It’s A Family Affair.
Violent home invasions are not as common here in this quiet corner of SW Florida as they were in my former hometown of Phoenix, so when one happens here in Naples, I pay attention to why it occurred and what…
The Florida Job.
A bills is being introduced into the Florida Senate to implement the recommendations of the Parkland commission, including allowing teachers to arm themselves. The Florida Senate is considering legislation that would add educators to the controversial school guardian program. If…
The Teacher’s Guide To Concealed Carry, Part Three.
How To Be Ready For (Almost) Anything One of my frustrations with the firearms training industry is that we're focused on just firearms. I realize that sounds a little silly, but the fact is, a pistol solves just one problem:…
The Teacher’s Guide To Concealed Carry, Part One
Making The Decision To Carry A Firearm GQ, of all places, recently ran an article about giving teachers the means to protect the students in their care, and shockingly, it was very sympathetic to the idea that a trained, responsible…
Effective Safety Is Like An Onion.
It has layers. One single school resource officer from the local Sheriff's office watching over a school is NOT a layer, it's a single point of failure. And a single point of failure will fail every time. The panel investigating…
Danger Zone!
According to NeighborhoodScout.com, Fort Myers is the 38th most-dangerous city (per capita) in the United States, with a 1 in 81 percent chance of being a victim of some kind of violent crime. So what does that mean? Well, for…
The Level Up Fallacy.
Speaking of the shooting in Parkland, there's body-cam footage from one of the Broward County Sheriff's responding to the scene. https://youtu.be/yitpl77j4yg Now let me preface this by saying I am in awe of the job that cops do. They get…
Will The Police Always Be There For You?
No, no they won't. A Florida lawyer representing 15 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High students says he is "exploring all of our options" after a federal judge ruled that law enforcement and school officials had no legal duty to protect students…