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Trust Your Gut
January 4, 2018

When confronted with a potentially dangerous situation or a person whose behavior causes concern, self-defense experts often suggest that you should “trust your gut.” But what does this advice mean, really? How can we realistically apply it? Lots more to … Continue reading →

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Wigging Out
October 28, 2017

One of the fascinating things about my job is that I often end up listening to 9-1-1 audio recordings while trying to understand what happened during a criminal event. It isn’t always pleasant or easy listening, but this kind of … Continue reading →

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Age-old wisdom
October 26, 2017

Eventually (if we live long enough!), we will all get old. No matter what physical shape we are in right now, the skills, attitudes, and behaviors we are building right now will either help us or hurt us during the very … Continue reading →

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One Piece of Advice
October 9, 2017

If there were one piece of advice I could give to everyone who keeps a gun around for self-defense, it would be this: GUARD YOUR MINDSET. Teach yourself how to think about self-defense and personal protection. Study good sources and … 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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What’s the point of this activity?
October 26, 2016

Teaching students how to shoot well and how to manipulate the gun is only the beginning of defensive handgun training. But many people treat it is though it were the entire goal of training – the end point which, once … Continue reading →

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Carry where?
June 26, 2016

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 →

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Be a bad witness, part 2
June 11, 2016

There’s something else that I’m seeing on the bystander’s Love Field shooting video that I shared with you yesterday, and on the more graphic one the police released, which is embedded below. There are (at least) four different types of … Continue reading →

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