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What do “Average” Police Response Times Have To Do With Pool Noodles?
One of the big claims that gun grabbers make is that citizens don’t need firearms because, that’s what the police are for. But let’s dig into that a little… The big stat that people hang their hat on is “average” response times. For priority 1 calls, where lives are on the line, average response times…
Why “point shooting” doesn’t/does work…
I get into frequent discussions with shooters and instructors on the merits of sighted shooting vs. point shooting. Now, to be clear, I teach that there’s a time for both and teach a blended approach that let’s shooters seamlessly and effortlessly switch back and forth, but this isn’t something you can just decide you’re going…
Answers to 5 big questions from you RE: Praxis Dynamic Gunfight Training
We’ve had ton of great feedback and questions so far on the Praxis Dynamic Gunfight Training workshop and training. One shooter who signed up and went through the training sent me this: At my shooting club we have five plate racks (6 plates each) set up, all in a long row. One of my friends at…
Flying with guns…and the time TSA called the cops on me.
Over the last decade, I’ve flown with guns a few hundred times. At first, it was a little nerve wracking, but now it’s almost boring. Almost. Flying with a gun and having to get approval from multiple non-gun people in authority leaves the door open for some interesting times. So, today, I’m going to distill…
Top 3 “Getting Off The ‘X’” Myths about Shooting On The Move
One of the most important rules in a gunfight is to avoid being in the path of incoming rounds. And one of the popular sayings is that you need to “Get Off The ‘x’.” But that’s where bumper-sticker answers do us a disservice and cause us to buy into training myths about shooting on the…
CNN Reveals New Bullet That Travels 28,000 Feet Per Second! (And 6 other media gun myths)
This morning, people awoke to learn about an act of violence at a Garlic Festival south of San Francisco. It was horrible and senseless, but we’ve been force-fed lie after lie by the media and politicians in an attempt to demonize firearms and gun owners. At the same time CNN revealed a new bullet that…
Surviving Extreme Heat & Power Outages
We’re to the part of the summer when the heat seems to be one of the big news stories. Conveniently, everyone seems to forget that it gets hot EVERY summer, so it makes good news. Heat is not new. Heat is not unique to the US. Along with heat comes power outages, primarily from increased…
Grown Up Lessons From Teaching Kids To Shoot
I was helping out with a dads and sons shooting event from our church awhile back and it highlighted a very important lesson in firearms training…which comes first, precision or accuracy? If you’re fuzzy on the difference, a precise 5 shot group would all go through the same hole, regardless of where that hole is…
Combat Accuracy Vs. Precision
One of the arguments against practicing to shoot one hole groups is that you won’t have time to do this under stress. That’s a fine argument, but it’s one dimensional, and conflicts with the very training that teaches it. Oftentimes, the same training that teaches that 8” groups in sterile training conditions are adequate teach…
I want to give you instant access to a valuable PDF with 3 drills you can do with or without a pistol that will give you tighter, faster groups the next time you go to the range.
You’ll learn how to fix low-left groups, shoot better with both eyes open (even with cross-eye dominance) and make your sights come into immediate, automatic alignment with the target each time you draw.
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