Opportunity Knocks
First off, I want to say thank you SO much to everyone who has purchased my book. The reviews have been extraordinary, and I really appreciate them and all the support you've given so far. For those of you who haven't…
A New Chapter. Thirty Eight of Them, Actually.
There are some big changes in store for Quietly Armed. The first is, after five or so years of on-again, off-again work, my debut novel is now available on Amazon. I put a lot of effort into this book, researching…
The Can, May, Should and Must of Open Carry
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…
Introducing Tactical Tuesdays
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:…
An Embarrassment of Riches
Hey, when I suggested you train with people who recommended other trainers, I wasn't kidding, and February 7th through the 9th might be the best training opportunity you'll see in South/Southwest Florida all year. Tim Herron is coming to Okochobee…
Introducing The Cadre Sessions
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for June of this year, when I was having a dickens of a time filling up my Pistolcraft 101 class. It’s a good class, modeled after John Murphy’s “Street Encounter Skills” class and it goes…
Normalcy Bias Is Far Too Normal
I live in a small community that’s literally built around a large Catholic church. It’s full of “good people” who love God, raise families and regularly vote Republican. Oh, and there was a domestic violence incident here today where one…
Mission Creeps
YouTube decided to serve me up a video for "The Top Five Church Security Handguns." Really? REALLY? I'm in the process of standing up a security team for my house of worship, and trying to standardize on a handgun for…
There’s A New FDLE Pistol Qualification Headed Our Way
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement Pistol Qualification has been a staple of firearms training not just for police officers here in the Sunshine State, but also armed civilians all across the country. It’s shot at realistic distances with generous…