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Recent content by Springfield Smitty

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    Springfield XD holster

    Does anyone know where I can find a level III Serpa for a Springfield XD? I've seen them in demo videos, but have been unable to locate them for sale anywhere. Did they maybe discontinue them due to lack of popularity? Thanks for taking the time to help me out if you can.
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    Compromise or Surrender?

    I just wanted to conduct an unofficial poll. Would you rather have waited to have constitutional OC rather than the current law which presents some obvious Fourth and Fifth Amendment violations? Would you rather sacrifice your Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights in order to OC sooner rather...
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    OC Informational Gathering in OKC

    Join us this Saturday at Johnnie's Charcoal Broiler - 6629 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73132. If you have a Facebook account, please indicate if you will be in attendance. Tell your friends and other OC supporters you know. We need to secure more memberships so that our work with OACP, OSA...
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    OC Oppurtunity prior to 1 November

    This gathering will be held on private property and the property owner encourages OC. This will be a chance for anyone who wishes to OC to come on out and get a chance to do so before 1 Nov. There will be a presentation by OKOCA Director and NRA Certified Firearms Instructor Franklin Smith which...
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    Oklahoma Association of Chiefs of Police and OKOCA

    One of our Directors (hrdware) has been speaking with leaders of OACP and it looks as if they will be including OKOCA's Mission Statement along with one of our informational brochures in the handouts given to attendees of their meeting at the end of July. OACP representatives have also stated...
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    Oklahoma Sheriffs Association and OKOCA

    We are in discussions with the Oklahoma Sheriffs Association to have OKOCA representatives in attendance for an August or September seminar they are having which will include a section devoted to OC. Stay tuned for more details on this exciting opportunity. If you have not officially joined...
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    NRA Pistol Courses

    I am an NRA Instructor who recently moved to OKC from MI. I am certified in FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation, Basic Pistol Shooting, Home Firearm Safety, and Personal Protection Inside the Home courses. I am interested in finding other instructors and getting involved in teaching these courses. I...
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    The "Castle" Doctrine

    imported post It seems to me thatsome hereare justifying the "shoot first" and ask questions later approach regardingtheir home. This is not acceptable to me. I hope it is not acceptableto any jury in this state either. Bad things could happen if this precedent were set. I hope for your sake...
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    45 day limit on CPL application

    imported post I am pretty ticked off right now. I called the PA's office today and my CPL application will not be reviewed again until the October (13) gun board meeting. My application has been reviewed and no decision made at the last two meetings (August and September). Obviously, this...
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    Discrimination

    imported post This has been bugging me for long enough and I wanna get if off my chest. Would a business get away with prohibiting whites, blacks, hispanics, women, men,sodomites, muslims, jews, christians, etc. from their busines? I'm sure in today's world they would be facing one heck of...
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    The reasonable man.

    imported post hopnpop wrote: The "reasonable man" is a very interesting concept. According to the definition the law uses, the "resonable man" is actually the highest standard of evaluation one can apply to someone. This "reasonable man" is so far exalted above what most of us laymen...
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    The Defender's Creed

    imported post The Defender's Creed By: John Farnam I accept and understand that human predators exist. Criminal or terrorist, they take advantage of our civilized society to prey upon the weak. They represent evil and must be confronted and defeated. I believe that self-defense is a moral...
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    AG Opinion on OC dating back to 1945

    imported post I have not seen this referred to on the forum, so I thought I would submit it for everyone to see that OC has been "legal" at least since 1945. Enjoy. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/agopinions/MI_3158.txt ETA: See below for easier to read version.
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    Misinformation about OC in PFZ

    imported post Maybe someone who is better at talking to people without soundingrudecan correct this misinformation. http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3630721
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    The "mental illness" question on the CPL application.

    imported post Well, here is some case law. This ruling from the MI Supreme Court supports a circuit court's order to a county gun board to issue a CPL to a man who was very clearly a threat to himself and others in the past...
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