The various “old school” gun rights groups have been (rightly) criticized at times for straying outside of the gun rights lane. This idea behind this is, for example, asking what a hard stance against illegal immigration or favoring a flat…
My 11 Grade English teacher was Mr. Woods, the teacher that no one wanted to have. He was an imposing figure: Think Ving Rhames, but with a slight Jamaican accent. However, he was the one who put the love of…
I have been spouting off about how the marketing of firearms training is a joke for as long as I've been gun blogging. If you open up a martial arts academy, there is one of a jillion marketing companies out…
Well, listen now, hear what I say. Monday will be my first day as the digital editor of ShootingIllustrated.com. I loved working for Ammoman and they are truly an amazing company, but this is a chance to work on one…
This interview with John Corriea on how long-form articles work in the current ADHD world of social media was a lot of fun to do, but it got me thinking. While a lot of gunbloggers out there who grew bored…
Let’s begin this story ten years ago, when I first went to Front Sight. I was fairly new to the defensive gun world, and I had about 100 hours of firearms training under my belt, mainly NRA-centric classes and some…
There are some firearms trainers who don’t believe in using standardized and time drills in their classes. “They’re demoralizing,” they say. “They discourage progress by showing the student how bad they actually are,” they say. Poppycock You fit the test…
I love my CZs, I own... a bunch of their guns, but let's face it, they are at least 5 years behind the market. Hammer-fired actions are starting to make a comeback as America get older. The slide on a…
Three things happened ten years ago that have a profound impact on my life. I went to my first SHOT Show, and saw what the firearms industry was really like I met my now good friend and mentor Michael Bane…
I’m taking a class right after the turn of the new year, and for various reasons that will be made clear later, I’ll be shooting it with my 1911, and not my usual Glock 19 w/ dot. This, of course,…