Collateral Business
You can’t draw on a drawn gun, right? I mean, everybody knows this, so it by be true, right? Right? Well yeah, except when it isn’t, and John Corriea’s channel is full of incidents which show that yes, you actually…
You can’t draw on a drawn gun, right? I mean, everybody knows this, so it by be true, right? Right? Well yeah, except when it isn’t, and John Corriea’s channel is full of incidents which show that yes, you actually…
Rich Grassi has an interesting article in The Tactical Wire, talking about what real-world timing looks like in an armed violent encounter. He talks about the old adage “There’s no timer in a gunfight” and shows that no, there isn’t…
I took a Gunsite 150 class at Shooter’s World in Orlando over the weekend, and I tell you, I have never had a bad class when a Gunsite Instructor was teaching it. The professionalism and teaching ability of Gunsite instructors…
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile you’ll note that I rarely talk about gear. There are two reasons for that. The first is, I’m not really interested in gear all that much. I mean, as long as you…
I'm meeting with a new student in a few hours to talk about her options for personal defense and look over some possible guns for her. She's a 65 year old widower and has a niece who is a trainer…
A few of my friends in the firearms world have been poopoo-ing the SIG Sauer Rose Retreats, where women pay a healthy chunk of cash ($5k or so) to get some training, a signature pistol and hang out for a…
Once vilified as an “assault weapon,” the AR-15 is, in fact, a very effective tool for home defense. Light, easy to handle and with little appreciable recoil, it can be quickly adapted to fit each user in ways other rifles…
For some reason as of late, I've been doling out advice to friends and neighbors about what gun(s) they should buy. It goes with the territory I guess (I do, after all, work for the NRA), so I thought I’d…
Remember 35mm cameras? The ones that shot actual film that needed developing before you could see your pictures? I realize that right now, some of my photographer friends are saying “Remember 35mm cameras? I shoot with one all the time!,”…
I recently did a list of "must know" trainers and resources for some people who wanted to get serious about training, and I thought I'd share it with you. First off, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention my site,…