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Nov 10th: Intermediate Pistol Clinic at Bullseye San Rafael, CA

11/3/2015

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Bay Area friends! I'll be teaching an intermediate pistol course this coming Tuesday, November 10th at Bullseye in San Rafael, CA from 6-9PM. 

Learn how to shooter faster and more accurately, along with mag reload techniques and how to solve pistol malfunctions. 

A big bonus, all students receive a free copy of my book "Shoot to Win" which doubles as the instruction manual for the course. 

There are only a few spaces left, so contact Bullseye immediately if you're interested!
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Chris Cheng on Al Jazeera America- San Fran's Last Gun Shop Closing (VIDEO)

10/16/2015

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I was recently featured on Al Jazeera America TV talking about how San Francisco is losing its last gun shop, which is my home store. 

I'm very sad to lose Highbridge Arms to an anti-gun agenda, hear more about this situation in the video below.
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AllOutdoor.com Editorial "After Every Massacre, Gun Owners Must Stand Up and Fight"

10/15/2015

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My friends over at AllOutdoor.com have written an editorial piece on mass shootings which I think is a good read. Here's a blurb, and if it tickles your fancy then you can click through to read the full article.
Every time we have a mass shooting, both sides of the gun debate follow the same script. The anti-gunners come out in full force, waving the latest bloody shirt and blaming the tragedy on the NRA, the second amendment, guns, and gun owners everywhere. They’re not grasping at straws or flailing about looking for targets of opportunity; they know exactly what they want. They have a list of specific enemies that they use the tragedy to smear, and they have a specific list of legislative proposals on file that they immediately begin introducing in state legislatures.

What do gun owners, and especially the NRA’s current leadership, do? First we lay low, waiting for the (self-)righteous outrage to die down a bit. Then a few brave souls poke their heads up from the foxhole and try to go on the defensive, asserting our constitutional rights, talking about how nothing could’ve been done to prevent this tragedy, and lamely pointing to various statistics that bolster our cause.

So in response to the anti-gunners’ emotionally charged rhetoric and powerful images of grieving parents, dead children, and candlelight vigils, we offer the public a few charts showing the decades-long decline in gun violence, some tired bromides, various hypotheticals about a possible future need for armed revolution, and some talk about our rights.

And how’s that working out for us? Not so well, at least from where we’re sitting here at AllOutdoor.com.

- See more at: http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/10/07/editorial-after-every-massacre-gun-owners-must-stand-up-and-fight/#sthash.QZM7ANXi.dpuf
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RECOIL Mag: "The Second Amendment is for EVERY American"

10/14/2015

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RECOIL Magazine really gets it in their article titled "The Second Amendment is for EVERY American."

Here's a choice snippet:
That Second Amendment is for EVERY American. That’s a true story, regardless of your personal opinion on any LGBT issue. Pro-gun individuals come in every shape, size, background, sexual orientation, faith, creed,  political affiliation…you get the point.

Our God-given (well, I consider them God-given), constitutionally guaranteed rights apply to every American, not just to the ones whose lifestyle or even perceived moral code we understand and/or approve of. This video, which features three very atypical gun-owners, reflects that truth. I particularly enjoyed listening to the self-described vegan democratic-socialist discuss firearms, unnecessary violence and how the obligation to defend his family correlates to his spiritual beliefs. Kristin Beck spent 2 decades risking her life for her country, a career that more the demands respect, and I’ve written before about my friend Chris Cheng. He likened coming out of the gun closet to coming out of the gay closet.
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It’s an interesting video, and one worth watching. Hopefully we can enjoy civil discourse on the matter without seeing any of the feculent outrage that makes all gun owners look small minded or stupid (which is, of course, far different than intelligent, dissenting discourse).
The video the article refers to is a piece by The Guardian where I'm one of three gun owners featured. Check it out!
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Do civilians with guns ever stop mass shootings?

10/5/2015

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Eugene Volokh writes an interesting article for The Washington Post asking a great question. Find out the answer in his informative write-up:

​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/03/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings/
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Chris Cheng on Fox News: San Fran law "superficial, Anti-American"

9/25/2015

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Fox News contacted me regarding my home gun shop in San Francisco closing. Here's a snippet of what I had to say:

“This is yet another piece of thoughtless, superficial, anti-American, anti-gun legislation that is a dangerous threat to our freedom and Constitution,” Chris Cheng, winner of The History Channel’s Season Four TOP SHOT, and a San Francisco resident, told FoxNews.com. “High Bridge Arms, like many gun shops around America, was a place for well-to-do folks to gather and talk shop about firearms and freedom.”

