You know I get asked alot of firearms questions, some of them technical, some of them tactical; but the ones that I really like are the VALUE questions…not just in terms of financial value, but in terms of Practicality. A recent example would be how practical is it for the CO to own an Uzi??…
Category: Tradecraft
Urban-Guerilla Sniping v.3.0
“History is nothing else than a long succession of useless cruelties.” -Voltaire- When you look at the situation in Syria, you see the logic in Voltaire’s prose. I suppose it is the hopeless romantic in me that wishes for a world that is not filled with asshole tyrants and despots that take advantage of the…
Training Stressors
“Take time to Deliberate, but when the TIME for ACTION has arrived, stop thinking and GO IN.” -Napoleon Bonaparte Most firearms/combat training today lacks realism; Those “primal elements” that the student needs to experience when they are TRULY fighting for their lives. One of these primal elements that we can replicate with some degree of…
Lessons from Miami Growhouse Shootout, 7/31/12
Miami Grow House Shootout, 7/31/12 I am going to break the events in this video into “categories” to make it easier to digest. Lastly, I am also going to approach certain aspects of the gunfight from the perspective of the deceased perp shooter, not to glamorize or add credence to him or his…
Are you “Over-Thinking” and “Under-Training”??
I have noticed a sort of trend in my training classes lately…guys “Over-Thinking” situations and by default of that mentality, putting forth energy toward the WRONG training goals and Under-Training. Let me give you an example. At a recent “Active Shooter” class, the topic came up of shooting from behind cover..granted, a valid training topic…
Neutralizing Knife Attacks
In yet another sad addition to the catalog of violent attacks on school campuses, yesterday at Lone Star College near Houston, Texas a deranged individual went on a slashing spree with an exacto knife, wounding fourteen innocent people, two seriously. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. I will not get on a soapbox rant why I…
The Year of the Knife
With the recent policy change by the TSA to allow small knives on commercial aircraft to a revitalized effort by some state legislatures to legalize the switch blade there has been a renewed interest in KNIVES by the general public. The reason for this renewed spark in all things pointy and sharp is quite simple:…
Jealous Husbands & Loaded Guns..(A Tale of Woe)
A CO’s Guide to Thinking with your Big Head and not the Little One You know history is replete with sad, cautionary tales of woe involving men and women and the often tragically violent encounters that ensue after sometimes a simple mis-understanding of the heart or other times outright adultery being caught in the physical…
Promoting The “Helpless Mindset”
I have known for some time that common sense and government rarely, if ever, go hand in hand, but as of late I have been shocked to see the outright and shameless “advertising” campaign if you will, by members of the left in state and federal Govt. promoting what I call the “Helpless Mindset”. Let…
Common Class Training Mistakes
With Spring upon us and the bulk of the Combat/Firearm Training season about to happen, I wanted to throw a few observations out there to help your next session be more productive. I have found that when you experience a class as a Teacher and not as a Student, you notice A LOT more subtle…