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Firearms training and safety
- Sigarms Academy
- Highly skilled instructors, excellent setting.
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- Defense Associates
- Defense Associates is the Connecticut base of operations for Chuck Taylor's American
Small Arms Acadamy (ASAA) and Massad Ayoob's Lethal Force Institute.
Chuck Taylor is based in Prescott, Arizona, but schedules several appearances each year in
Connecticut. He is aided in his instruction by his local coordinator, Frank Cornwall. If
you want to learn to shoot effectively, Taylor's course is for you. His techniques have a
proven record of real-world application; training is made realistically challenging by the
application of time constraints. To be a Taylor graduate, you have to pass the test at the
end of the course!
Massad Ayoob's Lethal Force Institute (LFI) is well known and esteeemed among defensive
shooters. Ayoob is based in New Hampshire but travels to Connecticut to accommodate
shooters in our area. All levels of LFI are offered at various times throughout the year.
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- International Defensive Pistol Association
- Promotes "defensive pistol" as a sport that gives excellent practice in
simulated "real world" self-defense scenarios. Shooters competing in Defensive
Pistol events are required to use practical handguns and holsters that are truly suitable
for self-defense use. No "competition only" equipment is permitted in Defensive
Pistol matches since the main goal is to test the skill and ability of an individual, not
his or her equipment, budget, or gamesmanship. Many Gunsafe members participate in IDPA
matches held at Wolf's Indoor Range (Bristol) and the Smith & Wesson range
(Springfield, Mass.)
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- AWARE (Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment)
- Self-defense for women, presented by women.
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- Eddie Eagle safety program for
children
- A simple, life-saving way to teach children what to do if they encounter firearms.
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- Safety tips from the Metro Nashville
Police Department
- Lots of good advice on avoiding bad situations and how to handle them if you must.
Includes honest ratings of self-defense
sprays. Don't miss the "rate
your risk" section.
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- Assault Prevention Information
Network
- Another perspective on self defense, mainly for women, based on the idea that protecting
yourself is an essential part of taking control of your own life.
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- Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen
- Organization whose members and interests overlap with those of Gunsafe.
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- Second Amendment Sisters
- National organization of pro-gun, pro-self-defense women.
Connecticut clubs (E-mail us to add your club here.)
- Elm City Gun
Club (East Haven)
- Metacon Gun Club (Simsbury)
- Rockville
Fish & Game Club
- Silver City Gun Club (Meriden)
- Somers Sportsmen's Association
- Torrington Gun Club
Public policy
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- Various non-technical articles that debunk myths about "gun control" as a
crime-fighting tool. Also other political topics of general interest.
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- Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
- Disarming the Jews was essential to Hitler's attempt to exterminate them. This
organization was formed in response to the Jewish experience during World War II.
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Second Amendment: Law and history
- A Right of the People
- Superb article explaining the Second Amendment and how it guarantees a right to every
individual citizen. The author, a professor at UCLA Law School, presented the material as
testimony to a Congressional subcommittee in 1998. As he states in the article, when he
began his research he was not particularly "pro-gun," and he did not believe the
Second Amendment guaranteed a right to individual citizens. The article is easy to follow
and makes a good starting point for anyone interested in the Second Amendment. Reprinted
here with the author's generous permission.
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- Second Amendment Law Library
- Dozens of authoritative articles. Most were written for attorneys and may be too
technical for some readers, but you never know until you try.
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- GunCite
- Good collection of info on the Second Amendment, crime statistics, etc.
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- Integrated Crime Statistics Program
- Fascinating site that provides crime statistics for any area, by zip code.
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- Legal Opinion
- Monthly column written by Ralph D. Sherman, an attorney in West Hartford, Connecticut
(and chairman of Gunsafe). Some columns cover Second Amendment history for beginners.
Others focus on Connecticut law pertaining to pistol permits and pending legislation.
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- Congressional voting
records (from Handgun Control, Inc.)
- Click on your state and find out how your U.S. representatives and senators voted on
bills that the gun-haters deemed important.
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Commercial and other sites
- Shooters.com
- Links and articles about shooting sports, manufacturers, etc.
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- Where to shoot
- Just enter your state and town, or your zip code, and find nearby ranges and clubs.
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- Second Amendment Mall
- Shopping.
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- Gunindex
- More shopping.
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