Your Hump Day Reading List for April 25, 2018

Spring has finally sprung in Oregon, and I’m celebrating with a great collection of articles for all aspects of your defense, safety, and preparedness!
 
This article is dumb. Read it anyway.
Why do I say it’s dumb? Because these are five types of people you should ALWAYS avoid, whether you’re carrying or not! (Remember John Farnam’s famous advice: Don’t go to stupid places, do stupid things, or hang around with stupid people. Follow that advice and you’ll eliminate …

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Open Public Range Schedule Released for CMP’s Electronic Targets at Camp Perry

CAMP PERRY, Ohio –  The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) has released its 2018 schedule for Petrarca Range on the grounds of Camp Perry – a public gun range which features electronic targets designed to withstand both rifle and pistol firing. The range will be open every Monday from from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., beginning April 16, and Mondays from Continue Reading

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Winners Emerge and Qualifiers Named from CMP’s 3P Air Rifle Regional Results

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer The Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) annual 3P Regional air rifle events were recently fired throughout the month of April, with over 450 talented junior athletes vying to qualify for the National Championship in June. Each Regional match is a 3×20 (three-position) air rifle competition, where sporter and precision class athletes from 4-H, Scouts, American Legion, Continue Reading

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More Info Now Available on CMP’s New National Match Smallbore Events

By Ashley Brugnone, CMP Writer A complete schedule for the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) fresh lineup of smallbore rifle events at the 2018 National Matches is now accessible through the CMP website. In addition to an event schedule, the 2018 CMP Smallbore Rifle Competition Rules is also available for viewing online.   Smallbore competitions have been slotted into the Camp Continue Reading

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Selling defense without talking about prevention

“F**k marketing. There are too many people in marketing.” — Steve Jobs
A while back I saw a slick promo video for a training organization (which will remain nameless), and it’s bothered me ever since because it makes the job of teaching people how to truly stay safe so much harder.
The video showed footage of a road rage incident where both drivers stop their cars and get out. One of the drivers immediately draws a gun and shoots …

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Range Report, 22 April 2018

Linda realized that with her most recent purchase she now had a couple of guns she had yet to fire, so we packed up and went off to Champion Arms this afternoon- but things really started earlier this week. I had been missing having a .22 rifle for some time, in part with the intent […]

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About last night…

If you tuned into Training Talk last night at 6:pm and found nothing happening, I must apologize — we ran late!
Normally I start on the dot at 6:pm, but last night we had some technical problems that took us some time to resolve. We finally did, though, and started the show at about 6:16.
And what a show it was! Attorney Jim Fleming did a heck of a job explaining the nuances of the use of lethal force …

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