Bad round

In a Kimber

THE BAD Lever

Does the same thing for less than half the price

They may not function

But at least they are pretty

SIG MCX

Has A Recall

That will get you

Killed on the street

Colt in name only ?

Appears Savage is

Joining the AR-15 bandwagon

Upgraded M&P

2.0

As Movies go

It is a dud

New Bushmaster

The Minimalist SD 

For $500

It should come with mag wheels

Wow, just Wow

So much for investigative reporting

Any Bets

That it will be recalled?

It is not up to the police

Be your own personal security 

Being Tactical

Is not about the gear and having gear does not make you tactical.

Yeah I've heard it before

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

In reality  we don't usually walk around with our  gun in our hand ready to fire, it is in a holster or pocket and will take seconds to realize the threat and respond by then you can get cut a lot.

Having a gun does not mean you'll win a knife fight

Elements of

Self Defense by  Andrew Branca

It's A

Yawn, AR

Might check the chamber

To be sure it is unloaded, instead of pulling the trigger

I'd be inclined to wait

A couple of years, and see if they work

Gatling Gun

For sale

New AR trigger

Looks promising

Review

Of the M16 in Vietnam

Putting things in context.

I think John Johnston summed it up well the second day, and while not the exact wording, "Average Joe good guy imagines he will calmly save hundreds by shooting 3 Al-Qaida terrorists with his handy pocket 380, where in reality it will likely be one or more common criminals, making a brash rapid attack, that will leave poor Joe wondering what just happened?

The course was the brainchild of Melody Lauer, mother of 3, who took a straight forward approach to figuring out how she would defend herself in a lethal encounter. Then working with Johnston put together a course for others. It fills a niche I have not seen in training, what do you do if your kids or grand kids are with you when you are forced to defend yourself? Perhaps you could get similar training and insight in an expensive Executive Protection course, but even they are not going to show you what to do with a 6 month old or toddler.

To the course itself, the first day was pretty basic on day one, a power point giving the type of attacks, the difference when the adult is the target and the child is present, and those where the child is the target. The subject matter is alarming and both of the instructors are blunt to say the least. After lunch the course moved to the range,  and a series of basic accuracy  drills were shot, with an emphasis  on accuracy. Why? Well for some it can be a challenge to hit a full size target, let alone a target that has just scooped up your kid! Plus keep in mind just shooting people with a handgun, does not often stop them. Day one finished up with shooting the FBI qualification. Which was an eye opener for several students.

Day 2 began with a ballistic demonstration, using gelatin and 4 layers of denim and shooting various self defense rounds to see wound cavities, and perhaps prove putting someone behind you  is not as protective as you might think.  Then the "babies" came out, pretty simple set up using a child's back pack filled with corn. Now it may not seem like  much, but holding 10 lbs of corn in one arm, clearing your cover garment one handed  and engaging the target in a timely manner can be a bit of an effort. It is easier with a front opening garment, than a pull over, but still. They also covered methods to safely "drop" the child so you could respond to the threat using both hands.  We progressed to bigger children, and even methods to move unarmed adults off the line of fire. The class was divided into 2 squads, while half shot the other half role played the "child" There was also a Force on Force session dealing with someone snatching the child and dealing with stopping them, and for many it was an eye opener.

Overall thoughts on the course, Melody & John did not simply focus on "Hey this how you do it", but also this is why you do it, which is something I have preached for years, to the instructors I have trained,  Just because they know how to do something,  the student is unlikely to embrace the training unless the they also understand the why..

The course was good, and in time it will evolve into great, this was only the 2nd presentation of new material, one student who attended both did make the point that it was much improved, and by the next offering it will improve even more, I think that both instructors are driven to produce a quality sound training program. They are not just going through the motions, they both have a passion for what they are teaching. In context a course is much like raising a child, it grows and becomes more polished the more you present it.

Even if you have had professional training beyond CCW, and have children in your life it would be good to consider this course, for you sake, and the children in your life,

Below is a course description and web link

http://citizensdefenseresearch.com/

Contextual Handgun: The Armed Parent/Guardian course. 

