BACK TO WORK
Just finished our first class of 2017. Good to be back in the saddle. Thanks to ace instructor John Murphy who hosted us in Springfield, VA.
As a rule, the evil princess and I take...
LOOKING TOWARD CHRISTMAS
Our young houseguest flew home today after a week of shooting. A city kid who had been to the range exactly twice in his life with .22s, before he got here last week, he...
AWESOME TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
A few weeks ago, this space paid tribute to Paul Gomez, a great self-defense trainer who died suddenly and all too soon. Thanks to William Aprill and Al Thompson, we have the details of...
THINGS ARE QUIRKY IN ALBUQUERQUE
Just spent a few pleasant days in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gun laws there are strange. “Open carry” of handguns has long been legal there, but concealed carry didn’t become lawful in NM until the...
Part II: Where PERF Was PERF-ect
As I said in the last entry (found immediately below this one), the Police Executive Research Forum had a lot of things right in its recent controversial 30-point list of suggest use of force...