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,…
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…
One of the more interesting things to come out of SHOT Show 2024 was the continuing interest in revolvers and thermal vision and the resurgence of lever-action rifles. New AR-pattern rifles were few and far between at this year’s show.…
I'm into double digit SHOT Shows (which pales in comparison to some people), but I've attended it as low-level media, mid-level buyer and now higher-level media, so I have a fairly broad experience with this event. It's tempting to think…
Should open carry be legal? Of course it should. It’s useful in lots of different ways, and banning it is a restriction on the right to keep and bear arms, and that's a bad thing. But should you do it?…
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for January 2016. Donald Trump was inaugurated as President, which torched off (literally) weeks of protest. Then came the 2017 Charlottesville attack, the riots in Kenosha and Minneapolis and January 6th. Add it all up,…
Dr. David Yamane has a new video out where he talks about the flaws in a new book on the AR-15. Give it watch right now… https://youtu.be/3S3NZ664fko?si=ZltTw8VR9Eeg2qLv For awhile now, I’ve had a half-formed idea rattling around inside the copious…