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Official Publication of: Volume 3 - February/March 2006 www.concealedcarrymag.com Concealed Carry Magazine Concealed Carry Magazine www.concealedcarrymag.com Volume 3 - February/March 2006 Volume 3 - February/March 2006 www.concealedcarrymag.com Concealed Carry Magazine I was born and raised in She wanted me home at night. I went to Columbus, Ohio and I have work for a regional bank as the Chief of spent the majority of my 39 years in and Maintenance for their flight department. A Each issue of CCM contains an article that “PROFILES” an everyday individual who carries a concealed weapon. around the central part of Ohio, with a lot of couple years later, my job was eliminated This article is an inspiration to our readers by helping traveling. After I graduated from college, I after a change in CEO and Board of them to realize that they are not alone in their lifestyle de- cision to always be armed. went to work for a Canadian airline as an Directors, and I once again moved. I am aircraft maintenance technician and spent now an instructor in Aviation Maintenance been cleaned for several months since the the next three years on the road, living in at a local community college, and spill and the cream had molded. I had to various cities, from Toronto-Canada, to a looking to stay. Seven moves in five years drift out the rounds and fully disassemble brief stay in Montana and in Phoenix, for and wearing out several sets of luggage… and clean the weapon. I worked on that one specialized schools. It was an exciting life, I am home. piece about eighty hours to get it functional but I missed sleeping in one place for an I received my first exposure to firearms again. My biggest piece of advice to anyone extended period. as a Civil Air Patrol Cadet. I was thirteen that carries a firearm is treat it well. It could When the airline went bust in the early and attending the annual summer camp at save your life if it is functional. 90s, I took a job with a plastics company as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. We went My aviation career and firearms have the Chief of Maintenance and co-pilot. So through the standard aircrew firearms always been tied together. Piloting an much for staying in one place, I spent about training on the M-16 (22LR conversion). aircraft in Florida in the 90s was rather two days a week away from home. After a I shot an amazing 250 points out of 300 dangerous with the theft of aircraft for year of flying, I decided that I wanted to possible and was allowed to shoot again drug trafficking. We took courses in stay on the ground for a while and moved with .223 and full auto. I looked forward theft prevention and detection, as well as to southern Michigan, working for a small, to the summer camps every year and my firearms training around aircraft. Working but rapidly growing air freight company. love for the intricacy of firearms grew. I as a Safety/Operations Officer at a closing In 1993, my fiancé and I decided to get went on to shoot competition for the Naval Air Force Base, we had routine security married, and since I had been commuting ROTC rifle team in college. We shot two to briefings. I learned to develop threat 350 miles each week for the previous six three times a week, with an average of 500 assessments, which came in useful in my months, I decided to pack up again and move to 1000 rounds. later jobs. As a college instructor, I teach home. Once back in Columbus, I worked for The aviation bug bit me harder than law enforcement officers and firefighters a contractor for the Air Force Base Closure a career in law enforcement, so I went on about aircraft operations—the truth and Agency, turning over a former Air Force to get my degree in Aviation Maintenance. not Hollywood fiction. Base to the local community, working as I still competed, but mainly in local clubs I have managed to stay in one place an Airport Safety/Operations Officer. As and tournaments. I really enjoy the bowling for the last eight years, and I plan on many the contract was finishing up, I changed pin shoots at one local gun range. I started more. I am married, with a beautiful wife jobs and went to work for a fractional helping a retired Sheriff and part-time and two lovely daughters. I spend most aircraft ownership company, where I was gunsmith, working on duty weapons for weekends at the soccer fields or riding my responsible for the maintenance of 250 smaller police departments. I was always motorcycle. I am a Life Member of the aircraft throughout the world. amazed at the neglect that these weapons NRA, a member of USCCA, Ohio Gun After three years of the night shift undertook. One snub-nosed .38 that we Collectors Association, and the grassroots and the birth of my second daughter, my received was inoperable, due to coffee gun lobby organization, The People’s wife strongly suggested that I change jobs. being spilled on the weapon. It had not Rights Organization. Concealed Carry Magazine www.concealedcarrymag.com Volume 3 - February/March 2006 CCM: Was there a specific incident that caused you to carry a gun? Jeff: There isn’t any one specific reason for me to decide to carry concealed, other than my hope to protect my family and myself. I used to travel late at night, back and forth from the airport I worked at, which wasn’t in the best part of town. Being an employee of a bank and traveling to the CEO’s airplane did make me a little nervous. When Ohio legalized CCW, I decided to seek my permit. CCM: Have you ever had to use your firearm in a defensive situation? Jeff: Thankfully, I haven’t. My brother is a Practice shooting off-hand and in different Jeff: Federal Hydra-shok. police officer, so I get to hear his stories. positions, such as kneeling, prone, around corners, and with one hand immobilized. CCM: What concealment holsters do CCM: What training methods do The computer simulator helps in this type you use? you employ? Do you have any recom- of training. Take advanced training courses mendations? on clearing jams and shooting techniques. Jeff: DeSanti in-the-pocket for the Kel- Tec or a 5.11 Tactical Shirt. Uncle Mike’s Jeff: For firearms training, there is CCM: How long have you carried a Slide Holster for the Daewoo, and an Uncle nothing better than practice. Practice concealed weapon? Mike’s Shoulder Holster for the Walther. pulling the firearm from a concealed carry I try to limit the carry techniques to one position, practice loading and unloading, Jeff: For just over a year. or two for each weapon. This allows for but remember to always think—safety. muscle memory if I would need to draw. It When I practice, I always have someone CCM: What weapons do you carry? makes for a more natural draw. else verify that I have nothing but a snap cap loaded. For shooting, I practice point Jeff: I carry a Kel-Tec P-32 (.32 auto) most CCM: What do you do for a living? shooting, which is hard for me, coming often. I also carry a Daewoo DP51C (9mm) from a precision shooting past. It does help Tri-action and occasionally a Walther PPK Jeff: I am an Aviation Maintenance though. I am lucky enough to have access to (.380). instructor at a community college. I also a computer simulator for law enforcement run an aviation maintenance consulting academies. It really helps in situational CCM: What type of ammunition do company. awareness and conflict resolution training. you carry? CCM: Do you have any advice for our readers? Jeff: My biggest piece of advice would be to know your weapon. Be able to field strip it accurately and reassemble it without fumbling. Handle your weapon often, knowing how to quickly put the safety on and take it off. Know where the magazine release is. Practice the best way to clear jams for each weapon. Keep the weapon clean, keep it clean, and keep it clean. I have helped “smith” a few firearms for police departments and found one that was completely inoperable due to mold from spilled coffee. I had to drive the shells out of the cylinder. Not a good situation if you should have to use it. If you are going to carry, you should know your weapon, keep it clean, and train/practice often. Volume 3 - February/March 2006 www.concealedcarrymag.com ConcealedConcealed Carry Carry Magazine Magazine issues light. Thirty-five hundred people attended his funeral, which is a testimony Each issue of CCM contains an article that “PROFILES ” an everyday individual who carries to the influence he had on others.” Lynn’s a concealed weapon. Lynn, as interviewed by Don father’s quiet, principled strength provided Myers, is an inspiration to our readers by help- ing them to realize that they are not alone in their the model that molded a vivacious and lifestyle decision to always be armed. Don Myers is precocious young girl into a strong, a professional pilot, a Vietnam era army captain, an author, a certified concealed handgun license intelligent woman. instructor for the state of Texas, and most impor- tantly of all, a proud grandfather. Lynn married after 3 semesters at the University of Texas, at Arlington.