, I am the National Gun Rights Examiner for Examiner.com.
www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner
and my Guns Magazine columns appear at
Gunsmagazine.com

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I do this primarily for me.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I don’t consider successes based on reader reactions. I’m happy to help nudge the dialog in the direction of what some would call a more “radical” insistence on having our rights recognized.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I just don’t think in terms of bests and worsts. There will always be those who don’t like what I do or the way I do things. I truly don’t let it bother me.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Without a major social upheaval, which history shows us can happen to any people at any time, I believe we’re looking at some expansion on the status quo, with continued federal, state and local efforts to advance “reasonable restrictions.” In other words, I don’t believe any group in power voluntarily cedes it without some form of “or else” disincentive. I fear all that needs happen for an infringement to stand is for the Supreme Court to refuse to hear a challenge and for gun owners to accept it.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: I guess my M1 Garand. It’s fun, plus I appreciate its history and ingenious design, and have never once hurt my thumb.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: When I get time, I enjoy introducing new people to shooting more than any other aspect of it.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I always get a kick out of letting rights abusers know what I think of them. And it’s fun to expose celebrity hypocrites and ignorant propagandists masquerading as journalists.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: The blog itself will probably stay as is for a while. I’ve got a domain name for it but it’s still on blogspot, and I suppose I could jazz up the template, but I’m really more into substance than appearance and it’s just not a big enough priority for me, especially with the focus on writing daily Gun Rights Examiner columns.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: I don’t try to change minds. There are plenty out there trying to fill that niche, and that’s not for me. I will encourage and welcome those with open minds. If I can get them to dip their toe in the pool, then maybe wade in and splash around, some will venture into deeper waters. But my function is to say what’s on my mind. If it resonates with some, fine. If it doesn’t, I’m not going to let them impede my efforts.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: I’d like to ask those who regularly read my stuff, those who think they get value from it. to help me promote it by sharing links. The Examiner column in particular has proven to be quite an interesting adventure. I started out with a local column just over a year ago and it has now expanded to a national column with other Gun Rights Examiners in 16 cities. That has potential to reach an even wider audience, but we can’t do it alone–we hope our readers will share links and an intro paragraph with their friends in emails, on blogs, forums, etc (but please don’t republish the entire column or people won’t visit our pages.) And don’t forget to check out Guns Magazine every month.

Thanks for the opportunity to introduce myself to your visitors here. I appreciate it.

The War on Guns Blog is a great place to check out daily for Davids’ personal comments and quick notes on The War on Guns.

Visit: WarOnGuns.blogspot.com

Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Gun Blog

Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Gun Blog

San Francisco Bay, CA - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for October 2009, is the Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Blog at www.ridenshoot.blogspot.com.

The Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Blog has a great mix of gun topics and is representative of many gun blogs worth keeping an eye on for his mix of unique posts and California flavor.

Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Blog Interview:

Q: : What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: Ride Fast & Shoot Straight

Q: What is your Name?
A: Ride Fast (anonymity explained below)

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A:Ride Fast

Q: Where are you located?
A: San Francisco Bay Area

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: Promotion of human rights, primarily the right to self defense, gun ownership, shooting and a little scooter trash stuff once in a while.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: Since February 2007.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I was working as an Investor until the markets melted down, now I’m cowboying, a lowbrow word for entrepreneur which really means I’m scratching for income doing various things. I worked at the a premier biotechnology company as an automation engineer for 22 years before all that.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: To promote guns and self-defense for what they really are, tools and a human right. Guns are just tools, they can be used for many things, including just fun.

If I become an Internet hundred-thousand-heir, that would be great. OK, a ten-thousand-heir would do.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: I’m on Twitter (http://twitter.com/Ride_Fast).

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I’m just another normal person who might be your neighbor, or the guy in line behind you at the store. I love my family and my country. If I didn’t, why would I be willing to defend them?

