The Cornered Cat
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Thoughts
February 25, 2018

There’s a meme going around Fb that skeptically concludes “… but now suddenly we can arm and train teachers to double as the last line of defense?” This is disingenuous, not least because it assumes that we’re talking about arming … Continue reading →

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Scary strangers, children, and boundary setting in the grocery store
July 30, 2017

Today I’m thinking about an important question that I found in a private group on Facebook. Shared with permission and with names obscured, here’s the backstory: To answer the first question you’re most likely to ask after reading the above: … Continue reading →

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“But did you die?”
March 11, 2016

Lots of good responses to yesterday’s post about kids and gun safety.  But on one of the private groups I frequent online, there was some pushback from parents who did not want to keep their guns either on-body, or locked … Continue reading →

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Complacency Kills
March 10, 2016

By now, you’ve probably seen something about the 2nd Amendment activist in Florida who got shot by her own 4-year-old son while she was driving. The news stories say she was in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck pulling … Continue reading →

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Families With Firearms
April 2, 2015

Very excited to announce that on May 30-31, 2015 I’ll be one of the featured trainers teaching at the first-ever Families With Firearms Conference near Des Moines, Iowa. If this is something you might be interested in, I’d urge you to … Continue reading →

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Taking care of others
March 17, 2015

One of the challenges perennially faced by firearms instructors everywhere: convincing family-minded people that investing in professional training classes for themselves is not a selfish use of family resources. In fact, it’s one of the least selfish things you can … Continue reading →

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Teach your children well
February 21, 2015

The post was titled, “Why certain people should NOT own guns.” It caught my eye because I figured it would be a funny (or not-so-funny) story about someone doing something foolish on a public range. It wasn’t. It was actually … Continue reading →

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Living with the gun
February 2, 2015

Both online and in classes, a lot of what I teach is simply how to live with the gun. Keeping yourself and your family safe isn’t just about shooting bad guys, after all. Of course, it is about knowing how … Continue reading →

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