Posts Tagged ‘Training’
How to Get Kicked Out of The Gun Range
Gun ranges provide a service that is much needed by American gun owners. Particularly for those of us that live in major metro areas the local gun ranges represent our only convenient option to train with our firearms. Sadly, some of the more effective training tactics that we teach our students cannot be practiced at…
Read MoreThe Top Eight Reasons You Don’t Carry Concealed Every Day
In Mid May of 2015 we started a series of articled designed to address the most common reasons why gun owners don’t carry their legal concealed carry firearms every day. We gathered some input from our past students and our online followers and came up with eight core and common reasons people cite for not…
Read MoreHow to Establish the Habit of Concealed Carry
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. As humans we are naturally creatures of habit. Our mind and body thrives in repetition. Building habits and breaking habits…
Read MoreFear of Taking Action in The Moment of Truth
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. Did you stop carrying concealed because you were concerned with your mental and emotional ability to take action when the situation…
Read MorePhysical Discomfort When Carrying Concealed Firearms
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. Carrying a concealed firearm is not exactly like adding a pocket knife to your keychain. Guns are heavy, bulky, and oddly…
Read MoreToo Many Places that Prohibit Guns?
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. Some people say that they don’t carry their concealed firearm because there are too many places that prohibit firearms. If you…
Read MoreDifficulty Concealing the Firearm
This is one part in our series of articles about reasons why those with a concealed carry permit stop carrying concealed. Please visit this introductory post to learn more about this series of articles. If you felt after some attempts, that carrying that firearm in a way that others really wouldn’t notice it, was really…
Read MoreHave You Fallen Out of Love With Concealed Carry?
Instructors hear this story all of the time. Someone decided to get their concealed carry permit for one reason or another and after a few days/weeks/months of carrying concealed they give it up. It is really unfortunate that this happens and if you could count yourself among those who don’t carry as often as you…
Read MoreTop Principles of Shooting From a Covered Position
In late April 2015 we published an article about the difference between cover and concealment. This article is to guide you in some of the general principles of shooting from behind cover. Most of what you have been trained or told to do is likely incorrect and will expose you in a way that will…
Read MoreThe Difference Between Cover and Concealment
There are a handful of vocabulary terms that make me cringe when I hear them used wrong and the terms cover and concealment are among those. This article will quickly overview the difference between these two ideas. Concealment in a Gun Fight Concealment refers to anything that hides you from view. Concealment is an important…
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