Monthly Archives: October 2009

Episode 11 – Walther PPS and “More Guns, Less Crime”

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Based on an excellent book by John Lott, “More Guns, Less Crime (published June 2000, I said 1998 in the show, I made a mistake, so I’m correcting it here.)  And a review of the Walther PPS, 9mm

  • How handguns deter criminals
  • Why acquaintance crime statistics are bogus
  • My thoughts on how to own handguns and keep them safe with kids in the home
  • Do CCW license holders cause crime on the road, with road rage?
  • Some people use guns in horrible ways, but law abiding citizens use guns to stop horrible things from happening to them
  • Do crimes against women diminish from handgun ownership?
  • Gun free zones mean defense free zones or “do your crime here” zones, making it a magnet for attacks
  • Slimline and awesome trigger of the Walther PPS
  • Accuracy and range report on Walther PPS
  • Why I like the Walther PPS, 9mm
  • A few things I don’t like about it
  • Field stripping the Walther PPS

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

Episode 10 – Kahr Arms Guns: Thin is Sexy

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Review of 2 Kahr Arms Pistols:  Kahr PM9 and Kahr P380.

  • Advantages such as no manual thumb safety, accurate, very thin, simple, smooth faced trigger
  • Disadvantages such as double action trigger ( is it really a disadvantage?)  Capacity
  • What ammo too shoot out of it
  • How the 9mm and 380 compare
  • Brief range report
  • How the true double action trigger works
  • Steel magazines
  • Differences in the K,T,P,C series of Kahr Pistols
  • Why I own 2 Kahrs
  • Why the PM9 has not become my primary carry (EDC)
  • What did I mean by thin is sexy?

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

Episode 9 – The Glock 19

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Highlights:

  • Review of the Glock 19 pistol
  • Superior Balance
  • More than accurate enough
  • Advantages
  • Disadvantage (not many)
  • Small enough to conceal, big enough to fight with
  • How accurate is it?  (watch this video, James Yeager Tactical Response)
  • How to shoot it effectively
  • Shooting the trigger properly
  • Should you modify it?

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

 

Episode 8 – Get a handgun, save a life

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Highlights:

  • Story from less than a month ago about a college student living off campus at Johns Hopkins University that unintentionally makes a great case for owning a handgun when defending himself with a sword!
  • How some people like to make the perpetrator also the victim
  • Fact sheet, guns save lives
  • Myth busting about the dangers of handgun owndership
  • Sometimes the life you save may NOT only be your own

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show

Episode 7 – Firearms “refresher course” and my 2nd amendment analysis

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Highlights of today’s show:

  • I briefly discuss the “firearms refresher course” (17 points to remember)
  • My opinion on the 2nd amendment and what it means
  • The 4 types of firearms everyone should own
  • What is an “assault weapon?” (myth busting) written by John Roberts, a.k.a. longrangetactical on our forum
  • How the news media distorts the coverage of law abiding gun owners
  • What does “a well regulated militia” mean?
  • Who are “the people?”
  • Fear the government that fears your guns

Bob Mayne

Handgun World Show