Tac-Con, 2025
31 Mar 25 Tac-Con, 2025 Our 2025 Tactical Conference (just ended), under the auspices of Tom and Lynn Givens, was held again this year in Dallas, TX. Vicki and I were in attendance, and I presented a lecture Class this time. The Dallas Pistol Club is spacious, with six separate live-fire ranges and three classrooms, […]
2025 ILEETA Conference, St Louis, MO
26 Mar 25 2025 ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association) Conference, St Louis, MO Our 2025 ILEETA Conference is in-session this week at the wonderful Union Station Hotel and Conference Center. Vicki presented her Class twice. I just mingled this time, as we had to depart today. As always, there is an extensive […]
Trash!
21 Mar 25 Dishonorable trash, masquerading as our Countrymen During my lifetime, classic virtues such as rugged individualism, honesty, bravery, skill-at-arms, mental toughness, productivity, and what Finns call “Sisu” (audacity, resilience) were honorable traits, for both men and women. As amazing Americans, we were expected to strive after them, no matter our starting-point, audaciously carrying-on […]
Final comments on AI
18 Mar 25 “‘Faith’ doesn’t make good science. Curiosity does!” Professor Jacob Barnhardt (played by Sam Jaffe) to “Klaatu,” (played by Michael Rennie) in the 1951 science-fiction classic, “The Day the Earth Stood Still” We are supposed to believe AI is an “artificial person” Rubbish! AI has become a mere blindly-obedient “engine of narrative enforcement” […]
More on AI
17 Mar 25 On AI, from a friend and author: “I am writing a book on the issue of concealed carry. Thinking it would be helpful with referencing, formatting etc, I decided to use AI. To my surprise and dismay, AI deleted material aspects of my book, because they ‘violated its terms and conditions.’ When […]
Flashlights!
14 Mar 25 Flashlights! I encourage students to carry at least one tactical flashlight all the time. Tactical flashlights are literally “non-deadly weapons.” Most are small enough to be carried routinely And, unlike guns, knives, batons, and OC spray, flashlights are completely unregulated. You can take yours anywhere, including schools, government offices, commercial flights. There […]
AI
13 Mar 25 “Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master” Christian Lous Lange AI “AI” (call it “intelligence” if you wish) is based on huge sets of digitized data. Western Civilization has been doing almost everything digitally for more than two decades. More recently, all data is agglomerated into “data centers,”. I have […]
Live From The Field
5 Mar 25 “Celebrating diversity,” at the expense of simple logic in serving and protecting citizens: Boston’s woke mayor, instead of commend the bravery of her magnificent police officer who had the decisiveness and courage to gun-down a murderous criminal who was threatening innocent customers at fast-food restaurant, and for having the competence and […]
Weapons of War
1 Mar 25 “‘Opportunity’ is missed by most, because it is dressed in overalls and looks a lot like ‘work’” Thomas Edison Machineguns! By the time I was involved in active fighting in Vietnam in 1968, “heavy” infantry machineguns of World War fame were all gone. My unit (USMC Infantry) was equipped with the open-bolt, […]
Gun industry legends Dave Spaulding, Massad Ayoob, Mike Boyle, and John Farnam join Fernando Coelho to dive deep into the history of the gun industry, shedding light on how firearms and firearms training have transformed over the decades. They discuss the dramatic shift from traditional print reviews to the digital age of internet forums, social media influencers, and YouTube personalities of the industry.
