Welcome to the San Diego County Gun Owners (SDCGO) new blog page. The purpose of this page is to promote discussion of issues that are of interest to gun owners not only in San Diego County but also throughout California and across America. This page will offer posts written by SDCGO Board members as well […]
I recently read an article by Massad Ayoob regarding last week’s bar shooting in Thousand Oaks. Reports on the shooting indicate that there may have been as many as six off-duty law enforcement officers (LEO) present at the time of the shooting. Apparently none of the officers were armed. The reason the officers were unarmed […]
The following was written by Michael Schwartz, Executive Director of San Diego County Gun Owners PAC (SDCGO). On February 7th, 2018 at 99 Rolling Oaks Drive, Thousand Oaks, California, actor Ashton Kutcher and an accomplice committed several very serious felonies involving a firearm. How do I know? Because he told the world via Twitter. Receiving a […]
As a gun owner, could you access your firearm in time to defend your family? Hopefully this is something you’ve considered, if not, now is a great time. There was a story in the news recently about a mother who used a handgun to defend herself and her children from an attempted home invasion. The […]
This week I’d like to recognize the 50thanniversary (sort of) of the SDCGO Blog page. We have now published 50 blog articles on the site. Yea! The intent of the blog page is to inspire people to think about issues of interest to the general gun owning community, and by so doing, to expand knowledge […]
If you are incapacitated and require emergency medical assistance, as an armed citizen, what happens to your gun? In August, I read an article by Kevin Michalowski of USCCA on this subject. The article focused on what happens to your gun and how you get it back. My interest is more from the Emergency Medical […]
Some of you may have seen this in the news recently. The Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a motion requiring contractors wishing to do business with the city to disclose any ties they may have with the NRA. Are you an NRA member, for example. You can see the news coverage here. The motion […]
If you’ve been reading the articles on this page for a while, you may remember my first reloading article published in August of 2017. In that article I discussed my entry into the world of reloading and my reasons for learning to reload my own ammunition. I started my journey with the Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto […]
I recently read an interview with legendary firearms instructor John Farnam. The interview concerned the subject of killing in self-defense and the harsh realities associated with that action. All sane, rational people feel a natural revulsion to taking a human life no matter what the reason. But when a violent criminal removes all other options, […]
If you talk to people that carry consistently or read articles on the subject, one of the things common to all is the large collection of holsters people eventually develop. Doing my part as a member of that community, I’ve built a respectable collection of my own in a relatively short amount of time. Being […]
In June of this year, a man was shot and killed while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his two small children. Tristan Beaudette of Irvine was shot once in the upper torso, his two young daughters (2 and 4 years old) were in the tent with him at the time but were not […]
With the school year beginning, it’s reasonable that the subject of school shootings will likely come up for discussion. Given that, its useful to keep some facts in mind as this discussion develops. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 50.7 million students will attend public elementary and secondary schools in 2018. About 3.1 […]
Should an armed citizen defend a stranger? This is something most legally armed citizens have considered. This is a question every legally armed citizen should consider, and consider thoroughly, long before the need ever arises. In the case of an obvious terrorist incident, the decision to act is probably a little (just a little) easier. If you […]
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