by Grant Cunningham | Aug 6, 2018 | Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Home Security, mythbusting, Personal Safety, realistic, security, Training
I recently shared to my social media accounts a story of an attempt by a local government to impose storage restrictions on gun owners in their city. The ordinance specified that firearms had to be locked up, except when they were “in use” (whatever that means). Of... by Grant Cunningham | Aug 1, 2018 | Accessories, attacks, Cecil Burch, Current Events, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Home Security, Incident Analysis, instructors, Legal Issues, medical, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Rob Pincus, security, Street Smarts, teaching, Training, Training Talk
I found more interesting articles for this week’s List, some of them guaranteed to make you think twice! Whatever happened to positively identifying your target? I’m not sure where to start with this article, but I’ll boil it down to this: Just because an alarm... by Grant Cunningham | Jul 30, 2018 | Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Incident Analysis, Personal Safety, Training
It’s been my observation that only a very small percentage of gun owners think deeply about this business of shooting another person. By that, I mean beyond the aspects of sight picture and trigger press. What brought this to mind were the reactions of people to a... by Grant Cunningham | Jul 25, 2018 | Accessories, carbines, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, flashlights, gun safety, Home Security, Incident Analysis, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Reviews, Revolvers, Rifles & Shotguns, security, Street Smarts, Training, Travel Safety
I haven’t let this heat wave stop me from gathering more great self defense and preparedness articles for you! (Now, where did that iced tea go…) The gun shouldn’t be the first thing you grab “I don’t need to identify my target, because I can tell my girlfriend’s... by Grant Cunningham | Jul 2, 2018 | awareness, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, instructors, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, realistic, security, Street Smarts, Training, Unarmed Defense
A few weeks back I wrote an article on why I don’t entertain the notion of “what-if” scenarios. If you haven’t read it, you should. On a somewhat related note, I also don’t entertain the notion of the foregone conclusion scenario. It’s the one that presupposes a... by Grant Cunningham | Jun 20, 2018 | awareness, CCW, Concealed carry, Current Events, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Incident Analysis, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Revolvers, security, Street Smarts, Training, Training Talk, Travel Safety
It’s another Hump Day, and I’m here to share some more great personal defense and preparedness articles with you. (Which is actually redundant, because personal defense is but one form of preparedness, though not everyone realizes that — yet!) “People don’t plan...
