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    Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop's Survival Guide
    Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop's Survival Guide
    Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop's Survival Guide
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    Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop's Survival Guide

    By Henry Hill

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    With over five million members in the National Rifle Association women make up one of the fastest-growing groups of new gun owners who are licensed for concealed carry in states around the country. They are joining clubs, training at professional firearms schools, and making themselves skilled in protecting not only themselves and their families, but also their work places and neighborhoods. This does not include the millions of other shooters who do not necessarily carry concealed in public, including various disciplines of hunting, sport shooters (including rifle from 50 yards to 1,000 yards), pistols in multiple styles, targets from amateur to pro, shotgun clay pigeon to sporting clays, and Olympic shooting with a small-bore rifle, air rifle, air pistol and target pistol--even a running boar competition, which is a moving target competition shot with various forms of firearms. The Pennsylvania Longrifle often misquoted as the Kentucky rifle, is the symbol of American Freedom, said without apology or intended offense for those who see things otherwise.
    When someone decides to carry a weapon on his or her person, that person accepts a huge responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. Willingly or unwillingly, that responsibility is there. The lawful gun owner must be concerned about the public at large, as they, as well as the bad guy, are in imminent danger once a loaded gun is brought to the ready and able to be fired ... for any reason. A cop knows this well, but is trained to deal with all variables that could cost or save a life. You, as a lawfully armed citizen, need to train and qualify as often as possible in a training course or on your own (if your state does require qualification). I am not talking about bureaucratic requirements; I am talking about morality and responsibility to protect everyone in possible danger from your shots, if fired. The bad guy won't care about innocents, so you must. Not everyone is Wild Bill Hickok, but everyone can improve their shooting skills to the outer edge of all they have if they work hard enough and smart enough with highly skilled instructors and/or mentors.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHenry Hill
    Release dateDec 30, 2014
    ISBN9781937632847
    Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop's Survival Guide
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    Henry Hill

    Henry Hill grew up in the Pittsburgh area and as a boy did a lot of listening to police stories, as policing was a family business. He had three uncles on the Pittsburgh Police Department, one uncle was shot and wounded by a murder suspect, and one was injured doing a rope rescue of a party on a bridge; both retired as commanders. He has three cousins still on active duty on the department. Police actions such as these were fodder for story telling at family gatherings. After a stint in the navy during the Vietnam War, the local electrical union, real estate, and teaching martial arts, he decided to join the family business. He became a cop, being hired by the Pittsburgh Police to specifically walk a beat in one of the housing projects that had a well-earned reputation for high crime. After a few years of police work he decided to heed his sense of adventure and moved out west to Colorado. He and his bride raised a family with the support from his job at Ampex as an electronics technician; a skill he learned in the navy. It wasn’t long before he applied and got a job with the Colorado Springs Police Department after beating out 2200 other applicants to get on top of the hire list.Many years of experience and extensive training are his credentials in this field; Pittsburgh Police Academy, Allegheny County Police Academy, Colorado Springs Police Academy, Northwestern University traffic accident investigation training, DUI enforcement, Swat response and building search training, arrest and control, riot control, report writing, State, Federal, and local law, quarterly firearms training, and extensive first aid training which he used to save a fellow officer from choking and under duress he delivered a baby in a car, one of the most nervous moments of his career. These are but a few examples after the many years of training he has completed.While working the streets he garnered one of his commendations for saving the life of a kidnapped woman who was raped and about to be murdered, and this was on his own merit, instincts, and awareness; this was not a police call. He taught women self-defense classes on his own time at a gym provided by the Colorado Springs School in the Broadmoor to enable the students to defend themselves. He did not want them to become another victim. He now lives in Western Pennsylvania and been a successful photographer being exhibited in Grand Station in New York City, a writer of African adventures, and completed a book about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He hopes this book will extend his gift of protecting people, by illuminating what he calls the ‘Abyss’ of the dark side of humanity. In this way he is still part of the solution to prevent bad actions by the few from taking away the innocence of the manyHenry is a former NRA firearms instructor. He has competed in world class shooting competition around the world in The World Police and Fire Games. These games take place around the world and Henry competed in 1993 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1995 he competed in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, and in 1997 in Calgary, Canada. He garnered twelve medals in various shooting disciplines to include Action Pistol, PPC Pistol, Rifle small bore, and Palma Rifle shooting from 300 yards to 900 yards. He has carried handguns concealed for over 40 years, and his experience in this area is extensive.

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      Concealed Carry for New Shooters - Henry Hill

      CONCEALED CARRY FOR NEW SHOOTERS

      A Street Cop’s Survival Guide

      Henry Hill

      Concealed Carry for New Shooters: A Street Cop’s Survival Guide

      Copyright © 2014 by Henry Hill

      Smashwords Edition

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form—mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system—without permission in writing from the author.

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      ISBN (13) 978-1-937632-84-7

      ISBN (10) 1937632849

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      ISBN (10) 1937632857

      Dedication

      On April 29, 1997 at 6590 Delmonico Drive, Colorado Springs, Colorado, a 22-year-old woman was outside her boyfriend’s condominium. The Rockrimmon area of Colorado Springs, which borders the southern border of the United States Air Force Academy, is a quiet, affluent area with low crime—a place where most residents aren’t concerned for their personal safety. I patrolled the Rockrimmon area at one time; a place with huge homes and lots of land, with Pikes Peak as a backdrop.

      Jacine Gielinski had stopped at a red light on the way to the condo. She was stopped next to George Woldt and Lucas Salmon. I am sure Jacine never noticed the two men as anything but just another car with ordinary passengers. Jacine was unaware at this point that she only had a short time left to live.

      George Woldt and Lucas Salmon did notice Jacine next to them at the light, and they followed Jacine to her boyfriend’s condominium.

