Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Does Your Range Training Make Bad Shooters? Things firearms instructors should be thinking about.     The Bad One — Training To Clear Double Feeds I think this is a skill set most people should be spending more time mastering.     3 Ways to Escape Zip Ties: An Illustrated Guide I recently wrote about an 85-year old woman who was restrained in a home invasion.  knowing how to defeat restraints is a useful skill set to have.  This is an informative ..read more

Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website.  You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day.  These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer.  Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle reader for your computer or phone HERE.     Here are a few free books that I think my readers might enjoy. Check these out.   One caution….   These books were free at the time I posted them. Prices change rapidly. Please check the price before you hit the ..read more

Have you ever been in a public location where someone notices your “concealed” handgun and stares at it for an uncomfortably long period of time?   Have you thought about how you might handle such a situation if you encountered it?   I was walking around a big outdoor street festival in a neighboring city last weekend.  It was a great event.  The city blocked off all the streets around the main town square.  They set up a couple of stages for musical performances.  There were dozens of food trucks, places where one could buy an adult beverage, a play area for lit ..read more

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Old Age And Cunning … The most common demographic of the people reading my blog is a male between 40 and 60 years old.  If you fit that description, take Ralph’s advice.     The state of the silencer industry For those who like quieter things.     Home Carry I have to admit that I don’t always carry a gun when I’m at home, but I usually have one within arm’s reach.     DIY Revolver Grip Modifications I had a couple students in last weekend’s ..read more

Last Sunday I taught a shotgun class.  A curious thing happened.  I snapped a quick picture and shared it on Facebook the day after the class.  Here’s what I posted:         “A thought for all you folks who prefer bird shot for self defense…   In the shotgun class I taught yesterday, a student missed the target and hit the clip holding the target to the frame. This was the result of a load of bird shot from 15 feet away. Not a single pellet penetrated a cheap binder clip.   This is not what you should be trusting for your family’s safety ..read more

Two weeks ago, I spent three days teaching and learning at the Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference in Dallas.  I’ve now taught at the last 11 Tactical conferences and my TacCon blocks are regularly some the most fun classes I teach every year.       The conference consists of three days of material taught by more than 40 different world-class instructors.  Each instructor teaches blocks lasting between two and eight hours long on a variety of tactical topics.  It’s an opportunity to get a lot of top notch training at a very reasonable price.     Al ..read more

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Adversarial Mindset: Understand Criminals and Their Motivations An absolutely stellar article from John Hearne.  While you are on the site, you might also like to read What If You’re Surrounded by Aggressive Rioters?     3 Lessons to Learn From the Death of an Armed Good Samaritan   This is an incredibly ugly incident.  If you choose to intervene in an incident like this one, you better be able to finish the job. “Here is the cold, hard truth. Unless yo ..read more

Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website.  You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day.  These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer.  Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle reader for your computer or phone HERE.     Here are a few free books that I think my readers might enjoy. Check these out.   One caution….   These books were free at the time I posted them. Prices change rapidly. Please check the price before you hit the ..read more

Written by: Greg Ellifritz   The now-deceased criminal who handcuffed the elderly homeowner   Did you see the news last week about the 85-year old woman who was handcuffed to a chair during a home invasion?  The woman covertly accessed a .357 magnum revolver and shot her assailant while still handcuffed.  Unfortunately, the attacker shot the woman as well.  The elderly homeowner remained cuffed to the chair for 10 hours before police arrived.  She lived.  Her attacker did not.     Handcuffs are somewhat unusual in home invasions, but being restra ..read more

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.   Guns for Granny – Choosing A Gun for the Elderly or Infirm Some tips to solve a problem we will all be lucky enough to face someday.     Hair Triggers Massad Ayoob discusses the pitfalls of a trigger pull weight that is too light.     Confessions Of A New Red-Dot Shooter If my eyesight worsens or the technology and mounting options improve significantly, I may reconsider; but until then I’ve decided to remain dot-free on my defensive handguns.  I have ..read more