Mass Hysteria
My friend and mentor Michael Bane had a great podcast episode this week on the difference between a mass shooting and an active killer. I will confess that tended to confuse the two before I listened to his podcast (and…
Upcoming Training
When I said I was taking some time off during the summer for some training, I wasn't kidding. Here's what I have planned for the rest of the year. Force on Force Training - 5 Hours I'm taking this class…
Scope of Work
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile you’ll note that I rarely talk about gear. There are two reasons for that. The first is, I’m not really interested in gear all that much. I mean, as long as you…
The Concealed Carry Balancing Act
I'm meeting with a new student in a few hours to talk about her options for personal defense and look over some possible guns for her. She's a 65 year old widower and has a niece who is a trainer…
Community Building
A few of my friends in the firearms world have been poopoo-ing the SIG Sauer Rose Retreats, where women pay a healthy chunk of cash ($5k or so) to get some training, a signature pistol and hang out for a…
Even The Odds
I don't gamble for money. I have my addictions, (ask me how I feel about hot fudge sundaes), but gambling isn't one of them. Work requires me to go to Vegas every year, and so every year, I get to…
New Class: Home Defense Carbine
Once vilified as an “assault weapon,” the AR-15 is, in fact, a very effective tool for home defense. Light, easy to handle and with little appreciable recoil, it can be quickly adapted to fit each user in ways other rifles…
Mission Creeps
YouTube decided to serve me up a video for "The Top Five Church Security Handguns." Really? REALLY? I'm in the process of standing up a security team for my house of worship, and trying to standardize on a handgun for…
Skills vs. Application
Do you need to have been in a gunfight in order to teach defensive tactics? For the armed civilian, I think the answer to that question is “No.” Skills are universal. For instance, I had the chance last year to…
AUTOMATICITY NOW!!!
I freeloaded my way into Brian Hill’s “Pistol Essentials and Beyond” to write an article for work (full disclosure, Brian’s wife Shelley writes for us), and while there, I had some breakthroughs about the mind game of shooting. As some…