...Semi-Automatic Pistol or Revolver Mark Cartwright ENG 121, English Composition I Instructor Lisa Tietler June 04, 2012 Semi-Automatic Pistol or Revolver With more states issuing “right to carry” weapons permits and the expansion of the firearms market; people are looking at semi-automatic pistols or revolvers in order to fill their concealed carry defensive needs. Both firearm platforms are made for protection purposes, but each one has their limitations and advantages. Citizens consider many aspects when choosing a handgun for defensive purposes such as ammunition capacity, ease of operation, reliability, and conceal ability. Many factors affect people when choosing a handgun for defensive use, but in the end it comes down to personal preference, the mission intended for the firearm, and skill level of the person when deciding on whether to pick a semi-automatic pistol or revolver for concealed carry. Semi-automatic pistols tend to hold more ammunition than a revolver. Most semi-automatic pistols carry anywhere from six rounds to eighteen rounds, whereas, a revolver usually carries anywhere from five rounds to eight rounds depending on the model. Semi-automatic pistols have replaced most revolvers in the inventories of police departments and military units due to issues concerning magazine capacity. Most individuals tend to go towards a semi-automatic pistol due to the amount of firepower that can be brought to a gun fight versus a revolver. However,...
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...So you have decided to get a Pistol Permit. Congratulations on making what could be one of the most important decisions in your life. The choice to become an armed citizen is a big step towards long term safety and security for yourself and your loved ones. It is important to remember that this experience is only what you make of it, and just the beginning of a long list of what is needed to become a responsibly armed citizen. The first things to consider when obtaining a pistol permit are the requirements. Go down to your local police department or resident state trooper and pick up an application. They may redirect you to the town or city hall, but once you have the application, read through the requirements carefully. Specific details, including costs and fees, can vary from town to town so knowing the details in advance will make your application process smoother. If you believe you are eligible, and can handle the costs involved, the next step is to look for an approved training class. Selecting a class is one of the most important and difficult decisions to make, and there are a number of considerations involved. Most states require a class or other form of training in order to obtain a permit. Approved classes consist of a classroom and a live fire portion and are primarily offered by instructors certified by the National Rifle Association (NRA). A simple internet search will yield a number of options, including the websites of individuals and businesses. The NRA...
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...SUBCULTURES AND STYLE Here I am going to be discussing design through subcultures mainly focusing on Punk and Skinheads and the design of a Dr Marten boot displayed in the Museum of London. Between the years of 1945 and 1985 right after World War 2 there was a lot of changes in how different people grouped themselves in cultures and styles. People formed an almost cult of whom had interests and views which where similar and showed this by making a some what territory of a certain street or area. This was called a subculture. Teddy Boys originated around the 1950’s after World War 2 when there was no longer a uniform had to be worn; it was a way to rebel against it. The style was more common among the wealthier society who could afford smart clothing; they were often associated with American rock. Next came Mod’s, they were all about pure style, dressing smart and sharp with bold haircuts. Around the same time rockers and the grunge style was popular which caused a lot of controversy with the Mod’s and the Grunge scene and known to fight frequently. In the 1960s skinheads formed from an influence of Jamaican rude boys who were known for the edge and anti mainstream desire. Skinheads were all about being cool, known to wear doc martins and have very short-shaved heads, even the girls. Later on in the 80s this culture rose again but this group were much more racist and violent than the original skinheads. Influenced by mod’s then came the soul boy in the 1970s, known...
