Posts Tagged ‘Training’
Everyday Tactical: Situational Awareness
As mentioned in my other articles, the dynamics of a deadly force encounter happen at a blazingly fast pace. We are thrusted into a reactionary role. Thus, our decisions and actions are made and executed mostly instinctively from muscle memory, rather than through calculated decisions based on the clarity of hindsight. The tips I present are intended to help…
Read MoreEveryday Tactical: Keeping Your Hands Free
Sometimes the simplest things we do can have a great payoff in the long run. I would like to pass one tip to all of you responsible gun carrying citizens. In a way this concept was ingrained in my mind when I was in Marine Corps Bootcamp. We were trained that, while in uniform, we were not to…
Read MoreIsolate the Family and Defend the Room
There are a lot of different philosophies out there about home defense tactics. I don’t feel that any of them paint a full picture of the best course of action for every potential scenario. Since we can’t predict every potential situation we can’t assume that a single response plan is going to work all the…
Read MoreThe Benefits and Liabilites of Firearm Training
In today’s society, most law abiding citizens do not realize the importance and benefits of being trained to safely use their firearms. When someone thinks of firearm/gun training, they think of training that is meant for police officers and military personnel. People should learn to understand the reason why people in these professions train in multiple disciplines including firearm…
Read MoreCarrying With A Round In The Chamber – To Do or Not To Do
I have been carrying firearms on a daily basis for around 10 years now. I started carrying as an off-duty police officer. I carried my duty weapon with a full magazine and a round in the chamber, so the idea of carrying my off-duty concealed gun with one in the chamber came naturally to me.…
Read MorePersonal Defense Pistol Skills: Does Practice Really Make Perfect?
Practice Your Marksmanship Skills Most of us can agree that some skills are perishable, meaning that if you do not practice these skills they will degrade over time. Marksmanship skills undoubtedly fall into this category. So, we have to practice in order to stay sharp. The problem is, ammunition and gun ranges are expensive and sometimes far away.…
Read MoreFive Most Popular Gun Articles From the First Half of 2015
The first half of 2015 is over and we’ve had a great amount of quality content published on our website. Today we dug through the data and are pleased to announce the five most popular articles we published in the first half of the year. Below is a disclaimer about how we arrived at the…
Read MoreHow to Get Kicked Out of The Gun Range
Gun ranges provide a service that is much needed by American gun owners. Particularly for those of us that live in major metro areas the local gun ranges represent our only convenient option to train with our firearms. Sadly, some of the more effective training tactics that we teach our students cannot be practiced at…
Read MoreThe Top Eight Reasons You Don’t Carry Concealed Every Day
In Mid May of 2015 we started a series of articled designed to address the most common reasons why gun owners don’t carry their legal concealed carry firearms every day. We gathered some input from our past students and our online followers and came up with eight core and common reasons people cite for not…
Read MoreHow to Establish the Habit of Concealed Carry
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. As humans we are naturally creatures of habit. Our mind and body thrives in repetition. Building habits and breaking habits…
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