The biggest problem we face in firearms training is getting students to carry their guns on a regular basis. Everything, the desire to take more training and get involved in the concealed carry lifestyle, starts with carrying a gun wherever…
The Florida House is about to take up permit-free concealed carry, aka Constitutional Carry. Given that Republicans hold majorities in the House and Senate and that Governor DeSantis has said that he’ll sign the bill if it comes to him,…
I am absolutely fixated on solving the “Beyond the 1%” problem that Karl Rehn first described a few years ago. The fact is that very few of the people who take the time to go through a CCW class go…
I’ve learned that I’m not quite as bad of a shot as I thought I was. Don’t get me wrong, I still ain’t Rob Leatham, but the fact is, based on some of the junkets I’ve been on for my…
Ian from Forgotten Weapons puts a B&T stock on a SIG P320 and takes it to takes it to Desert Brutality 2023. https://youtu.be/1Nf4rk6Dai0 A few thoughts: His experiences at this match sorta matches my own results: A standard, service-sized pistol…
I wrapped up a two-day Urban Rifle class this weekend with John Farnam, one of the originators of the idea of the close-quarters AR-15. That class marks the end of my training for 2022, and what a year it’s been.…
Everything we do in the personal defense world is based on having a backup plan. You were expecting that living in a “nice neighborhood” and “not hanging out with the wrong crowd” would keep you safe from harm. It didn’t work:…
Just came home from teaching the classroom portion of my Florida concealed carry class, and for the first time ever, I really felt I nailed laying out the reasons why you want to carry your gun everyday and some of…
We were talking amongst ourselves at the shotgun class this weekend, and I realized that the difference between the students I have who take advanced classes and the ones who just go to a concealed carry class comes down to…
I will be shamelessly lifting ideas and concepts from Ed Monk putting on an Active Shooter Awareness class on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30pm at the Ave Maria Master Association.