Qui docet doctores?
"Who teaches the teachers?" I created a poll in a Facebook group that caters to people who get paid to teach people how to shoot. The question was simple: What did you do before you made firearms training your full-time…
Welcome To A New Way Of Thinking
I firmly believe that the future of gun rights in America doesn't reside in the hands of big nation-wide activist groups. Rather, it resides in the hands of actual activists. This is why I decided to start up Quietly Armed.…
The Spaces Between The Shots*
Update on this post. Rather than saying "Just buying a gun doesn't turn you into a gunfighter anymore than buying a musical instrument turns you into *insert name of musician here*," we should be saying, "Just buying a gun doesn't…
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.
There's a concept that's been percolating inside my skull for a bit: Therapeutic Moralistic Self-Defense. This is the idea that people a) Need to feel safe and b) Don't want to actually permanently injure or kill somebody in order to…
New Class – Concealed Carry Jumpstart
"If we are satisfied in our own minds that our capacity for action is capable of going from 0 to 11 in the blink of an eye, we become profoundly dangerous to the criminal element.” - John Murphy Greg Ellifritz is…
New Class – Florida Concealed Carry
Concealed carry classes here in Florida tend to fall into one of two categories: "Pump and dump" classes that typically cost around $50 and are around two hours long. Florida law requires that a concealed carry student must "demonstrate competency…
Upcoming Event: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Guns (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Interest in gun ownership is at an all-time high. You need good information to make good decisions about your safety. That's why on February 11th at 7pm EST, I'll be hosting a free online / in-person Q&A seminar, designed to…
Holster Up
There is one word that springs to the front when you look at how holsters are marketed, and that word is "comfort." Some holster makers (especially less-than-optimal hybrid holster makers) talk about how comfortable their holsters are to wear, which…
Make gun training classes normal again
People want to do normal things and they want to have fun while doing it. If gun training is normal, normal people want to participate in it. Right now, there is a tendency in firearms training to capitalize on the…
Let’s Get Mean (Radius)
Typically, when any of us tests the accuracy of our guns, we shoot a bunch of groups, measure the two worst shots in each group, and then average those together. This method uses Extreme Spread to measure accuracy, and it…