by Grant Cunningham | Aug 23, 2019 | Holster & Carry Methods, mythbusting, realistic, Training & Teaching
If you haven’t taken my Perimeter Defense Rifle class (or read Protecting Your Homestead), you may not know that one of the things I teach is the idea that the rifle is the gun we are most unlikely to have on our person when we need it. It’s the firearm that needs to...
by Grant Cunningham | Aug 16, 2019 | Politics & RKBA, professionalism, realistic
There is a lot of activity, at the federal, state and local levels, on various bills of interest to those of us concerned with personal liberties. Because of the unsettled political climate, we’re seeing more and more calls to “write your elected...
by Grant Cunningham | Aug 14, 2019 | attacks, awareness, Incident Analysis, integrity, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, realistic, Training & Teaching, Unarmed Defense
Welcome to your Hump Day Reading List! This is your refuge from the impersonal Google and FaceBook algorithms that seem to run our lives these days. Instead of a machine deciding what you’ll see, I personally go out and look for great articles that actually...
by Grant Cunningham | Aug 9, 2019 | attacks, awareness, Incident Analysis, Personal Safety, realistic
Take a look at the picture illustrating this post. It comes from a security camera in the recent El Paso Walmart incident, and has been shared widely in social media as well as more than one blog. It’s also being used to sell an idea, a notion really, that I...
by Grant Cunningham | Aug 7, 2019 | awareness, gun safety, Holster & Carry Methods, Incident Analysis, Legal Issues, negative outcomes, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, realistic, Training & Teaching
Welcome to your Hump Day Reading List! This is your refuge from the impersonal Google and FaceBook algorithms that seem to run our lives these days. Instead of a machine deciding what you’ll see, I personally go out and look for great articles that have value...
by Grant Cunningham | Aug 2, 2019 | attacks, awareness, Incident Analysis, Other Defensive Tools, practice, realistic, Training & Teaching, Unarmed Defense
In my job I follow a lot of news stories about horrific events. Once I’ve dissected the event for any lessons, however, I usually don’t think about it much. After all, there will be another attacker, or another disaster, to study tomorrow. Whether I’m...