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How to Make Your Wife Hate Guns
January 1, 2000

…ntary sights, or one of those tiny .380 semi-autos that weigh next to nothing. When she complains about snappy recoil, let her feel like a wimp and don’t let her find out that it’s often easier to shoot a heavier gun. Better yet, get her a cheap gun that you yourself wouldn’t be caught dead trying to shoot. She can’t shoot well yet anyway, so what does it matter that the gun you expect her to use is inaccurate, prone to… Continue reading →

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It’s about love
December 20, 2012

…use we are deeply concerned about the safety of our families and our communities. We support the right to own firearms—all types of firearms—because we believe that gun ownership saves lives. We believe in the right to carry guns because we believe that carrying guns helps good people stay safe from acts of evil. We hate gun-free zones because they make it easier for violent criminals to murder innocent victims. We support human rights as they… Continue reading →

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Keep the Muzzle Below the Berm
October 18, 2017

…ng as intended, and we’re going to accept that the shooter may point the muzzle over the berm while the shooter clears the malfunction and (perhaps) reloads. Even though the shooter has not yet diagnosed the reason the gun malfunctioned, we know that the gun is not in this moment working the way it ought. And we are going to encourage him or her to point that gun over the berm, accepting that muzzle-direction risk because only a broken gun… Continue reading →

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Taken away and used against you
October 28, 2012

…ncern, how do you get the gun out of that student’s hand with the least amount of danger to yourself or others? Fortunately, there are solutions for all of these problems, solutions that help you maintain control of your own gun or remove the gun from the criminal’s control. Unfortunately, the solutions don’t come intuitively. They need to be taught. More than that, they need to be taught in person—not because they’re secret woo-woo ninja moves,… Continue reading →

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TAE #7: Follow Through
November 21, 2013

…nual safety, put the safety on as your bring the gun back to your pre-shooting position. Take the safety off as you raise the gun to shoot. Do this every time, so you build the habit of taking the safety off as you bring the gun to the target, and so that you never bring the gun down without putting the safety on. Analysis Were you surprised at how hard it was to keep holding the trigger back after the shot fired? Many people are. That’s because… Continue reading →

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The Case for Lasers
January 1, 2000

…g during move-and-shoot drills. A laser is also a good range safety tool because you can use it to help teach muzzle awareness. For instance, when demonstrating a proper low ready position, you can use a laser-equipped dummy gun to show where the bullet would strike when the gun is held incorrectly. You can show the “circle of safety” when the gun is held correctly, and most students will immediately grasp the point. If you have… Continue reading →

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Complacency Kills
March 10, 2016

…e anything you can do to improve your own safety behavior? Anything you can change for the better in the everyday habits you use to keep your children safe? Is every gun in your home either on your body, or locked up securely enough to keep adults out? Don’t trust “child-proof” anything. Don’t believe that your kids don’t have the dexterity or strength to manipulate your firearm if they get to it. Don’t leave… Continue reading →

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Soft IWB holsters and the tip test
October 20, 2012

…my files, all equally tragicomic. I have even more stories that I’ve heard personally from talking to people who dropped a gun that did not fire and that did not make the news. Guns left behind by people who took their guns out of the holster: Handgun left in McDonald’s restroom Gun left in airport bathroom Gun left in Panera Bread bathroom — another left in WalMart bathroom Gun left in restroom of children’s hospital Gun… Continue reading →

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