Corrections Firearms News & Articles

• Firearms: Get a Grip - How to hold your pistol

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  by Dave Spaulding Click here to subscribe to Law Officer Magazine The most basic pistolcraft fundamentals-body position, trigger control and use of the sights-don't mean diddly-squat if you don't p...

• Realistic training to enhance your close quarter core skills

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  By Ralph Mroz At the Police Officer Safety Association we teach a course called Close Quarter Handgun Core Skills. It is a course focused on just what the title suggests: fundamental skills and dri...

• Small-time tinkering leads to big-time guns, sales by Tennessee company

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  By ROSE FRENCHAssociated Press Writer MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - When U.S. soldiers need to penetrate a tank's armor from a mile away, they count on a weapon that evolved from the garage tinkering of a ...

• Canada mulls arming of border agents

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  The Associated Press A Senate report says customs agents and inspectors along the Canadian side of the world's longest unarmed border should carry firearms to help reduce terrorist threats. In a re...

• Clarifying the Issues Surrounding Gun-Mounted Lights

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  John T. Meyer, Jr., Police1 ColumnistFVTC Tactical Training Division/Team One Network At Team One Network, as well as through the Police1 Training Advisory Board, we have been asked many times abou...

• Arsenal: Heckler & Koch P2000 US Duty Pistol

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  By Dave Douglas My grasp of the obvious is on display for all to see with the following statement. Good marksmanship is a characteristic that is very desirable for a law enforcement officer. There,...

• Ala. Troopers Getting AR-15 Rifles

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  Alabama state troopers are joining a growing number of law enforcement agencies adding weapons to match the firepower of criminals. Department of Public Safety Director Mike Coppage said Monday his...

• Product Information on the Remington 870 Shotgun

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  Remington 870 "Wingmaster" was introduced by Remington in 1950, and since then become one of the most popular USA-made pump action all-purpose shotguns. Beginning it''s life as a versatile hunting ...

• Remington 11-87 Shotgun Product Information

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  The Remington Model 11-87 (sometimes misspelled as 1187) was announced in the year 1987 as an improved and strengthened version of the Remington model 1100 shotgun. The new model is technically sim...

• SW1911 Safety Recall Information

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  Smith & Wesson is committed to producing firearms of the highest quality. To accomplish this goal, we are constantly evaluating and monitoring the safety, reliability and performance of our product...

• FNH USA, Inc. Company Profile

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  FNH USA. Inc. is responsible for marketing only the highest quality firearms to those we entrust to keep the peace produced by one of the world''s most recognized manufacturers. Established in 1998...

• Grim Course Covers 'Human Weapons'

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  By WILLIAM FREEBAIRN The Republican SPRINGFIELD - In an alleyway behind the Smith & Wesson training center on St. James Boulevard, a confrontation is taking place between two law enforcement person...

• Bindon Aiming Concept - The Nature of Binocular Sighting

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  Human vision is based upon a binocular (two eyes) presentation of visual evidence to the brain. The word binocular literally means using both eyes at the same time. We most often associate this wor...

• Tactical Operations: Firearm Deployment to Quickly Stabilize Events

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  Tactical Operations: Firearm Deployment to Quickly Stabilize Events By Gary T. KlugiewiczDirector of TrainingRedman Training DivisionJanuary 22, 2002 Guns! Guns! Guns! There is no doubt, for police...

• The M240B Machine Gun

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  By Scott R. Gourley While the equipment spotlight for the U.S. Army''s initial brigade combat team remains focused on the Army''s new interim armored vehicle (IAV), many 3rd Brigade infantrymen now...