by admin | Feb 26, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Members, Personal Safety
Ever heard of “defensive gun use porn”? It’s a term to describe a genre of stories where good guys use their guns to beat the bad guys. Such stories are a staple of many firearms-centric blogs and news sites, and they serve not so much an educational role as they do a...
by admin | Feb 21, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Information Security, Members, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, reviews
If it’s Wednesday, this must be the awesome collection of personal safety and preparedness articles known as the Hump Day Reading List. What do you know — correct on both counts! Duplicate function, not form Those who’ve read Prepping For Life know that...
by admin | Feb 19, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Members, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Training Talk
A few quick notes of interest: — On last Thursday’s Training Talk, martial arts and combatives expert Cecil Burch and I talked about defensive use of the knife. Cecil may be known as “the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Guy”, but he also has multi-decade experience in...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Handguns, Incident Analysis, Information Security, instructors, Members, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Training Talk
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are some Hump Day articles to help keep you and your Valentine safe, secure, and happy! The best pistol you’ve never fired It’s not exactly a secret that my concealed carry autoloading pistol-of-choice is a Steyr S9-A1. I...
by admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Incident Analysis, Members, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Training Talk
What’s great about Wednesday, you ask? Why, the great articles on self defense and preparedness that I have for you, of course! Mr. Wilson and the car prowler Man sees teenager rifling through his car and goes out with his gun to confront said teenager....
by admin | Feb 5, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, Members, Training Talk
A popular concept taught in many defensive shooting courses (including mine) is movement off the line of attack. It’s variously referred to as “getting off the X” or “lateral movement”, and probably some other terms I’m not remembering, but the concept is pretty...