.44 Magnum Concealed Carry “Carry the biggest gun you can tote comfortably and shoot accurately. The reason being is if it is not Comfortable you will leave it at home in the gun safe instead of having it in your pants when you need it and if you can’t shoot it accurately, well, what…
Category: Concealed and Open Carry Issues
History of the Failure Drill: Mozambique Revolt Roots
HISTORY OF THE FAILURE DRILL: MOZAMBIQUE REVOLT ROOTS This drill is still as relevant today as it was fifty years ago, if not more so with both drug abuse and bullet proof vest becoming more and more common with criminal turds. “Two the Chest and One to the Head to Make Them Dead!” …
Armed Citizen Corner: 74 year old Good Samartian Boater Rescues Drowning Man and then is Forced to Shoot Him Dead in Self-Defense
Boater, 74, Rescues Drowning Jet Skier Twice, Then Shoots Him Dead Talk about Life being stranger than Fiction. It seems you cannot be a Good Samaritan in the 21st Century anymore, it’s just too damn dangerous! Kudos to the Old Man Staying Armed 24/7.
Don’t Forget to Drill on Head Shot’s
Every time I see a hostage situation video and the end result is the bad guy getting a free lobotomy (as above) I am reminded of the Practicality of Drilling for such an event with both my pistol and rifle. Why? Because when seconds count, the Cops are an hour away. Don’t depend on…
Armed Citizen Corner: Retired Florida SWAT officer Acquitted in 2014 Movie Theater Shooting
H/T EatGruelDog Retired Florida SWAT officer acquitted in movie theater shooting Remember this shooting? I had to go back to the 2014 Archives to find the article I wrote about it titled Becoming a Superior Gunman. Eight friggin years for a murder trial seems excessive to me, especially considering the man on trial…
Myths about Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight
Myths about Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight If you carry a Handgun for Self-Defense you should dedicate a LARGE block of your monthly training to knife attacks. They happen more frequently than you think and due to Hollyweird and Fantasy Gunfight Training most armed civilians and sadly a large percentage of law enforcement…
The New Reality by Ken Hackathorn
H/T WRSA If you are a citizen who carries a Gun, Focus on Learning these 3 Things: 1. Awareness Get your nose out of your damn phone and BE PRESENT when you are out and about in public. If you can BE AWARE of a Threat before it becomes a PROBLEM you…
Lessons Learned From the Rittenhouse Case
Lessons Learned From the Rittenhouse Case I think the biggest takeaway from this case other than being prepared for the legal fallout of a self-defense case in the 21st century America can be summed up with two points. AVOIDANCE Avoid DANGEROUS Situations and STUPID People, and yes, this mean RIOTS. Yes, I agree with…
The Armed Citizen Corner: The Surreptitious Draw, A Neglected Skill
The Surreptitious Draw: A Neglected Skill I have long been a student of MAXIMIZING speed and efficency with weapons by MINIMIZING unncecessary body movement. This is why I am a proponent of AIWB carry (Appendix Inside the Waistband) for both handgun and fixed blade knife. “To draw the gun discreetly, focus on minimizing movement…
Practice Makes Permanent
From the Archives, 2015 I first heard this from a Military Drill Instructor while on the firing line a long time ago and it stuck with me. I apply it to just about every area of my life now, but especially FIREARMS TRAINING HABITS. To me, it is the essence of WHY we should…