Training Never Ends
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.…
What’s Your Backup Plan?
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:…
Well That Felt Good
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…
Enjoying Failure
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…
New Free Class
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.
The Suit Up Scene
It’s a classic movie trope: The hero of our motion picture begins the last oct of the movie with a dramatic montage of him collecting various bits of equipment to take on the main villain. We’ve seen Arnold Shwarzengger do…
Tell Me A Story
Earlier this month, I had a chance to talk at length with Michael Bane about any number of topics. Not surprisingly, the topic of firearms training came up quite often. In talking with Michael, I was able to get a…
The V Word
“Vulnerability.” We don’t like to talk about it, because pretty much the entire firearms and self-defense industry is built around eliminating vulnerabilities in our lives. Can’t defend yourself against a bad guy with a gun? Take a class (preferably one…
Head Games
My friend Peter had a very insightful post on Facebook about the (partially successful) mass shooting in Indiana this week, which I will shamelessly copy here. So every gun toober and their monkey are posting videos of the Eli Dicken…
Lessons From Greenwood
It's been 72 hours since the partially successful massacre in the food court at the Greenwood Park Mall. I grieve for the victims of this stupid, senseless tragedy, but I also want to learn from it so that others can…