NO SLOW WEEKS

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When I was a little kid, I probably drove my mother nuts with how often I whined, “I’m bored!” I don’t say that much anymore. The last four weeks or so have included: Rangemaster Tactical Conference in...

MORE ON WARNING SHOTS

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A couple of entries ago, the discussion on a major police association conditionally condoning warning shots drew a lot of commentary here. And we didn’t even get all the way into the topic.  For example,...

TOXIN-ANTI-TOXIN: A HERO’S STORY

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In medicine, grave circumstances sometimes require toxin-anti-toxin therapy: poison against poison.  Chemotherapy may make a cancer patient feel sick in different ways, but it can save the patient’s life; therapeutic radiation may have ugly...

COMBAT SHOOTING: ISRAELI STYLE

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Several weeks ago, I was signed up to take Mikey Hartman’s instructor course in IDF (Israeli Defense Force) style combat shooting with rifle and handgun.  Unfortunately, a member of my extended family came down...

BACK TO WORK

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Just finished our first class of 2017. Good to be back in the saddle.  Thanks to ace instructor John Murphy who hosted us in Springfield, VA. As a rule, the evil princess and I take...