(what you should not do) It should be common knowledge to clean your firearm after a trip to the range. But what a lot of people do not realize is that regular maintenance and inspection of your carry firearm is necessary to ensure that it will function properly if and when the time comes that it is needed. So often one will pack around a pistol for months on end without doing anything more than putting it in a holster or tossing it in the glove box or under the seat.

Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 1,   Realistic CQC Drills - Part 2 Recently I examined the theory that should underlie realistic close-quarter combat (CQC) pistol training. To summarize, you need to rehearse countering a sudden (though not completely unexpected if your situational awareness skills are up to par) attack from any direction that dictates little reaction time and engagement at very short range, putting as many rounds as possible into the target without precision ai...

Well, the question was posed to me of what I think are the top five handguns for women, to which I asked myself, “handguns for what purpose?” Simple target shooting? Competition shooting? Bear hunting in Alaska?

Back in June or July you may have read an article regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (BATF) sad and desperate attempt at creating the illusion that America needed more restrictions, if not an outright ban, on firearms, or more precisely, so-called "assault weapons.” Which is a misnomer, as the term "assault weapon" refers to a fully automatic, short range firearm that is intended for high volume fire in close quarters. We currently have enough restrictions on automatic firearms w...

    Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 1,  Realistice CQC Drills - Part 3 Recently I examined the theory that should underlie realistic close-quarter combat (CQC) pistol training. To summarize, you need to rehearse countering a sudden (though not completely unexpected if your situational awareness skills are up to par) attack from any direction that dictates little reaction time and engagement at very short range, putting as many rounds as possible into the target withou...

Related Articles Realistic CQC Drills - Part 2,  Realistic CQC Drills - Part 3 Handgun drills intended to develop close-quarter combat skills often focus on one of two basic formats. One emphasizes putting two, three, or more shots (sometimes up to an entire magazine’s worth) into center mass on the target, usually under some kind of time constraint. The other—the body armor counter—calls for two rounds center mass followed by one to the head.

Two Guns Too Many Communism, Fascism, National Socialism, Totalitarianism, Godlessness. There is no other way to describe it. This is America's current direction.

National Shooting The I.D.P.A National Shooting match was held in Tulsa Oklahoma in September of 2010. It is one of the most sought after matches of the year for all I.D.P.A shooters including Jr. Shooters (Shooters under the age of 18).

2010 IDPA National Championship If you shoot International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) competitions, you should shoot the Nationals at least once in your life. But why, should you try to make it to the Nationals? Well, it really is “The National Championship” (This is the perspective of the author who is just an average shooter).

We all know that CCW holders are not above the law. As a matter of fact, we go out of our way to obey the law. We subject ourselves to governmental rule (in spite of our inalienable rights), pay money, take training go through background checks and sometimes psychological evaluations just to be able to defend ourselves and our loved ones.