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13 Apr 25 What represents a perceived “threat?” “A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.” Jose Bergamin On Tuesday of last week, LAPD officers were involved in a high-speed vehicular chase of at least two suspects who had been involved in a […]

9 Apr 25 “At the moment of victory, tighten your helmet.” Tokugawa Ieyasu “Zanshin” is a Japanese word that loosely translates, “remaining mind” Modern Operators use it to describe “maintenance of caution/guard,” particularly at the threshold when the fight appears to have reached its conclusion. Immediately approaching a defeated/injured VCA, even for the purpose of […]

8 Apr 25 HOWs “HOW” stands for “House of Worship,” and the term applies to all churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. Like many of my colleagues, I’ve been training HOW security officers and teams in recent years, as violent crime within HOWs is on the increase, particularly when worshipers are congregated in and/or near the physical […]

3 Apr 25 “Without warning, the axe can fall on any neck, absent regard for ‘justice’” James Agee Here it comes! In February of this year, corrections officers at Collins Correctional Facility in NY went on strike. They were quickly joined by corrections officers statewide (at what few state prisons that, like Collins, have survived […]

1 Apr 25 “Light-bulbs did not result from intense efforts to perfect the candle” Anon Bear-attacks, and other homicides! The term “Gaslighting” has been coined to describe ongoing pathological abuse of a person (or an entire population), by leftists and leftist governments, perniciously intended to deceive victim(s) into suspending reality and questioning the validity of […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

25 Feb 25 “The instant we start thinking about the outcome, we lose focus on the process. Focus on the process, each step in correct sequence, always in the present tense. The outcome will take care of itself.” Jamie Gray When we make the hard decision to shoot a violent criminal as an act of […]

24 Feb 25 Video Update My series of videos on “Tactical Treatment of Gunshot Wounds” is now accessible from the DTI Web Page (along with all of my other videos/interviews) at our DTI Web Page: defense-training.com Go to Videos, then Archive There is no charge Quips, dating from 1998, are also all available DTI on-line […]

22 Feb 25 “It makes no difference what men think of war. War endures.  War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade, awaiting its ultimate practitioner.” Cormac McCarthy Yesterday, an innocent Spanish tourist in Berlin, Germany was precipitously attacked and murdered by a nineteen-year-old, knife-wielding Islamic (Syrian) illegal-alien “asylum […]

21 Feb 25 “‘Innovation’ is the ability to see change as an opportunity – not a threat” Steve Jobs Some Pistol History: At the beginning of the 1900s, both Colt in the USA and FN in Belgium enjoyed a close association with prolific American gun-designer, John M Browning (who died in 1926), and both produced […]

20 Feb 25 New Host! Godaddy has succeeded in annoying me for the last time! We’ve thus moved to a new host for our DTI Web Page, defense-training.com, also dtiwomen.com All my videos are now available directly at: defense-training.net/index.html There is a link on the DTI Web Page On-line DTI Course registration is working normally, […]

15 Feb 25“Without adventure, civilization decays. Yet, adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never did reach China!” Alfred North Whitehead DJT’s Agenda: Since DJT is doing such a wonderful job of shaking-up our hopelessly ossified/bloated Federal System, including our military services (aka: “The Swamp”), here is yet another “radical” suggestion: Many times, I’ve editorialized […]