I am lawman. It is what I have spent the majority of my life doing, and it is what I know. For the last 24 years I have been in law enforcement. I am currently a Georgia POST Certified Peace Officer, in good standing, sworn with both a state accredited municipal agency and a County…

You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge. We have all heard that training is not qualification, and qualification is not training. However, in a lot of agencies, qualification is the only time the agency provides ammunition for the officers, and thus becomes defacto training. When the qualification course is lacking in…

How reliable does your gun need to be? This can quickly go through the looking glass, and cause doubt. Doubt causes pause. Pause causes panic. Panic leads to bad decisions. Having a gun that you have proven reliable, helps give peace of mind, so you can live your life and not have lingering doubts in…

NOTE: This article will seem to jump around with an inconsistent order to it. It was specifically written that way for the purpose of generating thought and provoking emotional reactions. It is through this non-standard format, that causes critical thought, and it is my intention to have the reader look at the issue from a…

In the wild days of the American frontier, savvy law dawgs routinely chose the scatter gun when they knew they were going into a fight. Hard boiled street cops chose them to combat ruthless killers in the bloody days of the gangster era. Throughout both World Wars, our military (especially the Devil Dogs of the…

This blog is the new, more accessible, arm of the GALEFI newsblast. It will offer more timely posts, with integration of video demonstrations as well. All forms of media are educational in nature, and shall not be construed as legal advice or endorsed by any entity the author is employed with. Handling and training with…