Friday, February 26, 2016

CWP, 26 February 2016 Anno Domini

Greetings Sheepdogs,
     A group of us will be going to the
Tactical Conference in Memphis, TN
on March 11, 12, and 13 of 2016 A.D.
Hope to see you there.  If not, please
consider joining us next year.
 
***** Mindset *****

"Get comfortable being uncomfortable."
-- Jeff Gonzales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSt10k3wyk
     Four rings of security:
Armed Forces, Armed Police, Off Duty Armed Police,
The Armed Citizen (carrying concealed).

"Seek training from outside sources."
-- Pat McNamara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWv7NndBf68
     Sgt. Maj. McNamara was talking about
modern warriors in our armed forces, and
how they have broken out of the institutional
inertia and institutional inbreeding.
     Proprioception and Kinesthetic Sense.

"Failure to plan is a plan for failure."
-- [I couldn't find the primary source.]

***** Training *****

Dave Spaulding: Shooting From Supine Position
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t9bqMI5j2M

Mitigating A Training Scar With A Deliberate Pause
http://www.gunnuts.net/2016/01/27/mitigating-a-training-scar-with-a-deliberate-pause/

Pat MacNamara interview *explicit language*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFjyYm61nOI

A little drill for you hard core types.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq-hQYcoVmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DymOyQjilQc

***** Tactics *****

Recommendation against shooting through
your car door at the carjacker.
http://www.glocktalk.com/threads/can-shooting-through-car-door-help-in-preventing-car-jacking.1607302/#post-22814697

***** Techniques *****

Carbine Sling Essentials With Pat McNamara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGNUxv9m9nI

Pat McNamara Pro-Tip: Finger on your Trigger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JX2hZR_6g
     In case I don't mention it enough, let me reiterate,
I cite stuff from credible reputable sources that I
disagree with.  Because, unlike our liberal friends,
I actually practice diversity of opinion.  I disagree
with this trigger finger placement for single action or
striker action pistols.  I believe it is only appropriate
for double action pistols or revolvers.

***** Gear *****

Pat McNamara's Essential Range Gear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JKb-jKJ3qQ

Best Of The Blog - 2014
by Michael R. Seeklander
Excerpt:
Grip Surfaces - To increase your ability to control
the recoil, and manipulate the gun, all allowable
grip surfaces should be stippled or coated with
skateboard tape, with the exception of the back
strap of the gun. The backstrap of the gun should
be left relatively smooth to allow the strong hand
to index the gun properly and slide up to a high
grip position on the tang of the weapon during the
draw process.
www.freeguntraining.com/
www.shooting-performance.com
www.blog.shooting-performance.com

***** Instructors *****

     I heard a program on the radio on the way to
work this morning, 2/16/16.  The speaker was saying how
gun schools and churches are similar in that some are
concerned with growing to maximize their profit and
so resort to entertainment as opposed to education. 
     Some are concerned with education and so teach
breaking bad habits to replace them with good habits,
study (research), practice (homework), and a lot of
thinking in general, things which most people don't
want to do.  So, such schools or churches don't grow
very big.
     I've been to the big gun schools, some have
massive internet audiences.  But, looking at my notes
from the past decades, I see that I've learned the
most from small classes (often, I was the only student
who showed up for the class) with NRA instructors and
non-NRA instructors teaching in their homes or small
facilities, because they loved helping others.

***** Pedagogy *****

Intentionally left blank. 
[As opposed to being censored for politically incorrect content.]

***** Education *****

Words of wisdom from someone who knows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6LqWGi79g

Lifesaving Advice From Dave Canterbury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je_mEnfKNXU
     Trapping and fishing is more effective than hunting.
     Survival in adverse conditions.
     Tool heavy mentality.
     All skills are perishable.
     I don't mind that you don't care how to make a fire,
because you're too busy playing Mindcraft.  When it
becomes important to you, I'll teach you how to do it.
[What a fantastic attitude!]

