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…
Living in Florida means living with a lot of senior citizens, and these senior citizens, like pretty much everyone else these days, are concerned about their safety and are considering buying a gun for personal safety. On top of the…
I knew something was up the instant I drove into the parking lot of my neighborhood grocery store. There were three groups of people standing around in one lane of parking stalls. One couple was by a car, eyeing the…
Long ago and far away, I was at a southern Arizona Bloggershoot held at the Pinal County shooting range. That range nestles up against the Casa Grande Mountains, which means that you've got one heck of a backstop if your…
"It's just a training issue." If there were one Tactical Tidbit™ that I would nominate to be removed from our vocabulary for all eternity, this would be it. Of COURSE it's "Just a training issue." There is not one thing,…
I am a big fan of using a shotgun for home defense. I carry concealed everywhere I can. I've written (at length) about the idea of using a Glock brace as a poor man's machine pistol. But the more I…
The gunternet is all a-twitter over these pictures posted by Scottsdale Gun Club. Okay, the technique they show here is atrocious and probably lethal to the poor unfortunate models in the shot. The unwashed masses on Instagram are blaming the…
Oh look. Wayne LaPierre spoke at CPAC this week. He talked about how the Democrats and the gun control crowd want to take away our guns. He talked about how our God-given Second Amendment rights are being eroded. In short,…
... assuming people care about your right to keep and bear arms. Nobody, not a single person, cares about your rights, or my rights for that matter. However, everybody is concerned about their rights. The sooner we turn the conversation…
I went to the range today to do something I haven't done for quite awhile: Shoot for the sake of shooting. Ammo is tight, so I didn't just plink away. I've gotten back into the habit of dry-fire practice again,…