Skills, Tactics, and Legalities for Armed Parents/Guardians 

A fast-paced course designed around the thought, “What if my children are with me when I get into a shooting?” 

     Contextual Handgun: The Armed Parent/Guardian discusses with students the hard/soft skills necessary to solve the commonly observed shooting problems associated with fighting with our children present. Are some of the most commonly held best practices for if we are attacked when we are alone actually going to put our loved ones at risk when they are present? Students will be shown WHY the context we find ourselves in as a parent can change our tactics. This skill-intensive two-day course covers application of practical handgun skills in a family environment.

Topics include, but are not limited to;

·         Types of attacks

·         Avoidance skills

·         Handgun terminal ballistics and the importance of accuracy

·         One-handed access/shooting skills

·         Shooting past/around no-shoots

·         Clearing family members from lines of fire

·         Best practices for dealing with a close-range assault while loading/unloading children from the vehicle

·         Malfunction clearances and more

The Goal Of this course is to Teach the Students the Skills and Attitude that will make them capable of delivering fast, accurate, fight-ending fire on demand.

Gear Requirements:

·         Quality handgun

·         3 magazines for double-stack handgun (minimum), 5 magazines or speed loaders for single-stack firearms and/or revolvers

·         Quality belt-mounted, open-mouth holster for that firearm (no SERPA)

·         At least one (preferably two) magazine pouches

·         Eye and Ear Protection

·         700 rounds of ammunition

·         Concealment garment

·         Pre-school sized backpack that can be weighted and dropped

·         Range appropriate clothing

We will be shooting rain or shine, please bring appropriate clothing.

                                 

About your Instructors:

Melody Lauer is a Rangemaster and NRA Certified handgun instructor since 2007. As the owner and operator of Central Iowa Defensive Training she has dedicated herself to quality, reliable self-defense information and training. She continues to seek new opportunities to learn and share information relating to self-defense and the safe, effectual use of firearms for self-defense.

Melody is a mother of three, Emergency Medical Technician and writer dedicated to learning and sharing the most effective skills in preserving innocent life.

John Johnston is the host of Ballistic Radio, a RangeMaster certified Advanced Handgun Instructor, and has logged over 1,000 hours of private instruction with many of the top instructors in the industry. In addition to hosting Ballistic Radio, John helps test and develop firearms related products.

Suppose to have great

Gun Control laws there

Glock 17M the Slides

Are falling off?

new Glock

FBI ?

Support your local Gunsmith

Petition here

Purple Ammo

For a limited time

It is not about just a pat on the back

It is about staying alive

Colt is getting competitive

CE2000

Really Fast

22LR

Yeah well people win the Lottery

You could also be involved in a spree killing

Military

Running New enhanced Mags in M4's

Question

The tried and sometimes not so true

Smith & Wesson

Buying Crimson Trace

Rare Colts

I guess some Colt Rifles are for collectors, mine are for shooting.

Yawn

R-51 returns

Been light on Posts because

So the killer in Dallas

Did not use an AR-15?

It is going to be

A Bad Summer!

Still Time

To sign up for Hojutsu Details on link.

Why are Anti gunners

so violent?

Ruger 1911

in 9mm

Wonder what took them so long?

Firing test?

Gun Fudd

Appears FBI went

Glock

November 8th

How guns

Get to the street

Universal Background checks won't fix that

Got kids?

This is defense training that includes children

Course sign up

Could the left

be moving somewhat towards the center?

Gun makers targeting

Firearms sales to women is really nothing new

Silly

But fun test

The Threat

M200 Purple tips

Banned

2 to 1

Americans think CCW is a good thing

They are trying to look busy

But it is just busy work that will accomplish nothing

Great Article

Some of this applies to CCW holders also

Last call

Time is running out

Force Options

Will be doing a Carbine Operator course here at Mad Duck Training July 13 &14
Price is $350 approx 1000 rounds contact Norm Hall to sign up  akhoodlum@gmail.com
Carbine Course has been canceled


Hojutsu
July 15-17, the class will be split between Premier Shooting & Training, and Mad Duck Training. Cost is $375 and aprox 1000 rounds, contact Norm Hood above. akhoodlum@gmail.com

If you do not own one

Perhaps it is time to get one or three

It is common sense

The Facts are Clear

The debate should be over

Liberal Appalled

That law abiding citizens can purchase AR's, with a NICS check and a credit card. I guess she really does not understand freedom.

