Guns Save Life Offers Free Firearms Class for Illinois Educators
For the second year in a row, Guns Save Life has organized a free gun safety class for those working in education. GSL Defense Training provides the instructors and coursework while the DeWitt County...
Personal Defense Training Review: Alive Combatives’ Dirt and Steel Course
I’ve reviewed a small number of training courses for TTAG here and there. I’ve been very blessed in the fact that I’ve somehow lucked into, been referred to, or found high quality trainers for...
Why Having a Carry Gun Rotation Is a Bad Idea
By Sal D.
I only carry one of two guns: either the ever-popular GLOCK 19, or a Ruger LCR snub nose revolver. Most often it’s the GLOCK 19. When I need deeper concealment that the G19...
Keeping it Real: When Concealed Carry Training Jumps the Shark
Reader ST writes . . .
Let me begin by apologizing to all the firearm instructors out there who are of good repute and understand the realities of civilian concealed carry. As you've probably determined by...
Proper Pistol Grip – Use This Thumbs Forward Exercise
By Jason Steiner
Here’s a quick exercise for making sure you get a good thumbs-forward grip on you semi-auto pistol. This grip offers a great deal of control (and therefore accuracy), which explains why it’s the...
Real World Personal Defense Lesson: Hesitation Can Be Fatal For Good Guys
A Marine Corps veteran's trial -- and ultimate acquittal -- for shooting an 'unarmed' attacker in Champaign, Illinois relied heavily on proving how hesitation can prove fatal for good guys with guns. Indeed, moments before...
Legally Armed in Detroit’s Rick Ector Aims at Training 900 Women to Shoot in...
Rick Ector, through his firearms training operation Legally Armed in Detroit, has been putting on annual one-day training extravaganzas for years, providing free gun safety and shooting classes to hundreds of southeast Michigan women. All...
7 Tips To Improve Your Rifle Shooting Accuracy
Is your rifle's accuracy not what you'd hoped it would be? Well, there are a few things that can improve it. However, there's a good chance things like upgrading your scope, adding a match-grade...
Study of Wounds in Civilian Mass Shooting Fatalities: Few Who Die Could Have Been...
The EMS MEd blog is the mouthpiece of the National Association of EMS Physicians and, as you'd expect, features a lot of content on complex medical topics. One post I could actually understand, however,...
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms: No Training (or Assembly) Required
By Phydeaux
I was asked recently, what with a record number of firearms in civilian hands, if I thought gun owners should be required to have a minimal amount of training. After immediately replying "no,"...
OnVirtus Offering Online Firearms Education Taught by Top Professionals
You don't need to wade through all the YouTube chaff any more looking for a few grains of wheat in search of worthwhile shooting lessons and tips. And getting access to learn from the...
Range Day Tip: Save Time Reloading by Using Stripper Clips
Every time I go to the range I see the exact same thing going on. Shooters spending somewhere near 70% of their time feeding magazines and only about 30% of their time actually pulling...