      Although Jacine was a star athlete in basketball and college volleyball, she did not have the strength to fight off the two men—two men she probably never saw coming up from behind her. As the movie Jacine was carrying hit the ground, George Woldt and Lucas Salmon grabbed Jacine around her waist and began dragging her to their car. A neighbor described Jacine’s screams as horrifying as she helplessly watched Jacine being dragged into the car, then the car disappearing down the road.

      Jacine was taken to an elementary school parking lot. There the two killers, Woldt and Salmon, took turns raping her. They stabbed Jacine, cut her throat, and smothered her. Jacine was the victim of a long and painful death amidst brutality unimaginable by sane people. When George Woldt and Lucas Salmon were done with the rape, murder, and doing other things after Jacine was already dead (sick and disturbing things), her body was thrown under a van and abandoned there. Both of these killers were convicted, with George Woldt getting a death sentence.

      I was so disturbed by this murder that I decided to do something about it. I made my living teaching martial arts after I got out of the United States Navy (a long time before getting into law enforcement), and sharing those skills seemed appropriate. I announced my idea publicly, and I was offered the gym at the Colorado Springs School. Shortly afterwards, I started teaching free self-defense classes for women in the school gym. The classes were not only to teach martial arts, but mindset, awareness of your surroundings, and vision—seeing danger. This was very important to me then, and it still is today. This is why I have written this guide for concealed carry for women and men. Those two killers are not alone. I hope I share something of value for you to learn that may prevent you or others from suffering at the hands of evil people, whoever they may be.

      This book is dedicated to the memory of Jacine Gielinski.

      Contents

      Dedication

      Introduction

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Chapter Nine

      Chapter Ten

      A Final Word from the Author

      Photo Gallery

      About the Author

      Introduction

      If you are one of the folks who believes the world is safe from evildoers, and are dubious about man’s predatory origins, this book may not enlighten you and only harden your feelings as such. This book may not be for you if you are one who sees carrying a weapon for self-defense as a primeval act or animalistic in nature—acts that are not done in today’s technological and elitist world, which is alleged to be beyond such violence. If your vision of the world has a disconnect between the savagery of our ancestors and of man today, the genetic DNA recall that still exists in the astrophysicist or software engineer of today, this may not be your book.

      Millions of Americans disagree. With over five million members in the National Rifle Association, women make up one of the fastest-growing groups of new gun owners who are licensed for concealed carry in states around the country. They are joining gun clubs, training at professional firearm schools, and making themselves skilled in protecting not only themselves and their families, but also their workplaces and neighborhoods. This does not include the millions of other shooters who do not necessarily carry concealed in public, including various disciplines of hunting, sport shooters (including rifle from 50 yards to 1,000 yards), pistols in multiple styles, targets from amateur to pro, shotgun clay pigeon and sporting clays, and Olympic shooting with a small-bore rifle, air rifle, air pistol and target pistol—and even a running boar competition, which is a moving target shot with various forms of firearms. The Pennsylvania Longrifle, often misquoted as the Kentucky rifle, is the symbol of American freedom, said without apology or intended offense for those who see things otherwise.

      When someone decides to carry a weapon on his or her person, that person accepts a huge responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. Willingly or unwillingly, that responsibility is there. The lawful gun owner must be concerned about the public at large, as they, as well as the bad guy, are in imminent danger once a loaded gun is brought to the ready and able to be fired…for any reason. A cop knows this well, but is trained to deal with all the variables that could cost or save a life. You, as a lawfully armed citizen, need to train and qualify as often as possible in a training course or on your own (if your state does not require qualification). I am not talking about bureaucratic requirements; I am talking about morality and responsibility to protect everyone in possible danger from your shots, if fired. The bad guy won’t care about innocents, so you must. Not everyone is Wild Bill Hickok, but everyone can improve their shooting skills to the outer edge of all they have if they work hard enough and smart enough with highly skilled instructors and/or mentors.

      I have traveled about the world enough to know with my own learning, seeing, and comprehension that America is one of the last places on earth where lawful citizens can protect themselves from danger as individuals by carrying a concealed weapon. This is a big deal. It is a choice of the individual, and I respect those who make the choice to not exercise this right, as they do not believe in the act, or for other reasons. Why? The morality of choice will rise to the highest level of individual freedom. This freedom of choice makes the world a better place for all of us, including you and I and our progeny. You can choose to protect yourself and not be a victim, or you can choose to hope that you do not become a victim. The choice is yours. Choose wisely.

      Chapter One

      This book is about the concealed carry of firearms—how-to and why, and how-not-to and the why nots. A firearm by its very nature is a dangerous thing to you and to others, thereby making it the exception to the rules of fairness. I believe that some people, although lawfully able to carry concealed, should not do so. I believe that a person who chooses to carry need not like guns, gun culture, gun sport, or any other form of gun participation. The gun for personal protection is just that—personal protection. Does one have to like NASCAR to drive a car, or like violence to learn martial arts? No is the answer. Protection is a form within itself using a gun or firearm as a tool to complete a task, and that task is to save you from serious bodily injury or death as the primary function of the tool. Other everyday uses could be, but are not limited to: wildlife protection for you and your family in the field or around the ranch, farm, or your property; pest control; a signaling device on the trail; and sorting out perverts, assaulters, and other deviants on the trail, with or without having to shoot. Just the presence of a firearm can dissuade an evildoer from doing bad things, saving him or her, as well as the holder and owner of said firearm, from harm.

      The responsibility of carrying a firearm is high, and wisdom, intellect, and skill are required to operate the firearm in a safe manner. The beginner seeks to know how to shoot; the master seeks to know how not to shoot. When I shot my first gun, I thought all there was

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