Why concealed carry permit holders should participate in IDPA. Now I know a lot of you are scratching your head and wondering “What is IDPA?” (Subtract points if you actually pronounced it “idpa“.) Let me explain. IDPA is the International Defensive Pistol Association. From their website: “The International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) is the governing...Continue reading
Category: Training
Advice For The New Gun Owner
A gun is nothing more than an assembly of metal, wood, and/or plastic to form a tool. Like any tool, how it is used determines how safe it is in the hands of the user.Continue reading
Understanding The Learning Styles Of Your Students
Everyone wants to be a firearms instructor until it’s time to do the “instructor” stuff. That’s what we’re here to discuss today.
Lessons From The Las Vegas Shooting
From Tragedy, Knowledge I want to begin this post by mourning the deaths of Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo of the Las Vegas Metro Police. In a year in which it seems that open season has been declared on law enforcement officers, the loss of these two officers serves to weaken that “thin blue...Continue reading
Inside the OODA Loop.
Today we’re going to discuss the O.O.D.A. Loop. Colonel John Boyd was an F-86 pilot during the Korean war. He and his pilots enjoyed a reported 6 to 1 or 10 to 1, depending on what report you read, kill ratio against North Korean (and probably Chinese) pilots flying Mig-15 aircraft. “So you’re a firearms...Continue reading