Police Officer Prosecuted [and convicted] for a Negligent Discharge
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/prosecuted-for-a-negligent-discharge
Excerpt:
I don’t know ANY [police] academies ANYWHERE in the
country that turn out competent gunfighters upon
graduation.  I was the best shooter in my academy
class, but looking back, I didn’t know SHIT about
shooting when I graduated the police academy. I took
the initiative to seek out quality professional
firearms training on my own time and my own dime.
Most cops will never do that. Consequently, most cops
NEVER become truly competent shooters. Those who do,
learn the skills on their own DESPITE their police
training, not BECAUSE of it. Police firearms training
is universally abysmal (with a few very small
exceptions).
     Primary source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3443383/The-Latest-Cop-guilty-manslaughter-stairwell-shooting.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

(For your newbie friends)
A Quick Guide To Shooting Fundamentals
http://www.survivopedia.com/a-quick-guide-to-shooting-fundamentals/#

***** This is why you need to be armed *****

Almost 90,000 dangerous illegal aliens go free
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/almost-90000-dangerous-illegal-immigrants-go-free/article/2583597
      The Obama administration is intentionally
releasing these predators into our communities
because they know the sheep will cry out for the
government to "do something", "protect us", etc.
This is what the sheep did after the 9/11 attacks,
which gave us the Patriot Act.  It's the most
reliable way to increase government power and
erode liberty.
     This ain't a joke.  Attorney General Holder
confirmed President Obama's intention to release
thousands of prisoners from federal prisons.
http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/blog/is-president-obama-ready-to-release-thousands-of-prisoners/

 ---
 
     Lesson plans may be found at
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474513
or send me an email requesting the latest version.

     Blogger.com says that
DefensivePistolcraft.com
got 6222 page views last month.
So, either one of you gave the URL so some bot,
or we got a lot of people looking at this blog
(which I find hard to believe).

