A gun is nothing more than an assembly of metal, wood, and/or plastic to form a tool. Like any tool, how it is used determines how safe it is in the hands of the user.Continue reading
Category: Personal Safety
Concealed Carrier Or Lottery Player?
Are you a concealed carrier or lottery player? I was in the grocery store the other day, wearing a polo with the company web address on the back, and our logo on the front that has the tag line “Professional Firearms Training”, so it was kind of obvious what I did for a living. A...Continue reading
Situational Awareness And The Walking Dead
Situational Awareness Wikipedia (because we always cite unimpeachable sources) defines situational awareness as: “Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the perception of environmental elements and events with respect to time or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status after some variable has changed, such as time, or some other...Continue reading
Lessons From The Las Vegas Shooting
From Tragedy, Knowledge I want to begin this post by mourning the deaths of Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo of the Las Vegas Metro Police. In a year in which it seems that open season has been declared on law enforcement officers, the loss of these two officers serves to weaken that “thin blue...Continue reading
Rules For A Gunfight – Rule 5
It has been a while. Snowstorms, matches, classes, and Guard commitments have leeched time away, but we’re back. Here we are with our last installment. Before we go on, let’s have a quick review. Rule 1 = Always bring a gun Rule 2 = Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice Rule 3 = Only...
Rules For A Gunfight – Rule 4
If you haven’t already read Rule 1, Rule 2, and Rule 3, go ahead and catch up. I’ll wait. Back? OK, let’s get to today’s rule, Rule 4.