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:…
One of the reasons why Rangemaster instructors tend to be more clued-in than other firearms instructors is their commitment to lifelong learning. Rangemaster is not a closed system, where instructors are taught The Correct System and other ways of teaching…
I've updated the schedule for the rest of the year. The new classes are: Florida Concealed Carry Class: Saturday, September 6th, 9am Self Defense Outside The Home: Saturday, October 18th, 9am Intro to Defensive Carbine: Sunday, October 26th, 2pm Self Defense…
If you’ve been in one of my concealed carry classes, you know that I quote a statistic from a 2022 Georgetown University study which showed that 81.9% of lethal force encounters end without a shot being fired. The bad guy…
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…
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…
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…
I don't gamble for money. I have my addictions, (ask me how I feel about hot fudge sundaes), but gambling isn't one of them. Work requires me to go to Vegas every year, and so every year, I get to…
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…
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…