The speed with which a trained attacker can effectively use a knife is often underestimated. Many concealed carriers and law enforcement officers hold the mistaken belief that carrying a gun protects them from a knife attack. As the video shows, this is simply not true. Be aware of your surroundings and watch the hands. https://youtu.be/9igSoJHEdUo … [Read more...]
The cause of virtually all misses is anticipation of recoil in various guises. The only way to beat anticipation? Dry Practice. It is no secret, we are big fans of dry firing around here. I am overjoyed to announce that Springfield Armory has sponsored a series of instructional videos from Rob Latham. We have posted the first one and look forward to future … [Read more...]
"How on Earth do you conceal carry in those jeans?" is the most frequent question I receive with regard to ladies' concealed carry. It also probably the most difficult question about women's CCW to answer. Because I'm that kind of woman who has to make things difficult by wanting to conceal full size +2lb pistols, I've gone through a lot of extra trial and error to find a few … [Read more...]
What Is A Drill? Drills are a method of repeating something over and over until you can't screw it up. Courses of fire are timed scenarios that are designed to test our skills and diagnose what we need to work on. If there is one thing that I have learned from my time using guns, professionally or otherwise, its that drills are important. Drills are a great way of … [Read more...]
Carrying in todays age of extremes demands more than just having a gun on your hip, practicing only with live rounds once a year and being able to shoot a gnat at a hundred miles at a static range. Today, we are challenged by extreme violence, but in a shifting form of public shootings and indiscriminant victimization with lethal intent. We must be trained, well versed in our … [Read more...]
If you have ever shot a pistol match, you have seen these guys, probably even been one of them. If you have never been to a pistol match, don't be these guys when you go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYGFDZkTWCk … [Read more...]
