TacCon 2022
Greg mentioned the dearth of reports from TacCon this year, due in part to the slow death of gun blogging. Heck, I'm a part of that death, I'll admit it. I don't blog here like I used to because writing…
Not Old. Not Fat. Not White. Not Guys.
A recent survey by the University of Chicago confirms what I’ve been seeing for a long, long time. The stereotype of the white, conservative male gun owner is must that: A stereotype. 86 percent of first-time buyers identified in the…
Armed And Fabulous
One of the most eye-opening classes from last year’s TacCon was John Hearne’s “Who Wins, Who Loses, And Why.” I filled up almost an entire notebook with notes in just eight hours of classroom time in that class, it was…
22 Pew Pew
I had a student bring a Glock 44 to her CCW pistol test. I shot it, and I immediately knew I needed to get one. It was so much FREAKING FUN to shoot. It had all the fun that a…
No Longer A Mystery Or A Riddle
I switched to appendix carry last year, and ever since then, I've been carrying in a Dark Star Gear Orion holster using a flat foam wedge. But I was fortunate enough to pickup a Phlster Enigma around the first of…
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Piggly Wiggly
I noticed this morning that there's a rather huge gap in the firearms training world. As an armed citizen, I can take room clearing and home defense and CQB classes from any number of sources. Which is fine, but most…
The Where Matters As Much As The How, Why, And Who
If not more. David Yamane posted this absolute fascinating study on where people are actually killed or injured with guns. Turns out it's not all that random. He posted the details of a location-based study on violence in the inner…
But It’s My Favorite Gun!
Six men came to kill me one time. And the best of them carried this. It's a Callahan full-bore auto-lock. Customized trigger, double cartridge thorough gauge. It is my very favorite gun. I am aboslutely besotted by CZ pistols. I…
25 Rounds Or Less
Times are tough, and dedicating 100 or more rounds to a training session seems like a waste of precious resources. Which is why I'm compiling a list of low round count pistol drills to help keep you on your game,…
The Heretical Alternative
A lot of my fellow gun writers / applied violence nerds went pie-eyed over the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 380 EZ (Geez, guys could you have made that name a little longer? I digress...). On paper, it has all…