What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
I am absolutely fixated on solving the “Beyond the 1%” problem that Karl Rehn first described a few years ago. The fact is that very few of the people who take the time to go through a CCW class go…
What Have I Learned This Year?
I’ve learned that I’m not quite as bad of a shot as I thought I was. Don’t get me wrong, I still ain’t Rob Leatham, but the fact is, based on some of the junkets I’ve been on for my…
Personal. Defensive. Weapon.
Ian from Forgotten Weapons puts a B&T stock on a SIG P320 and takes it to takes it to Desert Brutality 2023. https://youtu.be/1Nf4rk6Dai0 A few thoughts: His experiences at this match sorta matches my own results: A standard, service-sized pistol…
What’s Your Backup Plan?
Everything we do in the personal defense world is based on having a backup plan. You were expecting that living in a “nice neighborhood” and “not hanging out with the wrong crowd” would keep you safe from harm. It didn’t work:…
Well That Felt Good
Just came home from teaching the classroom portion of my Florida concealed carry class, and for the first time ever, I really felt I nailed laying out the reasons why you want to carry your gun everyday and some of…
Enjoying Failure
We were talking amongst ourselves at the shotgun class this weekend, and I realized that the difference between the students I have who take advanced classes and the ones who just go to a concealed carry class comes down to…
The Suit Up Scene
It’s a classic movie trope: The hero of our motion picture begins the last oct of the movie with a dramatic montage of him collecting various bits of equipment to take on the main villain. We’ve seen Arnold Shwarzengger do…
Tell Me A Story
Earlier this month, I had a chance to talk at length with Michael Bane about any number of topics. Not surprisingly, the topic of firearms training came up quite often. In talking with Michael, I was able to get a…
The V Word
“Vulnerability.” We don’t like to talk about it, because pretty much the entire firearms and self-defense industry is built around eliminating vulnerabilities in our lives. Can’t defend yourself against a bad guy with a gun? Take a class (preferably one…
Head Games
My friend Peter had a very insightful post on Facebook about the (partially successful) mass shooting in Indiana this week, which I will shamelessly copy here. So every gun toober and their monkey are posting videos of the Eli Dicken…