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Garmin Forerunner 405
2009-06-12 22:18:00 Normally I am pretty “old school” when it comes to my physical conditioning training, but I have a sudden need to get back into shape in a hurry and I am pulling out all the stops. I bought one of these on the recommendation of one my marathon runner friends. This device lets you ... More About: Garmin , Forerunner
ATSA Training Scenario Archive
2009-06-11 23:29:00 Stuff from Hsoi posted an excellent link to the archives of the American Tactical Shooting Association. This is the same group that runs the National Tactical Invitational, a one-of-a-kind event that draws some of the top trainers and practitioners in country. The archives contain a number of good articles and training scenarios. More About: Training , Archive , Scenario
Guns in Restaurants and Bars
2009-06-06 00:35:00 Rustmeister has a clever business card to be dropped off at restaurants in Tennessee sporting the “No Guns ” signs. I think this is a great idea. Going one step further: make several designs with or without links to firearms organizations. If a business owner gets ten identical cards he will assume he is being spammed ... More About: Restaurants , Bars
Self Defense Scams
2009-06-02 09:00:00 I stumbled across another bad self defense article: “Women’s Self Defense Against Men” (which I am not going to link to, but I will quote from below) that is clearly written by some sort of marketing flack. I see this sort of thing published on a lot of self defense oriented spam blogs that are ... More About: Scams , Self-Defense
Paranoia
2009-05-30 01:14:00 The people who do not recognize an urgency for self-defense preparation like to throw around the word, without really knowing what it means: Suspicion and mistrust of people or their actions without evidence or justification. Truthfully, everyone accepts that a certain level of preparation is relevant and necessary, but people disagree on where the line is to ... More About: Paranoia
Stupid Gun Inventions: The Glock Fore Grip
2009-05-15 17:00:00 Even the manufacturer thinks this is a stupid idea: This grip is intended to be used on long weapons. When mounted on a glock or any other Polymer handgun, there is a risk that the grip will slide off during shooting - because of the flexibility of the handgun’s rail, so please do not mount the ... More About: Inventions , Stupid , Grip , Fore
Firearms for the physically disabled
2009-05-09 02:05:00 Since this stirred up enough controversy amongst the advocates for the disabled I figured I would address some of these issues in a separate post. The wrong gun. There are guns that are just wrong for some people. If you are smaller and/or weaker than a lot of larger guns are going to give you ... More About: Disabled , Firearms
Modern Military Combatives Programs
2009-05-08 02:15:00 Hell-in-a-handbasket has a post up about some of the modern military combatives programs, but there are a few mistakes that need some clarification. Previously military combatives systems had the primary goal of killing the enemy in close combat. The purpose for this was for things like POW Escape, sentry removal, or the rare “out of ... More About: Military , Programs , Modern
Stupid Gun Inventions: The Glock Charging Handle
2009-05-07 22:37:00 I do not see any point to this at all. More About: Inventions , Stupid , Charging , Handle
Military use of Less-lethal weapons
2009-05-03 01:05:00 Hell-in-a-handbasket has a post up about the military use of less lethal weapons. Throughout most of history military weapons development has tried to make them more lethal. Changes to the rules of engagement and media coverage have driven the development of this. More About: Military , Weapons
Mental Conditioning for Self Defense
2009-04-27 17:00:00 The term 'Mindset' gets thrown around a lot in the self-defense and training community, and a lot of people don't really understand it or articulate it well. Many of the "Survivor Mindset" and "Warrior Mindset" proponents talk about mental attributes as if they were bolt-on parts and once fully kitted out you will be ready. I would argue that it is a little more complicated than that. More About: Mental , Defense , Conditioning , Self-Defense
Handgun Retention
2009-04-23 18:00:00 Much of the argument that people will be disarmed of their weapons and have those weapons used against them stems from a long history of police officers being shot with their own firearms. To combat this problem law enforcement has adopted various handgun retention systems. More About: Retention
Verbal Commands
2009-04-22 18:00:00 Verbal commands are frequently an under utilized self-defense tool. Verbal commands can be applied early, without liability, and throughout the encounter in conjunction with other levels of force. You can issue verbal commands while simultaneously applying strikes, pepper spray, or gun fire. More About: Commands
Training, Practice, and Testing
2009-04-20 18:00:00 A comparison between training, practicing, and testing. More About: Training , Testing , Practice
Armed Students
2009-04-14 08:12:00 Snowflakes in hell has some analysis of the 20/20 piece "If I only had a gun" More About: Students , Armed
Stupid Gun Inventions: The Small Of the Back Holster
2009-04-09 23:07:00 This is least concealable, least comfortable, least retainable, and one of the most unsafe holster designs ever. More About: Inventions , Stupid , Small , Back
Real Self Defense for Women
2009-04-03 01:17:00 I have been reading quite a bit lately about women's self defense. For some reason this quickly turns into a gender politics debate and some kind of vehicle for feminist ideology. I thought that any discussion of self defense would revolve around protecting oneself and the people that one cared about. More About: Women , For Women , Defense , Real , Self-Defense
