It’s A Family Affair.
Violent home invasions are not as common here in this quiet corner of SW Florida as they were in my former hometown of Phoenix, so when one happens here in Naples, I pay attention to why it occurred and what…
The Florida Job.
A bills is being introduced into the Florida Senate to implement the recommendations of the Parkland commission, including allowing teachers to arm themselves. The Florida Senate is considering legislation that would add educators to the controversial school guardian program. If…
Points of Impact.
Just a few quick notes of interest ... I wrote a quick primer on night vision gear for Shooting Illustrated, laying out the differences between the various generations of image intensifiers and what thermal can do for you vs. starlight…
Why A Concealed Carry License Isn’t Enough
Remember when you got your driver's license? Remember how confident you were with parallel parking and left hand turns on yellow and staying in your lane at freeway speeds? Yeah, me neither. I was terrified my first few weeks driving…
The Teacher’s Guide To Concealed Carry, Part Three.
How To Be Ready For (Almost) Anything One of my frustrations with the firearms training industry is that we're focused on just firearms. I realize that sounds a little silly, but the fact is, a pistol solves just one problem:…
The Teacher’s Guide To Concealed Carry, Part Two.
What Gun To Carry, And How To Carry It Quite frankly, the firearms training industry would like to pretend that the "business casual" work clothes that most teachers wear doesn’t really exist. The vast majority of "how to carry concealed"…
The Teacher’s Guide To Concealed Carry, Part One
Making The Decision To Carry A Firearm GQ, of all places, recently ran an article about giving teachers the means to protect the students in their care, and shockingly, it was very sympathetic to the idea that a trained, responsible…
“What Gun Should I Buy?”
Oh, the hours I spent behind the gun counter, guiding people through this decision. We keep looking for that (literal) magic bullet, the One Gun To Rule Them All, the gun that will turn us into Wyatt Earp every time…
“Why Would Anyone Carry A Gun In A Library?”
Well, here's one good reason why. A public library on a Sunday morning pretty much personifies the idea of an idyllic, pastoral setting, and yet here we have a homocide happen in just that situation mere minutes from where I…
What To Look For In A Firearms Trainer
I wrote this piece for Ricochet.com over a year ago, long before I decided to become a trainer myself. The only thing I'd add to it now, more than a year later, is to train with someone whose knowledge is…