One might wonder why they would need to strike someone with a handgun rather than just shoot with it. The fact remains that many fights start at contact distance, or end up at contact distance. If at contact distance before your gun comes out you should rely on combative skills to get yourself into a... Continue Reading →
This past week I was on the CCX2 podcast for a good discussion on negligent discharges and what truly constitutes negligence on the part of gun carriers. You can see it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YL7AxCxYlaQ
I am a huge proponent of keeping things as consistent as possible; I want every tool on my body in the same place, all the time. I carry my gun in the same location, all the time. Same with my blade, same with my light. I even carry my reload in the same place even... Continue Reading →
The focus of this blog is the use of the handgun as a personal-protection tool against unexpected criminal assault. With that said, I believe all citizens should be well-armed with the ability to be a combatant, thus the true intention of the Second Amendment. However, I think too many people in the firearms culture have... Continue Reading →
There is no denying that a pistol is a short range weapon of immediate self-defense compared to rifles. For most people, hitting anything beyond conversation distance with even a full-size pistol is a parlor trick. However, a shooter can stretch well beyond this typical distance with a pistol if they train for it properly. 25... Continue Reading →
For many years now my deep concealment gun has been a Ruger LCR revolver. Over this time, however, my modes of carrying this gun for deep concealment needs have changed extensively. I pocket carried the gun for a while, but the LCR is on the large side for me for pocket carry and the individual... Continue Reading →
The carry of a backup gun among civilians is uncommon. For law enforcement, carrying a BUG is common, and if you don’t to carry a BUG as an LEO I think you are an idiot, quite frankly. Police officers are far more likely to need a backup gun than are civilians, one reason being that... Continue Reading →
I like to carry my spare magazine on the waistline in order to facilitate the fastest, and most fumble-proof, reload possible. The problem is, I find this difficult to pull off. I used to wear the magazine at my off-hand appendix position. First, I always found it uncomfortable. Second, I moved to keeping my knife... Continue Reading →
I have been regularly listening to Paul Markel’s podcast, Student of the Gun, for the past couple of years and I love it. I don’t agree with all of his firearms advice (what two experienced shooters agree on everything?) but he is certainly a squared away guy who knows what he is talking about and... Continue Reading →
All else has failed. The criminal element was not deterred but the detection tools have provided warning; now what? There is a common saying among the self-defense community: “If you can’t protect it, then you don’t own it.” Many well-off people in contemporary America work hard and acquire a large home and family, diligently securing... Continue Reading →