Cheers,
Jon

Jonathan Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

CWP, 10 February 2016 Anno Domini

Greetings Sheepdogs,

***** Mindset *****

The Real Reason You Train
http://chadhowsefitness.com/2016/01/the-real-reason-you-train?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BringingBackManliness+%28Bringing+Back+Manliness+|+Alpha+Male+|+Chad+Howse+Fitness%29
     If you're going to get a big ass dog,
invest in training it.  So, it doesn't kill
your child.  I can refer you to several competent
(and professional) dog trainers in Tennessee and
South Carolina.
 ---
"Fear Is Your Friend" by Dave Spaulding
[Sorry, I don't know where the original article
was published.  I received a copy by email.]
http://www.handguncombatives.com/
Excerpts:
     Autogenic breathing, what's also called "combat"
or "rescue" breathing, is the primary method to keep
you from becoming overwhelmed by fear. By breathing
in for a count of four, holding for four, letting
out for four and then holding again for four, the
heart rate can be lowered substantially in 10
repetitions or so. When you lower your heart rate,
you'll have a more rational mode of thought. I've
used this technique for everything — from a
promotion interview to being shot at — and
it works.
     Knowing the physiological effects of combat
stress and fear (pounding heart, muscle tension,
trembling, rapid breathing, nausea, "gut knot,"
dry mouth, tunnel vision, etc.) and understanding
they're naturally occurring phenomena will make
you better prepared.
     Developing the skills needed to meet the
threat and knowing that these skills have worked
in combat, will add confidence and help you manage
fear. Also, once you truly understand the
pandemonium that conflict entails (not what's
portrayed in Hollywood films), you'll be less
willing to enter it — and that's not a bad thing.
Bottom line: Once you understand fear, you can
use it to your advantage.
     Remember: "Right now, someone is training so
when they meet you, they beat you. Train hard and
stay on guard." -- Dennis Martin
     "The final weapon is the brain ... all else is
supplemental." -- Ernest Hemingway
 ---
Do you carry religiously?
You may not be as safe as you believe.
http://www.grantcunningham.com/2016/01/do-you-carry-religiously-you-may-not-be-as-protected-as-you-think-you-are/
     The "well known instructor" referred to is
Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch.
 ---
“My gun kept you safe” – no it didn’t
http://blog.hsoi.com/2016/01/23/my-gun-kept-you-safe-no-it-didnt/
     Follow up to the article directly above.
If you believe the logic that guns don't murder people,
people murder people, guns are inanimate objects; 
then if follows that guns don't make people safe,
people make people safe.
     Of course, the truth is that only the sheepdogs
make the sheep safe.  Sheep who flee at the onset of
violence don't make the sheep safe.  Wolves who prey
on the sheep don't make the sheep safe.
     During the American Revolution about 10% of the
population took up arms and fought.  Today, less than
1% of the population volunteers to join the Armed
Forces.  Of those, about 10% shoot anything.  (Except
in the Marine Corps where everyone is supposed to be
a rifleman, ya sort of.)  So we, sheepdogs, really
are the 1 percenters.
 ---
     We train people from churches all over the country.
We often get push back from those who don't want guns
in their church.  They say that this is God's house and
that God will protect us.  We try to explain to them
that that is superstition.  -- Col. Dave Grossman
     Christian theology advocates armed self-defense.
     “Then Jesus said to His disciples,
whoever does not have a sword
should sell his coat and buy a sword.”
– Jesus of Nazareth, Luke 22:36,
New Life Version of the Bible
     "Those who carried materials did
their work with one hand and held
a weapon in the other, and each
of the builders wore his sword
at his side as he worked."
-- Nehemiah 4:17-18
     "... each had his weapon, even
when he went for water."
-- Nehemiah 4:23,
New International Version Bible
 ---
Islamic State Supporter In Michigan
Planned Massacre at Mega-Church
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/02/08/islamic-state-supporter-in-michigan-planned-massacre-at-mega-church/
Excerpt: 
He told the FBI why he thought the church would make
a good target: “It’s easy and a lot of people go
there. Plus people are not allowed to carry guns in
church."

***** Training *****

3 steps to save a TON of time and
money becoming a better shooter
http://preparedgunowners.com/2016/01/19/3-steps-to-save-a-ton-of-time-and-money-becoming-a-better-shooter/
 ---
Consistency vs Volume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWpvC54pWf8

***** Tactics *****

Concealed Carrier Turns the Tables on Armed Robbers
https://activeselfprotection.com/concealed-carrier-turns-the-tables-on-armed-robbers/
     Yes, it was perfectly okay to shoot these bad
guys in the back.  The bad guys were a threat. 
The bad guys were not surrendering nor were they
running away.

***** Gear *****

Should You Modify Your Self-Defense Guns?
http://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/modify-self-defense-guns/

***** Instructors *****

Lessons from an accidental discharge
http://blog.krtraining.com/?p=92
     Yes, accidental, not negligent.
There was apparently no negligence.

***** Pedagogy *****

Physical Training for the Whole Tribe
https://mountainguerrilla.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/pt-for-the-whole-tribe/
Excerpt:
Mark Rippetoe: “strong people are harder to kill,
and more useful in general.”

***** Education *****

Disparity of force - Position of Disadvantage
http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2016/01/massad-ayoob-deadly-force-from-a-position-of-disadvantage/#rico-pocket-pistols-auto2-3702
     This factor of disparity of force is not
usually covered in self-defense classes.  So,
as Captain Ayoob says, "... you or your legal
defense team will have to explain the above
principles clearly to the triers of the facts."
 ---
Creative Home Security Ideas ...
Defeating the Criminal and the Potentially Dangerous
http://stopshouting.blogspot.com/2016/01/creative-home-security-ideas-defeating.html
 ---
Rangemaster newsletter
http://rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-02_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
 ---
What Really Happens When You Get Shot
http://www.wired.com/2015/12/what-really-happens-when-you-get-shot/
     You'll have to ignore the accompanying picture.
After all it is WIRED magazine.
 ---
     This article is not just for police.
http://www.policemag.com/channel/careers-training/articles/2011/01/what-i-wish-i-d-told-them.aspx
 ---
Massad Ayoob: Gunfighting Fact vs. Fiction
http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/04/massad-ayoob-gunfighting-fact-vs-fiction/

