By now, readers will have been inundated with news stories about the Manchester, England suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert. While ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack, it was no great mental leap to see the bombing as yet another terrorist attack. I’m not going to give quarter to the motivation of the […]
Most of our readers have probably heard of the Rule of Four S’s. I think John and I have both referenced it before in articles in the past. I believe this rule is generally accredited to the great John Farnam (though I think his version had three S’s rather than four, but whatever). The rule […]
This past weekend, both Robert and I were able to attend two excellent one day classes held in Virginia in the DC area. Robert covered the first day’s medical class in his AAR posted yesterday. This is my review of the second day’s groundfighting class. This was the third one day class that I’ve taken with […]
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 […]
With all the training I have done over the last few years, I thought it might be useful to make a list of useful training items to have. As such, this article can serve as a handy complement to my article on preparing for your first firearms class. The items discussed in this list, however, are specific […]
Two mornings ago I awoke but my wife did not. A mostly healthy 38-year-old woman went to bed at night and was unresponsive at 6 AM. Before you read any further, please remember that John is the paramedic, not me. I did the sternum rub and some light smacks to the face. I called 911, […]
In this post, I want to talk about what is REALLY needed by the average person that carries a concealed weapon every day, and I want to do so against the backdrop of the ubiquitous “Every Day Carry” (EDC) discussion. I can actually summarize it in one sentence, and I’m not being flippant. Abide by […]
Both Robert and I thought some sort of blog post concerning the events in Paris was needed, but I have struggled with what I wanted to say… Partly because many other commentators have already said it better, and partly because the events happened in France rather than in the United States. The point that France […]
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 […]
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