by Grant Cunningham | Aug 1, 2018 | Accessories, attacks, Cecil Burch, Current Events, Defensive Shooting, Greg Ellifritz, Home Security, Incident Analysis, Information Security, instructors, Legal Issues, medical, mythbusting, negative outcomes, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Prepping, reading list, Rob Pincus, security, snake oil, Street Smarts, teaching, Training Talk
I found more interesting articles for this week’s List, some of them guaranteed to make you think twice! Whatever happened to positively identifying your target? I’m not sure where to start with this article, but I’ll boil it down to this: Just because an alarm... by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | awareness, Claude Werner, Defensive Shooting, Grant Cunningham, instructors, Members, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, realistic, security, snake oil, Street Smarts, Unarmed Defense
A few weeks back I wrote an article on why I don’t entertain the notion of “what-if” scenarios. If you haven’t read it, you should. On a somewhat related note, I also don’t entertain the notion of the foregone conclusion scenario. It’s the one that presupposes a... by admin | Jun 25, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, instructors, integrity, Members, mythbusting, Personal Safety, Prepping, Training Talk
Believe it or not, the job I do isn’t actually all that pleasant. I’ve run into a lot of people who tell me they’d “love” to have my job; they tell me that “it must be fun”. They see the travel, or focus on the guns and shooting, without thought to what those things... by Daniel Postilnik | May 29, 2018 | instructors, teaching
I’m pleased to announce the latest batch of newly certified LGC instructors. This seems to be the most geographically diverse group so far, and it’s great to see our reach expanding through more and more regions. Without further ado, allow me to introduce... by admin | May 7, 2018 | Grant Cunningham, gun safety, instructors, Members, Personal Defense Network, Personal Safety, Training Talk
Keeping kids safe around firearms, and teaching them to use them safely and responsibly, is a big task. If you’re a gun owner and a parent, it may be one of the most important things you do. That’s what we covered on last week’s episode of Training Talk, with special... by admin | Apr 16, 2018 | awareness, context, Defensive Shooting, Grant Cunningham, Holster & Carry Methods, instructors, integrity, Members, mythbusting, Other Defensive Tools, Personal Safety, professionalism, realistic, Street Smarts, women
A couple of weeks ago I talked about how the “I won’t go anywhere I can’t carry a gun” attitude affects the lives of those who pretend to put it into practice. The people who say things like that also have a tendency to insist that everyone can carry all the time, and... 