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers? A: Deconstructing the lies, half truths and anti-gun propaganda often brings the biggest reactions (in hits, links and comments), I got 10K hits a week on such as: Guns scare journalists or expressing my sometimes controversial views: The Superiority of the American Gun Culture
but what I enjoy most is when I am able to reach someone who is either negative on guns or sitting on the fence.

At a “Fun Shoot” last year, as an instructor, I introduced a good dozen people to shooting for the first time. The youngest was about 16 and the oldest about about 70! They had a great time and profusely thanked me. It was pretty cool (and really exhausting, but worth it).

I noticed how many new shooters commented on how nice I was. That is because of the propaganda machine I’m working against. Portraying gunny’s as scary, mean people.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers? A: Oddly, the worse thing was probably the blog itself. Some enemies (in the HOA, nothing to do with the blog) discovered my blog and decided to use it against me. They combed through hundreds of posts and cherry pick a couple to complain to the local District Attorney about me, see:

A visit from the city’s finest – Updated 040707
Nothing too bad came of it (I got three new readers, the police officers that investigated!) but it shows the environment here in lefty California.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Improving. The Heller case was key, the next ones are even more important. I think (and hope) the American people are waking up to the nanny state agenda. Gun rights people have been fighting the leviathan for decades and the gun banners can’t get away with it without at least everyone knowing about it. As people notice the government is trying to control every little things in their lives, they’re getting more and more active about.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A:That’s a hard question, like asking me what my favorite tool is.

• Sidearms – Most accurate and fastest with the 1944 Colt M1911A1. I carry (when I can) a 2000 Heckler & Kock USP Compact .45 ACP.
  
• Carbine – 1980(?) Auto-Ordinance Thompson M1927.
  
• Rifle – My new project – 1943 Enfield No. 4 Mk.1
  
• Shotty – Mossberg 500 12 ga. I have a Savage 16 ga., but I confess to having never even fired it.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: Making a working gun out of one that isn’t, target shooting, Steel Challenge (!), trap, skeet, long range rifle shooting. There are a lot of guns I want and will get, money permitting.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: Victories! New shooters, expanded gun rights, guns, new technology and leprechauns. OK, I lied about one of them.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: Get some paying advertisers, move off blogspot and stay current in the expanding communications universe. I mentioned I’m on Twitter, I see no use for Facebook but I am paying attention to new tech.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Guns are not icons of evil, they are inanimate and take ALL direction from the human that is holding it. Blaming the tool for the actions of the person is childish. If your anti-gun, or just unsure of their role, you should learn about guns. Learn to shoot (or at least try it) to start. You’ll probably find that it’s fun. Big fun.

If you’d like to try shooting, contact me and I’ll either take you shooting myself or help you find someone who will. Gunnys are generally some of the nicest and most generous of people.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: Some people seem to find anonymous blogging suspicious. I would love to blog under my real name. The reason I don’t is the hysterical society I currently live in. In the oh-so-uber-liberal San Francisco Bay Area, being a gunny can be a real liability. People call the police on you without honest reasons, I’ve had co-workers try to smear me by rumor and malicious hazing. I cannot afford to jeopardize my career possibilities any more than I already have. It’s bigotry, plain and simple. Hell, it’s probably illegal, but there it is.

The Ride Fast & Shoot Straight Gun Blog is worth visiting for a good dose of pro gun content and day by day comments from a Leather wear-in California gunny.

Visit: www.ridenshoot.blogspot.com

California Waterfowl

California - -(AmmoLand.com)- California Waterfowl presented Holly Heyser with the 2009 Artemis Award at the Sacramento Wild Game Feed on September 3rd.

This award is given annually to a woman within the waterfowling community for inspiring and supporting positive outdoor experiences for women and helping to preserve our outdoor heritage for future generations. Heyser works tirelessly to involve others in the way of life she loves through her blog, articles for various publications, and the food served in her home.