***** Miscellany *****

How To Choose, Buy, And Shoot A Shotgun
http://www.returnofkings.com/76852/how-to-choose-buy-and-shoot-a-shotgun
 ---
     Lesson plans may be found at
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474513
or send me an email requesting the latest version.

Cheers,
Jon

Jonathan Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com

Friday, February 5, 2016

CWP, 5 February 2016 Anno Domini

Greetings Sheepdogs,

***** Mindset *****

"Your Tactical Training Scenario- Denial"
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-denial

Espanola Jackson Remembered
http://www.ammoland.com/2016/02/espanola-jackson-remembered/#axzz3z9qGmYzL
     I had the honor of meeting this lady
at the NRA convention in Nashville.

***** Training *****

Gunfighter Moment
http://soldiersystems.net/2016/01/02/gunfighter-moment-mike-pannone-34/

***** Tactics *****

Operativo “Cisne negro”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPhFWHJsgkc
     Watch the helmet cam footage of the raid that
resulted in the capture of the Mexican Cartel drug
lord known as “El Chapo.”  The soldiers ended up
killing five of El Chapo’s bodyguards and wounding
several more.  Watch the tactics.  These guys are
fairly well trained.  The raid got chaotic at times,
but they did a pretty good job clearing a very
difficult structure.  Only one of the Marines was
wounded in the 15 minute gunfight.
     Note how they use barricades and cover in the
running gunfight.  Note how they fight from the
hallways and make limited penetration into the
rooms.  Note how slowly they go.  If your SWAT team
is busting in to every target as fast as possible
and “running the walls” of every room, your tactics
are out of date.  Slow down.  Have good command and
control.  Cover every uncleared area.  Then clear
the structure room by room, doing the majority of
your work from outside in the hallway before you
physically enter the room. -- Active Response Training

PM INTERVÉM EM ROUBO E LADRÃO LEVA A PIOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70dBEoNd9uc
     One must have patience to wait for one's time to strike.

***** Gear *****

SSgt.,
     I read the little section about the Glock mag
baseplates and I too struggled with em until I
discovered a secret about the mags. There is a
plate on the base of the spring. That's what
you're pushing in through that little hole in the
bottom. This plate is near the same dimension as
the inside of the mag body. If you push that in
just a fraction of an inch, it's still in the area
that you'll apply the clamp. Using a small
Phillips screwdriver, I push that plate in as deep
as I can. Then you can use your fingers to squeeze
the mag body or (as I prefer) use a pair of pliers
to squeeze. Once squeezed, hold firmly  and remove
the screwdriver. The plate will come down a little
but stop above where you're pliers are squeezing
the mag body. Then easily slide the base plate off.
Hope this helps you and if you could spread the
word, maybe it'll help many others!
Semper Fi,
Sgt. Swat

---

Jon,
     As always, thanks for putting this together.
     A comment on the “Prescription Shooting
Glasses” notes.  As a lifelong wearer of prescription
glasses, and of course with multiple focal fields for
the last 30 years I have an acute sense of the
problem of clearly seeing the front sight.  And I can
tell that looking at this from 70+ years the issue
only gets worse as time passes.  So I offer this:
     For use in handgun use in hunting, competition,
and generally on the range, having these special
shooting glasses is an excellent method to be able to
continually “dig out the front sight” and make your
hits.
     BUT – I’d suggest that for defensive handgun use
one should also train to use whatever vision you have
when you are walking on the street.  There will be no
opportunity to say: “Wait a moment mister bad guy,
let me put my specially adapted shooting glasses on
first”.  You must go with what you’ve got.  And so
some drills with “what you’ve got” are also in order.
     Other solutions to mitigate the problem (of older
age vision) might be
(a) get an oversized and/or very bright front sight or
(b) get a red dot sight mounted on your pistol.
I’m sure there are other successful solutions as well,
but these two work for me.  My smaller guns (when I
carry them) have a bright luminescent light tube for
the front sight, the larger ones on which I can mount
a Trijicon RMR Red dot (which I usually carry) have
that.
     One could write a whole book on this issue,
I just want to make the point that one also needs
to train with what you’ve got for defensive shooting
scenarios.
Tom

