Concealed Carry Holsters

Some commonly used terms on this site dealing with concealed carry and holsters:

• cant - the angle at which your gun is positioned, either forward or backward. Many holsters have adjustable “cant” to allow customizable positioning.
• carry rig - the specific holster in question. Carry rigs can differ significantly in quality between brands, so going with a quality manufacturer is critical.
• printing - the act of revealing the outline of the gun under clothing. Printing can sometimes cause public unrest when they realize you are armed.
• reciprocity - in short, CCW reciprocity is defined as other states that honor your states carry permit. This allows you to legally carry in those specific states.
• retention - the ability for your holster to keep or retain your gun in place. Too little retention can lead to your gun falling out, while too much retention can lead to a difficult draw.
• thumb break - the traditional outside waistband holster retention method. A thumb break is typically a piece of nylon or leather attached with a button/snap to keep the gun secured in the holster. To draw the gun, the thumb break must be released.

The Obama campaign has been quiet on the issue of gun control to get Obama elected. Now that Obama will officially be the next President, the Brady Bunch has dusted off their old five year “gun ban” plan they used during the Clinton administration.

THE FIVE YEAR PLAN:

1. National Licensing of all handgun purchases.
2. Licenses for Rifle and Shotgun owners.
3. State Licenses for ownership of firearms.
4. Arsenal Licenses (5 guns and 250 rounds of ammunition).
5. Arsenal License Fees (at least $300.00, with a cap of $1,000.00).
6. Limits on Arsenal Licensing (None in counties with populations of more than 200,000).
7. Requirement of Federally Approved Storage Safes for all guns.
8. Inspection License. (Gun safe licenses, yearly fee for spot inspections).
9. Ban on Manufacturing in counties with a population of more than 200,000.
10. Banning all military style firearms.
11. Banning Machine Gun Parts or parts which can be used in a Machine gun.
12. Banning the carrying a firearm anywhere but home or target range or in transit from one to the other.
13. Banning replacement parts (manufacturing, sale, possession, transfer, installation) except barrel, trigger group.
14. Elimination of the Curio Relic list.
15. Control of Ammunition belonging to Certain Surplus Firearms. (7.62×54R and .303).
16. Eventual Ban of Handgun Possession.
17. Banning of Any ammo that fits military guns (post 1945).
18. Banning of any quantity of smokeless powder or black powder which would constitute more than the equivalent of 100 rounds of ammunition.
19. Ban the possession of explosive powders of more than 1 kg. at any one time.
20. Banning of High Powered Ammo or Wounding ammo.
21. A National License for Ammunition.
22. Banning or strict licensing of all re-loading components.
23. National Registration of ammunition or ammo buyers.
24. Requirements of special storage safe for ammunition and licensing.
25. Restricting Gun Ranges to counties with populations less than 200,000.
26. Special Licensing of ranges.
27. Special Range Tax to visitors. ($85.00 per visit per person).
28. Waiting period for rentals on pistol ranges.
29. Banning Gun Shows.
30. Banning of military reenactments.

PLUS:

• Ban of all magazines holding over 6 rounds.
• Elimination of the Dept. of Civilian Marksmanship.
• Ban on all realistic replica and toy guns (including “air soft” and paintball).
• The right of gun-violence victims to sue, with financial assistance from government programs, the gun manufacturers.
• Taxes on ammo, dealers, guns, licenses to offset medical costs to society.
• The eventual ban on all semi-automatics regardless of when made or caliber.

Please join the National Rifle Association (NRA) NOW! There could not be a more critical time to keep insane bills off Obama’s desk; he will sign anything into LAW.

Sources: Brady Backs Barack, The Five Year Plan

As of this morning, Barack Obama will officially be the next President of the United States. Anybody that is active in the pro-gun arena knows the very real threat that President Obama and his Congress majority are to our Second Amendment rights. There could not be a bigger threat to our rights, gun related or otherwise, than at this very moment.

Our new president, Barack Obama …

• … opposes four of the five Supreme Court justices who affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted against the confirmation of Alito and Roberts and he has stated he would not have appointed Thomas or Scalia.
• … voted for an Illinois State Senate bill to ban and confiscate “assault weapons,” but the bill was so poorly crafted, it would have also banned most semi-auto and single and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen.
• … voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry.
• … wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban.
• … voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting.
• … has endorsed a 500% increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition.
• … has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.
• … supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
• … voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in self-defense.
• … supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.
• … refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.
• … opposes Right to Carry laws.
• … was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and “research.”
• … supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.
• … voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them.
• … voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military.
• … favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.
• … supports mandatory micro-stamping.
• … supports mandatory waiting periods.
• … supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers.
• … supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase restrictions.
• … supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.
• … supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement equipment.
• … supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons under the age of 21.

Please join the National Rifle Association (NRA) NOW! There could not be a more critical time to keep insane bills off Obama’s desk; he will sign anything into LAW.

Source: NRA-ILA: Barack Obama