Heyser has proven herself to be a powerful voice for promoting the positive aspects of hunting, such as the health benefits of pursuing and eating wild game, and the contributions hunters make to habitat conservation. She is a tireless advocate for California Waterfowl’s award-winning education and outreach programs through the Women’s Outdoor Connections Committee, which is creating a network for women interested in volunteerism, hunting and conservation. On her blog, NorCal Cazadora, she provides a wealth of information on all things hunting in a thought-provoking and inviting way that draws people out and into the marsh.

“Through all she does, Holly encourages everyone to participate fully in outdoor experiences and think deeply about where we fit in both society and nature”, explained Dr. Robert McLandress, President of California Waterfowl. “She brings a fresh perspective to the world of hunting and helps both hunters and non-hunters see it more clearly.”

Holly Heyser describes herself as a recovering newspaper reporter and editor. She now teaches journalism at her alma mater, Sacramento State University. She went on her first hunt at age 41 and immediately fell in love with the honesty, grace and humility of acquiring food the hard way. In addition to teaching and blogging, Heyser also freelances, writing and taking photographs for publications including California Waterfowl Magazine, the Sacramento Bee, Edible Sacramento, Meatpaper, the Art of Eating, Delta Waterfowl and Turkey Country.

About:
California Waterfowl is an award winning nonprofit, hunter-supported conservation organization with a mission to conserve the state’s waterfowl, wetlands, and hunting heritage. In the last 20 years we’ve restored, protected or enhanced more than 360,000 acres, providing habitat for millions of birds and animals, and introduced more than 250,000 children to the wonders of the great outdoors. Visit us online at www.calwaterfowl.org.

NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog

NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog

Jacksonville, Florida - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for September 2009, is the GunTrustLawyer.com.

Is technically a legal blog that covers National Firearms Act gun trust law, NFA news and NFA related events dealing with gun trusts law. It is written by Jacksonville, Florida Gun Trust Attorney David M. Goldman.

Topics coverd include :

• Assault Weapons Trust (3)
• Class 1 Firearms (51)
• Class 3 Firearms (66)
• Class 3 SOT – Dealers (1)
• Criminal Penalties (10)
• Curios & Relics (8)
• Destructive Devices (DDs) (50)
• FAQ’s (76)
• Firearms Articles (37)
• Firearms Case Law (14)
• Form 1 – 5320.1 Manufacture (7)
• Form 20 – 5320.20 Transportation (2)
• Form 4 – 5320.4 Transfer (17)
• Gun News (34)
• How to Purchase a NFA Title II (Class 3) Firearm (29)
• Machine Guns (62)
• NFA Pictures (4)
• National Firearms Act (64)
• Short-Barreled Rifles (SBRs) (59)
• Short-Barreled Shotguns (SBSs) (60)
• Silencers (59)
• Title II Weapons (63)

The NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog is a great resource for anyone looking to purchase any weapons covered under the National Firearms Act of 1934.

GunTrustLawyer.com Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: NFA Gun Trust Lawyer’s Blog

Q: What is your Name?
A:David M. Goldman

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: Gun Trust Lawyer

Q: Where are you located?
A: Jacksonville Florida

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A:Provide information on various state laws and the National Firearms Act and how to purchase, own, and transfer firearms within their state.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: 18 months, but we started as an offshoot from the Florida Estate Planning Lawyer’s Blog. Total around 2.5 years

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: Estate Planning, Probate, Asset Protection Lawyer

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: Continue to build and represent Second amendment rights of individuals and business entities in the United States.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A:YES, http://www.JacksonvilleLaywer.pro http://www.FloridaEstatePlanningLawyerBlog.com and we also have http://www.JacksonvilleCriminalDefenseLawyerBlog.com

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: Second career lawyer who like to help people be successful in their business interests and asset protection. I was a serial entrepreneur in the computer industry until deciding to help people protect their assets.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A:Instructions and downloadable examples for ATF Form 1, Form 4 and Form 20 http://www.guntrustlawyer/form1.html http://www.guntrustlawyer/form4.html http://www.guntrustlawyer/form20.html

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A:Once in a while we make a mistake on a state law, or the law changes. We appreciate when we have the opportunity to correct or enhance our website.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: I am hopeful that 2A rights will continue to be defined and apply to the states through incorporation.

