Morning Motivation

Back to work!

Back to work! Just kidding, I love teaching people. Todd you did great today, you’ve put in a lot of hard work and it shows. You have come a long way in a real short time. Keep up the great work. As an aside Todd has helped me learn the importance of making sure I…

Happy Veteran’s Day

Today is important, if you know a veteran thank them for their service, however it doesn’t need to be Veteran’s Day. More times then not you will get the same reaction of humble humility, they look down and away and either say thank you or that they didn’t really do anything. If you are not…

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th! Please remember that freedom is not with consequences or responsibility both are necessary for freedom to not just exist but to work well for everyone.   –Be Safe

2016 Summer Schedule

Defensive Handgun 1  (NRA Personal Protection in the Home) -Buy A Seat- This is a 8 hours classroom and 1 hour range session course where students should expect to shoot approximately 100 rounds of ammunition. Students will learn basic defensive shooting skills, strategies for home safety and responding to a violent confrontation, firearms and the…

A 14 Year Old Beating His 56 Year Old Neighbor with a Hammer

Auburn (Maine) Police Department “AGGRAVATED ASSAULT INVESTIGATION: Auburn Police are investigating an attack that has left a 56 y/o man hospitalized. On April 5th at approximately 7:30pm, officers responded to a residence on Huard Avenue for a report of a man who had been assaulted with a hammer. During the course of the investigation, a…

LiveLeak Friday – Not Really

So I’m breaking my own rule and these videos did not come from LiveLeak, oddly they came up after each other on my Facebook feed. The first two come from a page called Operator Operating Operationally. Two guys go to a Moms Demand Action rally, legally open carrying and try and have a discussion with…

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?”…