The Open Carry Experience Part 3: Mindset
This is the third installment in our series on Open Carry. Here are the previous installments: Part 1, Part 2. I went grocery shopping yesterday. The actual exp...
Tag: self defense
Open carry gear: Safariland ALS holster with Colt 1911
For the OC experiment, I wanted to practice what I preach. That means a proper retention holster. Yesterday, I wore a Galco M4, which was a pretty good choice, ...
Training to fight vs training to compete
Mike Seeklander, who is both a serious competition shooter and a top notch defensive trainer has an excellent article up about the differences and similarities ...
Reasonable precautions, victim shaming, and violence against women
In the wake of the spree killing in California, there has been considerable discussion online and in the media about violence towards women. This is somewhat od...
The business of the shooting sports: International Defensive Pistol Association
Today in part two of our series on the business of the shooting sports, we’ll take a look at the International Defensive Pistol Association. Click here fo...
Are fiber optics too fragile for CCW use?
You’ll see that repeated – “fiber optic sights aren’t appropriate for self-defense” for a number of reasons. Hilton at MSW writes ...
Budget Self Defense Choices
The other day I was at a local gunstore with a friend and he asked me an interesting question: If somebody came to you with a very small budget for home defense...
Challenging the double standard on violence
I was going to finish up the ongoing discussion of capacity this week, but something else has been rattling around in my brain and it has such a stranglehold on...
Competence vs. Excellence – Round 2
I threw out a lot of words trying to quantify the concepts of competence and excellence in last week’s post, but this week thanks to the joys of the inter...
What are the odds?
Human beings invest a lot of effort into trying to predict the future and protect against uncertainty. We spend billions on insurance to protect us against the ...