50 Rounds And A Cloud of Dust
I have never been a big fan of all-day practice sessions. I am not a sponsored shooter. I don’t have an ammo contract, and while yes, I could round up some practice ammo from the people I know in the…
Gear For Non-Permissive Environments
There are times in our lives when the need to be discreet trumps the need for firepower. For instance, I worked in an office environment for ten years and managed to stay armed and ready the entire time. By paying…
The Can, May, Should and Must of Open Carry
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…
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…
Collateral Business
You can’t draw on a drawn gun, right? I mean, everybody knows this, so it by be true, right? Right? Well yeah, except when it isn’t, and John Corriea’s channel is full of incidents which show that yes, you actually…
Are We Training For The Right Thing? (Part Two)
Rich Grassi has an interesting article in The Tactical Wire, talking about what real-world timing looks like in an armed violent encounter. He talks about the old adage “There’s no timer in a gunfight” and shows that no, there isn’t…
Two New Classes
There's a saying in the movie biz: Sell a ticket to the guy, and you've sold a ticket. Sell a ticket to a woman, and you've sold two tickets. Guess what: The same is true of guns. The range where…
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…