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30 Aug 25 “Murderers are not monsters; they’re men, and that’s the most frightening thing about them” Alice Sebold What to Expect: On 28 Aug 25, a MA man who had just dropped-off his son at a local school was precipitously attacked and murdered by a gun-wielding VCA (who was well-known to local police).  The […]

28 Aug 25 Begging the Question! Nearly all “gun accidents” do not involve some “mechanical failure” on the part of the gun itself. I’ve been involved in the investigation of many such “accidents!”  The gun itself, in virtually all these cases, functioned normally and as designed. In rare cases, there have been “defective guns,” defectively […]

26 Aug 25 “Who never doubted, never half-believed. Where doubt, there truth is- ’tis her shadow.” Philip J Bailey, English poet I just got off the phone with Pete Pi at Defiant Ammunition. Pistol ammunition sales, particularly for “serious” carry-loads, are very slow right now, throughout the industry! I can personally testify that training/consulting is […]

25 Aug 25 “I recommend shooting attackers in the head. I’ve seen too many people put-up a strenuous fight in the ER, long after being shot in the chest!” Trauma Nurse (and one of my students) Most of the chest-wounds seen by my nurse/student were, of course, from handgun bullets, and her observations are not […]

20 Aug 25 As in all civilizations, we have violent criminals here. A consuming interest as to “why” some commit violent, evil acts has become a profitable business for certain groups. Who profit from criminal violence include: 1) “True crime” podcasters and commentators, who cater to an element of our society who love the ghoulishness and […]

13 Aug 25 “The System” will never protect you! “‘Cogito, ergo armatum sum:’ I think, therefore I am armed.” On Monday, a man with a lengthy, weary history of violent crime, drug use, and DUI offences, who should have been in prison, wantonly murdered three innocent, unarmed people in the parking lot of an Austin, […]

8 Aug 25 “Leftists promote the dishonorable doctrine that all behaviors, no matter how perverted or reprehensible,  are just ‘alternative life-styles’ that the rest of us are obligated to accept and never presume to criticize” Moore The vicious, unprovoked gang-attack of a couple in Cincinnati, OH early in the morning of 26 July 25 would […]

6 Aug 25 Here we go again! This latest DOD “active shooter incident” happened at Fort Stewart, GA today. Five innocent troopers wounded by criminal gunfire.  It doubtless would have been much worse had not the single armed perpetrator been heroically tackled by other (all unarmed) troopers nearby. We again ask, “Why are not all […]

3 Aug 25 Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical 12ga Autoloading Shotgun Here at DTI we’ve conducted many Defensive Shotgun Courses over the past half century! Years ago, the most common shotguns we would see were the Remington 870 and the Mossberg 590, both pump-guns, and both very satisfactory for our purposes.  But now, most students bring […]

31 July 25 “Reality is never ‘on-vacation,’ just because we are!” Carr Hiking in State/Federal Parks: Local police today made an arrest of the suspected murderer of a two parents who were hiking with their children (ages seven and nine) in a “remote area” of AR’s Devil’s Den State Park last weekend. The couple’s two […]

30 July 25 Everyday threats to our continued good health! It is clear that the mass stabbing incident at the MI Walmart on Saturday was not the result of a foreign terrorist plot, nor a plot carried-out by radical Islamists, nor for that matter a plot by malicious domestic political ideologues. Rather, it was whimsically […]

28 July 25 Criminals Protecting Criminals! In the aftermath of yesterday’s mass stabbing incident in MI, the local sheriff appeared in person in a timely manner to address the public. MI’s Democrat governor did not! She did decry (while safely behind her army of heavily-armed bodyguards) this “brutal act” and then went-on to praise first-responders. […]

25 July 25 Never give-in to adversity. Never trust prosperity. And, never fail to take full note of fortune’s irritating habit of doing exactly as she pleases! “Positive Suspicion” Who view life through a lens of positive suspicion, levelheaded skepticism, and who are ever infected with a “healthy restlessness,” are routinely denigrated as “paranoid” and […]

22 July 25 Ammunition in Israel, from friends there: “A licensed Israeli pistol-owner is currently allowed to possess no more than fifty rounds of ammunition in his home.  To the pistol license itself is appended a ‘permit,’ allowing for the purchase of a single box (fifty rounds) of ammunition. In addition to the purchase-price of […]

21 July 25 Update, from friends in Israel: “My daughter, an IDF veteran, carried an FN/FNS (9mm, now out-of production, replaced by the FN 509 Series) for several years. She has since switched to a Beretta Bobcat (22/rimfire), which she prefers for concealed carry, due to its small size and light weight** Under our ‘Old […]

16 July 25 What is “911?” During the recent tragic TX flooding, a man punched-out a window in an effort to escape from an unstable trailer. In the process he cut his arm, badly. Over the next few minutes, he bled to death, although he was continuously surrounded by family members! Of course, family members immediately […]

14 July 25 “We must fight vigorously any attempt to force us to rely solely upon a government for our personal safety, a government who can’t even balance its own checkbook!” J Kohler The role of “Armed Civilian Citizens” in national defense: To the everlasting discredit of Israel’s (current) Netanyahu Administration, the entire nation of […]

11 July 25 “You’ve got to know when it’s time to turn the page.” Tori Amos Yesterday, two Palestinian terrorists arrived, via a stolen car, at the Rami Levi supermarket in Gush Etzion, Israel. The two precipitously attacked a uniformed security guard, stabbing him to death.  They then took the security guard’s pistol and proceeded […]

9 July 25 Armed attacks on Federal Officers, becoming the “norm?” Overshadowed by the tragic flooding in TX, there was an well-funded, violent attack, a “planned ambush,” by at least ten heavily-armed leftist terrorists on Federal Officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, TX on Friday, 4 July 25.  At least one officer was […]

8 July 25 Trending! This just-in from friends in Norway: “Following pressure from police unions and conservative groups, the Norwegian Parliament has finally decided that our police get to be personally armed, all the time. Most political parties here are to the left of your Democrats, but hunting and national defense have always been important […]