Personal Defense

I don’t have a regular schedule for my classes. When someone contacts me about taking a class, they typically have several acquaintances wanting to take the class together. I then use this core group around which to build my next class. I then apprise any individuals who may be waiting to take a class of […]

This is the story of Sammie Foust, a 49 year-old woman from Cape Coral, Florida. I’ve shared it more than once in my CPL classes. T. Webb posted a very good account of it on the Long Island Firearms site on 4/6/13. Tanya Metaksa, who is retired  from serving as Executive Director of the NRA

When reading handgun tests, reviews, and  comparisons, more often than not the article will address something referred to as “trigger reset”. It is often included as one of the more important metrics in evaluating and comparing handguns, with a comparatively “short” reset touted as a highly desirable feature. A quick Internet search will turn up

The Ethics of Personal Defense It’s easy to get caught up in discussing specific subject matter having to do with personal defense, such as calibers, guns, ballistics, tactics, etc. We can become so mired in the bottomless pit of technical minutiae to the point that it’s quite easy to sound as if we’re addressing a

The 9mm Parabellum (aka 9mm Luger) is currently the most popular sidearm caliber for both military and law enforcement, as well as civilian use. I believe the first significantly large police force to officially adopt a 9mm was the Illinois State Police Department in 1967. Throughout the ‘70s and early ‘80s, most police departments chose

Being a firearms instructor for 13 years has given me an opportunity to teach and observe many students of both genders, in a wide range of ages, and of all shapes and sizes. My youngest student was 20 and I believe my oldest student was a woman of 86. In that same class was my