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Looking Around
May 24, 2016

My Fb feed at the moment is full of trainers talking about “Checking Your Six” and being “Tactically Aware” and doing “After Action Scans.” Most of that is garbage. It is not garbage in the sense of being useless, but … Continue reading →

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Gear check!
March 16, 2016

Here’s a little secret that’s a surprise to a lot of people: carry gear wears out. This is true no matter what kind of holster we use, whether it’s leather or Kydex or hybrid or elastic or nylon or anything … 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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Repetition and habit
January 24, 2016

Repetition builds and reinforces neural pathways. It makes routine actions basically automatic, requiring very little concious effort. This is a good thing! When we do an action that we’ve already repeated many times before — think about grabbing the gear … Continue reading →

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SHOT Show 2016
January 20, 2016

Over the next few days, I’ll be posting more often than usual on my Cornered Cat Facebook page, with pictures and descriptions of products that catch my eye. As always, these are not reviews or recommendations, just a quick snapshot … Continue reading →

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Irresponsible Gadgets
September 23, 2015

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 →

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What does training do?
August 23, 2015

John Johnston, of Ballistic Radio, blogs the following: IN MOST INSTANCES YOU DON’T NEED TRAINING TO SUCCESSFULLY DEFEND YOURSELF WITH A GUN. … You don’t need hundreds of hours of training to survive most self-defense encounters. Untrained people prevail, with varying … Continue reading →

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