Real Community Policing
2009-03-25 01:28:00 I was having a discussion the other day with Mostly Genius regarding the controversial statements made by Brian Stratton, the Mayor of Schenectady, New York, and that led to a more general discussion of how to fix a lot of the problems regarding law enforcement in the US today. The solutions proposed by the Mayor ... More About: Community , Real
Use of Force
2009-03-20 21:55:00 The use of force chart is useful for private citizens to understand how the police (and the courts) tend to view a particular tool or technique. I make a lot of references to the use of force and forgot I hadn’t posted this graphic. There are a few inconsistencies: the order of pepper spray, taser, ... More About: Force
Stupid Self Defense Gadget: The Bottle Bezel
2009-03-14 17:00:00 This is replacement cap for your disposable water bottle. From the website: Why not use it to defend yourself? The Bottle Bezel has a checkered, “tenderizer” top surface, with 6 serrated, trapezoid petals that surround it. It can be used 4 standard ways, regular grip, inverted grip, gouging mode, or as a weighted flail with ... More About: Gadget , Stupid , Defense , Self-Defense
The 870 Police Shotgun
2009-03-04 00:19:00 I am not a fan of shotguns and I don’t think they are the ultimate home defense gun. Somebody asked in another venue about the difference between the 870 Express and the 870 police. Both guns are parts compatible but the 870 Police is marginally the better gun: Parts: Longer magazine spring to improve feed & function. Heavier ... More About: Shotgun
Three Battles
2009-03-02 18:00:00 It is important for students of self defense to recognize that there are three battles that need to be won in order to be successful, and in fact loosing any one the battles is loosing the “war.” The Physical Battle. This is the one that gets the most attention. All of the shooting, striking, grappling, ... More About: Battles
Get a gun and? hope.
2009-02-28 20:40:00 No sooner do I write this post and then I read this: My New Gun. This is precisely what I was talking about. Being afraid and having a gun is better than being afraid and not having one, but it’s not that much better. The noise in the indoor range was frightening, even though I ... More About: Hope
Get a gun? and
2009-02-27 19:37:00 The common response to some crime incident or self-defense item of news is that somebody should get a gun. I am all in favor of guns, the 2nd Amendment, concealed carry, and the like but it is not “THE” solution. A handgun solves a subset of self-defense problems: given an identified deadly force threat a ...
Broken Windows theory of policing
2009-02-23 18:09:00 Breakthrough on broken windows I remain unconvinced that “disorder” is a cause of crime. It seems to me that the increased police presence and attention to particular high crime areas are probably the main factors in the reduction in calls to the police. If the criminals see an increased police presence in an area I am ... More About: Windows , Theory , Broken
The Mugger?s Wallet
2009-02-20 17:26:00 The Mugger’s Wallet I don’t know that the “fake wallet” strategy is really all the new or innovative, but I do find the comments interesting. It seems that most of the people are operating on some internally generated fantasy of what a mugging might look like. These fall into a few broad groups: The Hippies:“…so you’d rather ...
Back again
2009-02-16 20:24:00 Sorry for the lack of posting, I have been out of the country for a while. Hopefully I will have some new content up in a few days. More About: Back
Eye Dominance and Shooting with both eyes open
2008-11-15 01:00:00 No related posts. More About: Eyes , Open , Shooting , Eyes Open
Tax-free shopping for guns!
2008-11-14 13:30:00 You don't see this every day. A state legislature suspends the sales tax on firearms for 24 hours and had to override the gov. veto to do it. Way to go. Source: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business /story/669484.html Related posts:Fearmongering. Gun sales do not have a correlation to "intentional mayhem" or "bio-chemical assaults." I understand you need to pimp your product, but ... Related posts:Fearmongering. Gun sales do not have a correlation to "intentional mayhem" or "bio-chemical assaults." I understand you need to pimp your product, but try linking it to a real threat. Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Pos t-Election-Skyrocketing-Gun-Sales/story.a spx?guid=%7B663D209F-B6C2-4DA9-B178-A31AF 012C432%7D...D.C. Police Use E-Mail, Text Message Alerts to Combat Crime So they can issue an SMS description of the criminal hours after the crime and citizens can call in. This sounds good until you think about the short length of... More About: News , Shopping , Guns , Free
Rush to buy guns senseless action
More articles from this author:2008-11-14 13:30:00 The author is "amazed" that people think Obama will attack the 2nd Amendment. Then goes on to say that Obama wants to just get rid of Assault Weapons. Doesn't that sound like a gun ban? Here is the best bit: "…don't go out and stock your homes with arsenals and your hearts with hate." Now having guns ... Related posts:AHSA Shills for gun control again Nothing to see here really, simply the same old nonsense regurgitated. Lets makes things harder for people who follow the law while doing nothing to hinder the criminals. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-rosent hal/what-president-obama-can_b_142783.htm l... More About: News , Guns , Action , Senseless , Rush 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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