FROM THE QUESTIONABLE IDEA OF THE MONTH DEPARTMENT
In November, a starry-eyed professor postulated that the first cartridge in every police officer’s gun should be a blank.
Had the prof done the slightest bit of research, he would have learned that blanks won’t...
MEANWHILE, AT ILEETA…
Apologies for the slow blogging this week, folks. The Evil Princess and I drove out of Little Rock Sunday afternoon from the Rangemaster Tactical Conference to St. Louis, where on Monday I once again...
GREAT ARVANITIS H2H BOOKS
H2H – hand to hand defensive skills – is an absolutely vital component to personal safety. Back in the days when I wrote regularly for Black Belt and some of the other martial arts...
CONCEALED CARRY: A MIDDLE-ROAD VIEW?
The current edition of Harper’s magazine carries a cover story on concealed carry, illustrated with an Andy Warhol portrait of a High Standard Sentinel .22 revolver…ironically, more of a Backwoods Home utility handgun than...
DEADLY FORCE INSTRUCTOR CLASS
Teaching the judicious use of lethal force in lawful defense of self and other innocent persons has been my primary vocation for decades now. There are too many myths and misunderstandings out there about...




