My friend and contributing author to the blog, CR Williams, just released his new Firearm Training Book: Gunfighting, and other Thoughts about Doing Violence: More Musings about the Means and Methods of the Counter-Offensive Fight (Volume 4) It can also be had on Kindle. You can reach CR Williams for Training at his website InShadowInLight…
Category: Training
The Warrior Ethos
Zachary Mierva July 1, 2016 This essay was written in 2012 en route to my second deployment to Afghanistan with a reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition squadron. A family friend and Vietnam veteran recommended I keep a journal to remember my deployments. I used this journal to create “dispatches” that I sent to my family…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: The Bangladesh Attack
It was recently announced that an American Citizen was Killed In Bangladesh Attacks. -SF Read these two news articles: Bangladeshi police prepare to storm restaurant where Islamist terrorists are holding 20 hostages Dhaka hostage standoff My cop friends really need to pay attention to the international news. Take a look at this attack. Nine Islamist militants…
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Off-Duty Cop ECQ Shooting
Several Things to Highlight Here: Extreme Close Quarters Shootings (Bad Breath Distance Encounters) are more frequent than most civilians or even Law Enforcement train for. Make it a point to make this part of your training every time you hit the range. A Smooth Presentation of the weapon enabled the officer to put rounds on…
Armed Citizen Corner: 6 Lessons from Orlando
By Greg Ellifritz Early Sunday morning on June 12, a murderer (who won’t be named here) pledging fealty to the Islamic terrorist group ISIS, entered an Orlando gay nightclub and shot more than 100 people. Preliminary accounts indicate that 49 innocent victims were killed and an additional 54 victims were hospitalized with injuries. It is…
Armed Citizen Corner: Train Like A Samurai…10 Arrows
Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Imperfect practice makes rehearsed. You’ve heard a lot of advice on different training philosophies – ways to maximize the results you achieve. The fact is, desultory training (grunts: desultory) is a waste of time, ammunition and money. It may get you killed. Read this and pay attention….
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Why Israeli Carry Truly Sucks (Not Carrying Your Gun With a Round Chambered)
A good friend turned me on to the Active Self-Protection You Tube Channel and I now find myself browsing through their video collection at random times. The commentary is sensible and practical for the most part, without much rambling and droning on. If you guys like or dislike me re-posting these, let me know in the…
Armed Citizen Corner Video: Mugger Ask For Cash, Gets Hollow Points Instead
See the Original Video at Active Self Protection You-Tube Channel
5 Life Lessons Learned from USMC Scout Sniper School
A former Marine scout sniper shares life lessons from the Marine Corps’ Scout Sniper Basic Course. There is no shortage of popular culture lionizing snipers. From movies to books, legendary exploits are laced with evocative imagery. Alone, unafraid, heroically holding back enemy hoards with only a bolt gun. This captivation is not without good cause,…
Armed Citizen Corner: Never Have a “Favorite Weapon”
This short story reinforces the USMC Training mantra “One Mind, Any Weapon”. Never lock yourself into a box with your firearm training. Don’t get hung up on the Tool..Always Train to WIN THE FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF THE TOOL!-SF “Favorite” Weapons! by John Farnam | 23 May 2016 “Warriors should not have ‘favorite’ weapons.”…