Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, disappeared on July 18, 2018, while jogging near her home in Brooklyn, Iowa. After a month-long search, police identified 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera as a suspect using surveillance camera footage that showed his car … [Read more...]
situational awareness
Crate Club | A lesson to all about staring at your cell phone
On October 31, 2017, an Islamist terrorist drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners for about one mile of the Hudson River Park's bike path in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The vehicle ramming attack killed eight people and injured eleven others. After crashing the … [Read more...]
Kyle Defoor Talks Mindset
When we think about concealed carry and our everyday carry we tend to levitate towards all the cool gear, weapons, and clothing available. Not to take away from those, they play an important role in your loadouts. One of the more overlooked subjects when building your loadout is … [Read more...]
Reducing your EDC by recognizing and employing soft skills
When I started out this whole EDC thing I watched an endless amount of YouTube videos and read a lot of articles attempting to wrap my arms around what gear to get and why. In order to determine what gear I needed, that required me to purchase several knives, lights and other … [Read more...]
Like Eyes In The Back Of Your Head: Situational Awareness
One of the first lessons that you hear when you start learning about situational awareness is to position yourself where you can have your back protected and best see approaching threats. It’s not a new concept. 150 years or so ago, it was called the “Gunfighter’s … [Read more...]
Situational Awareness | Airport baggage claim
Depending on where you are In the world, there is always a few places victimizers prefer to do some of their initial targeting. Baggage claim is such a place. It is a place where people are expected to stand around and look for some one. Observation of others is part of the … [Read more...]
A simple mental exercise that increases your chances of surviving a gunfight
For a defensive minded person, potential threats to the well-being of you and your family are always near the forefront of your mind. Whether you’re walking down a dimly lit New York City alleyway or trudging up the steep and well-worn mountain path behind your wooded home, there … [Read more...]