Now You’re Cooking
“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…
Negative Response, Negative Growth
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…
Fight The Power
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…
Hobbyist Horse
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…
Mind The Gap
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…
No Mi Circo, No Mis Monos
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…
The Next Project
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…
Don’t Sweat The Technique
"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,…
The Go-To Guns
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…
Whose Fault Is It Anyways?
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…