When it comes to weapons-related equipment, there’s an old axiom that “two is one, one is none.”
This is often applied to the carrying of guns, blades, spare magazines—and flashlights.
It is not a new idea—most good concepts are merely regurgitated versions of age-old concepts. Medieval archers in Britain carried…
Let’s see how uncomfortable we can make the readership: let’s talk about suicide.
Most folks are squeamish on this topic, which I suppose is a good thing. The act of suicide is horribly self-centered, ugly and often the permanent solution to a temporary problem. In the scores of suicides and suicide attempts I have personally…
Administrative types require reams of paperwork for classes. The Spartans had this dilemma, but they used heavy clay tablets.
Exemplar:
Spear throwing: Issuance of authorized spear, conceptual and historical perspective lecture as regards the traditional deployment of the Spartan spear. (0700-0800)
Clay tablet attendance…
When considering crisis situations, I nominate being stranded hundreds or thousands of miles from home when The Big One hits as a serious contender for top spot.
Regardless if The Big One is a major natural disaster, serious terrorist act, nationwide technological failure, or rampage by a 50-foot Nancy Pelosi, being separated from…
Over the years I’ve lost count of the hundreds of individuals who have asked me how I would set up the ideal 1911 .45 ACP. So after years of personal requests from students, my wife Brett and I have decided to build two versions of our own 1911.
These are customized pistols built by the renowned Robar Company of Phoenix, Arizona.…
Familiarity breeds contempt.
It also paradoxically breeds a fight-winning firearms mechanical manipulation foundation.
Obviously the shootist’s ability to fluidly and reflexively operate a firearm is directly proportionate to his performance in battle, but never has this been hammered home to me more than during a recent…
You’ve probably had that common nightmare where some huge structure looms overhead like doom, swinging, swaying and threatening to blot out your very existence. Then, despite your best efforts, it’s impossible to run away fast enough as things come crashing down.
At this point you wake up, sweat-soaked and a bit shaken. You roll…
Here’s the setup: A beautiful, well-dressed young woman—possibly a member of the country-club set—leaves a taxi and enters a train station. Meanwhile, the taxi driver, a young blond man, gets out and opens the vehicle’s trunk. Inside the crowded station, the young woman, now talking on a cell phone, places her large purse on a bench…
There you are, out washing the car on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
Above the noise of the kids playing and the wife humming to herself as she prunes her roses, you detect an unnatural, unfamiliar and eerie sound. Looking up from your Turtle…Read More
Professionals understand that training is a neverending quest.
They start out with initial training and follow that with sustainment training. Additional training is required as new procedures…Read More
I had heard the term “Mall Ninja,” but since I’m an infrequent visitor on Internet chat forums, I didn’t know this phenomenon had taken on a whole new life out there in cyberspace.
…Read MoreThe shot is on, so you take it—and miss.
Your spotter calls in a couple of clicks of windage correction, and you dutifully make the adjustment on your scope. A second projectile wings its…Read More
Familiarity breeds contempt.
It also paradoxically breeds a fight-winning firearms mechanical manipulation foundation.
Obviously the shootist’s ability to fluidly and reflexively operate a firearm is directly proportionate to his performance…Read More
