It Is Always On. It Has Some Of The Most Highly Advanced Sensors On The Planet. It Is Highly Intelligent And Adaptive It Will Not Fail You Even If You Fail It. Can You Guess What It Is? I’m talking about dogs, of course. But not the warm, cuddly, lovable house pets from your local [...]
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Should He Have Shot this Homeless Man?
A close friend of mine is a police officer who recently took a second job as a security guard to earn extra money. He works for a large department store and last week was his very first day on the job. After his first shift he called me and said, “you’re never going to believe [...]
Do You have a Personal Safety Plan?
I was recently talking to a fellow shooter and he told me what he thought of a recent shooting that resulted in a murder locally. He thought the victim should have practicing their ABC’s and this may have ended differently. I was surprised by this and asked what the heck the alphabet had to do [...]
Inadequate Words for September 11th
I’ve been sitting here for the last 30 minutes trying to write about September 11 th. But it’s one of those rare topics where words will not do it justice. Like me, you know doubt remember exactly what you were doing when the planes hit the towers that day. And you probably frantically called loved [...]
Learning from the NYPD Shooting
You’ve probably heard about the shooting that took place on August 24, 2012 in New York City. In short, a former employee killed his co-worker and was then killed by two New York City Police Officers. One officer fired his gun 7 times and the other officer fired his gun 9 times. During this hail [...]
2 Drills for the Advanced Gun Fighter
This past Saturday I taught one of my Advanced Defensive Pistol courses. I had a really great group of students – one of those special classes – special in a good way, not in a bad way, if you know what I mean. I can truthfully say there isn’t a person who attended the class [...]
Fend for Yourself?
It seems that all too often these days’ cities are going bankrupt. In some cases, and to alleviate the pressure of bankruptcy, cities and small towns are cutting back budgets for public safety. Police and Fire Departments enduring the most of the cuts. Naturally, the citizens of these cities and towns are having massive whine [...]
Quick Draw vs. Slow Draw
Today’s article is actually being written for my father-in-law, but I thought you’d find it interesting. Let me explain: My father-in-law is a computer wizard. All I can really tell you is that he builds super computers for Oracle, and after about the first 30 seconds of explaining his job to me I had no [...]
When do Home Invasions Occur?
Do you know what time of day the majority of home invasions occur? Well, it isn’t during the night when you’re home asleep. Instead, most home invasions occur during the day while people are at work. I bring this up because this morning I got a call from my brother who lives in Salt Lake [...]
What’s In Your Holster?
Every citizen who chooses to carry a firearm for self-defense should have the right tools for the job. The concealed carry handgun is no different than choosing the right tool for the right job. When making the decision to purchase that handgun for self defense remember the accessories and training that go along with the [...]
Snake Charmers and Guns
Last week, the Washington Post ran an article about a serpent-handling pastor who died of a snakebite. The pastor, Mack Wolford, believed that Christians were supposed to handle poisonous snakes to test their faith in God. And if, by chance, they were bitten by one of the snakes, they trusted in God that he would [...]
Defending Against Attacking Animals
The numbers of news stories about people who have been attacked by wild and domestic animals are very shocking. I also noted instances in these stories where people have defended themselves with their concealed carry pistols. While I was reading the news articles on animal attacks; I started thinking most people who learn to use [...]
