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The Right Habits: Your Personal Defense Depends on It
As most of you know, I do not use the term muscle memory. Muscles don’t have memories, and what we are really talking about are habits, good ones and bad ones. And, if we pay attention and think about...
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The Right Attitude: Step 1 for Successful Firearms Training
According to some news reports, more and more Americans are getting out of shape. We can all probably think of someone we know who can make all kinds of excuses for why they don’t exercise and get in...
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Get the Most From Training: Listen More, Talk Less
One time I was working with a film crew out here in the desert Southwest. These folks were a long way from home and not at all familiar with my part of the country. So I gave them a brief talk about...
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Means and Skills: The Winning Combination
I recently saw this interesting quote on social media: “Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a state of fact.” While this may apply to many situations, it is critically important to the armed...
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So, How Much Ammo Should You Carry?
I have a confession to make. I will often get on social media and post something like, “You can’t miss fast enough to win.” or “Having lots of ammo is important only if you plan to miss a lot.” Then...
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Sheriff Jim’s Outrageous Outlaw Oopses
Watching movies or TV, you might get the impression that all crooks are super crafty and exceptionally intelligent. The fact is that there are very few Einsteins in the criminal world. This is a fact...
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Practicing One-Handed
This morning I am sitting here nursing a sore hand, the result of it getting smacked around during outdoor work. Some folks might say I am clumsy. I prefer to call it an “active lifestyle.” However, I...
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Disciplining Your Trigger Finger
One of the very first really tactical holsters was designed in the early 1900s by S.D. Myres Saddle Company and named after Tom Threepersons, the El Paso gunfighter. The Threepersons holster was...
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Rabies: What You Need to Know
The season has warmed up, summer is upon us, and the opportunity for camping trips, picnics, and vacations. These may bring people in contact with the outdoors… and wild animals. While one should...
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Seeing Your Front Sights: It’s Really Important
The tendency in a gunfight – especially if a person doesn’t have good training – is to shoot as fast as the attacker is. The problem is that misses accomplish nothing, and peripheral hits often don’t...
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Your Vehicle and Self Defense
I have heard some folks comment that if they were surrounded by a crowd of rioters, they would just step on the gas and drive right on through them, running over rioters if necessary, in order to make...
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Deadly Force Situations: Being Decisive Matters
I recently saw a post on social media in which a guy explained that you should just reason with a person who has just committed a home invasion by breaking into your house. At first, I thought it was...
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Carrying a Firearm in a Vehicle: Personal Defense Considerations
Recently, I was doing some research for another article and came across the account of an officer losing his handgun during a felony traffic stop. It went like this: the officer, knowing the suspects...
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How to Shoot a Firearm: Practice Makes Perfect
Whether just learning to shoot, or teaching others to shoot, it’s important that we understand the particular learning process that is involved. Learning to shoot a firearm accurately is not much...
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Carrying Two Guns?
If one is to believe some of the internet experts, their daily load-out comprises at least two guns, three knives, brass knuckles, a blackjack and a field first aid kit. While over here, most of us...
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Changing Your Everyday Carry Gun: Proper Training
For the past two months, I’ve been carrying one of my favorite defensive handguns, the Smith & Wesson 2 1/2-inch Model 19 revolver. Now, I’m not writing to discuss the pros & cons of packing a...
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Understanding the Defensive Double
Contrary to what one sees in the movies and television, defensive handgun cartridges rarely cause a dynamic physical reaction by those hit. I have seen men hit at fairly close range with the .45 ACP...
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Verbal Deescalation: The Best Defensive Tool Isn’t Always in Your Holster
If you think about it, we spend our entire lives using our voices to get what we want and to avoid what we don’t. It is interesting how some folks develop this into quite an art, while others don’t...
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Lever Guns: Great For Self Defense
Some of the big news this week is Ruger’s acquisition of Marlin since the previous owner, Remington, is folding up. And that got me thinking about lever guns as defensive firearms. My first fighting...
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Securing Your Carry Gun
Quite a few years ago, I made a trip to visit my folks. Out of respect for my mother’s wishes, I took my Colt revolver off and put it on the shelf in the hall closet. That’s an old-time tradition in...
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