Self-Defense Tip: Have A Destination in Mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIf2mUG7GOA
When it comes to staying alive during a defensive gun use, you must master two basic manuevers: moving and shooting. There are a number of situation specific variations on the theme. Shoot and move....
What’s Wrong With This Picture: Disruptive Environments Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq9suWD811k
I consider the entire world a disruptive environment. I'm OK with that. As the Talking Heads pointed out, heaven is a place where nothing ever happens. As the touchy-feely T-shirt says (or would, if...
Question of the Day: Is A Training Requirement An Undue Burden?
Firearm owners as a group tend to shoot themselves in the foot (mostly metaphorically) now and then. TTAG's IGOTD winners are a testament to that. We'd offer the gun control crowd considerably less fodder...
Explosive Materials Background Check Act Revealed
We've reported on Frank Lautenberg's knee-jerk Explosive Materials Background Check Act before, but now that the full text has been released people have begun to parse out exactly how bad this thing is. Unfortunately,...
Ask Foghorn: Medical Kits for the Firing Range
Yesterday I talked about a med kit that's being offered for sale that isn't up to my standards. What followed in the comments was a pretty good conversation about the benefits of clotting agents,...
Locals Limit Pittsburgh Police Night Training
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQCLoGJYZM
GMan writes:
The local MSM ran a story on the police department's practice limitations: they're prohibited from shooting in low/adverse light unless neighbors green light the training. The agreement's based on complaints about noise pollution;...
Figuring Out How Little I Know About Shooting Trap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRrXC_XwUQw&list=PLD5E0503E846D9CE6
Visual confusion? Pretty sure I'm all stocked up with that. Retinal processing? Positioning statements in my motor center? I'm not sure I even have a motor center. Holy crap. Listening to Gil Ash via this...
Self-Defense Tip: Practice Shooting Multiple Targets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A9YJNJh978&list=PL4A7B6673C06A967E
Humans have a natural tendency to stare at a threat---and keep staring at it. That leads to bizarre ballistics; numerous citizens have shot the weapon hand of their attacker. That's because armed defenders tend...
California Cops Training with Airsoft Amidst Ammo Shortage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV0tQ0F9LLs
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com reports that California cops are suffering from the same ammo shortage that's keeping you and me from busting caps like Detective John McClane. "Everybody is fighting for what seems like a shrinking...
Sgt. Ron King Tells His Side of the Trayvon Martin Target Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonckYOhhy4
Sgt. Ron King was fired last week from the Port Canaveral, Florida police force for bringing two Trayvon Martin-style hoodie targets to a department training session. As Port Canaveral interim CEO John Walsh told...
Ask Foghorn: Are Lasers Really Useful?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18Ai4cZ1jA
Reader Joshua asks (nearly a year ago now):
Can you tell me how useful a Crimson Trace laser system would be for a beginner?
A red laser sounds pretty cool. Green laser sounds cool too, but...
Doing My Pistol Penance
My hands were killing me as I fired the last few rounds in the magazine. The barrel toasty enough that there was a visible mirage across the top of the slide, and the...