One step closer to another gun rights win in Maine

House Approves Majority “Ought to Pass” Report on Firearm Owner’s Protection Legislation, the title of the NRA-ILA’s article says it all. It must now pass votes in both the the House and Senate and be signed by the Governor. This is the bill about people living in Public Housing having the right to own firearms. If you don’t…

Attrition of Training

I was at a karate class last night and two people I had never met before were there. They were a husband and wife duo who were black belts in different styles of martial arts. There is also another black belt from a Korean style who has been coming there almost as long as me. It…

Woman fatally shoots 27-year-old daughter after mistaking her for intruder, police say

Woman fatally shoots 27-year-old daughter after mistaking her for intruder, police say What a terrible tragedy, my sympathy for the mother who has to live with this. When people ask me why they need training and why they need to keep training past the minimal class required to get your permit , I unfortunately have…

LiveLeak Friday

LiveLeak Fridays, where I find a video on LiveLeak and we discuss the situation, the right, the wrong, and the WTF. We can learn from analyzing these videos to make our performance better. For today’s installment of LiveLeak Friday I found a “Street gun fight.” The shoot out lasts about a minute, and 22 cases were recovered…

Out-of-State Gun Control

Gun control groups pushing for “Universal Background Checks” have found a new target, Maine. If your interested in learning more and why “Universal Background Checks” are bad for Maine or any state please go over to Gun Owners of Maine and read their article. I found this article today at Maine Wire.  “Who Are These People, Anyways?”…

Project Green Light solves attempted murder in Detroit

Detroit, Michigan has a reputation for being a to dangerous city. The city has implemented a  program called Project Green Light. This program places high definition at a businesses that are monitored by the Detroit Police Department 24 hours a day all at the business owner’s cost. It made some headlines the other day when it…

Lockdowns at KRESA school due to concealed weapons permit-holding father with gun

This will be an interesting case to flow. Notice the title of the article? If does not tell you that the man was LEGALLY carrying in the school, via Michigan law. So a father who is legally open carrying in the school sends the school into a “Low-Level Lockdown” when attending an scheduled event at the…

Appendix Carry Part 1

My students have been asking me about appendix carry (carrying a handgun in the waistline between the 10 and 2 o’clock position) for a few years, I have only been able to talk about it from academically. I have told students that I have not carried that way due to appendix as it violates the first rule of…

LiveLeak Fridays

LiveLeak Fridays, where I find a video on LiveLeak and we discuss the situation, the right, the wrong, and the WTF. We can learn from analyzing these videos to make our performance better. Kid waits in a classroom for a another kid and then attacks. It would seem there was some .other event outside of…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, be careful out there tonight. –Be Safe

Why is this a thing?

Super Russian Roulette: A New Party Game for the NES on KickStarter Why is this a thing? I’m going to take this in a different direction but let’s get the obvious out of the way. PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE IS STUPID! Yes, it is stupid even with a video game controller without the ability to hurt you,…

Ruining Your Attackers Plan

This is a great, and hilarious, example of what can happen when you change how your attacker sees things happening. We talk about having a plan if things go wrong, because an attacker has a plan normally based on fear and violence if necessary. If you disrupt the plan you may gain either time to escape…