How to Scan After a Shooting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1IQUJEww1M
Holy back in the battle Batman! Whitney Rushton changes magazines like Angelina Jolie changes diapers. Well, would if she didn't have one Nanny per child. Anyway, nice work. Only Rushton's scanning technique puts the...
11-Year-Old Girl Spooks 3 Burglars with a Pink Gun. Or Not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj65nUv8xXQ
Stories like this get my journalistic hackles up. The mainstream media is so quick to jump on the "brave little girl locked and loaded against home invaders" angle that they neglect to do anything...
Hi-Point .45 ACP Carbine: Are Handgun Caliber Rifles the New Home Defense Shotgun?
Capt. John Raguso keeps threatening to send us a review of Kel Tec's smokin' SUB-2000 9mm carbine. Today, Hi-Point Carbines drops the news that their long awaited .45 ACP rifle is ready to rock...
Roy Hill to SIG SAUER: Please Send Copperhead. (Gun, Not Snake)
SIG SAUER recently announced a couple of special editions of their P238 pistol: the P238 Liberty and the P238 Copperhead. When I saw the Copperhead, I immediately told my wife I'd found my next Christmas...
Is it Time to Replace the Cooper Color Codes?
Gun guru Jeff Cooper's "Gunsite Color Code" describes four states of preparedness. White (unaware and unprepared), yellow (relaxed alert), orange (specific alert) and red (time to cap yo' ass). "There is a problem in...
Practical Firearms Training at PFT – Pt. 4 – Hiding
Back in May, I took several force-on-force classes at Practical Firearms Training in West Virginia. The instruction included "live fire" with Airsoft and paintball guns and simunitions. In Part Three, I attempted to clear a...
Crimson Trace – The Art of Survival?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex0BVDtj5KQ
I've got two main problems with laser sights. First, they're a point of eye fixation. During a high stress event, you get tunnel vision. If you've trained with a laser sight, there's a real...
First, Get Your Attacker to Place the Muzzle on Your Forehead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYBov-KowMc
How Not to Draw A Gun From A Holster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqsQ4t5CXAo
You'll need to be quick on the play/pause button to see all this, but hows88 makes ten mission critical mistakes. The key takeaway: in the heat of battle, your best draw will become your worst...
Open Carry. Concealed Carry. What About Home Carry?
I understand the open carry movement: desensitize non-gun owners to guns so that they accept Americans' right to bear arms. I get the concealed carry movement: remove the most "unreasonable" restriction on gun ownership...