RANGEMASTER TACTICAL CONFERENCE

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I’m still sorting voluminous notes taken at the annual Rangemaster Tactical Conference, held last week at the Memphis (TN) Police Academy.  Though police and to a lesser extent military folks were certainly represented, the...

LIGHTING A CANDLE

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On January 8, the Brady Bunch suggested a lighting of a candle as a protest to gun violence. Awww…how sweet. The 8th, of course, was the one year anniversary of the grotesque mass murder in Tucson,...

BEYOND SYMBOLISM: PROTECTING THE CHILDREN

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There is precedent for arming school personnel in the United States, seen here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/14/4486104/texas-school-where-teachers-carry.html As discussed in the blog entry below this one, there is certainly precedent for arming school personnel elsewhere in the world,...

A SAD WEEK

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It has been a tough week for shooters and the friends and followers of two handgun greats. In the early morning hours of Tuesday last, Todd Louis Green passed away after a very long –...

DEFENSE OF SELF AND OTHERS VALIDATED IN WINDY CITY

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In Chicago a few days ago, an armed citizen not only stopped a murder attempt, but it appears, may have also prevented a mass murder. Coincidentally, I happened to be in Chicagoland when it happened. ...