***** Instructors *****


***** Pedagogy *****


***** Education *****

Front Sight
http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2016/01/28/front-sight-reality-check-episode-21/#vid
     Contrary to what Brad Ackman recommends in the video,
it was a big win for the store clerk and his uncle
because the uncle did not shoot.  No clean up
(blood is a hazardous waste), no civil law suit,
no arrest of the uncle, no legal fees to defend
against the anti-selfdefense Fresno, CA prosecutor.

---
     Notes from the Sheepdog Seminar
http://sheepdogseminars.com/
on protecting your church, school, etc.
     We are at war.  The terrorists are here in our
country.  They are preparing and training.
-
     What every speaker said, "Train, train, train!"
If you carry a gun without training, you are worse than
useless, you are dangerous.  If you apply a tourniquet,
without knowing what you're doing, the victim could bleed
to death or you could cause an unnecessary amputation.
     Your church safety team should have medical personel,
technical (the persons who are physically in the building
on a regular basis, custodial, janitorial, and maintenance
personel), and protection (the trained and armed personel).
     If there is any chance that you can't identify the
friendlies, use banners.  You keep them in a pouch on
your belt and pull them out and drape them over your torso
(as in the Miss America pagent where the banner
says "Miss Tennessee").
     Do a risk survey.  You can't analyze or plan without
the facts.
     Lock the doors.
     Keep it simple.
     Know what the insurance policy says.
     Network with other churches and law enforcement.
     Train and drill.  Reacting to an emergency with well
trained personel is like playing Jazz music.  Everyone
is not reading off the same sheet of music, as this would
be unrealistic, because you cannot predict the situation. 
Everyone is ad libbing.
     Train your women, because they are primary targets
of rape and other crimes.  For those who don't want to
carry a gun, hold classes on pepper spray.
     The Department of Homeland Security says that
terrorist groups monitor church web sites.  This statement
is not classified and was cleared for release at the
seminar.
     Don't expect to be understood.  The limp dick liberals
will mock you, and demand that the church be a gun free
zone.  Be strong and fight because you are right.  All
mass murders occur in gun free zones.
     Keep a rifle in your car.  Terrorists will have
body armor and helments.  So, you need something that
can penetrate.  Shotguns are suboptimal, because you can
carry an ammo can of 1000 rifle rounds, but you need a
wheelbarrow to carry 1000 shotgun rounds.
     Keep smoke grenades in your car.
     Of course, you have to practice with these tools to
be able to use them effectively.  You will win if you
are prepared.  Practice your tactical shooting.  Practice
your martial arts.
"A golf course is a willful misuse of a rifle range."
-- Col. Dave Grossman
     You will not panic or flee, because love quenches fear.
-
     A group of us from my church went to the Sheepdog Seminar
in Chattanooga yesterday (Saturday, 1/30/16).
http://www.sheepdogsafetytraining.com/
We learned a lot.
     All mass murderers in recent American history have one
thing in common.  They watch violent movies repeatedly
and to excess (for instance watching "Natural Born Killers"
50 times, which would not have been physically possible
in earlier times) and play violent video games (e.g. Grand
Theft Auto, et al) repeatedly and to excess.  This caused a
Pavlovian conditioning.  They associated violence with
good feelings and getting rewards.
     The Hollywood activist who claim that violent movies and
games do not cause violence in our society are lying to you.
Please avoid violent video games and movies.  Please
prevent your children from watching violent movies and
playing violent video games.
-
Run, Hide, Fight
     If anyone attacks your school, church, etc., RUN! 
People who hide get killed, when the bad guys find them.
You can't be killed if you aren't there.  [This is the tactically
and statistically correct thing to do.  No matter what anyone
else says.  Remember, public school teachers, public school
principals, firemen, and policemen all work for the government,
so their priority is to protect the government from liability. 
Why else would gun free zones exist?  Gun free zones create
unarmed victims for armed criminals to prey upon.  All mass
murders occur in gun free zones.]
     If you are trapped and cannot run, lock the door and
barricade all paths to your HIDE.
     If the enemy finds you, FIGHT! 
Gouge eyes.  This will give you time to escape. 
Stomp on feet in close to the shin, not on the toes.  The small
bones of the foot are easily broken.  The enemy likely has steel
toed boots or combat boots, and stomping on the toes is
generally not effective.  This will give you time to escape.
BITE!  Anywhere, but especially on the sides of the neck
to tear the carotid arteries.  Use the teeth in the front of your
mouth, not your molars.  The intent is to tear the flesh,
not to masticate.  This will give you time to escape.
     May you never have occasion to Run, Hide, Fight.
But if you do, remember, your loved ones are depending on you.

