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Straw Man
Do you want a quick and decisive way to absolutely know you have won a debate? When the other side produces a Straw Man. At that point, they have shown…
Read MoreRevolver Positives #5 – Trigger
One of the most common complaints from non-revolver shooters about using one is that the trigger on the most common and mass manufactured ones made since WW1, have “long, heavy”…
Read MoreRevolver Positives #4 – Not Ammo or Grip Dependent
When a semi-auto pistol has been properly lubed, has a perfectly working magazine with no glitches, and has well made ammo that hits a minimal level of power generation, and…
Read MoreEntangled Weapon Fight with Private Citizen #1,789
I know these things don’t happen, so this news story of a private citizen in an entangled gunfight with a bigger, stronger, younger man must be fake news….. Yes, that…
Read MoreKnives for Self-Defense
There has been a lot of discussion lately in the self-defense training community about the actual use of knives in a defensive context. The current trend with a number of…
Read MoreRevolver Positive #3 – Manual of Operations and Stress
I realize I have already covered the concept of simplicity of the manual of operations of a revolver being a major positive in the last installment of this series, but…
Read MoreRevolver Positives #2 – Manual of Operations
It cannot be argued by anyone that one of the strongest features a revolver has going for it is the simplicity of its manual of operations. Here is the almost…
Read MoreRevolver Positives #1 : Grips/Stocks
Over the past couple of decades revolver shooting has basically fallen out of favor with most in the mainstream self-preservation-oriented gun community. Since the mid-90s the polymer Striker Fired 9mm…
Read MorePrologue : Revolver Positives
I am going to begin a multi-part series about the positives of using revolvers for self-preservation in the EveryDay Carry role. To start with, it WILL NOT be how revolvers…
Read MoreDumb Tropes
Those of us who teach Integrated H2H and weapons are used to certain tropes that keep getting trotted out to try to diminish or dismiss what we do. Probably the…
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