Are You Being Served?
I chatted John Hearne a bit today about the state of the art of the firearms training industry. I mentioned to him that I'm not teaching any classes right now (for a number of reasons) but even if I was,…
Long Distance Relationships
In the aftermath of the spectacular work done by Jordan Salinas during an active shooter event in Idaho, the question has been raised on social media about how often you practice shooting at over 15 yards. Well for me, it's…
Scripting Your Attack
I'll have more about this for another website in the near future, but I was cleaning up my office today and I found a stash of tactical flashlights which I had gathered over the years. I have a lot of…
Three By Three By Three
Claude Werner has an interesting drill based on the "three yards, three rounds, three seconds" rubric for armed self defense. I'm neutral as to whether this idea is as applicable to the armed citizen as it is to law enforcement,…
The Expert’s Gun
I spent many a night in the darkroom of my local community college when I first started out on my (successful) quest to be a photographer, learning how to do black & white prints from 35mm negatives. The skill level…
Can We Get Serious Here?
What separates a serious practitioner of the martial art of concealed carry (or someone who has fully embraced the concealed carry lifestyle) from the casual gun owner? I saw this question on social media recently, and my answer was, "A…
Trainer or Therapist?
Maybe we're approaching the 1 Percent Problem from the wrong perspective. We know, by the numbers, that almost 82% percent of all armed encounters end without a shot being fired: All the armed citizen needed to do was a) have…
Justified Use Of Force
Justified was one of my favorite TV shows. The dialogue just sparkled, and the gun handling was... okay. There was one scene in particular, though, where Raylan Givens, our hero, is confronted by Dewey Crowder, a sub-genius bad guy who…
Par For The Course
I just finished up a piece for Springfield Armory on the implications of Karl Rehn's "Beyond The One Percent" series, where he lays out that only one percent of gun owners take any training beyond the bare minimum required by…
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…