***** Miscellany *****

     The enemy is in country using Venezuelan passports.
http://english.aawsat.com/2016/01/article55346928/hezbollah-members-use-latin-passports-to-travel

NRA Basic Range Safety Officer Course
Saturday, June 11, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Davidson County Sportsman's Club
5124 Eatons Creek Rd
Nashville, TN 37218
$25
Go to
https://www.nrainstructors.org/
Select "NRA Basic Range Safety Officer Course"
Click on "Search"
Select the Tennessee event.

Rangemaster Newsletter
http://rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2016-02_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf

... the FBI had been forced to temporarily halt
the processing of thousands of appeals from prospective
buyers whose firearm purchase attempts have been denied.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/01/19/fbi-guns-background-checks/78752774/

Girl Who Fended Off Rapist Now Faces
Charges for possession of pepper spray
https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-teen-who-fended-off-attacker-now-faces-charges-205439785.html
     This is why you don't want to live in socialist
European countries.  Lucky you live in the South.

     We always teach not to resist law enforcement,
but you have to be sure the person is a law
enforcement officer.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/27/hundreds-dhs-badges-guns-cell-phones-lost-or-stolen-since-2012.html
And that's not easy to do.
     When I was issued my courier card in the Marine
Corps, we were given a briefing.  During the briefing,
they told us about an incident in which uniformed
law enforcement officers in marked cars pulled over
the couriers and attempted to arrest the couriers.
The couriers explain to the officers that they were
couriers and showed the LEO's their courier cards.
The couriers told the LEO's that they were carrying
classified material and could not allow the LEO's
to arrest them. ...
The couriers ended up shooting and killing the LEO's.
We were told that that was the correct thing to do.
And that we were expected to do likewise.
(If they had been real LEO's, it would have been a full
blown international incident.)
     Being a Marine aint easy.  We came real close
to this in Kyrgyzstan in 2000.  The cops were demanding
a bribe and we were ready to shoot the cops.  But,
our local guide was able to get the cops to accept
the money that we had.

5 Countries and Cities Where Firearm
Homicide Rates Spiked After Gun Bans
http://defendandcarry.com/5-countries-and-cities-where-firearm-homicide-rates-spiked-after-gun-bans/

Competent women with guns.
http://www.gunnuts.net/2016/02/02/women-and-guns/
Gun bunnies need not apply.

     Lesson plans may be found at
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474513
or send me an email requesting the latest version.

Cheers,
Jon

Jonathan Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com