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Actually, that's not quite what the police do. Check out this excellent article written for police supervisors: http://www.laaw.com/highstress.htm Here's a relevant quote: Interesting to me, because this advice rather exactly parallels Ayoob's 5-point checklist: 1. That person attacked me...

No, that's a very bad idea. It's not that "telling the truth" is a bad idea -- it's that you quite literally do not know what the truth is immediately after a life threatening event, and you quite literally no way of knowing what kind of tricks your adrenalin-soaked mind has played on you during...

Yes, but in a moral sense, not so much in a political sense. You'll find a lot of my musings on those topics on my website, if you're interested. (Link's in the sig line.) pax

Mrs. A ~ Yes, Christians are so offensive that our very presence among the ranks of gun owners somehow threatens the RKBA movement ... :rolleyes: Well, maybe that's overstating it. It's good that we own guns, that's a given. And it's okay that we have beliefs and things. But heaven forbid...

Nice poster, Armoredman. pax

Dark colors work better than light colors. Material that's a little stiff works better than thinner, softer, or more flowing material. Stripes tend to accentuate the lump, while plaids and prints tend to hide it. A shirt that is too tight will always print, while one that is too loose...

The cartridges are durable. Legality is very dependent upon your jurisdiction. It's legal most places but not everywhere. Some friends of mine and I had a chance to go hands on with a Taser C2 not long ago. And after doing that, if I wanted to carry a Taser I would be very very aware of...

The method I use: Drop magazine. Rack the action. Lock action open. Look in the chamber and magazine well. Probe chamber and magazine well with pinky finger to be sure my eyes didn't lie. ("Check by sight and feel.") Close action. Drop hammer with muzzle pointed in safe direction. I...

Hmmm, when I read this I just realized how totally spoiled I've gotten by the electronics. Doesn't it bug you to know someone could walk onto the range behind you without you hearing them? It never used to bother me, but it sure does now. I just don't like being startled while I'm shooting...

I always wear electronic muffs. Good ear protection is important. I certainly don't want to end up like my dad, who has to bluff his way through most conversations and who misses a lot of important things because he just didn't hear what was happening. Although he wears them, he absolutely...

A personal sonic alarm sounds like a great idea, right up until you ask yourself, When was the last time you heard of anyone running to find out what set off a car alarm? Maybe somebody did once, but I've never heard of it. pax

Joining the NRA makes no sense for you, but joining the NFA does -- that's the National Firearms Association of Canada. They want to be the NRA's northern counterpart. Website is http://www.nfa.ca/. Their magazine, the Canadian Firearms Journal, is decent enough. pax

My site has a glossary, www.corneredcat.com/Glossary/glossary.aspx pax

Strambo ~ Good post. Need to add one option that isn't often discussed: getting the gun away & just shooting the guy with it. There are a lot of leverage-based techniques for twisting the gun away that do not require the extreme physicality that strike-based techniques do. But once the gun...

:D I'm sure you were! See, I'm never gonna understand how people do that. Doesn't anyone else just shoot the stuff as quickly as they get their hands on it? pax