Something A Little Different
As you know, due to some changes in my life, I've been cutting back the training schedule as of late and concentrating on other things in my life, one of which is my first novel. I did a bunch of…
A New Chapter. Thirty Eight of Them, Actually.
There are some big changes in store for Quietly Armed. The first is, after five or so years of on-again, off-again work, my debut novel is now available on Amazon. I put a lot of effort into this book, researching…
Introducing Tactical Tuesdays
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:…
Always A Student, Occasionally A Teacher
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…
New Classes!
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…
Playing The Odds
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…
Introducing The Cadre Sessions
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…
Normalcy Bias Is Far Too Normal
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…
The Concealed Carry Balancing Act
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…
Even The Odds
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…