Also did she break state or federal laws?

Secret Courts

No Appeals

More guns

Rant

Wimp, an M1 Garand would have killed him.

 I’ve shot pistols before, but never something like an AR-15. Squeeze lightly on the trigger and the resulting explosion of firepower is humbling and deafening (even with ear protection). The recoil bruised my shoulder. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary case of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.

NRA

Responds

Do Not blame the gun

More people died  at the Happyland  Bar, than in Orlando. Evil is just that evil.

Keep in mind

If all the reasonable "gun safety" measures were passed, Orlando would have happened anyway.

The suspect, passed all the background checks, was investigated by the FBI, and was licensed by the state.

No Teddy Bears

No Doves of peace

Here we go again

Nightclub Shooting

One law for them

Another for you

Court Ruling

Could see this getting to Hillary's SCOTUS quickly.

Under the Gun

Above the truth

Upcoming Classes of Note

Force Options

Will be doing a Carbine Operator course here at Mad Duck Training July 13 &14
Price is $350 approx 1000 rounds contact Norm Hall to sign up  akhoodlum@gmail.com

Hojutsu
July 15-17, the class will be split between Premier Shooting & Training, and Mad Duck Training. Cost is $375 and aprox 1000 rounds, contact Norm Hood above.

Of note Clint Smith is a black belt in Hojutsu

A touching story

Of a Medic on Omaha Beach

The myth

about the shrinking number of gun owners

Are you zeroed?

Maybe, maybe not

Might Be A Nice

AR15 Upgrade

72 years ago

A moment for those

That served in WWII

Scout Rifle

Or Not

Study shows

Criminals do not obey the law. Who would have known?

Funny where gun control

Comes from

We have said it before

Law Enforcement Firearms training, in most cases, leaves a lot to be desired.

Stopping a stalker

She did get her point across

New Ammo Plant

To produce 500 million rounds a years

Selective Editng

On the part of anti rights people, Jim Sullivan  states what he really said

Oh Darn

Katie s lie gets pulled

Before WW1

Shooting was America's number one pastime, maybe it is coming around again.

I have owned Kimbers

But have been pretty happy with the Rock Islands

Honor the Fallen

They served too

Out of this world

$4,500,000 Pistol

Retro

AR15's

Check everything

That case may not be suitable

In the Fog of War

Things can get weird

Protests, Not really

NO One Got Shot, Crime Was Down, and we Pumped 53 Million into the Louisville Economy

Browning the Man

The Designer

Kimberly Corban

Has launched a website

Crime before and during

The NRA Meeting

It was great until

IT BLEW UP!

Always A good Idea

To carry a spare Mag

I'd like to try one of these

1911 R1 Enhanced 9mm

Slightly over 80,000

At NRA Meeting

Up Date ant's had fewer than 50

About a 100

Likely included the media and the janitor.

Great times at

The NRA Meeting.. Saw lots of friends, met some new folks and I think there were a lot of guns on display.

Shooting in NYC

4 Plus P Hollow Points failed to penetrate clothing

History

Muzzle-loader hit by cannon

In her words

Only Taurus

Perhaps it should be a rotater instead of a revolver?

Hojutsu

We will once again be hosting Jeff Hall and Norm Hood for Hojutsu July 15-17

The course is primarily shooting with some martial arts katas in the mix

Contact for details

New Patch

Buy a diamond

Get a Free CCW class

Truly wish they were more

Popular

Gun just went off

Like to see follow up on that one

Judge slaps

Washington DC

In the hands of law-abiding citizens,

guns can and do save lives.

It is a natural right

Not a created right

Liberals

Have no use for the facts

For those that don't know

Flying with a gun

He admits he is at fault

But got paid off anyway

Still true

“A gun is a tool…no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.”—Alan Ladd, “Shane” (1953)

Stolen Gun Recovered

A Bit Unusual 

Whoops

Better double check those inert rounds

Something unique

Showed up at a  *gun buy back


*Of course they are not buybacks, they never owned them in the first place.

