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Expert: - 7/12/2004


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Dear Dean,
        This is Jesse Kelly from Mobile Alabama, and I have a few questions about the firearms industry.  I have been an avid hunter, shooter, and reloader for most of my life and am very knowledgable and interested in all things involving firearms.  I am a recent college graduate, and am prsently studying for the LSAT for entry into law school, lately though I have been thinking that I should make a career of something that I am a little more interested in than litigating.  Any information regarding the manufacture, sale, testing or writing about: firearms, hunting or reloading gear; would be much appreciated.         

                          Thank you,
                                   Jesse Kelly

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Hi, Jesse...

O for the love of Elmer Keith, stick with The Law… we are in critically short supply of pro-Second Amendment attorneys, as well as firearms-knowledgeable ones.

You happen to have played right into something about which I have written frequently. cf:

· http://www.thegunzone.com/gunwriter.html

· http://www.thegunzone.com/gunwriter2.html

· http://www.thegunzone.com/credo.html

Remember, the "gunzine game" is essentially a close-shop, and the advent of the Internet and the myriad of firearms forums is quickly making the gunzines irrelevant.

Thanks for writing.

- Dean Speir - Formerly Famous Gunwriter  

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Dean Speir

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I can answer questions about Handguns, Rifles, Ammunition, the Firearms Industry, the "gunzine game," practical accessories for self-defense (CCW) handguns; rumor control on firearms myths, errata on the "gunshop grapevine."

I am NOT an Attorney, and nothing I provide here should be relied upon as legal advice. Therefore, please do NOT make inquiries about Criminal Justice issues... this is the Second Amendment topic.

Nor do I do "Private Consultations." Want to made it "private," retain an attorney.

Experience

25 years practical and competitive hangunning; 26 years in the firearms industry; 15 years writing for the gunzines, including 4˝ years as Industry Editor for The New Gun Week; maintainer of www.thegunzone.com.

Organizations
Life Member, NRA

Publications
Guns Magazine, Combat Handguns, Petersen's Handguns, American Handgunner, The New Gun Week, Gun & Shooter, American Handgunner, Shooting Industry, American Firearms Industry, Machine Gun News, Practical Shooting International, Law Enforcement Techology, Police Product News, The American Guardian, The Shotgun News, Visier (Germany) and various DBI Books.

Education/Credentials
BA in English Graduate Lethal Force Institute Graduate Gunsite Graduate Defensive Training Institute

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