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My take: Sometimes, when a woman gets involved with firearms and self defense, the guys around her will make jokes about it. Most of the time, this is good-natured and nothing to worry about, but pay attention to the tone … Continue reading
It seems to me that a lot of modern young women would rather tackle the impossible, sysiphean task of changing an entire society and how it thinks, than to picture themselves effectively fighting back and perhaps killing a man for … Continue reading
Some years ago, before modern concealed carry laws passed in Texas, a young chiropractor named Suzanna Gratia was just finishing up her morning paperwork when her parents stopped by her office. It was a beautiful, sunny day and her mom … Continue reading
Saw yet another bad concealed carry product the other day. This one was a belly band type. Let me list the ways this product failed: It failed to protect the trigger from outside movement. The ad suggested people should wear … Continue reading
But let’s face it, once you’ve grown bad-ass enough that you can take out a guy with your car keys and a rubber chew toy, you can pretty much use whatever happens to be laying around and don’t need to … Continue reading
Over on the Chiron blog, Rory Miller mused: Nothing about survival or self-protection or self-defense or whatever you want to call it is difficult or unnatural. This is exactly the problem we were evolved to solve. Not being a victim … Continue reading
In an email to a friend a few days ago, we were discussing ways to develop new firearms instructors via the apprenticeship model. I was talking about my own experience of learning from some of the best defensive handgun trainers … Continue reading
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
