The Red Cross offered a free mini-course today to teach people hands-only CPR. Gabrielle Giffords Honorary Save-A-Life Saturday (today) honors Rep. Giffords and the many bystanders who saved lives during the Tucson shooting tragedy. Here are some key points that we took away after attending the class: About every five years, American Red Cross updates [...]
The Red Cross will be offering free CPR / First Aid training at the North Kansas Expressway Library Station in Springfield, MO on Saturday, March 19th, 2011. It is a non-certification bystander CPR course. I spoke to a representative and got permission to videotape the training. The training times are 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 [...]
March 5-6: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri [RK Show] March 19-20: Springfield, Missouri [RK Show] March 26-27: Kansas City, Missouri: KCI Expo Center [RK Show] April 1-3: Columbia, Missouri: Boone County Fairgrounds [RK Show] April 30-May 1: Kansas City, Missouri: KCI Expo Center [RK Show] [RK] Show $1 OFF Coupon [RK] Missouri Show Calendar [onTarget] [...]
After seeing it all over the firearm blogs I figured I better address the issue of the Missouri man who shot himself while taking a CCW course on March 5, 2011. Lesson #1: Don’t have live ammunition in the classroom during a CCW class! In Vanzant, Missouri, 63-year-old Glenn Seymour, during a concealed carry class, [...]
A $35 handgun can kill a bad guy just as easily as a $400 firearm. This was the lesson taught by southernprepper1′s video. The short video serves as a reminder that anyone who is mentally capable of using a gun in self defense has no reason not to own a gun. If your budget only [...]
The Springfield, Missouri area is expected to get between six and twelve inches of snow, sleet and ice in the next 48 hours. Some are calling it the winter storm of the decade; and many people are remembering the ice storm we had back in 2007, which is causing some fear. We, on the other [...]
January 29-30: Kirksville, Missouri: NEMO Fairgrounds [onTarget] February 4-6: Kansas City, Missouri: KCI Expo Center [RK Show] February 12-13: Joplin, Missouri: John Q. Hammons Conv. Ctr/Holiday Inn [RK Show] February 19-20: Sedalia, Missouri: State Fairgrounds [RK Show] February 26-27: Lebanon, Missouri: Cowen Civic Center 500 Elm St [RK Show] March 25-27: Kansas City, Missouri: KCI [...]
Rumors have been flying around that Glock will introduce something big at this years Shot Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. People are speculating anything from a Glock carbine to a single-stack, thinner Glock model lineup. Here are the facts as we know them: Glock Model 26, Gen 4 [youTube] Glock Model 27, Gen 4 [youTube] [...]
Dave Champion & Bill Carns put together a great video explaining how laws limited firearm magazine capacity have no real effect on saving lives. They simulated shooting 14 targets using a 17 round magazine and also using two 8 round magazines. The difference was less than two seconds. See Video Below. This website says some [...]
Why hasn’t Missouri Firearms written about the shooting of Gabrielle Gifford? Well, basically because we were still absorbing information. As of now, there have been 6 deaths and 19 wounded from the Tucson, Arizona incident. The shooter apparently used a Glock 19 (9mm) with high-capacity magazines. The media is obviously loving this type of story. [...]
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