Safety On, 10 Little Liberals, and The ABC’s of Guns are the answer to a problem I didn’t fully realize I had. Love the 2nd Amendment? Want to teach your children firearms safety at a young age? Love shooting? Love starting up fun conversations with your non 2nd Amendment supporting friends? If you said yes […]
Op-Ed
Is there such a thing as too many Glocks?
The Glock pistol is a polymer-framed, short recoil-operated, locked-breech semi-automatic pistol designed and produced by Austrian Glock Ges.m.b.H.. It entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after it was the top performer in reliability and safety tests. Despite initial resistance from the market to accept a perceived “plastic gun” due to unfounded durability and reliability concerns and […]
Modern Gun Magazines (The Paper Kind): Worth Ten Bucks?
There’s an old adage about poker- if you’ve been at the table half an hour and haven’t spotted the sucker- it is you. This is how I recently felt when I paid TEN dollars for a magazine to pass the time. Inevitably, the magazines have a very small handful of people doing the lions share […]
Pro-Gun vs. Pro-Gun Control… The Conversation
Pro gun and Pro gun control. What happens when you get two women to have the “conversation” the rest of America is talking about? Photo by author
I am the Face of America: Women Empowerment and 2A Advocate
Women empowerment comes in many different forms. As a victim of domestic violence and an abusive relationship, I have learned what it means to be empowered and to have that feeling taken away. Shooting to some people may not mean as much as it does to the next person, it may mean more. I have […]
Continued evolution in lethal handgun employment for combat situations
Continued evolution in lethal handgun employment for combat situations. First, let’s discuss the Modern Technique of the Pistol as presented by Jeff Cooper and the changes to the curriculum since his death in 2002. Then, my additions to the curriculum. The five major concepts are: A large caliber, the semi-automatic pistol should be used The […]
Traveling Grey: Carry On Backpacks and Bags
So for years, we have been sold on the idea that we need tactical gear in order to be high speed and get from point A to Z with our stuff intact. Multicam and molle covered packs, with a half a dozen special pouches to hold “the gear” has become the norm. Then a couple […]
Top 3 Mass Shooting Myths: Specifically School Shootings
Another mass shooting. And the media has been quick to pile on half-truths and outright lies in order to manipulate youth who are easy to manipulate and adults who just don’t have the time or energy to dig into what they’re being told. So, today, I wanted to give you a quick and dirty rundown […]
Survivability and Hard Targeting: The King’s Castle
Survivability, by definition, is the ability to remain alive or continue to exist. This is after all the goal right? To be able to keep yourself and your loved ones safe and alive even in adverse conditions. The choices you make every minute of every day can directly affect the outcome of a vast array […]
What’s Harder – Ranger School or the Special Forces Qualification Course?
Having a Ranger Tab and the Special Forces Tab, I get asked all the time which school was harder. The answer is complicated. Both schools are physically and mentally challenging, but in different ways. I generally say that Ranger school sucks more but the Q course is harder. Let me explain more…..and I will do […]