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...humble beginnings, working-class parents. As Vivienne would later recall, her childhood years were far from London's high life. By the early 1960s Vivienne's life seemed established, embarked on work as a teacher. Then, however, everything changed. Her first marriage dissolved and she met Malcolm McLaren, an art student and future manager of the Sex Pistols. Through her new partner, Westwood, who'd begun making jewelry on the side, was introduced to a new world of creative freedom and the power art had on the political landscape. “I latched onto Malcolm as somebody who opened doors for me," Westwood said.” 2. In 1971, McLaren opened a boutique shop at 430 Kings Road in London and started filling it with Westwood's designs. It proved to be an important fashion center for the punk movement. When McLaren became manager of the Sex Pistols, it was Westwood's designs that dressed the band and help it carve out its identity. But as the punk movement faded, Westwood was hardly content to rest on her laurels. She's constantly been ahead of the curve, not just influencing fashion, but often times dictating it. After her run with the Sex Pistols, Westwood went an entirely new direction with her Pirate collection of frilly shirts and other attire. Her styles have also included the mini-crini of the 1980s and the frayed tulle and tweed suit of the 1990s. She's even proved it's perfectly possible to make a subversive statement with underwear. 3. Coupled with Westwood's unconventional...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS EAST MEETS WEST. These twin revolvers are a tribute to a defining moment and place in this nation’s history: the official completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah. These firearms attempt to honor the perseverance and talents of all who worked to complete this engineering marvel. The success of this railroad opened a new chapter in our nation’s history, and through its completion, the development of the West was realized and America was forever changed. It’s a fitting tribute, artistically rendered upon an another impressive innovation – the Colt Single Action Army® Revolver. Assigned to these two Colt Single Action Army Revolvers are the special Serial numbers East 1, which is for Engine 119, and West 1, which is for Engine 60, named JUPITER. Features include: Caliber .45 Colt, 7 ½ inch Barrels, Black Powder Screwless Frames, Beveled Cylinders with elongated Flutes. Special attention was given to the genuine Ivory grips. These revolvers shipped from the factory in the white on December 19, 2011 to Colt Master Engraver Leonard Francolini. 1991 SERIES GOVERNMENT MODEL®............................... 4 XSE SERIES GOVERNMENT MODEL®................................ 6 RAIL GUN® GOVERNMENT MODEL®................................. 8 SERIES 70™.................................................................... 10 GOLD CUP®......................................................................
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...Guns Magazine: Loaded... ready... safe! Can your home-defense gun be loaded and quickl... Page 1 of 5 Return to article page This story was printed from LookSmart's FindArticles where you can search and read 3.5 million articles from over 700 publications. http://www.findarticles.com Loaded... ready... safe! Can your home-defense gun be loaded and quickly accessible, yet still be safe? Our handgun editor says "Yes!" and offers several proven strategies. Guns Magazine , Jan 1, 2002, by Massad Ayoob If you keep a gun in your home or workplace, it's only common sense that it be loaded and quickly accessible. The same common sense, however, also tells us the firearm should be inaccessible to children, incompetent adults and unlawful intruders. Having both at once is a tall order, but that doesn't make it impossible. Let's look at a broad spectrum of armed citizens and police officers in this country who have found that when it comes to this important matter -- you can have your cake and eat it too. In The Home John is a detective and gunfight winner who works for a large, West Coast jaw-enforcement agency that serves a very high-crime community. He has investigated a number of violent home invasions, many of which had tragically fatal results. Though most of these were "drug dealer invading and ripping off rival dealer" situations, a disturbing number involved innocent, law-abiding citizens who were helpless once their doors were kicked in. When John gets dressed for work in the...
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...Cameron Trester Kendra Sweet English 2208 Oct. 8 2012 Most handguns come in two types. The first one is semi-automatic and the second is the fully automatic. Both types of weapons operate on the same principles, but fully automatic weapons must be built more ruggedly to accommodate the heat and stress caused by rapid firing, and it can be difficult to convert a semi-automatic pistol into a fully automatic mode of fire. Selective-fire weapons are generally used by specialized law enforcement and security personnel such as SWAT teams, hostage rescue teams, anti-terrorist units, or government bodyguards for heads of state. Fully automatic weapons are legally available only to the military and law enforcement in most countries. They are capable of delivering hundreds of rounds per minute to a target. In a fully automatic weapon, the trigger is pulled once and held. The firearm will fire a round, eject the spent cartridge, chamber the next round, cock the hammer and fire the next round. This cycle of automatic firing, ejecting and chambering continues at a rapid pace as long as the trigger is depressed. The action is powered either by the recoil energy from each shot or by gases from the fired round, which drive a piston that operates the bolt, extractor, cocking and firing mechanisms. Ammunition is fed into an automatic weapon from a box or drum magazine or from a belt threaded into the receiver. Semiautomatic weapons often known as auto-loaders require the operator to pull...