Read the full article at http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/24/surrender-san-fran-iconic-last-gun-shop-to-close-over-new-regulations/
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A Chilling Effect: San Francisco's Last Gun Shop Closing - NRA News (VIDEO)

9/24/2015

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Hear Chris Cheng on NRA News from Wednesday, September 23rd where he talked about San Francisco's last gun shop closing as a result of onerous anti-gun legislation proposed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 

It could have a chilling effect and deter other gun stores from trying to open up not only in San Francisco, but in cities across the country. The train of thought here is that many cities take cues from what other cities are doing, and so we could see LA, NYC, Chicago, and other cities consider similar legislation and create a more hostile, anti-gun environment. 

Cam and Chris also talk about how San Francisco is creating a "Minority Report" type of pre-crime environment where the police and politicians try to predict who is going to commit a crime based on how much ammunition they purchase. 

See the full 10 minute interview below.
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Free $100 Camp Chef Firepit Giveaway ends tonight!

9/23/2015

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This CampChef Firepit valued at $100 could be yours, all for free! The giveaway ends tonight at 11:59PM PT, and you can enter at the bottom of this page.

Good luck!
Chris
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"SHoot to Win" Giveaway time! Camp Chef Firepit

9/22/2015

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Hello Friends!

After my huge giveaway earlier this year to promote my new book "Shoot to Win" for beginner shooters, I now have some more stuff to give away. This give away will run for less than 48 hours and end tomorrow at 11:59PM PT.

The item is a fantastic CampChef Fire pit worth $100.00. You can keep warm or cook on it, and enhance your outdoor adventures. To enter this completely free contest, you can enter by doing one of the following:

  1. Visit "Shoot to Win" on Amazon
  2. "Like" my fan page on Facebook
  3. Follow me on Twitter
  4. Tweet at my Twitter handle


You get five entries for performing each task, and you can enter once daily! The giveaway ends Wed, September 23rd at 11:59PM PT.

ENTER BELOW and good luck!


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San Francisco's Last Gun Shop to Close

9/18/2015

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Inside of Highbridge Arms. Photo: Highbridge Arms Facebook page.
Earlier this week, San Francisco's last gun shop, Highbridge Arms, announced that it is closing its doors in October 2015. Here's an excerpt from their Facebook page:
Dear friends and family, it's with tremendous sadness and regret that I have to announce we are closing our shop. For many reasons I cannot get into at this moment, it appears our final days will be through to the end of October of 2015. We will clearance out what ever inventory we have in the shop and offer sale prices for anything you would like us to order. 

For all our true friends and followers, I would like to sincerely thank you for all your support, likes, positive feedback and best of all, your friendship. Hopefully, we'll see you soon. It has been a long and difficult ride, but a great pleasure to be you're last San Francisco Gun shop. 

Our warm regards, 
High Bridge Arms
It's no secret that San Francisco has many anti-gun politicians in the Mayor's office, the Board of Supervisors, and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi represents the city as well. While there has been no official comment from Highbridge Arms as to why they are closing, we can speculate that years of political pressure, an anti-gun climate in San Francisco, and anti-gun legislation and laws created a super storm making it challenging to run a gun shop in city limits.

Adding insult to injury is the incredible and dramatic increase in rent for businesses and residents over the past 6-7 years. Making ends meet for the gun shop and its employees may not have been a sustainable proposition.

As Highbridge Arms was my home gun shop, I will be very sad to see it go. There is no official word if they are relocating or simply going for good. I hope they will relocate to somewhere in the Bay Area so we can ensure that San Franciscans can exercise their Second Amendment right. 

With Highbridge moving out, it will be interesting to see what will happen to legislation the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is considering which would require video taping gun and ammunition sales, and sharing ammo sales data with SFPD. My guess is that even with Highbridge closing by the time they vote on this, they will pass it in the hopes to keep any future gun shops from trying to open in the future. 

It will be interesting to see if any viable lawsuits come up in the future which argue that San Francisco has a de facto gun ban since it will (soon) have zero gun shops, or something along those lines. I'm not a lawyer, but I sense potential for legal action by some organization down the line.

Anyway, thanks again to my friends at Highbridge for supporting my career and being great friends. You will truly be missed here in San Francisco, and I hope folks go visit them before the end of October when they shutter their doors.
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