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Dry Practice Safety
#wheelgunwednesday There are many valuable lessons to be learned from the LAPD Categorical Use Of Force reports. http://www.lapdonline.org/categorical_use_of_force Most of those lessons relate to the...
View ArticleYour Best Defense: Staying Out of Trouble
Your Best Defense: Staying Out of Trouble I was able to spend some time talking with Michael Bane last week about ‘Staying Out of Trouble.’ That means emphasizing the ‘Avoid’ and ‘Escape’ steps in the...
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What does effective Dry Practice actually look like?
#fridayfundamentals Since many people have never seen a structured Dry Practice session, here’s an example. This session uses a State’s (Louisiana) Concealed Handgun Permit Qualification Course as the...
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Riding Shotgun With Charlie
#mindsetmonday I almost never listen to podcasts I’ve been a guest on, which is probably a mistake. Since Charlie put the clip of me with my long gun (Zombie MP5) in his intro, I had to listen to this...
View ArticleBOGO on Tactical Professor books
I’m grateful to my subscribers who send me news reports about the Negative Outcomes gunowners encounter. The ones about children gaining unauthorized access to guns really make me sad, especially...
View ArticleA conversation I’m glad I will never have to have
“Mommy, where’s Daddy?” “I’m sorry, sweetie, you killed him with his own gun when you were just a little boy because he didn’t believe in securing firearms.” A conversation I’m glad I will never have...
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Firearms are relentlessly unforgiving
Firearms are relentlessly unforgiving of the smallest lapse in attention or good judgement. The shooting of a special police officer during a training exercise at a D.C. library came as the group of...
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Fundamentals and Training Aids (Part 1)
#fridayfundamentals Revisiting the series about the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting https://tacticalprofessor.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/fundamentals-of-pistol-shooting-part-1/ brings to mind the...
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Keep Your Hand Away From the Muzzle
A friend of mine sent this link to me today. Instagram video of Serious Mistake followed by Negative Outcome. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4LsHBArwtl In the video, the person holding the gun is...
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Home Defense Pistol Skills
My latest Shooting Illustrated article is up. “In the process of defending one’s home with a pistol, several additional skills beyond marksmanship are useful and necessary. In particular, the ability...
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