Second To Everyone
Over half of the people in my last concealed carry class were women and minorities. This is not unusual for me, as pretty much every class I've ever taught has been at least 1/3 women or minorities or something other…
The Drunk Uncle Problem
You do everything the right way. You stay in Condition Yellow when you're outside the house. You get your concealed carry license, and you carry a gun everywhere it's permissible by law. You have a flashlight, medical gear and less-lethal…
I Still Believe
In A Thing Called Fun Open Source Defense nails it once again: There is a big, big gap between what people like me (gun nerds) and what people who like to go shooting expect from a trip to the range. …
Training Goals
As this year winds down and another is on the horizon, it’s time to review my self-improvement goals from last year and what I want to do next year. Goal #1: FitnessSemi-fail. Didn’t get better, didn’t get worse. It’s becoming…
The F Words
There are two words you rarely hear in firearms training, and both of them begin with the letter F. The first word is fear. Let’s be honest, the reason why people get firearms training is because they are afraid there…
Taking This Very Seriously
I've been asked by a local business to do a woman's self-defense seminar. Wow. I mean, I kinda got started in this whole gun writing thing with an article that dared to break with the conventional wisdom that a pink-handled…
And So It Begins
The first good rainstorm in two months is pelting the outside of my home right now, reminding me that hurricane season starts here tomorrow. I wrote about the experience of having Hurricane Irma roar over my home over here, and for…
Welcome To A New Way Of Thinking
I firmly believe that the future of gun rights in America doesn't reside in the hands of big nation-wide activist groups. Rather, it resides in the hands of actual activists. This is why I decided to start up Quietly Armed.…
No Assumptions
There was a bad accident in my town, where a little girl on her bicycle tangled with an SUV. The girl was dragged by vehicle for a short way, and the driver of the SUV (a woman in her 20’s)…