Q: How did you get started specialzing in NFA guns?
A: A local gun store approached me and asked me to review the quicken trust they had been using. They were concerned about creating liability for themselves and their clients. After reviewing the trust and seeing the many problems with traditional trusts, I offered to fix the issues. They agreed and the first true gun trust was created. Many have used traditional trusts and some claim to have NFA language but none to the extent that we do. We now have more than 75 lawyers in over 40 states that help people plan for disability, death, and succession with firearms related issues.

Q: Who are the typical owners of NFA guns?
A: Surprisingly we see many police officers and high net worth individuals who own them. Generally as soon as people find they are legal, they want them.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: I love the Thompson Machine Gun, I just love the way it looks. I know its not accurate and hard to control. I recently purchased a 6MM fully automatic air gun for my son that is a replica of the Thompson Machine Gun, I think its his favorite also.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: When I lived in Texas, I use to shoot a lot and have been deer and quail hunting. Recently we have begun to explore skeet shooting.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: How to protect yourself from the ATF and how it might be interpreted.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A:We are looking at ways to modify the trust to do things that have never been done with a trust before.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Guns don’t kill people, criminals kill people. If it goes much beyond that, I agree to disagree.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: The best way to teach someone to shoot is with a silencer. If they are legal in your state, you should try one.

The NFA Gun Trust Lawyer Blog on the web at www.GunTrustLawyer.com is well worth the read by any one looking to purchase NFA Firearms or anyone interested in owning a real “assault weapon” not to be confused with the black rifles falsely named assault weapons by the uneducated gun hating press.

Sinclair Reloading's Blog The Reloading Press

Sinclair Ammunition Reloading Supplies

Fort Wayne, IN - -(AmmoLand.com)- Sinclair has added a blog to their online presence called The Reloading Press.

The blog contain content specifically directed towards the Sinclair customer and reloading.

The blog is titled The Reloading Press and you should check it out as we fill it withall kinds of good content on relaoding and hand loading.

About:
Sinclair International is the world’s premier supplier of high-quality reloading tools, components and accessories plus unique benchrest shooting supplies. Stocking more than 10,000 items, the company supplies reloaders and precision shooters worldwide. To order, or for more information, call 800-717-8211 or visit sinclairintl.com and mention code HR0309.

Survival Spot Blog: Prepare Today Survive Tomorrow

The Survival Spot Blog

Salt Lake City, Utah - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for July 2009, is The Survival Spot Blog.

Survival-Spot.com Survival Spot was created for one reason; to help people prepare. We believe that in order to be prepared individuals must attempt to have every piece of knowledge and gear needed to secure basic needs such as food, water, shelter and warmth. Having supplies is a must but knowledge is the most powerful weapon in your preparedness arsenal.

Understanding the zeitgeist of the times, dangers that could happen as well as how to build fires, keep warm and find a shelter for the night are all vital survival skills to survive the coming major disaster. In this blog we will attempt to arm you with every important piece of information and point you towards resources to obtain every needful piece of survival equipment.

With our help and a strong will you will be able to create a more secure future for you and your loved ones.
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Survival Spot Blog Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: The Survival Spot Blog

Q: What is your Name?
A: William Atkin

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: Don’t really have a pseudonym, just under “Survival Spot”.

