Sometimes It’s OK to Bring A Spatula to a Gun Fight
A great many gun owners suffer from what I call totemgunopia (totem + gun + myopia). OK, I just made that up. But I've met plenty of gun guys and gals who've come to...
Four Things You Need Before Buying a Home Defense Handgun
The rabbi likes to start aspiring handgun owners on their ballistic journey with a simple question: could you kill another human being? With all due respect, I think that's a profoundly silly question. Unless...
What is The Adnarim Statement?
If there's one thing I hate more than Fox News' Uncle Unctuous (a.k.a. Bill O'Reilly) it's their constant cliff-hangers. "Wait 'til you hear who's got a sniper rifle aimed at your head." Here's another one re:...
Three Things You Should Teach Your Children About Guns
1. Never point a gun at someone---unless you need to kill them. This rule stops your child from shooting anyone who doesn't need shooting. Which is just as well, given how litigious American society...
What to Do If Someone’s Holding A Gun To Your Head. Or Not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5PS6uKr9BA
Hand combat skills are the foundation of any armed self-defense. In many maybe even most violent situations, you won't able to get to your weapon. If you don't know how to defend, deflect and...
Fifteen Seconds (AKA: Friday Night Weapon Lights)
About two hours past the "dead of night," my home security plan underwent a thorough, objective, and absolutely convincing practical evaluation. I was awoken from a dead sleep by the proverbial 'bump in the...
How Not To Freak Out in A Gunfight, Part Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5UdDalasKk
In Part One of this series, I highlighted the importance of breathing slowly in a gunfight. Over-oxygenating your blood shuts down your higher brain functions and creates an adrenalin loop that limits your fine...
How to Draw, Shoot and Reload with an Injured Gun Hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaEPQ_tZbiA
This is not the way to draw, shoot and reload a semi-automatic handgun with an injured gun hand. It's a way. If your holster is further around on your body, you'll need to reach...
Armed Self-Defense: Avoid, Escape, Defend, Attack or . . . Pray
According to the official Wauwatosa, WI police report: " man was walking when a light blue Chevrolet drove by him with its lights off. The driver then turned the headlights on. A teen got out...
Question of the Day: Why Would You Pocket an Empty(ish) Magazine?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHr248LPuY
Seriously. Wouldn't it better to drop it like it's hot? Or do you really need to hang onto that unknown number of "extra" bullets for another tactical reload? Remembering that most shooters in a...
Next Time, Let Someone Else Load Your Snap Caps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDYvTiQH0SY
Mark LeClair [Not Shown]: Don’t Shoot for Center Mass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvq9f5HDqOQ
No, Mr. LeClair isn't warning high school students in central Massachusetts not to join their local rifle team. The main man at smartweaponstactics.com's suggesting that those of us trained to aim for the center of someone...