When you are talking about Close Quarters Shooting, there are always varying degrees of close. We have all heard the terms “Reach out and touch someone close”, “Bad Breath Distance close”, but this video shows a whole different kind of close: EXTREME CLOSE CONTACT CLOSE, which is basically around a foot (12 inches) or less. This…
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Civilian Operator 101: Playing the “What if and Where is It?” Game
I am a firm believer in staying as situationally aware as possible wherever I am, but especially when out in public either alone or with my clan. Since I live in the Deep South, a large part of my time every month or so is spent in stores like the Redneck metropolis of Wal-Mart, Grocery…
Civilian Operator 101: Trauma Care in Active Shooter Scenarios
By Hammerhead I highly suggest you guys routinely visit sites like The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery for applicable medical/trauma care articles like this one. I first found out about this site Through Greg Ellifritz’ Active Response Training Weekend Knowledge Dump, which I highly suggest you guys peruse each Friday. The acronym T.H.R.E.A.T…
Civilian Operator 101: How to Shoot and Fight From Your Back
Something to chew on this weekend as you set up your Shoting drills. As CO’s We always need to be cognizant of positions we may find ourselves in a street fight that are not exactly convenient, but are all the same, reality. This is also a great time to drill on firing from OTHER non-conventional…
Armed Citizen Corner: British Pistol Use During World War I
Here’s an interesting piece of research, done in 2010 by one David Thomas as part of a degree in British First World War Studies: The Pistol in British Military Service During the Great War (pdf) This is a well-footnoted 38 pages, covering the British procurement of handguns, the different types of handguns use, and the training…
Civilian Operator 101: The Survival Tree
One of the BEST and most Practical articles I have read in a long time on training for and surviving an Active Shooter situation.-SF A lot of people have asked me about how they could increase their survivability in an active shooter situation. The reality is sometimes you can’t win and that’s something you should…
Farnam Quips: Survival Lessons Learned From Recent Terror Attacks
From recent terrorist incidents, several life and death survival lessons emerge: 1. Don’t head for the restroom! Restrooms are dead ends. There is likely no exit from the restroom. You will be trapped there. When you don’t see another eligible exit, head for the kitchen. The kitchen always has a back door! 2. Have a…
Armed Citizens Corner: Recognizing an Opportunity For Action When The Killer’s Gun Jams
By Greg Ellifritz I’ve written quite a bit about malfunctioning guns over the years. I published Criminals and the Guns They Carry. That article was a study of all the unloaded broken and malfunctioning guns police take from criminals. A couple weeks later I wrote Weapon Malfunctions in the Active Shooter Environment about…
Civilian Operator 101: Stopping a “Jihad-Mobile”
By Hammerhead With the recent terror attack in Nice, France we saw yet again how a determined jihadi with a relatively simple attack plan and using a vehicle as a weapon wreaked absolute havoc and carnage on a group of innocent civilians, killing 84 and wounding 202. Terrorist Using Vehicles as Weapons is of course nothing…
Armed Citizen Corner: Start Practicing More Headshots Because Terrorist Love Explosives
If you are reading this, then you are probably the type of person who would be willing to fight back against a terrorist attack using your guns. The fact is that more and more terrorist attacks are going to be occurring on American soil because the “Global War on Terror” includes the USA now. That…