First Chris Costa gets caught training with Yeager and now this... oh what is the world coming to...
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Nevermind. Too unserious.
Last edited by Totem Polar; 05-05-2017 at 12:09 PM.
A pretty good read and I think mirrors a lot of comments here.
http://www.breachbangclear.com/mike-...hat-who-cares/
Reading his "bio" made me want to vomit.
So basically a douche that's angry he loses business to guys with LE/mil backgrounds, and writes an article bitching about it.
He even uses an HK marketing photo on his website, which sort of caught my eye at first glance as odd.
Makes me think of that VODA Consulting guy, the dude in the Phillipines that used the Metal Gear Solid photo for his website, and that Detroit security group that walks around in blue/white cammies, all wrapped into one.
ETA:
yup, look at that. Criminal record. https://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2016/06/02/careful-train/
Yeah, this is definitely a guy we should be taking lessons from, whether it's in articles or a class.
ETA 2: "During his 25 year career in the private sector he has worked full-time as a personal protection specialist for a diverse clientele to include foreign heads of state......"
Just so we're all clear, that can basically be read as, "I worked a magnetometer one time at a venue where a foreign head of state attended."
Last edited by TGS; 05-08-2017 at 09:12 AM.
"Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."- Last words of Todd Beamer
Sometimes I long for the Pre-GWOT era of firearms instruction. Seems like the GWOT, YouTube and social media all conspired together and changed the game up for firearms instruction.
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The thing is, there's not really many people still lingering that remember or know what things were like then. Couple that with most people's inability to understand that there was a world without them immediately before they were born, or other people that were already into a hobby or activity up to and including the 30 seconds preceding them becoming aware of it.
I *do* get a sense that there is some semblance of a movement towards people just teaching shooting. I frankly think that's the best approach for most people, both shooters and instructors.
Two thoughts here. One, there is no accreditation process for gun instructors- and due to certain logistical and political realities creating one isn't feasible. So there's no impartial agency that can be used to determine if a instructor is full of it -and frankly they'd just lie about having such a seal of approval too if need be.
Two- because the only thing you need to be a "gun instructor" is a big mouth ,this sort of stolen valor is and has always been a problem in the business. Mile Lamb lied about his military affiliation,but so do half the gun counter employees and customers at any given moment in America. If I took everyone who claimed military affiliation at face value who came through my range,I'd have more special ops clients then the nearest bar to Ft Bragg.
So moral of the story is,in our cynical world you're better off dropping $2,000 and flying cross country to train with an established name then taking a local class from "Spec Ops Steve " who might know how to shoot,but says his 29 year old self was in "The Teams" in Laos.
The Minority Marksman.
"When you meet a swordsman, draw your sword: Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet."
-a Ch'an Buddhist axiom.