by Grant Cunningham | Apr 4, 2018 | attacks, awareness, CCW, Concealed carry, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Holster & Carry Methods, Incident Analysis, medical, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Street Smarts, Training, Training Talk, Unarmed Defense
It’s Wednesday, and this week I have a particularly good selection of articles for your perusal! On this week’s Training Talk: Active Killers Tomorrow evening, April 5, be sure to tune into Training Talk on Personal Defense Network. My special guest expert this... by Grant Cunningham | Apr 2, 2018 | awareness, confidence, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Personal Safety, Prepping, realistic, security, Street Smarts, Training, Travel Safety
It must be said that I’m not really a travel bug. Don’t get me wrong; I’m no hermit, but I don’t have the intense wanderlust many people do. I can appreciate it, even envy it to an extent, but I’ve never had it. So it was something of an oddity for me to be reading an... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 28, 2018 | Current Events, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Holster & Carry Methods, Home Security, Incident Analysis, Legal Issues, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Rob Pincus, security, Training
Another Wednesday, another collection of great articles to inform and educate about self defense, family protection, and preparedness! Jump on in, the GPS water is fine! There was a time when I was a die-hard GPS hater, but as the technology improved (and I... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 26, 2018 | attacks, awareness, confidence, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, mythbusting, realistic, teaching, Training, Training Talk
For at least a decade I’ve subscribed to the idea that a teacher needs to be open to change, and that in fact one of the best ways to gauge the quality of a teacher is to ask what he (or she) has changed their mind about. If they’re learning, if they’re growing,... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 21, 2018 | attacks, awareness, CCW, Concealed carry, Current Events, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, Greg Ellifritz, Incident Analysis, Legal Issues, medical, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, security, Street Smarts, Training, Travel Safety, Unarmed Defense, women
Another hump day, and another great collection of articles to improve your safety and self-sufficiency! How’s your food storage? Having a stash of food to see you through an emergency has long been recommended (even FEMA and the American Red Cross say you should... by Grant Cunningham | Mar 19, 2018 | CCW, Cecil Burch, Concealed carry, Defensive Shooting, Defensive Training, Emergency Management, instructors, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, realistic, Street Smarts, teaching, Training, Training Talk, Unarmed Defense
Last week I talked about the mistaken notion of seeing self defense and personal safety as a battle to be won, because such a mindset can lead to bad decisions. Today let’s look at a related topic: your view of the place for your concealed carry gun might be affected...
