Thinking Critically About Safety: AK Edition
This week a video of Travis Haley (probably best known from the Mag-Pul DVD series that were all the rage a while back) having an unintentional discharge with a...
Tag: safety
Trigger-nometry
Lately the US military’s push for a “Modern Handgun System” (aka MHS) has come under some fire from Capitol Hill for absurd levels of expense....
Don’t be an idiot
It’s time for another rant. Some time ago I got together with my brother and a friend of his because he asked me to do a bit of training with them....
Why I’m buying a Gadget
A few weeks ago Baxter wrote a piece on the release of The Gadget, a device that allows someone using a Glock pistol to block the striker mechanism when holster...
Always observe the four rules of firearms safety…
…even if you are handling a dangerous item that isn’t a firearm: If you are sure of your target and beyond, you don’t end up axe-ing so...
“The Keeper” from Keepers Concealment
Recently an article on Appendix Inside the Waist Band carry published in one of the NRA’s online entities generated a bit of controversy on forums and soc...
When it comes to safety, take nothing for granted
When handling firearms we layer safety procedures because doing so is the best way to prevent maiming or killing someone by accident when handling a lethal weap...
What you don’t know can hurt you
Lately I have seen a lot of discussion about the details of best practices when handling weapons on various internet fora. Some of the discussions have been qui...
Shooting question: when you should get on the trigger?
We all know what the 4 Rules say. Rule 3: Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. In the photo above, my sights aren’t on th...
Handling guns under stress
One of the primary rules of firearms safety is to keep one’s finger off the trigger until aimed in on a target which they fully intend to shoot. It sure s...