Violence Against Women!
11 July 19 “I’m not a sexual predator, I’m an ‘offender’ … It’s the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel.” Financier and major contributor to the DNC, Jeff Epstein, in his despicable excuse for sexually molesting underage girls, on a serial basis! Jeffrey Epstein, now joining with, Eric Schneiderman (former […]
Extraction!
8 July 19 Extraction: With military autoloading rifles, pistols, and machine-guns, there are several methods of accomplishing the autoloading function, and all “work,” to one degree or another, and of course, all have issues, successful case extraction being the most critical. Extraction always involves two sequential phases: SIE (slow, initial extraction), followed by case withdrawal. […]
Translation!
5 July 19 The “Translation” “A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” Saul Bellow My good friend and colleague, and CEO of Robinson Armament, Alex Robinson, told me in a recent conversation: “When we conceived the XCR Rifle, we knew the design was sound and […]
Converting law-abiding citizens into criminals!
2 July 19 “Voting, we might even say, is the next-to-last refuge of the politically impotent. The very last refuge is, of course, giving your opinion to a pollster, who will get a version of it through a desiccated question, and then submerge it in a Niagara of similar opinions, and convert them into, What […]
Political Violence!
30 June 19 “The most dangerous myth is the demagoguery that business can be made to pay taxes at progressively higher rates, thus ‘relieving the individual taxpayer.’ Politicians preaching this are either deliberately dishonest, or economically illiterate, and either should scare us. Only people pay taxes! People pay, as consumers, every tax imposed upon business.” […]
Kalashnikov!
29 June 19 The indestructible, ubiquitous Kalashnikov: With “Sleepy Joe” naively predicting that, as president, he’ll make “smart guns” the only kind available (even though none exist, nor have ever existed), while simultaneously causing all other guns to magically dematerialize, it none-the-less seems there is no shortfall of “regular guns” everywhere else in the world, […]
Indoor Ranges
25 June 19 Indoor Ranges “Booths” on most indoor pistol ranges are there to “organize” the range. Particularly with commercial ranges, booths separate individual shooters and allow each to shoot his own exercises, irrespective of what other shooters are doing. There is also usually a table conveniently in front of each shooter, upon which he […]
Technology and Warfare!
20 June 19 “You have to persuade enough people to buy your product, in order to get the price low enough, to persuade enough people to buy your product!” Axiom of Capitalism Western technology makes a surprise debut in Eastern Europe: The Siege of Pleven (present-day Plevna, Bulgaria), 20 July 1877 through 10 Dec 1877, […]
You’re on Your Own!
18 June 19 “Why not prepare armed police to a higher level of tactical trauma training, instead of trying to protect unarmed paramedics?” Michael Heron, CEO of Pangolin Group in the UK, in reply to criticism of the slow and timid response of paramedics to the 3 June 17 “London Bridge Attack” During this particular […]
Silent Killer!
13 June 19 “Gun-Free Zones,” the “Silent Killer” of our generation! Misrepresentation of guns and gun-owners by leftist politicians, and in liberal media articles, is rampant and acutely dishonest. Guns are always “high-powered,” “automatic,” and “high-capacity.” Small-arms ammunition is “explosive.” All guns are “assault weapons” and “preferred by criminals.” Honest gun-owners are ever “paranoid,” “unstable,” […]
Full Circle!
10 June 19 Full Circle: Self-loading military rifles had been in development in Western Civilization since before WWI! In fact, their war-winning potential had been clearly envisioned by those in the know since the invention of “smokeless” propellant by the French in the 1880s. When WWI broke-out in 1914, immediate demand by the world’s armies […]
FBI Ammunitiion Update
6 June 19 This from friends at the FBI: “You observation that the Bureau often changes its mind with regard to pistol ammunition is all too accurate! The Speer Gold Dot G2 147gr ammunition you cited in your Quip has already been superceded! Our current issue is Hornady 135gr Critical Duty +p. It is the […]
“Barrier Blind?”
5 June 19 “When you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less.” Eric Shinseki Currently, with serious pistol ammunition, 9mm is “King,” as we all know. The FBI recently selected a 147gr HP 9mm round as the “official issue-round” for their Glock pistols. Of course with the FBI, the “official issue-round” has historically never […]
9mm Ammunition for Serious Purposes
4 June 19 Ammunition performance: In PA last weekend, during a DTI Urban Rifle Course, we had the opportunity to test terminal performance of high-performance pistol ammunition on blocks of ten-percent gelatin. My long-time friend, Mike Shovel, currently sales manager for Cor-Bon, made all this possible. Mike has been in the serious ammunition business longer […]
DTI Online Course Registration
2 June 19 DTI Web Page credit-card Course Registration System is “under repair” Our Course Registration System, where you can sign-up for any of our Courses at our Web Page at defense-training.com, has been down for several days, owing to a problem, the nature of which is far beyond my Earth-bound understanding! In any event, […]
Most Difficult
30 May 19 The most difficult skill we teach! My colleagues and I struggle daily as we energetically articulate fundamental principles of our Art, from personal philosophy to selection of critical equipment. Most agree that the chief among challenging concepts we do our best to explain to our anxious students is the correct way to […]
Fed-Up!
29 May 19 At least some in Western Europe are finally fed-up, as reflected in France’s recent elections! Fast-moving French police have arrested four in connection with an explosion a week ago Friday on a street-corner in the city of Lyon , which injured thirteen. Curious that we’re seeing a definite shift in the way […]
Flying with Guns
21 May 19 “Every bit of learning is a little death. Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos.” Jordan Peterson I flew (SWA) from PDX (Portland, OR) to DEN last week, with my usual complement of gear. In my Eagle Creek roller-duffel, I have my copy of […]
Victims, by Choice!
15 May 19 “When you are not prepared to use force to defend this civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” Thomas Sowell Last Saturday, 11 May 19, two innocent, unsuspecting hikers on the VA section of the famous Appalachian Trail were approached and precipitously attacked by a knife-wielding hoodlum. One male hiker died on […]
Agendas
13 May 19 CNN’s Agenda On 7 May 19 (Tuesday), two active murderers entered a charter school in a Denver suburb and started shooting with pistols stolen from the parents of one of them. One dead. Eight wounded. Both suspects were taken into custody, apparently uninjured. In reporting the incident, CNN reporters piously wring their […]
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.
