YOUR TOURNIQUET IS NOT A SYSTEM. Are You Pretending To Be Prepared? It’s easy to feel like you’ve “checked the box” by carrying a tourniquet. I see it all the time. Someone straps one on their kit or throws it into their glove box, and suddenly the feel squared away for trauma response. Here’s…
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Armed Citizen Corner: Shotguns vs. Drones – A Clay Shooter’s Guide to Defeating Enemy Swarms
Shotguns vs. Drones: A Clay Shooter’s Guide to Defeating Enemy Swarms In the escalating drone wars, where fiber optic and First-Person View (FPV) drones threaten soldiers and civilians alike, one man is turning the art of clay shooting into a battlefield advantage. Lieutenant Marco Angelelli, an Italian Air Force reserve officer and Italian Clay…
Armed Citizen Corner: Battle Belt Construction
Complete Guide on Setting Up Your Battle Belt Today we’re focusing on the battle belt, a concept that’s evolved a bit over the years. Up front, the “ideal” battle belt setup varies from person to person. There is no single best way to configure your belt. That’s both a blessing and a curse, because it…
Only Police Should Have Guns Because They are Trained
Via: Miguel’s Substack In case it starts at the beginning, just go all the way to 2:50 By my count, the sergeant shot 28 rounds at the suspect. From the video description (and you can see it in the video): The sergeant chased the car as Campos tries to escape, that’s when the sergeant…
How to Use Cover: Tactics for Self-Defense
How to Use Cover: Tactics for Self-Defense COVER=LIFE Cover is a gift from the heavens if someone tries to kill you with a long-range, portable hole puncher. Cover projects a literal blanket of security that sits between you and certain death. I guarantee anyone reading this owns a gun for self-protection and likely carries…
Bullets Follow Walls – Explained
I remember when I started MOUT training, I heard the phrase “bullets follow walls, so stay away from walls.” I heard it and did it, but I had to eventually ask what it meant. Why do bullets follow walls? At 18, I had no idea what bullets did. I was told to shut up…
Tactical Saturday: The Shooting People in the Face Drill, Revisited*
While training the other day I put in my customary 20 rounds on the tried and true Mozambique or “Failure to Stop” Drill. After I ran through the drill I realized something: I had been training myself to PAUSE between the transition from the two shots to Center of Mass to the shot to…
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