Police Firearms News & Articles

"Artifacts" such as yard lines and targets that look like silhouettes, ten rings in the abdominal area, and absolutely no cover to use on the range still seem to permeate our training. From a motor learning standpoint, these things make no sense at all. ...

Taking the “top shooter” award in your training class is cool, but winning your first gunfight is way cooler. We need to prepare officers for the next gunfight, not the next competitive shooting match. We must train deadly force in a manner that will ensure officers pass the real test: winning a gunfight at 20 feet, not punching tight groups at 15-25 yards. ...

Fox5Vegas.comLAS VEGAS — A gun found inside a stall in a women’s restroom located past the security checkpoint on the C concourse at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas caused a hold ...

When the budget ax falls, where do you cut? Believe it or not, a creative Rangemaster can make it through these tough economic times, keep his chief or sheriff happy, and make sure his/her officers are also adequately trained, highly motivated, and thoroughly prepared for the street. ...

Technology that supports the mission of law enforcement is evolving at an ever-increasing rate. We predicted that final year of this decade promised to be one of the busiest in history for police technology, and that turned out to be exactly what we got. Here is just a small selection of the milestone events and technology trends we witnessed in 2009. ...

WTOV9.comMARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. — Officials in Marshall County said they've learned it could have been the weapon -- not the ammunition -- that caused a gun to explode in a deputy's hand last week. ...

I’m not going to just look back to last year, or even to the last turn of the century. Today, I want to look way, way, back, to "the old days" when cops were always doing stupid things with guns. As a group we seem to be better behaved these days, or maybe I’m just far enough removed from the road to not hear the best stories. ...

Two young officers trained under the same state curriculum and worked the street in cities with similar demographics. Both were tested early in their careers by life-threatening conflicts. Tragically for one, that’s where the similarities end. ...

Press Release provided by Congressman J. Randy ForbesWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) introduced public safety legislation that will promote the responsible use of firearms ...

Mid-way through my attendance at the IACP session on domestic and international terrorism on Sunday morning, I received a text message from my friend and colleague Hannah Simon: “TASER has an AXON ...

By John Miller Associated PressBOISE, Idaho – A Gooding County Sheriff's deputy shot accidentally by another deputy at his home is back at work after four weeks recuperation.Deputy Jeremy Smith, ...

Not all cops are the same, not all environments are the same and not all gunfights are the same, yet so often we find ourselves doing the same qualification style drills in a square, static firearms range. Bringing the Street to the Range is NRA LEAD’s philosophy that the goal of LE firearms training should not be just to meet a qualification test standard, but to prepare the officer for the environment where he/she must fight and win. ...