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When I moved to my (very) rural property and built my ranges, the first couple of years were interesting. Even though my property is fully fenced, people were used to coming out here to jacklight for coyotes and rabbits, drive side-by sides through gullies, etc. And we had several unfortunate...

But as you regularly point out, defenders shouldn't make decisions (of what to carry, where to carry, etc.) based on differences between small probabilities. Instead, defenders should focus on the magnitude of the consequences of those rare events as they make decisions...

@ECVMatt , your question emerges from a scarcity mindset. Your son's handgun class doesn't have to be his only class. Think of it as just his FIRST class. Use the Beretta for the basic class, a striker for the intermediate, a revolver for the advanced. And so on. With lots of dry and a...

I purposely didn't talk about tactics to use when rounds are incoming through a house's walls. Frankly, I don't think that tactics for this situation need to be different from those that work for the scenario in the OP: Alamo up, call for help, and sit tight. Don't try to defend the...

This statement is accurate when applied to contact weapons. Or shoulders, fists, or feet. Without actually entering the structure, the unknowns outside do not pose a deadly threat to occupants. As in this case. This statement is NOT accurate, however, when facing unknowns who are threatening...

Gather loved ones and guests to your designated safe room. Prepare, as planned, to defend yourselves against invaders who enter this space. Once safe, call 911. Check security cameras and tell dispatchers what you see. Borrowing martial terms: Stay there until invaders retreat or...

This.

FTF sales and purchases of guns are commonplace here. It is also commonplace in my region to only sell guns FTF to carry permit holders. I've never had even a hint of trouble during the FTF transactions I've participated in. But out of an abundance of caution, I bring a "wing man". I...

I use my S&W 15-22 and Taurus TX-22 as trainers for new shooters. And to give me cheap trigger time. Both are great guns.

My kids loved shooting frozen water in milk jugs. Save one for a demo of the difference between .22lr from a 10/22 and .357mag from your lever action. Or 30-'06 from a Garand. And, for next time, my favorite .22lr handgun for newbies is a TX-22. Mine is reliable. And, of course, inexpensive.

I attended Mas' MAG80 class recently, and thought I'd provide some comments about this course here. The session I attended was held at KR Training's facility near Austin, TX. MAG40 is a pre-requisite for MAG80. The first half of MAG40 focuses on core handgun skills. This segment lasts two...

I started out many years ago carrying a G36 IWB in a Sparks VM2. That was 6+1 rounds of 45 ACP. Not particularly small or light, and the grip was too short for my hand. I dumped the G36 because of poor reliability, and switched to an XD45 compact (10+1 rounds of 45 ACP). Also in a Sparks...

Most modern handguns are drop safe. Modern long guns are not. Those who store a long gun in condition 1 are at real risk of an unintended discharge if the gun is dropped or knocked over.

Getting to "cruiser ready" is easy to understand for a pump-action shotgun. Close bolt on an empty chamber, safety off, press trigger, load tube. The gun is now safe to store. When needed, cycle slide and go to work. For an autoloader like a A300UP, getting to cruiser ready is a little...

I recently inventoried all my guns...BIG EYE-OPENER! I knew that I had them all, but seeing them all at once in one place was a surprise. I took ten I haven't used in years and won't shoot again down to the LGS to sell on consignment. It felt good. Once some of those move, I'll take some...

Order a weak-side OWB holster for your carry gun. Today. While you wait for it, practice weak handed shooting dry. From the low ready. Transition to doing the full drawstroke dry when your holster arrives. Also, practice weak-handed reloading and malfunction clearances. When you get a...

And @Kleanbore provides other examples of: Obviously, we can learn lessons from these events. But we, here, cannot use our own limited knowledge of an event (often from a video or news article) to definitively determine what was reasonable. We can obviously state what we believe. And why we...

Let's examine this standard and apply it to the Texas taco shop incident. You use the word "deliberately" to describe the last shot. Expressed with black and white "this was not justified" certainty. Presumably solely on the basis of a video. I agree that it is highly unlikely that that kind...

While it is true that A-O-J-P can factually go on and off like a light switch, we cannot forget that reasonableness is an element of all four of these factors. For example, in the heat of an attack, how quickly can a defender be reasonably expected to respond once A-O-J-P has "expired"...

This same drill was included in the October 2023 Newsletter. Except that the time standard for "Normal Earth People Who Carry" was seven seconds then (vs ten seconds in this month's iteration). I have a notebook full of pistol shooting drills. But Tom's suggestion each month keeps my practice...