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...
Two Things You Should Never Say to the Police After a Shooting
You've shot someone. You didn't want to. You had to. It may not have been a perfect shoot. You don't know; you've got too much adrenalin in your system. You can't think straight. You...
Just Give Him the Money: Video of “Jesus Saves” Phone Store Robbery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVo6e-clO20&feature=player_embedded
I reckon if someone points a gun at you before you get a chance to avoid, escape or attack him, do what he says until you can escape or attack him (using lethal force...
Question of the Day: How Many Home Invasions are Drug-Related?
"A man and his girlfriend were on their front porch about 3:30 a.m. on in the 500 block of 8th St. N," tampabay.com reports. "Three men in ski masks and gloves approached. One had...
Gun Review: Springfield XD-M 3.8 9mm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqxGIGivDII
My mother has a "shit list." You do NOT want to be on my mother's shit list. She can make Devil's Island seem like the Ritz Carlton. And once you're on my mother's shit...
The Yin and Yang of Home Defense
For those of you who's only exposure to Eastern philosophy came from watching David Carradine just prior to reluctantly opening up a can of Oriental whoop-ass on some miscreant in Kung Fu, "yin" (阴)...
How Many Bullets Do You Need in Your Home Defense Handgun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilvAd5gKyM
A handgun is not a shotgun. A handgun doesn't fire as much lead as a shotgun. A handgun is harder to aim than a shotgun. Provided the shotgun in question is loaded with double...
Stephen Jackson Home Invasion – The Mistakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHSguZbGK0w
The LA Times reports that three robbers invaders Charlotte Bobcats basketball player Stephen Jackson's crib at 7am Wednesday morning. The masked men held Jackson's wife Renata at gunpoint. At some point, they locked her in a bathroom...