Claude Werner has an interesting drill based on the "three yards, three rounds, three seconds" rubric for armed self defense. I'm neutral as to whether this idea is as applicable to the armed citizen as it is to law enforcement,…
I spent many a night in the darkroom of my local community college when I first started out on my (successful) quest to be a photographer, learning how to do black & white prints from 35mm negatives. The skill level…
What separates a serious practitioner of the martial art of concealed carry (or someone who has fully embraced the concealed carry lifestyle) from the casual gun owner? I saw this question on social media recently, and my answer was, "A…
Maybe we're approaching the 1 Percent Problem from the wrong perspective. We know, by the numbers, that almost 82% percent of all armed encounters end without a shot being fired: All the armed citizen needed to do was a) have…
Justified was one of my favorite TV shows. The dialogue just sparkled, and the gun handling was... okay. There was one scene in particular, though, where Raylan Givens, our hero, is confronted by Dewey Crowder, a sub-genius bad guy who…
I just finished up a piece for Springfield Armory on the implications of Karl Rehn's "Beyond The One Percent" series, where he lays out that only one percent of gun owners take any training beyond the bare minimum required by…
I have never been a big fan of all-day practice sessions. I am not a sponsored shooter. I don’t have an ammo contract, and while yes, I could round up some practice ammo from the people I know in the…
There are times in our lives when the need to be discreet trumps the need for firepower. For instance, I worked in an office environment for ten years and managed to stay armed and ready the entire time. By paying…
Next month, I’m doing a presentation for the Cape Coral branch of the Armed Women of America on open carry, and that forced me to revisit this often-touchy topic once again. It seemed to me that for some reason, I…
Let's take a quick look at the things that are holding people back from firearms training: Cost: A top-level class can run into thousands of dollars for a week-long training session Time: Did we mention a week-long training session? Effectiveness:…