GOOD PEOPLE

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One of the joys of my work is that it allows me to meet some of the best people in the world: cops and shooter folk.  Both tend to be far above average in...

REFLECTIONS ON A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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Woo-hoo! Just finished competing in the World Championship of IDPA, the International Defensive Pistol Association (www.idpa.com), held at Frank Garcia’s splendid Universal Shooting Academy in Frostproof, Florida.  The tournament continues through the weekend. It was...

INTERESTING WEEK SO FAR

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Spent the last Friday through Sunday at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference hosted by Tom and Lynn Givens at the Memphis, Tennessee Police Academy. Over 200 students and dozens of designated instructors, all of us...

FITTING FEMALES WITH FIREARMS

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The current issue of Backwoods Home magazine contains my article, requested by Editor Annie Tuttle, on how to best fit guns to women. http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob131.html I see the importance of fitting guns to smaller bodies constantly in...

GOING POSTAL

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When I was a kid, I heard of “postal matches,” where an individual could shoot a prescribed course of fire, send the results in to the NRA, and win a marksmanship medal depending on...