In my article on my EDC gear, I included a flat-folded SOFTT-W tourniquet that I had been carrying for quite a while. Part of that time I had rubber-banded some flat folded duct tape and a package of Quik Clot Combat Gauze to it for a nice, compact blow-out kit I could carry virtually anywhere in […]
This post is going to deal with a facet of situational awareness that I’m going to refer to as intuition for lack of a better term. If you prefer, think if it as your sixth sense or a gut feeling. I’m going to look at this aspect of situational awareness through the lens of my […]
Made you look! Just so no one thinks we’re creating “fake news” here on the blog, I want to be clear from the get-go that I know of no research, study, or story claiming that eating ice cream can make you shoot better. None. Zero. Got it? I love ice cream and occasionally overindulge. If […]
Last week I posted an article entitled The “Run-to-the-Store Gun”, lightly criticizing those who pocket a small pistol for quick trips to the local Stop-N-Rob. In just over one week, this has become the most shared article in the history of our blog. The response has been, from what I have seen, probably about 90% favorable. The […]
As cold weather encroaches upon us, Robert suggested that I write about how to approach concealed carry in winter since I live in a region where it sometimes gets very cold indeed. By way of example, as I type this, it’s 2° F outside. Also, in my first blog post of the New Year, I […]
A recent thread on Reddit, of all places, spurred me to write something on the topic of what I call the “run-to-the-store” pistol. Here’s how this tends to work: people online discuss their vast arsenals, the benefits of a Sig P226 versus a Glock 17 versus an HK (actually, on Reddit, it’s almost invariably a […]
Today, the U.S. witnessed yet another active killer take out his sociopathic rage on hapless innocents, this time in a busy airport, in a common area outside of the security checkpoints. This one hit close to home for me. I’m a scuba diver, and I’ve made my way down to the Florida Keys through the […]
Last year, I took the time to get some training/practice goals posted so then I could at least roughly evaluate my progress by year’s end. Frankly, as a teacher, I should do a better job of setting goals that are measurable and achievable within a year. For this post, however, I am going be more general […]
In poking around the web today, I note that many bloggers have reviewed some of their most read articles. In line with that observation, the third most read post on this blog for 2016 was my article on necessities of every day carry. Top honors go to Robert’s Glock 19 article, but in this first […]
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