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Safety rules for dummy guns

An excerpt from a recent newsletter by John Farnam (by the way, if you are not a regular reader of his, you are missing out — and his name should be near the top of your bucket list for firearms … Continue reading

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Unpopular Observation

As a follow up to the post titled Dress Around the Gun, there’s this: If you think you won’t have to change anything at all about your clothing choices, comfort, and lifestyle in order to carry a gun on a … Continue reading

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Rule Sets

Newsflash: within the firearms world, people often use different safety rulesets. The most common and most widely-trusted rules come from Gunsite in the form of the Four Rules. Many people have taken the Four Rules and adapted them in different … Continue reading

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Escalate the violence?

“If you use a gun, that will just escalate the violence” presupposes two things. (At least two things.) One, it presupposes that using the gun is not effective, or that you’ll use it in an ineffective way. Because if the … Continue reading

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I am the very model of …

I am the very model of a modern gun instructor-er, I dress around the gun with polo shirt untucked, yessir. I know the IDPA rules this week, and all the rules historical From Multi-Gun to Nationals in order categorical. I’m … Continue reading

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Dress around the gun

Being told that you may need to dress around the gun sometimes helps when it comes from a person who’s wearing the same type of styles you also wear, especially if they are around your same size and age. Gives … Continue reading

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Manifesto

This is my manifesto: I believe that the things I do have the power to change my world. I am not a fan of powerlessness. I believe in agency. I believe that the things I do make a difference. I … Continue reading

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Coulda Woulda Shoulda

Some time back, there was a news story about a concealed carry person who tried to intervene to stop a public mass murder. He was in a store when he heard yells, screams, and gunfire from the front of the … Continue reading

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