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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lee Weems and his guests in a recent episode (aired April 11, 2022) of That Weems Guy made an analogy that taking a class more than once is like watching a movie more than once; you will always pick up things on a second viewing that you missed the first time. What a great analogy! […]
This past weekend, I spent two days at the gun club where I’m a member taking part in a Project Appleseed event. This class took place shortly after the April 19th anniversary of “the shot heard around the world.” This is an important point, as the Appleseed Project is fundamentally based on Revolutionary War history […]
One of the many things that I consistently remember from two decades of training is Mike Pannone’s advice of “Avoid, Evade, Defend” as priorities of action. Similarly, Claude Werner, the Tactical Professor, refers to this as the “Avoid, Escape, Confront, Resist” paradigm. A few months ago, I found myself in a position to use this […]
I have neglected dry fire for far too long now. Live fire too, for that matter. I would probably be embarrassed to go shoot at the range tomorrow. To compound the problem, I have recently been toting a J-Frame revolver either in the waistband or pocket. Say what you will, but I have also been […]
I cannot imagine there are too many people in my shoes. I have been to many classes over the years, almost all of them documented here on the blog. I have met a lot of people in those classes. Accountants, police officers, information technology specialists, lawyers, doctors, army reservists, etc. I cannot ever recall meeting […]
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