Welcome To Your Blind Spot
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…
A Focus On Front Sight
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…
Testing, Testing
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…
Yes, I Am Going To Front Sight Next Month
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…
The Classics Never Go Out of Style
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,…
My new favorite gun
I just got back from my first range session with the Ruger LCP LiteRack. It’s a ten shot, 22LR version of their very popular LCP2 pistol that’s usually chambered in 380 ACP. The switch to 22, however, turns it into…
The Glock of Theseus
When does a Glock 19 cease to be a Glock 19? The five items in that photo are all roughly the same size and shape as a Glock 19. Three of them weigh approximately the same as a Glock 19.…
Life In A World Gone Crazy
I'm typing this on a quiet Sunday afternoon, and I'm watching the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan fall apart in real time. It's awful, and Lord, how my heart breaks for those who are now caught up in the Taliban's wrath. …
A Little More Scary Than You Might Think
A healthy percentage of my friends are laughing about a recent news story where I reporter in Vermont freaked out after shooting an AR-15 in an indoor range. Most of the comments are to the effect of "Hah-hah, what a…