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The Instructor’s Mirror: Why Your Resistance to USPSA Limits Your Students
Article By Sam H. After 20 years as a Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor and a veteran of the force, I’ve seen a persistent, frustrating disconnect in our community. We spend thousands on the latest optics and “gucci” duty gear, yet we often steer our officers away from the most accessible, high-volume stress test available: practical… Continue reading
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Chasing Rabbits
Written by: William G. Perhaps a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you a call. Go ask Alice. I think she’ll know what I am raving about tonight while I’m on this airplane. I have carried a variety of guns on duty over the last three decades. Some issue, some personal. At times, I carried some… Continue reading
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Lack of Back Up – A Disturbing Trend
Article by: William G. When I was a child I clearly remember my father’s hunting rifles had iron sights, even when they had a magnified scope on them. I remember when red dots on carbines started coming into the game, and how hard they were resisted as being too unreliable or finicky. Then as time… Continue reading
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Close-Range Officer Shootings Require Neuroscience-Based Training
Article By: Leo H. The Canton v. Harris decision (1989) determined that a municipality can be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for constitutional violations stemming from a failure to adequately train employees. Furthermore, it created a standard by establishing the failure must be in “deliberate indifference” to the existing constitutional rights of the injured… Continue reading
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What Zero is Right for You?
Article by: William G. This article will focus on the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge that is still the predominate round of CONUS LE. If you use a 6.8, 300 Black Out, a 7.62x39mm, a 30-30, or a 7.62x51mm NATO, I am not the one to talk to about zero’s for those (except the 7.62×51, but I… Continue reading
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Winning the fight, but getting killed by your own gun.
Article by: William G. By now, you have figured out I am a little different. I actually like to clean guns. Probably because I have a phobia of dirty guns. Always hated the idea of having my own gun kill me in a gunfight because I didn’t properly maintain it. When I was 12, I… Continue reading
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How Fast is Too Fast?
Article by: William G. Speed kills? Sometimes. Going too fast can mean missing the target completely, shooting an aggressor that ceased being a threat two shots ago because you were going too fast, shooting too soon, mistaken identity, on and on. Going too slow can get you, your partner, or an uninvolved party killed. Where… Continue reading
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If you could only have one each?
Article by: William G. This is simply a fun (to me) hypothetical discussion/exercise. My friend Capt. Bobby C. threw out this question to me the other night, so it gets an article. “One rifle, one shotgun, one handgun. If you could only pick one of each; and that had to be used for hunting, home… Continue reading
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It’s Not About the Drill
Article By: Leo H. Recently, I had the opportunity to assist on the range with a group of mandate students. The academy I was working with assigned students to a specific lane and the various instructors tended to work the same lane throughout the day. The instructors lead their students through drills called by one… Continue reading
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“Traps” to Avoid
Article By: Leo H. At some time during my tenure as a Rangemaster, I compiled a list of observations made of individuals we often saw repeating remediation. As I explore these habits, or traps, in this article, I am sure you will be able to think of some I have missed. In fact, many are… Continue reading
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