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I like mbt2001's idea of the duty belt. I keep my previously worn pants with IWB holster next to the bed. Has my keys, wallet, small but very powerful Fenix P2D LED flashlight, knife. I keep a vest with rifle plates behind the nightstand, between the wall and the back of the Gunvault I keep...

During an IDPA scenario I drew and pulled the trigger on my Glock 19, click. Tap, rack, click. Tap, rack, click. Just about that time the SO and I noticed I had no mag in the pistol. The SO had not had me load one, but that was beside the point, as I was not PAYING ATTENTION and did not open...

Catch the door with your thumb to keep it from banging what it is attached to when you enter the combination. I do this every night with my Mini GunVault. Noise is not an issue.

Kelly McCann, IIRC, made a point in his training videos, to keep the muzzle down as a rule, for the reason that if someone grabbed your weapon, all you have to do is step back to extend your arms and fire. Muzzle up (Charlie's Angels) can lead to your own weapon pointing at your head in a...

I would have to disagree on the motions. I feel they are even more important than door/window contacts. The window contacts can be bypassed if they cut the glass out without raising the window. There is no way to avoid the motion detector. The only false alarms we have had in 10 years were...

One other point - you will save up to a couple hundred bucks per year on your home insurance if you have a monitored system. That almost pays for our monitoring fees. Plus you get fire response in the event of a fire, even if you are not at home.

Most alarms have a 12volt battery backup that allows the alarm to continue working for a couple hours. You can program it to send a code that the power is off if you want. After the battery runs down the system stops working.

Install your own. Use an internet monitoring company. We use this company and have been happy with them: https://nextalarm.com/index.jsp You can buy hardware here, among other places: http://www.homesecuritystore.com/ If you have a system installed, make sure it is universal and can be...

Any decent system will have a 12volt battery for backup power for at least a couple hours if the power goes out. A wireless system has the sensors on batteries all the time anyway, though i would choose a wired system if I had a choice. One thing to consider if you already have an analog...

I have started a news link site. Please check it out and let others know if you find it useful. There is a section on Security and Preparedness. If you have any article suggestions please email it to me through the link on the site. Quality articles in this area in particular is a...

I use Nextalarm, an internet based company. You have to reprogram your system to dial them, but they talk you through it. You probably need the installer code to make this change though.

The reduction in my homeowners premium pays for my annual monitoring fee with Nextalarm, an internet monitoring company. A lot cheaper than ADT or any of the others. THe local companies probably contract out the monitoring anyway. If you have a system put in, GET THE INSTALLER CODE. You need...

I spend a lot of time on the Carry Forum at Glocktalk and have never heard someone categorize a thumb break as critical for an IWB holster. For a uniformed police duty holster or possibly OWB open carry, retention is critical. For concealed carry IWB, no. I carry my Glock 19 IWB in a Comp-Tac...

I think there are a couple of advantages. It is on demand light, you initiate it and turn it off at any time from any location, and you can do it with your arms close to your body. You are not fumbling in the dark for a switch by a door. Secondly, it is high intensity light that CAN disorient...

Our basement motion sensor tripped our alarm system at 4am. Pretty scary, because our system is very reliable. I can only remember one or two unexplained false alarms in 10 years. Wife got the kids in the bedroom while I cleared the house with a Glock 19 that I attached a Streamlight M3...

I took Defensive Pistol there and thought it was a good class. I didn't have NRA first steps, but was an Army veteran with firearms training and civilian practice with small arms. There was no problem with him waiving that requirement. The purpose of that is to not slow the class down with...

Thanks for posting this.

I remember one of my ROTC instructors in the late 80s still using this statistic. He was one of the best officers I ever met. I don't think the word made it out to the broad Army. I would like to see the issue of the CIB and the 82nd unit patch answered definitively. You would expect a...

From what I have read that is true, however in combat there can be relatively few opportunities for the rifleman to actually see and engage the enemy. They usually don't stand exposed waiting for you to shoot them. One of the best books on combat I have read was Herbert McBride's "A Rifleman...

The more I have read about SLAM the more I think he might have been, perhaps subconsciously, projecting his own failures or inadequacies onto the broadest possible number of soldiers through his 'research.' If you're a coward or a marginal soldier yourself, it probably helps to feel you are in...