The Failure of the Defensive Mindset
A strong defense is put up to give a person time to unleash their offense. When you choose defense as your only option it becomes a recipe for eventual, but certain, failure.
Training and Technique
Smith & Wesson Returns to Training With the Opening of the Smith & Wesson Academy in East Tennessee
Friday’s opening of the Smith & Wesson Academy’s training facilities on their 236 acre campus seemed more like a welcoming party for the newest neighbor on the block then S&W’s return to the training category.
Believe it Or Not, Everytown is Getting Into the Gun Safety Training Business
The Bloomberg billionaire-backed gun control group Everytown is rolling out a new campaign to teach gun owners how to be safe and responsible with the firearms. It would be easy to dismiss this as the stuff of comedy writers.
Gunsite Academy Bans Use of SIG SAUER P320 Pistols in its Training Classes
Gunsite will allow Military or Law Enforcement students to use their P320 government-issued duty pistols, but will try to discourage those students from using it as well.
3 Ways to Improve Your Shooting…Without Actually Shooting
All of the aforementioned physical skill and coordination exercises will force you to put aside your ego and that natural tendency to not engage because you might not look cool.
Paul Markel’s ‘The Ultimate Armed Citizen: Using Pistols, Rifles, and Shotguns as Fighting Tools’
“Knowing how to shoot and understanding what it takes to morally, legally, and effectively use a firearm in a life and the death situation are not necessarily the same things.”
An Israeli Soldier Shows Why ‘Israeli Carry’ Can Get You Killed
Don’t create obstacles for yourself when carrying your gun. Get training, practice, then rinse, lather, and repeat until safely handling your EDC gun becomes second-nature. Carry your gun loaded and ready to go.
Gun Safety: Lessons From a Deadly Negligent Discharge
The 18-year-old victim died after the man in question pointed his “dummy gun” at him and pressed the trigger. A single bullet to the head killed him. What we have is clear negligence and potential recklessness…but it wasn’t an “accident.”
I Went Shooting Last Week and I Learned Some New Things
I’ve written about this before, but practicing and/or training with a well-thought-out structure delivers results. It seems so obvious but I can’t count the number of times I didn’t structure my shooting and was frustrated by how poorly I shot.