The folks over st spsamurai.com published blog post recently about “Ballistic Masturbation” and Entertrainment (A term that Chris Clifton from Defensive Concepts talked about in Episode 85 of our podcast.) I could name some names here, but I don’t think that is super important. What’s important is that you do your homework on a trainer before paying them a few hundred bucks for shooting instruction. I don’t care if someone has military or law enforcement …

Looks like we have another competition shooting venue in NC under fire from neighbors complaining about the noise. From Carolina Shooters Club: Announcement: My friends at the Flat Rock Shooting Range was recently issued a cease and desist order due to holding 3 Gun competitions on their 100 + acre property in Western NC! A few property owners from the Oleta Falls sub-division, living about a quarter + mile away complained about the noise!!! The …

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A few weeks back Ben and I were invited on the 2AToday Podcast to help with their “Battleground State” series of shows. Earlier in the series ‘YaDaddy’ and Peter Gould interviewed people from the different battleground states about how the anti-gun laws were passed in those states: California – Jacob Rascon Connecticut – Rich Burgess New York – Tom King New York City – Glenn Herman (Part 1) New York City -Glenn Herman (Part 2) …

Here’s the match video from Saturday night at the PDHSC/Shoot2Live IDPA match in Raleigh. (Video Link for Email/RSS Readers) Here’s more thoughts on shooting with my CCW rig in the match. Also, this was the topic of Episode 96 of the podcast.

California State University was placed on lockdown after police were called for a “man with a gun” on campus that turned out to be an umbrella. My first thought about this was that those fools in California don’t know the difference between an unbrella and a rifle, but then I was reminded that this type of hilariousness isn’t bound by the borders of California. It wasn’t all too long ago when this same exact thing …

Earlier this evening I shot the PDHSC/Shoot2Live IDPA match in south Raleigh. I decided that today I would shoot my actual concealed carry setup in the match. Even though it’s a match tailored for concealed carry, I usually shoot IDPA with my Glock 34 from what is essentially a competition specific holster (even though it’s within IDPA’s rules, it’s not something I’d carry with outside of a shooting range.) The Gear: Pistol: Springfield XDs 9mm …

Tonight I’m watching Star Wars: A New Hope and I watched the scene in the Mos Eisley Cantina where Han Solo is confronted by Greedo looking to collect on Jabba The Huts bounty on him. During the original scene, Greedo and Solo are sitting in a booth in the cantina, and Greedo has Solo at gun point the entire time. While the two are talking, Solo slowly reaches under the table, retrieves his blaster, and …

On September 6, 2014 the folks at H2O Fowl Farms in Dunn, NC will be hosting the 2nd Annual Coins For Children Charity shooting match. The match will be an “IDPA Style” pistol shooting match, and all of the proceeds will be going to the Coins for Children charity which aims to stop human trafficking. Match fee for this match will be $25 and there is an opporunity to win some great donated prizes like …

We’ve all seen a lot of negative news recently when it comes to Police departments, so I thought it would be nice to highlight a police department that is doing it right. Today the Apex, NC police department took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise money for the ALS Foundation. Post by Apex Police Department. In the beginning I thought that the Ice Bucket Challenge was a stupid thing: dump a bucket of …