{"id":33739,"date":"2015-02-10T19:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=33739"},"modified":"2015-02-10T19:34:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T01:34:56","slug":"2015-shot-show-specialties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/2015-shot-show-specialties\/33739\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 SHOT Show Specialties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, seemed bigger than ever, that is if anyone could have seen it in total.\u00a0Then with the restrictions on those who are now allowed into the show being limited to displayers, buyers and media,\u00a0fewer consumers were there to see what was new, leaving them to read about it afterwards. Even though I average\u00a0more than eight miles each day walking the show, I certainly didn&#8217;t see it all, but I did get the feeling that there was\u00a0definitely more of every thing. Here are some of the more interesting things I found, some of which you&#8217;ve heard about\u00a0and some I&#8217;m sure you have not. You&#8217;re sure to hear more about them in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>[Not a valid template]<\/p>\n<p>Well, there you have it; a few of the things introduced at the SHOT Show this year that caught my fancy. You&#8217;ll be reading and seeing a lot more about them in the coming months, so stay tuined.<\/p>\n<p>GPJ 1*<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/GaryPaulJohnstonbio.jpg\" alt=\"GaryPaulJohnstonbio\" width=\"200\" height=\"176\" \/><em>Having fired his first shot at the age of 5 by killing a pig his uncle was going to butcher, Gary Paul Johnston began a lifelong interest in firearms, hunting and shooting. Beginning a 28-year in law enforcement in 1963, Gary worked every division, always favoring uniformed patrol where the action was. He began writing in 1976 with nearly 2,000 articles on firearms published to date, along with two books, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1879356546\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1879356546&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=cascityinassociw\" target=\"_blank\">Custer&#8217;s Horses<\/a> and co-authoring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006YG6ZR6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B006YG6ZR6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=cascityinassociw\" target=\"_blank\">The World&#8217;s Assault Rifles<\/a>. Having attended more schools on shooting and tactics than he can count, Gary is still learning, He says that if he can pass on even a little to others of what he <\/em><em>has learned he will have achieved a worthy goal. Gary and his wife, Nancy, also a retired police officer, live in Colorado, are both Life Members of the NRA and strong 2nd Amendment advocates. Gary is also featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/category\/tvshows\/gun-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">MidwayUSA&#8217;s Gun Stories<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOT Show through Gary Paul Johnston&#8217;s photo lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":33752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,1,3504],"tags":[358],"class_list":["post-33739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggers","category-featured","category-shot-show-2015","tag-shot-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}