Welcome! The primary goal of this blog is to explore and identify the best training, tools and tactics available to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities. We hope to share that knowledge with like-minded individuals. We’re not experts, but we do have a lot of combined experience. We intend to keep this blog relatively free of […]
Early in June 2023, I received an email from Sportman’s Outdoor Superstore. In it, I saw that they had a deal on SCCY handguns. I was familiar with SCCY, and had actually looked at an earlier version of their CPX-2 in a local gun shop years ago. As I recall, it was priced at $289 […]
John Hearne is an evil genius. There. I said it. Oh. And he loves it. Fresh on the heels of taking his “Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why” lecture on Friday, September 8, 2023, I was one of the twelve lucky students to take what was only the second iteration of the two-day version of […]
Sometimes, patience and persistence pay off. After listening to John Hearne of Two Pillars Training on countless podcasts over the last few years, I developed a serious desire to train with him. Alas, he did not often seem to take his traveling roadshow far north or east in this great country. I cannot personally take […]
Yawn. Ugh, that nap felt good. How long did I sleep? HOLY CRAP! I haven’t shared a post in over a year?! How is this possible? I don’t necessarily want to speak for my blog partner John, but for me, real life has intruded. My kids, who were just beyond the toddler stage when we […]
I’ve written previously about my revolver dry practice routine. Recently, I noticed something that I was doing subconsciously. Namely, the degree of cant when aiming one handed. I noticed that I cant the gun to a noticeably greater degree with my support hand than I do with my primary hand. (Apologies for the crappy cellphone […]
The past couple of years, I haven’t really posted anything public regarding the anniversary of 9/11. Part of the reason is being cancelled by social media. I certainly think about the anniversary every year, but have lacked the time or motivation to actually post here at the blog. I’m not much into current events commentary […]
As the summer vacation season is upon us, I thought this would be a good time to publish a post that’s been in the hopper for a while. The first half was the genesis of the article. The second half is what it expanded to as I continued to write. There’s nothing ground breaking here, […]
Countless times, other gun owners have shared their lessons learned with concealed carry while recuperating from various illnesses, injuries, and surgeries. The common advice is to have alternate holsters and the skills to use them already hardwired in place. That’s good advice, and below, I’m going to share my take on the subject. What follows […]
Since John and I went live with the blog in May of 2015, there have been many mass shootings in the United States. The mass shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the Dallas, Texas police shooter, the Las Vegas shooting, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida, and the recent shootings on a […]
I first trained with John Murphy of FPF Training in the Spring of 2016, and I have returned to him numerous times since. As an educator myself, it has been interesting to watch his curricula and his instructional methodology change over time. The first class I took with him was called “Street Encounters Skills” (AAR […]
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