I have talked about how concealed carry needs to be a lifestyle, both on this blog and recently on the Defenders USA podcast. However, the fact the matter is that concealed carry as a lifestyle won’t become popular until society…
In the aftermath of the spectacular work done by Jordan Salinas during an active shooter event in Idaho, the question has been raised on social media about how often you practice shooting at over 15 yards. Well for me, it's…
Or, I live in a nice neighborhood and I don't do illegal drugs. Therefore, I don't need to worry about home invasions! Except that you do. I talk about "The Drunk Uncle" problem in my unarmed self defense classes. You…
There's an interesting quote in this article by John Farnam on open carry: “Security discussed is security compromised.” As he sees it, a defensive firearm in plain sight is a firearm that is not as effective as it could be…
Many years ago, I attended a two-day training class with a rather famous firearms trainer who was also a veteran law enforcement officer. Not only that, but he had served many years on his agency's SWAT team and was the…
So, it looks like there have been at least four domestic terrorism events which have happened since the U.S. decide to finish a war that was started over 45 years ago. I have been hearing about "Iranian sleeper cells" in…
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…
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…
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…
Brian Hill and Caleb Giddings probably won’t be co-teaching a class any time soon, but they both arrived at the same idea from different angles. Caleb thinks the Failure To Stop is the single most relevant drill for the armed…