Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. idea of private gun ownership wins, and is handed a House and Senate made up mostly of his own party, then hide the babies. If you thought the Clinton gun grabbing years were bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. On that cheery note I’ll say: ’til next time… FMG insiders speak Steve American Handgunner Jeff new in the whole industry. So, even if your company or product isn’t featured in any of the articles, you definitely need to make your presence felt in this always special issue. Tell you what, if you weren’t ready for the January or February issues, all will be forgiven if you make your debut in our SHOT Show issue. Anyone with something new for the New Year should call me at: (800) 426-4470 or e-mail me at: jeffm@ gunsmagazine.com. Let GUNS Magazine help you to get the word out. E vat t Fight Economic Woes With Bonus Distribution Just as I’m writing this, Congress and the President are trying to hammer out a financial system bailout with (SURPRISE) taxpayer money! “Close your eyes and dream of England,” because this one’s going to hurt. Having just wrapped up the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of American Handgunner, we’re ready to launch the March/April edition. Please keep in mind that the March/April is the one we will be handing out at the SHOT Show and has a closing date of November 21 for space reservation. Other SHOT issues we’re working on at the same time include the December and January issues of Shooting Industry, the Jan/Feb issue of American COP, and the March issue of GUNS. All will be handed out in generous numbers to attendees at SHOT. Pick one or all and your ad is certain to see extra distribution at no extra charge in any one of these issues. Elsewhere in this newsletter is the announcement of our Digital Editions of Shooting Industry and American COP. Please check them out as they are about the coolest thing I’ve seen on the Internet. The NASGW Show will take us to Atlanta in early November and we look forward to seeing many of you there. Finally, early November also brings a Presidential election. I don’t want to be a doomsdayer, but I’m telling you that if a certain candidate who doesn’t like the • • 2 • • What’s New In These “Interesting Times” “May you live in interesting times” is a double-edged sword of a wish. Interesting times can be a blessing and/ or a curse. When Dickens wrote, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” he was saying the times were interesting. And, it is hard to argue that our world, at this time, is too interesting for easy comprehension. The economy has been acting like a drama queen. We are at war with a phantom empire. And, if the polls are anything to go by, Americans remain strangely and starkly divided in how we envision our political and cultural future. So, maybe these interesting times are the reason so very many businesses have yet to finalize their 2009 ad schedules. It is true that every year we have stragglers. But this year, the number of companies who are lagging behind is setting a very dubious achievement award. The sky is not falling and the earth is not spinning out of its orbit. The time to get down to brass tacks about the future is N-O-W. Our early-in-the-year issues focus on new products. We realize that a page is being turned with the New Year and people are in a frame of mind to get rid of the old and on with the new. So, GUNS February edition will focus on holsters and carry options. This is a large and competitive arena, so if you deal with gunleather make sure your presence is felt in our February issue. Our March issue will, once again, be our SHOT Show issue. And, we want this issue to be a window to what’s GUNS Magazine MOREY Delano American COP a M aG U I N Read American COP Magazine Online You can now read the Nov/Dec issue of American COP from cover to cover online. American COP Magazine is one of the first LE publications to offer an issue in its entirety online. In fact, all of the 2008 issues are now archived on our Web site. “Let’s face it,” said Sammy Reese, who writes the Officer Survival column in American COP Magazine. “Everything you want to know is accessible on the Internet today. If somebody wants the information bad enough, they can find it. There aren’t any demon-ofdarkness secrets that we are hiding in the issues. This move allows American COP Magazine to reach more eyes and save far more lives.” Sign on to: www.americancopmagazine.com. Click the animated magazine cover on the home page and follow the onscreen instructions.