“Safety!”
1 May 17 “At least once, everyone should have to run for his life, so he will know and understand that eggs don’t come from stores, that safety does not come from police, and that ‘news’ is not something that happens to other people.” Robert Heinlein A “success story,” from a student on the East […]
Readiness Follow-up
28 Apr 17 More on “Readiness” In making the point about the importance of personal readiness in my last Quip, I didn’t intend to convey the impression that I teach students, during an emergency, to carefully adjust sights, stocks and slings, nor to sling-up, all prior to putting effective fire on threat(s)! When the rifle […]
Readiness!
27 Apr 17 “Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!” First heard (by me) in Marine Corps OCS, Quantico, VA, 1967. The definition of “security” is: “Whatever you have with you at the moment, and how smoothly and incisively you can put it all into action it to make things […]
Guns are Dangerous!
26 Apr 17 “Unlikely” doesn’t translate to “Impossible!” From a friend and colleague: ‘Last week on our outdoor range, while setting-up a pistol (G19) for a stoppage-reduction drill, it unexpectedly discharged when the instructor released the slide. No fingers anywhere near the trigger. Of course, this pistol was pointed down-range. The cartridge case in question […]
Security Theater!
26 Apr 17 Still unarmed! What will it take? This from a friend attending a graduation at one of our big military bases last week: “When arriving on base entry gate, no one checked my ID, nor IDs of people accompanying me. Uniformed Army gate-guards had no rifles slung, nor side-arms. The only visibly armed […]
Pseudo-Piety
20 Apr 17 “Pacifism is merely cowardice, masquerading as ‘piety’” Anon Paranoid grass-eaters really don’t trust anyone! These comments from a friend who is a federal special agent: “Just returned from DC. Nearly every government facility in DC, and many private facilities as well, have ‘walk-through’ magnetometers at entrances. ‘Security,’ more correctly ‘security theater,’is big […]
Is Anyone Really Surprised?
19 Apr 17 “The goal of Socialism is Communism.” Vladimir Ulyanov (Vladimir Lenin) “Gun Control,” Down South: Five years ago, shortly after he took power in Venezuela, self-proclaimed Socialist, Nicolas Maduro, precipitously outlawed all private ownership of guns, as well as transfers of guns. All privately-owned guns were to be immediately “turned-in.” Few were! Shouting, […]
Terrorism Du Jour!
18 Apr 17 “My fathers were Warriors. Their son is a Warrior. From them, I take my only existence.” Tecumseh Here we ago again! Today, yet another radical Islamic spree killer, yelling “Allahu Akbar,” goes on yet another murdering rampage in gun-hating, liberal CA. He was finally tackled to the ground and taken into custody, […]
Sniper
17 Apr 17 “Your body won’t go where your mind has never been” Training Axiom Sharpshooters and Snipers: The American Revolutionary War pitted Colonial frontiersmen against British Regulars. “Regulars” in all armies of the day were issued smooth-bore muskets. Projectiles were round balls, not very accurate (at least by today’s standards), but reloading was much […]
Embarrassing!
13 Apr 17 Embarrassing Truth! Since the fatal attack outside the British Parliament two weeks ago, visibly armed police are now posted at every entrance. An embarrassingly quiet “policy change” that came too late for Keith Palmer! The real reason Officer Keith Palmer, unarmed at the time, was murdered by a knife-wielding Islamic terrorist? A […]
Canik TP9SF/Elite
10 Apr 17 Canik TP9SF/Elite I’ve been carrying my copy of the Canik TP9SF/Elite pistol (imported by Century Arms) for several months. I’ve used it to demonstrate techniques at a number of Courses, and my Instructors and students have shot it extensively, with all kinds of ammunition. Frankly, there is little not to like. No […]
Bullet Migration in 9mm Revolvers
4 Apr 17 “Bullet-jump” with light-weight revolvers, particularly those chambered for 9mm: Last weekend, during a Defensive Handgun Course, a student brought a Ruger five-shot revolver, chambered in 9mm. During an exercise, shooting factory 115gr hardball from a well-known and reputable manufacturer, a bullet jumped forward far enough to protrude from the face of the […]
New TSA Regs?
31 Mar 17 New TSA Baggage Regulation? I’m flying out of DEN this morning on SW. In my checked baggage, I have my usual complement of my M4 and two pistols, with fully-charged magazines for all. I have been hearing from students that, upon checking baggage, airlines now wrap all checked luggage containing guns with […]
The First Five Seconds!
27 Mar 17 “History is never erased, nor forgotten. ‘Regret’ is merely wishing things were different, absent a willingness to act in order to cause a change. By contrast, ‘repentance’ is a sincere admission that you’re going the wrong way, combined with a personal resolve to change direction. ‘Regret’ is a useless emotion that requires […]
DTI TTGSW now on-line
26 Mar 17 DTI TTGSW now available on-line! I’ve decided to make our TTGSW Course (Tactical Treatment of Gunshot Wounds) accessible to more people than just those who are able to attend in person. So, we’ve put-together an on-line, video version of this Course. It is not exactly the same as being there, but there […]
Most Dangerous!
25 Mar 17 Most Dangerous Places: Right now, I don’t recommend offshore travel, particularly recreational travel, for most Americans. You can experience all the “quality time” you can handle at any number of vacation destinations within CONUS, while exposing yourself to far less risk than will be the case offshore. But, some places are more […]
ILEETA, 2017
24 Mar 17 ILEETA Conference 2017, St Louis, MO Our annual Conference is over tomorrow. You’ll never find a better group of police trainers than at ILEETA. These men and women are dedicated processionals, doing our best to train our officers to (1) live through their next decade of service and to (2) get out […]
ILEETA, 2017
21 Mar 17 ILEETA, St Louis, MO, 2017 We’re into the second day of our wonderful 2017 ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association), this year in St Louis, MO The vendor area opened today, and I got a chance to see some new stuff: Action Target is making a ten-pound, gas-operated, hit-sensitive, programmable […]
“Polite Scoiety” 2017
19 Mar 19 “Polite Society” Tactical Conference, 2017, Little Rock, AR Tom Givens’ now-famous annual “Polite Society” Tactical Conference just concluded. This year, it was in Little Rock, AR at a little-known, but expansive, military training facility I didn’t even know was there! Over 350 attendees this year, nearly all experienced Operators looking to expand, […]
Operation Tiger, April 1944
15 Mar 17 Our “Unarmed” Forces! “Operation Tiger” was a code-name given to a large pre-D-Day “dress-rehearsal,” which took place near Slapton Sands, Devon on the south coast of England in April of 1944. It turned into a disastrous tragedy, where nearly one thousand troopers were killed, mostly Americans, via friendly fire and gumptious enemy […]
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.