Q: Where are you located?
A: Just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: It’s really to help everyone to do things:
1. Understand that they should be as prepared as possible
2. Teach them how to be prepared

Q: What got you started blogging?
A: My job, I was working for a web design firm and part of my job included creating and maintaining blogs for clients.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: A little more than a year.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: As much as I’d like to blog full time I’m not there yet. Currently I work with a social media marketing firm.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: Sure, doesn’t everybody? My agenda is to spread self reliance to the people

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: I have a few right now, but there not all ready for the public just yet. But I think the preparedness community is going to be effected in a strong way but what we’re planning on releasing.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: Just that I’m a fellow prepper trying to help people learn.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: Surprisingly one of my most popular posts was a simple post about the benefits of honey. It has since gotten more traffic than all other posts.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A:I can’t say I’ve ever had a strong negative reaction from the readers besides the occasional negative comment on a post.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Well, the future is looking very bleak at this moment. It seems that people everywhere have forgotten the importance of the 2nd amendment. Although here in Utah we have general freedom with firearms, in states like California is becomingly increasingly ok to ban guns and eventually illegalize them for regular citizens.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: I like the Glock 21, not just for the high caliber and cool design, but for the amazing durability and resilience.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: Mostly just recreational shooting with a variety of weapons.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I really like posting about new gadgets and self reliance, but I enjoy almost every topic on my blog.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: Ultimately I want the blog to be a library for preparedness, self reliance and survival.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: This is a great question. When I grew up I traveled a lot, and in certain areas there is just an “anti gun” culture. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized the importance/purpose of guns. Recently here in Utah a gunman went into a mall and started shooting. Well he did kill some people, but who knows how many peoples’ lives were saved that day thanks to an off duty officer who was carrying his gun with him.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: My parting remarks would be that life, especially these days, is unpredictable. Anything could happen so it is always a good idea to be prepared for as much as possible.

The Survival Spot Blog has a great selection of articles covering topics, like survival gardening, food storage, self defense, health, gear and wilderness survival skills.

Take some time and visit our friends at www.survival-spot.com

SaysUncle.com

SaysUncle.com

Maryville, TN - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for June 2009, is SayUncle at SayUncle.com.

SayUncle,com keeps a constant dialog on guns and related news that is fun to read, but be warned SayUncle marches to his own beat.

We know, getting this brief interview from him was like pulling teeth.

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Say Uncle Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A: SaysUncle.com

Q: What is your Name?
A: Not disclosed

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: SayUncle

Q: Where are you located?
A: Maryville, TN

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: To entertain me. It gives me an outlet to speak my mind.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: Since August 2002

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I’m in finance.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: I mostly speak my mind with a slant toward individual rights. No real agenda or goal in any measurable sense.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: No.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: There is no one thing. (he does not want you to know anything…AmmoLand)

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: All kinds of things, from getting media retractions, putting pressure on a TN gubernatorial candidate to quit an anti-gun group. I’d say the thing I’m most proud of is the amount of grassroots activism my site can generate.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: Making fun of another subset of gun owners. I learned our effort is better spent fighting the real enemy and not each other.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: We’re winning.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: Probably my suppressed Walther P-22. Fun to shoot, cheap to shoot, and doesn’t annoy the neighbors.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I don’t hunt because I don’t like killing things. I prefer shooting paper. I have participated in Glock Shooting Sports Foundation matches and plan on expanding to IDPA or IPSC at some point.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: guns.

Q: What pisses you off the most in shooting sports in America today?
A: The divide. We classify ourselves and that seems at odds with each other. Hunters don’t got to bat for self-defense people; Black rifles guys don’t go to bat for hunters. Etc. Can’t we all just get a long gun?

Q: What makes you happy in shooting sports in America today?
A: Trigger time

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: Haven’t thought about it.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: I say it to them every day at my blog.

SaysUncle.com has an entertaining blog with several years of content.

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The Box O' Truth

The Box O' Truth

Southeast, Texas - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for April 2009, is Don, AKA: “Old_Painless” of Theboxotruth.com.

Theboxotruth.com has loads of info and articles on firearms performance, gun reviews and restoration how to articles for restoration and improving C&R firearms.

