Right now, the Overton Window on political violence wide open and there’s a healthy breeze blowing through it. Someone tries to burn down the Pennsylvania Governor’s Mansion. Tesla dealerships are getting trashed. An active shooter kills two and wounds others…
Believe it or not, there was a time here in America where karate dojos were few and far between. They weren't in every other strip mall, they were in the seedier parts of town, where the rents were cheaper. Then…
“A man alone is a target.” - Clint Eastwood I re-upped my CPR certification over the summer, and one thing our instructor stressed was building a team as a response to a cardiac incident. CPR is exhausting, and unless you…
Yeah, I know, this is more inline with the stuff I post on my firearms training website. Indulge me. Let’s assume for a minute that concealed carry is the American martial art, and that it’s a weapons-based martial art. First…
Two things recently happened on Facebook which got me thinking a bit about the state of the firearms training industry. The first is this post from Duane Thomas about how good is “good enough.” “Years ago two friends of mine,…
I spent a few minutes last night going through my social media posts from four years ago, and pretty much all of them are focused on two things: The restrictions placed on our lives based on the fear of COVID…
A cursory search on the Internet will turn up articles spouting off about how the training done by military veterans and experienced law enforcement officers is far superior to that done by armed citizens. To quote one of the more…
Anyone who's ever debated guns from the pro-Second Amendment side of things is familiar with the phrase "have a conversation about guns." What this usually means is that those of us who believe in the individual right to keep and…
David Yamane is somewhat amazed that elite, left-leaning publishing houses had little to no interest in his new book. “These book editors — and other liberal cultural elite gatekeepers like those at the WaPo, NYTBR, Atlantic, and New Yorker — are…
The people behind the wackdoodle Area15 immersive experience are creating a “John Wick Experience” in Vegas. Guests will step through the doors of the Las Vegas Continental and into the fantastical world of the billion-plus grossing franchise movies, where they…