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Weekly Threat Analysis: Lone Wolf Attacks
Essential Handgun Skills: Mating the Hands
I want to address a very important skill pertaining to the safe and effective use of the handgun: mating the dominant and support hand close to the body. I see this principle get violated, often, in classes. Joining the hands on the gun in space is bad practice as it inhibits performance, but more importantly,... Continue Reading →
Personalizing the Phlster Enigma
I started utilizing belly band solutions for deep concealment carry many years ago. The primary role of the belly band was to conceal a small handgun under tucked shirts. During Covid, I also began utilizing belly bands to carry while wearing sweatpants and draw string shorts, as that bizarre era ushered in my full embracement... Continue Reading →
Weekly Threat Analysis: Violent Female Perpetrators
There is an unprecedented increase in the percentage of mass-casualty attacks being committed by biological females. Ignore the nonsense that Google feeds you if you research this trend, in which you will be told “there is no quantifiable increase in female violence.” To quote Groucho Marks, “who do you believe? Me, or your own lying... Continue Reading →
Ankle Carry: Sub-Optimal for the Primary, Ideal for the BUG
Ankle carry blows for carrying your only gun under most circumstances, although, while seated, it can work quite well. Otherwise, I don’t like it for carrying my primary on-person firearm. Years ago, I often ankle carried to accommodate deep concealment needs while in non-permissive dress, such as wearing a suit. I no longer bother with... Continue Reading →
Weekly Threat Analysis: Looting Following Disaster
Looting is a predictable issue following any wide-scale disaster, natural or man-made. The criminal element that shows up to loot vulnerable residential houses and abandoned businesses is prone to unpredictable violence. In the past several months we have witnessed this issue in the wake of the Palisades fires in California, as well as in the... Continue Reading →
What are Current 380 Micro Pistols For?
What are guns like the Ruger LCP Max and Smith and Wesson Bodyguard 2.0 for? The obvious answer, historically, has been as pocket guns. The J Frame and equivalent revolvers are still favored by many serious pocket carriers, as the shape of the revolver lends best to drawing from the pocket and the rounded profile... Continue Reading →
Weekly Threat Analysis: Escalating Cartel Violence
The Trump Administration has designated the narcotics cartels in Mexico as terrorist organizations. While this gives the Federal Government more ability to use force against these groups, and the need to do so seems inevitable at this point, we are likely to see an escalation in retaliatory violence here in the Continental United States. There... Continue Reading →
EDC for Our Elevated Threat Environment
Years ago, the comments on my articles in various places would be filled with the gleefully mediocre, chiming in about how defensive gun use is typically “3 rounds, 3 yards, 3 seconds,” and that usual such nonsense. This is less common now. It seems that our rapidly deteriorated world has become obvious to even the... Continue Reading →
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