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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 […]

14 Feb 25 “The easiest way to ‘solve’ a problem is to deny it exists” Isaac Asimov More Islamic terrorism, even when weak “leaders” don’t want to use that term! Yesterday, a twenty-four-year-old illegal immigrant from Afghanistan used his car to deliberately ram it, at high speed, into a crowd of pedestrians in downtown Munich, […]

9 Feb 25 The stupid neither forgive, nor forget. The naive forgive, and forget. The wise forgive, but never forget! Thomas Szasz This response to my Quip of yesterday, from a long-time Jewish friend and student: “For one, I am in agreement with your comments of yesterday. Yet, the majority in the Jewish Community (at […]

8 Feb 25 “In these times, any able-bodied person who is able to carry a gun, should do so.” Jerusalem Post Newsletter, 7 Feb 25 One “side-effect” of the highly-touted “Israeli Hostage Deal,” currently being shakily implemented, is this: As innocent Israeli hostages are finally being piecemeal repatriated, hundreds of convicted Islamic terrorists (vicious murderers) […]

5 Feb 25 “The dumbing-down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a ‘celebration of ignorance.’” Sagan “DEI” is just the advanced stage of a much greater philosophical evil: “Forced Altruism” When our culture demands that personal “righteousness” is determined by confiscation of our wealth and forced abandonment of our cultural […]

31 Jan 25 “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count. Everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” Einstein What are the chances…? On 19 Jan 25, a black bear precipitously attacked a man out for a walk near his home in PA. The victim lived through it, but this animal attack would surely […]

26 Jan 25 “There will always be mal-intentioned ‘leaders’ willing to step-up and give people what they think they want, but haven’t earned. All that is necessary is enough envious and covetous people, more concerned with things someone else has than with developing skills and knowledge someone else has that allowed them to legitimately acquire those […]

24 Jan 25 The 2025 SHOT Show is now officially over, and we’ll be headed back to CO tomorrow. Today, I visited friends at the DSA booth.  DSA makes (in America) the FAL, which they call their SA58, and have for decades. DSA’s production quality is unmatched, and they showed me today their faithful reproduction […]

23 Jan 25 2025 SHOT Show, Third day: SIMO (Safe, Integrated, Multi-mode, Operation) is a sophisticated training device, all incorporated into a electronics-filled substitute pistol magazine. I saw a demonstration this morning, and I suspect this device will be picked-up by all the major manufacturers. “Level Five” of the SHOT Show venue is the place […]

22 Jan 25 2025 Shot Show, Second Day At Shadow Systems’ booth I was introduced to their CA-compliant MR920 pistol. CA requires a “magazine safety” on all new pistols sold, plus a “tactile loaded-chamber indicator” that must be a “contrasting color” Shadow Systems has produced a fully-compliant version, submitted it for “testing,” and have since […]

21 Jan 25 2025 SHOT Show, First Day Today, I visited booths of a number of makers of serious ammunition.  Most of these manufacturers are personal friends.  Others I don’t know as well. In 9mm (9×19) Gorilla makes a 115 gr standard-pressure (non +p) high performance HP round with a solid copper bullet.  Velocity from […]

20 Jan 25 2025 NSSF SHOT Show, Range Day This morning, we watched DJT’s swearing-in ceremony, and his inspiring acceptance speech. The optimism he radiated was obvious among attendees later at Range Day, which was today! The Boulder, NV Rifle Club Range Facility was cold and blustery today, and the uncomfortable weather discouraged some from […]

14 Jan 25 “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” Wayne Dyer We’re seeing a predictable pattern with CA’s leftists and their “progressive,” woke agenda. They have carefully set the stage for this drama we’re currently witnessing. We’re seeing ecumenical systemic failure- and anarchy that inevitably follows. To […]

11 Jan 25 Good news! I’ve just been in-touch with my good friend and colleague, Pete Pi Jr, of Defiant Munitions. Defiant’s 9mm TCX 115gr +p round represents my current first choice for serious personal defensive purposes.  I have it in my carry-pistol right now! I’ve shot much gelatin with this round, along with a […]

11 Jan 25 Stupid, by Choice! “The naive believe disasters ‘bring-out the best in people’The sage know that disasters open the door to anarchy.The naive rely on ‘hope’The sage rely on preparedness” J Carr As the fire-catastrophe in CA grows worse by the hour, our Democrat governor and LA mayor do what we’ve come to […]

8 Jan 25 SKS in Canada The Soviet “Samozaryadny Karabin Sistemy Simonova,” (loosely translated: “Self-loading Carbine of the Simonov System”), is abbreviated in the West as “SKS.” Designed by Sergei Simonov in the early 1940s, over ten million SKS Rifles (chambered in 7.62×39, or “30 Soviet”) would eventually be manufactured (in the USSR, China, and […]

3 Jan 25 “DEI:” “Deceit, Exclusion, Incompetence” “DEI” is represented as a method for somehow “making-up for past crimes” perpetrated by Western Civilization, via deliberately disadvantaging (often outright excluding) Christians, Jews, heterosexuals, white people, and those with no criminal history, via strictly-enforced (quota-driven) hiring and promotional policies. DEI has been enthusiastically embraced by the BHO […]

2 Jan 25 “We had a plan; unfortunately terrorists defeated it” (Quotation from a local news reporter in New Orleans) I wonder if the foregoing will be the glaring epitaph on the grave of Western Civilization! High-speed vehicle-ramming attacks are a common tactic of Islamic terrorists in Western Europe.  Less common here, until yesterday! Vehicular […]