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...Name: Tutor: Institution: Course: Date: Catholism Pinkie Brown is very religious. To Brown religion is the corner stone of a society and without it, all are but doomed. He believes in the notion that he is evil and beyond redemption and is going straight to hell. Pinkie however tries his best to uphold all of the catholic doctrines based on his catholic background. In the end though he is very certain of his doom he still believes in the catholic belief that one can be redeemed if they repent right before death. Brown however finds a flow in that logic when he brushes with death at the race course. He realizes that he was spending all his attention on trying to stay alive rather than praying for his soul to go to a better place. Pinkie also abhors the idea of having sex with Rose to consummate their marriage as a sin since they were not married in church “It's a mortal sin, he said, getting what savor there was out of innocence, trying to taste God in the mouth . . . he blotted everything out in a sad brutal now-or-never embrace.” (Neil 225). Pinkie is very resentful. When he was a young boy he spied on his parents making love. These both arouse him and disgusted him beyond measure. Ever since that day he bore resentment towards sex and women in general. Pinkie views them as weaker creatures that did not deserve his respect or appreciation. This can be clearly seen in the way he mistreats Rose when they were married. Pinkie did not find any common ground to relate to...
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...Analysis Under 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) & (d), Bank robbery and incidental crimes, provides that an individual can be charged with armed bank robbery with a dangerous weapon if (a) Whoever by force, and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another…any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of a bank… (d) Whoever, in committing, or in attempting to commit, any offense defined in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, assaults any person or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by use of a dangerous weapon or device, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty-five years, or both. a. whoever by force, and violence, or by intimidation - Mr. Canter pulled out a replica of a 9mm Beretta handgun on a bank teller b. takes, or attempts to take from the person or the presence of another – Mr. Canter attempted to take money of the bank from the bank teller c. any property or money or any other thing of value – Mr. Canter attempted to take money from the bank e. belonging to, or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of a bank – The money that Mr. Canter attempted to take was in the care of the bank teller f. assaults or puts in jeopardy the life of any person by use of a dangerous weapon...
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...Sgt. David Mascarenas worked as a diver for 18 years Unlike recreational diving, police divers tend to work in rough, cold waters where visibility is usually less than a foot. Jj The police couldn't use remote operated search equipment because they let out small electric sparks that could set the tar pit on fire. Mascarenas volunteered to be the one to dive into the tar because he didn't want to tell someone else to do it because he wouldn't want to be told to do it. The main thing that motivated Mascarenas was that if he didn't do it they bad guys would have a place to go to get rid of evidence. At the Tar Pit Museum, visitors can see the perfectly preserved bones of a saber-toothed tiger that is believed to be 44,000 years old and a coyote...
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...Glock Perfection Scott Turner King University Glock Perfection Background In the early 1980’s, in the small town of Deutsch-Wagram, Austria, Gaston Glock set out on a business venture in to the firearms market. Gaston Glock had never produced a firearm before, (Grant, 2012) instead his background was in plastic and steel products and commercial appliances. He did, however, have a decade’s worth of experience in the production of knives, entrenching tools, and grenades for the Austrian Army. With the Austrian Army looking to replace the current sidearm in its arsenal, Glock spent six months developing his first semi-automatic 9mm firearm. His introduction into the firearm market was designed specifically to the requirements of the Austrian Army. With the Glock Model 17 prototype, Glock beat out all the other competitors and won the contract for the Austrian Army. With the initial order of 30,000 units in 1983, Glock was now a full fledge firearm manufacturer. ("Glock Ges.m.b.H.," 2014) What made the Glock Model 17 so different from other firearm manufacturers of the time was the material Gaston Glock used for the frame. Instead of a metal alloy, Glock borrowed from his expertise with high strength, injection molded ‘space-age’ polymers. This was very important for several reasons; ease of maintenance, corrosion resistance, 40% lighter than other comparable firearms, and fewer parts which lead to lower assembly cost. ("Glock Ges.m.b.H.," 2014) Along with the...
