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The Uncomfortable Truths About Civilian Concealed Carry
After taking many self-defense classes and talking with many concealed carry people, here are my uncomfortable truths. I hate to say it, but the truth hurts. How do I know these uncomfortable truths? Partly via experience but partly just doing some simple math and conservative estimates. First, what we are going to do is estimate…
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Law Enforcement & Military Influence on Civilian Self-Defense Training: Good or Bad?
This influence is much appreciated if you are a civilian with a different threat level than ordinary civilians, such as a retired judge, state prosecutor, bodyguard, or bouncer. You can access some of the world’s best deadly force combat training without joining the military or becoming a law enforcement officer. However, if you are an…
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Violence Against Women: The Math
An excerpt from my book where I look at the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Study (NCVS) from 2015 up to and including 2019 (pre-pandemic). 2.6 Violence Against WomenIt is essential to characterize some differences between the sexes in violent crime victimization: The elephant in the room is: how much injurious…
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The 1911, Powerful Cartridges, and the Spring
For a standard-size 1911, the 10mm is perhaps the most powerful cartridge you can carry without modifying the pistol. The 10mm doesn’t need a compensator and only requires a heavier spring. However, this heavier spring could cause some individuals problems with cycling the slide. The problem is the spring is doing double duty – slowing…
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Investigative Incompetence
In a recent article called “Investigative Incompetence” by Marty Hayes, in Gun Digest Volume 40 Issue 8 June 2023, a startling claim was made: “In fact, based upon the cases I’ve worked, I’d estimate that at least half of the homicide investigations have major flaws in them. If you’re involved in a self-defense homicide, you…
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Hunting and the Loaded Chamber
There are many types of hunting, but I’ll distill them into three general categories: Walking, Stalking, and Waiting. Since I grew up in Arizona, most big game hunting was Walking. Of course, you would stop and glass. I’ll put that in the Waiting category. If you spotted something, you then might plan a Stalk. For…
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Ride Share Woes
If you’ve read my book, you know I am a fan of rideshares for events that don’t occur very often. You can avoid walking to/from your vehicle, dark parking garages, etc. However, I did run into a problem the other day. I went to a downtown area that had two large events. We were dropped…
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Violent Crime and Mental Illness
Alex Berenson recently had a substack about a large study showing heavy marijuana usage leads to schizophrenia even when genetic factors were eliminated. Furthermore, this diagnosis significantly impacted young men, at over double the rate of non-marijuana users. One rather disturbing tendency in the substack was that Berenson pointed to schizophrenia as being a leading…
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Gun Safety Without the Gun
You can, of course, train your child about gun safety with an unloaded gun. And to be honest, you should do that at some point. However, you can teach them about gun safety quite a bit earlier without using a gun. How? Well, personality experts have documented the 5-7 year shift. This period is when,…
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The Knife
I took several classes in knife fighting and “edged weapons,” as Gunsite calls it. However, the more training I underwent, the more I realized it wasn’t for me. I felt there were way too many disadvantages and, quite simply, few advantages. However, I enjoyed learning from my instructors, they were great, and their intentions were…
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