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A few days ago on Facebook, I wrote this: “Loving parents teach their children how to deal with the dangers in the world. This includes firearms just as much as it does matchbooks and steak knives and vitamins and power … Continue reading
Had fun yesterday. A group of us got together at an urban mall for a small class in awareness and avoidance with Rory Miller, author of Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected and a half-dozen other excellent books about self … Continue reading
Just a quick reminder: walls do not stop bullets. From a tragic story in the news today: a married woman in Texas was sitting in her hotel room watching television when a bullet suddenly struck her in the chest. That … Continue reading
A few more thoughts about yesterday’s post. Some schools of thought hate Rule One, and have thrown it out. As long as you’ve checked the gun, these folks say, you can use an unloaded gun for an in-class demonstration. You … Continue reading
The names change, but the story stays the same. Ate lunch with a friend a few days ago. My friend let me know she’d had a falling out with an instructor at her local club. “What happened?” I asked. The … Continue reading
From time to time, people ask me what else I carry with me every day when I leave the house. Of course there’s the firearm (a Glock 26 in 9mm) in its holster (a straight-drop, single attachment tuckable Kydex holster … Continue reading
Happy Friday! Yesterday I posted a new article. The article, “Less Than Perfect,” talks about two different mindsets people bring to their lives, and about how these mindsets have a strong effect on our ability to defend ourselves. It’s long, … Continue reading
Here’s a dirty little secret of the defensive handgun training industry: All the biggest gains in personal safety don’t happen on the firing range. They actually happen inside your own mind. The big gains come from realizing that your life … Continue reading
