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Online “training” class
October 23, 2013

…ou refine skills you’ve already learned in real life. (To be clear, let me repeat myself: those are all good things! That’s why I have spent so much time building this website. Online learning is good and n ecessary. It just isn’t all there is to the process.) At the end of the day, online concealed carry “training” classes fill exactly the same niche as reading the booklet and taking a written test prior to getting… Continue reading →

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Less Than Perfect
October 11, 2013

…rn abilities, and non-changeable labels like “smart” or “talented.” Inside a fixed mindset, every test you take is a measure of your inborn traits (Are you really smart?). Within this way of thinking, every job you find easy validates your worth as a person, but every task you find challenging creates a negative judgment of your value. From a fixed mindset perspective, it’s better to feel talented than it is to risk failure. Fixed mindset people… Continue reading →

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Black belt
February 15, 2013

…ou your belt will not be a stranger; he or she will be a skilled artist who has worked with you personally for several years. Getting there takes years of work and a strong commitment to learning. Steve was shocked when I told him that it takes only a few days to get your first firearms instructor credential, and that many schools will hand out that credential with only a very basic shooting test — or with no shooting test at all. But he… Continue reading →

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“Can I teach that?”
July 31, 2013

…tanding the drill, the how’s and why’s, the potential pitfalls, the telltale indicators that something is about to go wrong. I would put that in 87-point font, bolded and in bright flashing lights, if I could. Because I keep coming across new instructors — good people, smart people, people I like and want to encourage in this endeavor — who say things like, “I’ve had two professional firearms training classes now, and I… Continue reading →

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Realtor Safety: And They Ask Me Why I Carry?
January 1, 2000

…of the tiny bones, while placing a well aimed knee to the attackers groin area. We will be shown how to grab the arm of the attacker while it’s wrapped around our throat, and gouge at the eyes of the attacker with our free hand. It all sounds wonderful…in theory. The reality is, that as a female real estate agent, it is a fallacy that I will be able to loosen the grip of the choking arm around my throat. I will not have the… Continue reading →

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Rainy day practice
December 17, 2012

…habits can be built without ever firing a shot. Of course, when you dry fire, you should be very careful to follow all the dry fire safety rules to be sure you don’t risk hurting yourself or anyone else. If you are not 100% convinced that you can follow these rules in your home, don’t dry fire there. If you would like to dry fire on a regular basis, I recommend treating yourself to a very inexpensive, easy to use safety device such… Continue reading →

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To have and to have not
May 23, 2013

…range on a calm day and hit a target at 7 yards. That’s a little like thinking you are prepared to play in the NBA simply because you can usually sink a free throw.” That’s what I wrote on Cornered Cat’s Facebook page yesterday. One of the people who saw that post complained that it might discourage people from trying to defend themselves at all. “All things have to start somewhere,” she wrote. “Reading that comment may now put… Continue reading →

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Dying of Embarrassment
January 1, 2000

…c MacYoung, Paladin Press, 1993/LOTI, 2007). ↩ From MacYoung’s website at www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html. ↩ “Today’s Would-Be Hostage,” blog post dated 9 October 2009, Policing in Vancouver blog at www.behindtheblueline.ca. ↩ ITI Texas, 10700 South Interstate Highway 35, Dilley, TX 78017. (830) 334 2990. www.itiwsi.com ↩ www.GunNutsRadio.com. ↩… Continue reading →

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