âUse Enough Gunâ
25 Apr 12 âUse Enough Gunâ The title of a book by famed Washington Socialite and African big-game hunter, Robert Ruark, first published in 1952. Ruark died in London in 1965. Yesterday, two courageous NYPD patrol officers were involved in a protracted gun battle with a single felony suspect in Harlem (30th Precinct). Suspect was […]
Open Carry
24 Apr 12 Just got a note from an LEO friend in WY. In uniform, and on normal patrol yesterday, he was enjoying lunch at a local cafĂ©. While there, several IPSC competitors, openly armed with holstered pistols (condition not known), also walked in for lunch. There was apparently a pistol match going on nearby. […]
Concealed Carry
23 Apr 12 Since WIâs concealed-carry law was signed by Gov Walker last year, it was estimated that 125,000 applications would be approved the first year. That number has almost been reached, and it has only been six months! Leftists, with the all-too-willing complicity of the media, naturally predicted a sharp increase in violent crime. […]
SIGâs âE2″ Grip
21 Apr 12 Friends at SIG have just upgraded my SIG/229/DAK (40S&W), installing their new, one-piece âE2″ Grip. No more grip-screws! The four screws that heretofore secured grip-panels to SIG pistols (and that had the annoying habit of backing-out, coming loose, falling-out, and subsequently getting lost) have been eliminated. The E2 grip is screwless! The […]
Marksman System Video Simulator
18 Apr 12 Many have asked how to find the Marksman System Video Simulator Web Page. It is at imarksman.com I did a live-fire Patrol Rifle Instructor’s Program this afternoon, under the auspices of ILEETA, at the wonderful Lake County SO Range in Russell, IL, near the WI State Line. We had an overflow crowd, […]
ILEETA, 2012
17 Apr 12 Vicki and I are currently attending the 2012 ILEETA (International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association) Conference at a Chicago suburb. We do our best to attend every year! Today, I toured the vendor/display area. Items of note: S&W was conspicuous by their absence! We all wanted to handle their new single-column […]
Concealment
12 Apr 12 There are three levels of concealment: Casual, Rigorous, and Total. A pistol in a waistband holster, covered by an outer-garment, is an example of âcasualâ concealment, and that, or something similar, is the preference of most of us who carry daily. However, with the current spike of interest in personal-protection pistols, many, […]
Ammunition shortage, once more!
9 Apr 12 âGod ordered motion, but ordained no rest.â Vaughn Weâre in a pivotal election year, and the level of national unease and nervousness is even higher than it was four years ago (and campaigning is just getting started)! Intensity will increase, right up to the national election, and probably beyond. Between now and […]
User-Level Pistol Maintenance
5 Apr 12 Reputable pistol manufactures all recommend, at the user-level, regular field-stripping, cleaning/lubricating, and inspection of parts for excessive wear and breakage. However, the only part all manufacturers suggest be regularly replaced, regardless of outward appearance, is the recoil spring (or spring-assembly). Most say recoil-springs need replacing at 3,500 rounds. On Gen4 pistols, Glock […]
Little Parts
3 Apr 12 At a Pistol Course two weeks ago, a student on the firing-line indicated that he was having problems with his G17. I asked him to holster the pistol and step off the line. Normally, in this circumstance, students are expected to instantly transition to backup pistols and then finish the exercise. However, […]
Political content
31 Mar 12 In my Classes I do my best not to include political, nor religious, persuasive content. I surely have strong opinions in both categories, but that is not what my students come to me to hear about. I welcome to my classes all good and decent people, and I have serious students from […]
Revolt in IL! This from a friend in Chicago
30 Mar 12 âNearly everyone outside Cook County, and most inside Cook County, are unhappy with Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and his radical liberal/leftist political machine, particularly his anti-gun agenda. Now, some audacious souls are actually stepping off the âPlantation!â Downstate Democrats are breaking with the Chicago political machine and siding with concealed-carry advocates on the […]
Pump-shotgun over-bite
28 Mar 12 At a Defensive Shotgun Course last weekend, a student brought a Mossberg 590. The factory forend had been replaced with an after-market one that featured rails on all three sides. To the bottom rail, the student had attached a vertical forend. The gun ran fine, but the vertical forend broke-off within fifty […]
The Balloon Corps!
27 Mar 12 Then President Lincoln counted on two factors in his unshakable commitment to winning the Civil War and reuniting the Union: (1) superiority in numbers, and (2) technology. He had, at the beginning, badly underestimated Confederate resolve, as had nearly everyone else. Now, his goal was to bring to War to a successful […]
Comments on gun-accidents, from a friend and colleague
26 Mar 12 Comments on gun-accidents, from a friend and colleague: âPeople of otherwise-normal intelligence consistently fail to recognize that guns are symbolizations of power, but not magic charms. They’re just an extension of whomever holds them, powerless to initiate any act by themselves. Many thus look upon guns as a useful mediator, but miss […]
Gun Accidents
22 Mar 12 An injury-accident occurred in TX earlier this week, within a county whose sheriffâs department weâve worked with on several occasions. On company property, a warehouse worker was carelessly showing a newly-purchased Taurus 1911 (45ACP) Pistol to another worker. As the result of a subsequent ND, a single bullet (WW SXT) passed through […]
Home Security
19 Mar 12 In Denver, CO there have recently been a series of sexual assaults upon women. Attacks have taken place within the victimâs own dwelling, mostly during late evening. Police believe a single individual is responsible. Of great concern to us is that all attacks share one common motif: Doors where the suspect made […]
Concealed Carry Options for Women
15 Mar 12 Concealed Carry Options for Women: Our female colleagues experience more formidable challenges when selecting concealed-carry options than do most men. A âloose,â even âbaggyâ look is of scant concern to many men, so getting a concealed, full-sized pistol onto their waistband, in a holster (external or IWB), under a vest or similar […]
Comments from a reconstructive investigator and friend
14 Mar 12 Comments from a reconstructive investigator and friend: âMy work in reconstructing domestic shooting (non-accident) events has lead me to these conclusions: 1) VCAs (Violent Criminal Actors) who ply their trade with the expectation of encountering a significant âfightâ represent a minuscule minority. The vast majority are simply looking for an easy score […]
Two-Tone NP3!
9 Mar 12 While pig-hunting late one afternoon last fall with her M1 Carbine, one of Vickiâs shots was delayed, because the sun, directly behind her, glared off her Carbineâs op-rod and bolt-handle, obscuring her rear sight. Not thus being able to see her rear peep, she moved her head around in a frantic attempt […]
