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I recently heard this podcast from Mike Seeklander with Charl Van Wyk. He took on three men (and a fourth outside) with automatic weapons and hand grenades in a church attack (South Africa, 1993). ...

Why wait? I think the answer is already there. Many large churches have security teams, often armed. I'd guess more than a few are [re-]considering it today.

There's no reason why the "input" to trigger a cell phone (well, smartphone) couldn't occur over WiFi. Now we're shutting down the Internet. Or simply be initiated via a timer or alarm clock...

Depends. If you're outside at -5F, you have some incentive to get indoors.

On the other hand, if I'm expecting guests and it's -6F, I don't really want them standing outside for very long because...

Looks interesting, but I have the same problem as Roy... doorbell is mounted perpendicular to the door. Can anyone confirm it will still work like that? Also, although it usually doesn't get below...

Are they just {moisture, etc.} traps, one extra thing to deal with when you don't have the time, and should be ripped off? Or do they provide a worthwhile benefit that outweighs the downside of the...

Makes perfect sense! It is not easy to do any of these consistently with perfection (or as close to it as we can get). It's probably natural for all of us to want to go full speed all the time, but...

I get the support on the gun early (close to the body), but I wouldn't say I get a strong grip with it until further in the press-out. The best I have to describe that is late in this video (about...

I like Master Ken's technique. ;)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AyBxycnXUc

John, I think I'd add Rory Miller's "Facing Violence" to your list. Good stuff.

From the NY Daily news story...


...Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was spotted on a PIX 11 video weaving through several cops who turned their backs on him as he made his way into the hospital.
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Thanks for the tip on brake cleaner! I'll look for some. I do use nitrile gloves when doing work, and carry an extra set in my range bag just in case. I'll admit to not generally wearing eye pro...

Using a pistol (even if more than casually) and servicing one are two different things. Not sure what got into me, but I decided to take it down to the tiny bits. As is usually the case, it all...

I was sorry I couldn't make it Friday evening to hang with everyone, but the day was a lot of fun! Jay, Ashton, Tim and Dan covered a lot of territory during instruction, including safety,...

I had about a 1% failure rate with Fiocchi last year and stopped using it. Worse, and puzzling for me, was that I experienced keyholing with it but not with any other ammo. It may have just been a...

Not my area, really, but I've heard good things about the SWFA SS 3-9x42 scope.

Costco carries Jamaica Jaxx shirts for quite reasonable prices and often in muted designs... and other casual shirts that are quite workable.

You can find Federal HST 124gr at rareammo right now. For some reason, GunBot doesn't list them anymore. I also like Barnes TAC-XP these days.

Anyone ever tried the Belleville Mini-Mil boots? A minimalist boot is intriguing, but I'm not sure how durable they are?

+1 First, biometrics do not have the same level of reliability. Second, I don't want anything that requires a battery, Mr. Murphy. KISS just works.

The door doesn't have to mean all exits though, right? I can imagine situations where being far from an exit may not be the most tactically sound position, e.g., if that reduces the ability to...

Some fully release the trigger and take up slack during recoil. I could see this leading to sudden, unexpected transitions back to DA. A trigger decocker kinda sounds like a solution in search of a...

I read this the day it came out, but I had read your blog entries on this topic a few days before that. I'm becoming semi-obsessed with situational awareness. It might seem like heresy to some, but...

I have no clue whether Starbucks or Target post signs now, but let's say that you carried into one of those establishments. Regardless of whether you saw a sign or not, wouldn't prior notice of...

This...



...and this...



...are big lessons learned. Sad that it took such a traumatic event to learn them. I'm trying to work on SA every day... it's so immensely important and you...