Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.
“New Shooter New Shooter New Shooter!”
Why do we have so many school shootings? The only honest answer is “it’s complicated.”
Gunfight SPEED – How Fast Do You Have to Be?
Some thoughts from the old West gunfighters and how those thoughts relate to today’s gunfight.
Shooting Guns is Normal
“At a time when people use terms like “insane” and “addiction” — or worse — to characterize gun culture in America, it’s important to remember that guns are both commonly owned and generally non-problematic here. This is what I mean when I say that guns are normal and normal people use guns. And as these data from the Pew Research Center show, shooting guns is normal as well.”
How to Become a Firearms Instructor
A good article containing concepts that many firearms “instructors” need to embrace more frequently.
“You’re no expert after only 16 hours of class. Do you know any dentists who took a weekend class before opening up shop? How many mechanics do you know who only have 2 days of schooling? Your job as a teacher, is to be a professional student. If that’s not in your assumptions, this industry is not for you. Your students and peers are counting on you.”
Definitive Guide to Mounting Scopes: The Scopes Trial
Mounting your magnified optic.
The TCOLE Shotgun Instructor Qualification
A shotgun test to try during your next training session.
TK Custom Kimber K6S Firing Pin and Spring Kit
Improving your Kimber revolver.
Developing Wide-Band Situational Awareness
“Be smart. Relax. Remain generally alert and catalogue what and who is in your presence before you focus on whatever you are doing there. Set your awareness on the widest band possible. Develop a system of early warning cues based on acute hearing and vision, constantly scanning for abnormalities. Don’t look like a scared victim, but don’t go overboard and challenge everything that moves around you. Just be confident and relaxed. Need more confidence? Listen to people who have walked and fought in these worlds. Get training. Test your skills and your gear in force-on-force situations. Build your conditioning. Test your skills repeatedly. “
Ayoob: Can Shooting a Revolver Make You Better with Your Semi-Auto?
I believe it will.
REALITY CHECK II | Dangerous People
Clint Smith shares some wisdom.
“Maintaining the basic, safe shooting skills may — just may, save an officer’s life. It’d be worth it and you really don’t have to do that tactical ninja, black magic voodoo shoot bullets by the head stupid stuff.”
After Uvalde, what kind of police do Americans really want?
“As historian Victor Davis Hanson eloquently writes, America possesses a deep discomfort with those who truly epitomize the combat virtues. While America loves the action hero, we breathe a sigh of relief at the movie’s end not only because the villain has been dispatched, but also because the hero rides away.
If we are honest with ourselves, most Americans don’t want this type of highly capable and dangerous man (and most of them will be men) doing our policing. Not on the good days, when the sun is shining and the birds are chirping.”
Filing Your Revolver’s Front Sight
Guidance for raising your fixed sight revolver’s point of impact.
Roka Arms’ Downrange Tab and Training for Off-body Carry
I helped Eve with the training class where these photos were taken. The Training Tab is a great idea if you are running a firing line filled with purse and fanny pack carriers.
How Much Capacity Is Enough For a Private Citizen?
At one point in my life, I never left home without a full sized gun and at least one spare magazine. Now I’m less dogmatic about that. As your skill levels and cognition about the combative arts improve, I truly believe one can do fine work with a gun that has limited capacity.
Shooting lots of bullets is a tactic. If I’m carrying a small gun, that tactic is no longer available. I’d best find an alternate tactic instead. The true tactician is aware of his abilities and limitations. He/she chooses tactics that compliment the weapon he is carrying.
Shotgun vs. AR-15 – A Conversation with Steve “Yeti” Fisher of Sentinel Concepts
Steve Fisher discusses the relative advantages between shotguns and AR-15s.
Why I Died
“All the reasons I found to ignore his advice reverberated in my mind now, and I felt myself screaming inside my own head at how stupid I had been. But it was too late. I felt my life slipping away. As I lay there within minutes of death, I prayed for a second chance. I prayed for the opportunity to prepare like my instructor had begged me to. If only I had listened! If given a second chance, I would prepare like my life depended on it … because it did.
My instructor attended my funeral and prayed for me.
This is your chance. Prepare like your life depends on it. Take responsibility for your own survival.”
Rangemaster June Newsletter
A lot of great shotgun info (including an article about “snub-nosed shotguns.” Opens to PDF.
What if You Witness a Mass Casualty Incident?
A long form article discussing proper actions to take following a vehicle run down attack.
Paul talks about the Uvalde shooting.
Paul Howe pulls no punches regarding the Uvalde shooting.
To fully understand the incident, you also need to understand the realities of school couture officers.
4 Top Survival Skills You Must Teach Your Kids
I regularly get requests for more family safety articles on my site. As an unmarried man with no kids, I don’t really think I have the expertise to provide such advice. Instead, I’ll share articles like this one (from a more qualified expert) whenever I find them. The author’s book Survival Mom is an excellent resource for family disaster survival.
Entangled WBE Encounter – video
Cecil provides excellent commentary about the video of an exceptionally violent street robbery.
678: Chris Voss | Hostage Negotiation Tactics for Everyday Life
A podcast filled with actionable information you can use to improve communication in crisis situations. The guest’s book is a great read as well.
Boundary Setting
Information on boundaries and how predators use social scripts to manipulate them.
The Threat Zone: Will Your Gun Lose This Fight?
“But one thing is always true — someone menacing you with a firearm is a deadly threat out to extended distances. However, people view knives or clubs as less-lethal threats. The reality is quite different, though. So, the question you should probably ask is, at what distance does a knife or a club represent a lethal threat to your safety?”
How Hard is it to Shoot Small Revolvers?
Some realities for revolver shooters.
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