Backstory Those who have read John’s article, The Case for Duplicate Guns, can well understand the advantages of having “doubles” of certain firearms available. One day earlier this year I found myself looking into my safe and realizing that I had only one “true” AR-15 carbine (gasp!). How was this possible? I thought these things […]
If you followed a link to this article or otherwise wound up here, I would direct you to the more recent version of it with updates that can be found here. In this post, I’m going to discuss what I think is necessary as well as what’s not when setting up a carbine for civilian […]
“The magic is there is no magic.” I had the pleasure of attending this class (with John) this past weekend. The course was the “Street and Vehicle Class” offered by Mike Pannone of CTT Solutions. The course was held on Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Blue Trail Rifle Range in […]
A few months ago I learned of F3 Holsters when my blogging partner purchased a new OWB holster for training (you can read his review of that holster here). I was interested in a new appendix holster for my Glock 19 and considering the competitive pricing of F3 holsters, I ordered both an IWB and […]
I am a child. Well, not really. But I sometimes act like one. Certainly a child at heart. I say this because right now I’m a little giddy. Why? Travel Tomorrow I head off to see my blog partner, John. Believe it or not, we haven’t actually SEEN each other since we trained together in […]
The news has been hot since last week about the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. John provided some thoughts here, and I agree with everything he said. On the rest of the web and cable news networks, there’s been the usual discussion of the murderer (notice I did not say “shooter.” I am […]
Here on the blog, we’ve discussed choosing a concealed carry handgun, getting training, learning tactics and techniques, and maintaining situational awareness. To this point, however, we’ve only tangentially touched on physical fitness. I am NOT a fitness guru. I consider myself pretty fit, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. The purpose of […]
I’m fucking pissed and these impromptu blog posts are becoming all too frequent… Yesterday, yet another lone gunman walked into a gun-free zone and perpetrated an atrocious act of mass murder. He was stopped by good guys with guns, far too late… The cops did it right and engaged the gunman immediately upon their arrival. […]
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