08.10
I had some e-mail correspondence earlier this week with R.K. Campbell about open carry vs. concealed carry. R.K. is a very well known gun writer. Here is his bio from Gunblast:
“An established and well-respected outdoors writer, Bob writes for Shotgun News, Handguns, SWAT Magazine, American Gunsmith, Knifeworld, Police, Women and Guns, and GunWeek, among others. He is Contributing Editor of Women and Guns and Executive Editor of Boar Hunter. Bob has also published occasionally in Tactical Knives, American Handgunner and Guns, and he is a regular at Krause Publications’ Gun Digest and Handguns. He also wrote a significant portion of the 4th and 5th Editions of Assault Weapons.”
“Bob has also authored three books: Holsters For Combat and Concealed Carry (Paladin Press), The 1911 Semi Auto (Stoeger Publishing), and The Handgun In Personal Defense (The Second Amendment Foundation).”
He was very nice and gave me some good advice during our e-mail conversation. I highly recommend his book The Handgun in Personal Defense. It’s a very good primer on the selection, use and carry of a pistol or revolver for personal defense. I was able to read it in less than a week but I’m a slow reader. Most people could get through it in a couple of nights. It’s one of those rare books that can be read straight through and also kept around as a reference later. I guess I like his writing mostly because he shoots straight and tells you what he really thinks of a gun. Most gun reviewers will never say a bad word about any gun. I guess they don’t want to hurt their relationship with the manufacturers.
Corresponding with Mr. Campbell reminded me of the good ol’ days of the internet when people actually responded to e-mails. In the mid-nineties when e-mail and the web were starting to get big you could e-mail just about anybody and they would happily reply to you. Those were the days when Bruce Campbell was giving out his AIM address like it was no big deal. Now people treat e-mail as if it were a nuisance. I guess all good things come to an end, but R.K. was a refreshing change. You can read his latest article on concealed carry at Gunblast.com.
