My friend Richard Johnson approached me back in late 2019 with the idea of doing the be-all and end-all study of the tactical flashlight. I thought it was a good idea, and we set the wheels in motion. However, there…
I was served up an ad for a $20 “survival kit” today, and it was full of the usual suspects. A tactical pen. A cheap folding knife. A single AA “tactical flashlight” and a compass that was slightly larger than…
Even though ammunition is starting to show up at places like my employer and other inferior locations on the web, prices are still really high. Worse still, they are never going to get “back to normal.” Most ammo manufacturers used…
I just want to start a flame in your heart. I read a lot of Spire Christian Comics in my formative years. My parents didn't grow up with comic books, so they were unfamiliar with the genre, but these were…
“All magic is ‘Here’s a quarter, now it’s gone. You’re a jerk. Now it’s back. You’re an idiot. Show’s over.’”- Jerry Seinfeld There are two kinds of cooking shows: Those that show off the skill of the chef, and those…
Stephen Gutowski rips off the bandage and shows us that NRA membership hasn't just been stagnant, it's actually been shrinking. In 2013, Lapierre first announced the group had reached five million members. He said the group had added half a…
Every class at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference is chock-full of some of the tastiest personal defense training nuggets you can find. Three classes this year stood out in particular for me. Tim Chandler and Ashton Ray's shotgun class, (which will…
There’s a tendency among some firearms trainers to call people like me, who are passionate about firearms training, as “hobbyists.” Like many of my friends, I pursue firearms training for the sake of learning something new and honing the craft. We may…
