The Cornered Cat
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Little old lady
January 26, 2018

Seems to me that everyone is chasing after the self-defense techniques used by athletic young adults. Not me. I want to know the self-defense techniques that work best for little old ladies, because (if all goes right) someday I will … Continue reading →

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Unpopular Observation
January 24, 2018

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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Escalate the violence?
January 20, 2018

“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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Manifesto
January 17, 2018

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
January 16, 2018

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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Just Joking.
January 14, 2018

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 →

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Sad but true.
January 12, 2018

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 →

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Power and Consequences
January 10, 2018

“Bad stuff happens in predictable places, at predictable times. The targets are predictable and you can simply not be one of the targets. But to follow this advice is to cede a certain part of the world to the predators. … Continue reading →

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