The Box O Truth Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name and how did you come up with it?
A: “The Box O’ Truth”. It was named for the box that I placed things in and then shot to see the results, and learn the “Truth”.

Q: What is your Name?
A: Don

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: Old_Painless

Q: Where are you located?
A: Southeast Texas

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: To cover some myths and rumors about shooting that are wide-spread, and to educate interested folks about some firearms related information.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: A few years.

Q: What do you do for a living or is your blog a full time job?
A: I am a retired Training Manager at an oil refinery.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: Nope, just to have fun and to bust some myths.

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: None.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I enjoy shooting stuff.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: Probably the most comments were about the Locks O’ Truth.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: None.

Q: What’s up with the “The Buick O’ Truth”
A: An internet friend, John_Wayne777 from AR15.com did the Buick O’ Truth post. We have received a lot of comments about it.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun? What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: I was pleasantly surprised at the recent Heller decision. Maybe good things are still in store for us.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A: My Glock 34, 9mm. I took it to Thunder Ranch every time I went, and it has never failed to run 100%.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: I used to hunt quail a lot, but haven’t in the last few years. I love bird hunting.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I enjoy doing the “Refinishing Projects” on the C&R rifles and pistols.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: Just more of the same, as I have the time.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Guns are just tools. No more dangerous than any other tool. It is the mis-use that should be controlled, not possession by honest citizens.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or stuff you want to promote?
A: “Shooting stuff is fun.” 

The Box O' Truth's Old_Painless in Action

BIO:
Old_Painless is a Life and Patron Member of the National Rifle Association.
He holds certification as a Pistol Instructor, Rifle Instructor, Shotgun Instructor, Personal Firearms Defense Instructor, and Home Firearms Safety Instructor. He has attended classes at Thunder Ranch and taken the Defensive Handgun I, Defensive Handgun II, Urban Rifle and Defensive Shotgun Class courses. He took an early retirement and now has time to enjoy his favorite sport.

Theboxotruth.com has lot going on with great pictures, articles and even a forum.

Visit The Box O Truth.com

GunPundit.com

West Michigan - -(AmmoLand.com)- AmmoLand.com’s featured Gun Blogger of the Month, for April 2009, is Shelby Murdoc of GunPundit.com .   GunPundit.com has loads of info and articles on firearms politics, shooting sports and gun issues.

The GunPundits Shelby Murdoc

GunPundit.com Interview:

Q: What is your Blog’s Official Name?
A:GunPundit.com

Q: What is your Name?
A: Shelby Murdoc

Q: What is your Online Name that you may post under?
A: I usually just go by ‘Murdoc’

Q: Where are you located?
A: West Michigan, USA. Not everyone in Michigan is like people in Detroit.

Q: What is the point of view or purpose of your blog?
A: I wanted to set up a site that covered guns, gun politics, and gun issues. I’m also a freelance gun writer and wanted an online presence to help promote that.

Q: How long has your Blog been active?
A: GunPundit has been running since September 2007. I try to post at least a couple of times per day.

Q: Do you have a specific agenda or goal of your blog?
A: Well, GunPundit is decidedly pro-gun. The media is usually so biased against guns and gun owners that it’s tough to get a fair shake. If I can help keep gun owners aware of important gun news and issues, as well as keep them up to date on the latest and greatest guns and gear, I’ll consider it ‘Mission Accomplished.’

Q: Do you have any other digital sites?
A: Yes. I’ve blogged about military issues at Murdoc Online since 2003. (www.murdoconline.net) I started up GunPundit so that Murdoc readers interested in guns could read that coverage without wading through articles on tanks, troop levels in Iraq, and nuclear submarines.

Q: What is one thing that you want your readers to know about you?
A: I’m a gun owner and (to borrow a phrase) I think it’s important that the right to keep and bear arms is not infringed.

