Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend.
School shooters are content creators. Will they wear Meta Ray-Ban glasses to livestream their attacks?
Important information for parents and teachers. This may be a very useful way to interdict some of these attacks before they happen. You will also want to read the author’s article titled Georgia school shooter was obsessed with True Crime Community (TCC).
Picking the Right Barrel Length For Your Suppressed 300 Blackout.
For those of you interested in the .300 Blackout.
Staying Healthy in the Fray: The Impact of Crowd Management on Officers in the Context of Civil Unrest
It’s summer time and riot season. If you are a cop tasked with responding to crowd violence, here’s a free book for you. Also for my police readers. research about public perception differences between strikes and takedowns Takedown or Knockout: Same Law, Different Reactions.
The BEST Snub Nose .22 LR Ammo for Defense to Date? CCI Velocitor 4″ Auto VS 2″ Snub Ballistic Test
The Punch load is my preferred option for .22 self protection duties. The Velocitor is a close second. Here’s how it performs out of both 2″ and 4″ barrels. For some more gelatin tests, check out this one comparing .44 mag and 10mm auto Leverevoltion loads out of handguns.
Take Two: Hollywood Still Can’t Handle a Gun – American Handgunner
“Bullets do not care about your ego.”
The Walther PPK Is Not Very Good
For any of you with James Bond fantasies. This gun’s reputation is far better than it should be. It’s one of the few guns I genuinely hate shooting. Read up to learn about the pistol’s main issues.
How to Shoot a Smith & Wesson Revolver – Douglas Wesson
A few links about firearms history. Besides the one above, check out these too.
Retro Shotguns – Old School Cool – The Truth About Guns
Scrapping in the Old West – A Bit of Everything
How the Kentucky Rifle Turned Frontier Hunters into America’s First Snipers
Remington Model 8 Proved the Accuracy of Self-Loading Rifles
Carrying a Pocket Pistol
Richard Nance shares some high quality information about carrying a pocket pistol (so long as it isn’t a PPK). If you like the article, check out Rich’s book as well.
USPS Handgun Mailing Rule 2026: The 99-Year Ban Is Gone
Good news for gun owners.
The Truth About Low Light: Free Webinar Aug 13 » Concealed Carry Inc
Dan knows a lot about running a gun in the dark. This will be a good seminar.
Criminals Think Differently – Understand Them & Remain Armed
A primer on some of the distinctive thought processes that criminals have. As the late Dr. William Aprill said “they are not like you.” For another example of this concept, watch Dave Spaulding’s video They Don’t Think Like You Do.
AIWB Or: How I learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.
Simon’s thoughts on AIWB carry.
Running Alone? My Concealed Carry and Safety Setup
Solid advice for female runners.
Should you carry a reload for your CCW revolver?
I tell students in my revolver classes that I consider carrying a reload for your small frame revolver to be an act of optimism. How long does the average gunfight last? There are variations, but three to five seconds is a pretty good estimate. How long does it take to reload a small revolver with a speed loader? With practice, most of you will be in the four to five second range.
See the problem?
If you decide to remain optimistic, Caleb describes How to carry a reload for your CCW revolver and How to reload your small revolver.
Warning! Hurt Feelings Ahead, But The Truck Gun Idea is Asinine for Most Intended Purposes
If my memory holds, I believe that we have seen exactly ONE active killer stopped by a guy who retrieved a long gun from his car before engaging the killer. Overall, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to carry a rifle in your car in most urban environments. The ever-present risk of the gun being stolen outweighs any potential benefit the gun confers.
Biological War: A Scenario
What I’m reading…
3 Reasons I don’t Like Backup Guns
I generally only link to articles that share advice on a topic about which the author and I generally agree. I don’t agree with this article.
Why post it? Because the issues he mentioned should be part of your consideration when deciding when or if you need to carry a second gun. As a dude who carried a second gun on my person every single police shift I worked for 25 years, I think I he overstates all of the negatives he describes.
With that said, I think most of you will be fine if you skip carrying a backup piece to the grocery store. I don’t often carry a second gun on my person now that I’m retired, but some of you face different risks than I encounter now. There are also some important advantages to carrying more than one gun. Read Passing Off a Backup Gun. Understand the issues involved and make your best decision.
What’s the Future of Firearms Training? Let’s Ask 3 Guys Who Should Know
Where is our industry heading?
Guns of GOA G.O.A.L.S. 2026
Some new guns you probably haven’t seen before.
Defensive 1911: Managing 1911 Safeties
I see a lot of operator error in classes when students don’t properly use the safeties on the 1911 platform. You’ll also like the same author’s take on Defensive Shotgun Upgrades & Accessories.
Training Toys or Tools?
Alternatives to live fire.
Animal Bites in the Outdoors: What Every Hunter, Hiker, and Camper Should Know
I cover bite wounds in a lot of my medical classes. If you are going to be in a remote area without available care, pick up some Augmentin as an antibiotic. It’s the antibiotic of choice for most animal and human bites.
On the topic of remote areas, you might also like What Wilderness Experts Know That the Rest of Us Don’t.
August Rangemaster Newsletter
Good information about both shotguns and pistol mounted optics. Opens to PDF.
Teaching civilians isn’t the same as teaching cops
“But when it comes to physical skills like firearms, defensive tactics and practical self-defense, too many cops assume their law enforcement knowledge automatically transfers to citizen defenders. It doesn’t.”
Quote to Ponder: