About that Open Carry

For nearly a decade I have been living in states which gun owners in the illiberal democracies that are the coastal enclaves of our country would call "Free America". Yet sometimes I still have to stop and shake my head just a bit. Where I spent much of my life, and all of my law …

Check Your Reality

While scrolling Facebook over my morning coffee today I ran across a great article by nationally recognized trainer Greg Ellifritz. Like all good articles should be it was thought provoking. Mr. Ellifritz is a retired police officer, a researcher and author, as well as a world traveler above and beyond his work as a trainer. …

The Show Goes On

On January 31, 2024 I retired from the corporate universe. A week and some odd days on, I continue to search for the way forward. When I got up on February 1st it was the first time in almost 50 years, except for vacation and a couple of rides on the worker's comp / disability …

Keep Cool With…….Who?

It seems certain that this year is going to come down to a choice between two admittedly regrettable, but distinctly different post election environments. While it may be too much to hope for, voters today should set their emotions aside and take a good, hard, look at what the candidates have done and make an …

Of Sheepdogs and Men

I recently was invited to be a panelist on the Primary & Secondary Modcast, my first appearance, and we had a discussion around the concept of the Sheepdog mindset. It was an interesting conversation, to say the least. https://youtu.be/_gY_eM02H6U?si=Iqsm2uNlQ8EjEbeC The concept of the Sheepdog Mindset started with an essay by Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman. The …

Art imitates life

(Ed. Note -- this article contains major spoilers for Season 5, Episode 10 of Fargo. If you haven't watched it, you're warned) Usually it is the other way around from the title of this post... life, very often, imitates art. But in a show I streamed the other night there was a really great lesson …

The Vanishing Middle Class

Getting ready to get on an airplane, this article kind of hit home as I had my $22 hotel omelette (it was shitteh) and $5 bland AF coffee. The artcle was particularly apropos as today I am departing my native soil of the Bay Area after a whirlwind three day work related visit. My experience …

AAR- Pat Rogers Memorial Revolver Roundup 2022

On the weekend before Thanksgiving I traveled to the world renowned Gunsite Academy in Paulden Arizona for three days of full immersion into the universe of defensive revolver use. While I may not have come away with a new appreciation for the allegedly archaic wheel gun, because I have always believed in its efficacy, I …

NPE – Counter Robbery – AAR

"Experience comes from failure. Wisdom comes from experience." -- Darryl Bolke I failed. In the moment of truth, I made a mistake. Fortunately... it was on the range, and didn't cost me my fortune, or my freedom, so I gained experience. I plan to keep working on the wisdom part for as long as I …

A Tale of Two States

There has been a public place mask mandate in place in Nevada for quite a while now. It was relaxed for a while, but then the governor said we'd all been bad so on with those masks, or off with your heads, seemed to be the unspoken message. Vaccinated or not everyone must cover their …