GUNS Magazine September 2011
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In sending a letter to GUNS Magazine, Managing Editorial Assistant Stephanie Jarrell you agree to provide Publisher’s Development Corp. such copyright as is required for publishing and redistributing the Editorial Assistant Micole Aronowitz contents of your letter in any format. Send your letters to Crossfire, GUNS Magazine, 12345 World Trade Dr., San Diego, Art Director/Staff Photographer CA 92128; www.gunsmagazine.com; e-mail: [email protected] Joseph R. Novelozo Art Assistant Jennifer Lewis Advertising Sales Director Anita Carson No BodyArmor column). I have been saying the same Advertising Sales Assistant Dana Hatfield How can you call yourselves thing for years about long-range Production Manager Linda Peterson Website Manager Lorinda Massey responsible when you allow advertising hunting. I own a gun shop in western Promotions Coordinator Elizabeth O’Neill of body armor that can stop a .44 New Mexico I have used the same CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Magnum? argument for the distance an animal John Taffin, Holt Bodinson, Dave Anderson, Even the few homeowner good guys can move between the decision to pull Clint Smith, Massad Ayoob, who buy them won’t have time to put the trigger and the bullet arriving at the Mike “Duke” Venturino the thing on and then reach for their target. Some get it and some are just too FIELD EDITORS Sam Fadala, David Codrea, John Morrison, firearm when they need protection. enamored of what they’ve seen on the Glen Zediker, John Sheehan, Jacob The only persons who will benefit from “hunting” shows on TV. It can get very Gottfredson, Mike Cumpston, John Barsness, owning such armor are the Goblins and frustrating. I do encourage practice at Dave Douglas house invaders. They will buy them by the longest range they are capable of the crate-load. for follow up shots but an initial shot is Yours is far from the only magazine encouraged at no more than 300 yards FMG PUBLICATIONS to advertise these products. There ought or less, mostly less. be a law preventing this body armor I often get questions about how far shootingindustry.com from being sold to non-police—you and can this or that rifle kill an elk, deer, etc., Publisher & Editor: Russ Thurman others are ultimately gonna cause great and have come up with my own answer: Advertising: Delano Amaguin, 888.732.6461 harm and no good at all. Go down to the dollar store and buy email: [email protected] For once I stand with the some paper plates of the diameter to americancopmagazine.com “banners”—here’s something that match the kill zone of the animal in Editor: Suzi Huntington needs banning. What can you possibly question, 6" for deer, 8" for elk. At Advertising: Delano Amaguin, 800.426.4470 be thinking except an advertising buck. whatever range you can put five rounds email: [email protected] Sheesh! into a plate, offhand, that is your range. americanhandgunner.com John Vasse It is an individual limit as the cartridge/ Publisher & Editor: Roy Huntington Advertising: Steve Evatt, 800.533.7988 via e-mail rifle can be effective far beyond any email: [email protected] Citizens—as well as professionals— sensible range. have a right to be properly equipped to David W. Loeffler gunsmagazine.com Editor: Jeff John protect their families. If the purchase via e-mail Advertising: Andrew Oram, 866.903.1199 of soft body armor is a part of a email: [email protected] homeowner's plan for self-protection, we vA donations believe they have a right to make that I read with interest the letter from fmgpublications.com personal decision.—Editor Dale Cheuvront regarding donations of Editor: Sammy Reese Advertising: Scott McGregor, 800.553.7780 magazines and books to VA hospitals, so email: [email protected] kudos I thought I’d donate my old magazines.