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...PLR-16 Pistol KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC. 1475 COX ROAD COCOA FL 32926 32 1-631-0068 www. kel-tec-cnc-corn "THE USE UF A O L OK SAFE l Y LOCK IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF RESPONSIBLE FIREARM STORAGE. FIREARMS SHOULD B E STORED UNLOADED AND LOCKED IN A LOCATIOP THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE FRC" THEIF AMMUNITION ANC ACCESSIBLE TO ILDREh ZED PE CIWNED MADE PARTS' ( SAFErV, INSTRUCTION, AND DARTS MANUAL READAND CAREFULLY FOLLOW THESE WARNINGSAND INSTRUCTIONS Make sure your "audience" is always 5 feet behind you, not next to you when firing. Keep your firearm unloaded when not in use. SAFE GUN HANDLINGIS YOUR RESPON- SlBlUM The PLR-16 pistol is designed and chambered for the 5.56mm NATO (.223Remington) cartridge. The type of ammunition is also stated on the right side of the receiver. Do not use any other ammunition. Only use commercially manufactured ammunition, clean, dry, and in good condition. Never use non-standard, reloaded or damaged cartridges. Never use ammunition where the pressure levels exceed industry standards. Kel-Tec guns are manufactured from high quality materials. They will provide extended service life. However, all warranties, expressed or implied, are voided and Kel-Tec will not be liable for property damage or personal injury and consequential damages, if faulty ammunition is used in Kel-Tec centetfire firearms. Discharging firearms in poorly ventilated areas, cleaning firearms, or handling ammunition may result in exposure to lead and...
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...As a response to and a rejection of middle class culture, punk functioned to create a sphere in which the more revolting or disgusting something was, the better. Influenced by the garage band revival of the late 1960s, punk adapted the idea that the music being produced did not have to be good or meaningful; rather, it functioned to directly oppose any form of insightful meaning. It was played and produced for the sole purpose of rejecting all things mainstream prior to it becoming mainstream. The genre of punk qualifies as La Jouissance because it draws the listener towards a connection to the larger “whole,” draws pleasure from pain, and helps one lose a sense of their ego. Punk began in the 1970s as a working-class response to the poor...
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...until line has been cleared * Pay attention to commands, ask for clarification if necessary. * If firearm malfunctions, clear it. If your are unable to correct it, signal instructor Firearm safety in the home * Each of you is responsible for the safety of others with firearms in your home. * Educate your immediate family * Remember, visitors in your home may encounter your or your issued firearms and safety and security is your responsibility * Home safety procedures: * Store firearms and ammunition separately, under lock and key. * Use commercial trigger locks. * Be consistent in how you store your firearms and ammunition at home. Have a routine and stay with it * Do not keep your pistol anywhere within easy reach of your bed General safety considerations * Seized firearms must be cleared of ammunition and made safe by an individual familiar with the operating system. * If you are not familiar with the operating system, secure the firearm so it may not be unintentionally fired by disturbing the firing mechanism. * Contact someone familiar with the...
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...The Contradictions of Chaos and Order The film SLC: Punk! follows a group of friends taking part in the Punk movement during the year 1985 in the religiously oppressed Salt Lake City as they attempt to create and spread chaos. Chaos, which the characters in the film use almost interchangeably with anarchy, is the only rule they live by. However, living by anarchy as their one rule, a contradiction in itself since anarchy means no rules, is just one of the many contradictions in the punk belief system. The characters who participated in the punk movement sought to defy the social norm and rebel against “the system” by listening to new different forms of music, having unnaturally colored hair, and dressing wildly. The main character, Steve-O (Matthew Lillard), starts off in the opening scene narrating about how he is a fully devoted Punk who does not believe in the system and wants to cause as much chaos and disorder as possible just like any other punk. Yet, there are many holes and contradictions between chaos and order, such as, the fact that true chaos can never exist since everything has some sort of structure, even anarchy. The contradictions between the punk culture and their belief system are also seen throughout the film when punks and the characters in the film, who believe the world should be total chaos, stick to very strict rules and guidelines such as fighting only against other groups who had different beliefs as them. The holes and contradictions between the chaotic...
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