Q: What was the best thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: Posting pictures and information about new guns and gear always gets some readers excited. Cool photos grab attention. And highly-anticipated products bring in a lot of people who are searching for more info.

Q: What was the worst thing you did on your blog that go the most reaction from your readers?
A: I posted a handy little graph from a local gun group that badly misrepresented the amount of gun violence in states with strict gun control compared to states with more relaxed restrictions. After the error was pointed out and I investigated further, I posted an update with correct numbers.

Q: Obviously since we are featuring you your blog is Pro gun?  What do you think the outlook is for the future of gun rights in America?
A: Yes, definitely pro-gun. I think gun rights have a generally bright future in America, but the next few years is going to be a real test to see if the gains over the past decade or so can be held and built on.

Q: What is your favorite firearm and why?
A:That’s a tough one. I enjoy the AR for modularity and the AK for the simplicity and reliability. I don’t think you have to be “one or the other.” I’ve also got a soft spot for the good old M1 Carbine. It’s a pleasure to shoot.

Q: What hunting or shooting sports hobbies do you have?
A: Though I live in Michigan, I’m not much of a hunter. Most of my shooting is either testing firearms and accessories or just plinking for fun. I don’t think anyone should need an excuse to go take a few cracks.

Q: Of the topics you cover what do you enjoy writing about the most?
A: I think I enjoy reading and writing about tactical-type guns and gear the most. The stuff is cool, field-ready, and currently very popular. It’s fun to shoot, and with popularity so high there is a massive stream of new guns and gear coming out every month.

Q: What things would you like to do or expand in your blog to in the future?
A: The main thing I’d like would be to just have more time to do more of the things I already do. Blogging regularly is a fairly large commitment, something that a lot of folks don’t understand. If I had time, I’ve always wanted to try out some podcasting and do more formal reviews of guns and gear on the site.

Q: What would you like to say to those that are anti gun or maybe just unsure of the purpose of guns in our society today?
A: Well, just the standard “when guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.” There’s no magic wand to wave to make all the guns (or all the bad guys, for that matter) just disappear forever. Even with police, everyone is ultimately responsible for his or her own safety and the safety of their family and property.

Q: What parting remarks or comments you would like to make or promote?
A: There are a lot of great bun blogs, sites, and forums out there. Don’t read just one or two. The internet allows a lot of communication and sharing of ideas between people who are widely separated. All gun owners, whether they own for sport, hunting, protection, or just plain fun, should be on the same side. The proponents of stricter gun control always try to split the groups apart, so don’t fall for the lines about “it’s not YOUR guns I want to take.”

GunPundit.com

Shelby Murdoc’s GunPundit focuses on guns and gun issues.

Murdoc has blogged for six years and launched GunPundit.com in 2007 to focus on the growing online community of shooters. He’s been a freelance gun writer and columnist since 2004, concentrating primarily on tactical firearms and accessories.

When not discussing, writing about, or shooting firearms, the 39-year-old is spending time with his wife and two kids in western Michigan.

Or surfing the world wide web.

Murdoc also writes regularly for Shooting Sports Retailer magazine and at Murdoc Online.

Visit GunPundit.com

Alan Korwin's PAGE NINE

Page Nine – -(AmmoLand.com)- I’ve created a special feature for the print media and broadcasters (“Page Nine” regardless of where or when it runs), that covers stories afresh, not the way news rooms typically flavor things. It would help reduce the distrust so many news consumers feel and could be the most avidly followed item you carry — if you carry it. It certainly is well received by my audience.

This casual sample might make you say, “We’ll NEVER run that!” but Page Nine is being built around ad revenues from clear-thinking mainstream businesses.

About the Author:
Freelance writer Alan Korwin is a founder and past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association. With his wife Cheryl he operates Bloomfield Press, the largest producer and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Here writing as “The Uninvited Ombudsman,” Alan covers the day’s stories as they ought to read.

Read More of Page Nine Here..