No I wouldn't use one

Just another way to spend money

That is one very fine looking

Bowie Knife

That's different

Ammo desk display 

If you are a Remington fan

They have some 200 year anniversary editions

Happy Birthday LT Col. Cooper

Spirit of Louis Awerbuck lives on

DEFENSIVE SHOTGUN Course June 3-5, 2016

HELD AT sT. jOSEPH cOUNTY cONSERVATION & sPORTSMAN cLUB, INC., 23640 FEATHERSTONE RD, STURGIS, MI

The torch has been handed to Steve to continue the legacy of Louis Awerbuck and Yavapai Firearms Academy (YFA) doctrine. Steve has full endorsement from YFA and will be presenting certificates for these YFA classes representing YFA and AK Tactical. Steve also has all the rights to the target systems from YFA. This is a huge honor for Steve.

This 2 ½ day course is designed to create reflexive gun handling, competent marksmanship and tactical thinking. In addition it places strong emphasis on learning what the shotgun will, and most particularly WILL NOT, do. The importance of patterning the shotgun properly is discussed at length. The course also covers ammunition selection, loading and unloading, reloading and ammunition selection while involved in a shooting scenario, shooting from several ready positions and various tactical body positions, shooting on the move, multiple targets and weapon retention. Transition to a pistol is covered for those clients who have taken prior pistol training. Ammunition requirement is 400 Birdshot, 50 Buckshot and 70 Slugs. Fifty (50) rounds of Pistol ammunition is required if the client wishes to participate in the Shotgun/Pistol transition portion of the course. A sling or carry strap on the weapon is MANDATORY for this course.

Requirements Successful completion of the Defensive Handgun Course is preferred but not mandatory.

¤  Good quality shotgun, Heavy-duty handgun system, Strong-side, outside the waistband hip holster with fully enclosed trigger guard for safety purposes, either thumb-break or friction fit retention system

¤  Ammunition carrier, speed loaders for revolvers or 3 magazines for semi-automatics

¤  Appropriate clothing Ball cap, closed toe footwear, rain gear, etc.

¤  Mandatory protective gear Safety glasses and hearing protection

This class will be taught by Mr. Steve McDaniel owner of Alaska Tactical & Security, Inc. (Thunder Ranch Adjunct Instructor, Former Gunsite Academy, Inc. Adjunct Instructor, Yavapai Firearms Academy Instructor, NRA Certified Law Enforcement Instructor). Class size is limited to 12, cost is $375, and a $200 nonrefundable deposit is required to hold a slot. Contact Norm Hood @ 907-952-4788 OR Nancy Bycroft @ 269.435.8092 with questions.

E-Mail: akhoodlum@gmail.com     Website: www.defensivesolutionsllc.com mailing address for Defensive Solutions LLC, 5715 Boxwood Drive E, South Bend, IN 46614

Yeah I'll bet he thought

it was very Tacticool

Not all Criminals will fold

When confronted

Walls may not be a safe direction

Penetration Test

Wow Really?

Aren't most ambushes a surprise?

He had likely every background check possible

Federal agent goes on a shooting spree

I don't think I would try that

Pellet gun converted to 12 gauge

They are one shot wonders

Remington Introduces a new Shotgun Defense Round

In 12 Gauge and 410

9 reasons

You can't shoot better

So could this be the future

In Ammunition casings?

Coming in July

Jeff Hall, Force Options

Carbine Operator July 13/14

Hojutsu July 15-17

Contact for information on both courses: Norman Hood  akhoodlum@gmail.com

(907) 952-4788

Never got to meet him

Wish I had.

One Plant

2.6 billion rounds of ammo a year

Actually the number is now 65

When Citizens fight back

That is a lot of zeros

Most expensive rifle ever auctioned

I just heard Pat Rogers Passed away

He was on my bucket list

Recall Alert

AR500 Armor

We did get a new Logo for MDT

You are not Captain America

Just because you have a CCW license, does not mean you should intervene, especially when the BG is trying to get away.

I'm sure all the "Cool Operators" will have one

Rail Mounted Holster

Hojutsu returns in July

Some insight on the Art of Hojutsu