How to get prepared in three easy steps
I admit to a bit of creative over-simplification in today’s title, but there’s an important lesson in it.
My wife and I were walking in the woods recently, and the topic of conversation touched on preparedness. Rather, the lack of preparedness amongst a large percentage of the adult population.
How the other three-quarters lives
She used an example from her previous life in corporate America: Her profession was accounting, and she worked as a department head in several …
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Your Hump Day Reading List for June 26, 2019
Welcome to the Hump Day Reading List! Here are what I believe to be the three most important articles you can read this week to enhance your personal and family safety:
This week in Defense and Training:
Don’t believe everything you see on YouTube
My friend Cecil Burch, martial arts legend and expert in entangled fighting, has some things to say about fake martial artists plying their wares on the internet.
It’s easy to get tripped up …
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Schachle Returns to Claim Overall Wins at 2019 Talladega D-Day Matches
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. – Last year’s Garand Match winner at Talladega Marksmanship Park, Keith Schachle, 60, of Brooks, GA, decided to again participate in the D-Day Matches (held at the Alabama facility each June) and gave outstanding performances in not just one competition, but in each he fired – claiming the Three-Gun Aggregate over the course Continue Reading
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Luck happens, but sometimes it happens to someone else.
This is a sobering tale, and I share it for a lesson that’s not immediately obvious.
Concealed Carrier vs. Armed Robber
The story is relatively simple: Mr. Miller was at his son’s house looking at a plumbing problem. His son was not home at the time, but was on the phone with his father. The timeline is a little unclear, but it seems that Miller was leaving the property and locking the door when his assailant opened fire. …
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Pyrotechnics, Amputee Skydiver Featured at CMP’s 2019 National Matches First Shot Ceremony
By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer/Editor CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is excited to announce the lineup for the 2019 First Shot Ceremony, set to take place Monday, July 8, at the Camp Perry National Guard Training Facility, near Port Clinton, Ohio. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. on the base’s Rodriguez Range and is free Continue Reading
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GCA Offers New Awards
The Garand Collectors Association’s Board of Directors has decided to advance our desire to recognize shooters who continue the legacy of the M1 as a viable match rifle and continue to excel with it. With that as our goal, the GCA has purchased generous CMP gift certificates to be awarded to the top M1 shooters at the CMP National Matches Continue Reading
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IL Training Upgrade
As most major matches are fired on electronic targets, more training needs to be done on them as well. In IL, we now have 2 ranges with at least 4 electronic targets for air rifle at the high school level. In addition, my home range now has 2 electronic targets for air rifle. One can convert one to 50ft smallbore Continue Reading
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Your Hump Day Reading List for June 19, 2019
Welcome to the Hump Day Reading List! Here are what I believe to be the three most important articles you can read this week to enhance your personal and family safety:
This week in Defense and Training:
Birdshot, self defense, and you
Last week I received a request for information on the use of birdshot for self defense. Rather than writing a whole missive, I elected to share this article with the person. Then I thought I …
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Arizona CMP State Air Rifle Match
The date has been set for the Arizona CMP State Air Rifle Championship Match. it will be held Nov. 30, 2019 at the Air Rifle Range at Ben Avery Shooting Range. Information on the match will be posted shortly on the CMP web page. The match will be open …
Michigan Junior Feature: Anthony Wilder
By Serena Juchnowski, CMP Feature Writer Rifle, pistol, shotgun – some themes are universal. What most appeals to Anthony Wilder of Pelkie, Mich., about bullseye pistol shooting is “the challenge, definitely the challenge of it…beating my scores that I have shot in the years past, every year always beating myself.” Wilder was not the first in his family to discover shooting. Continue Reading
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