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Greetings Sheepdogs,
The federal government is still shut down (sort of). Did you notice?
I didn't. I don't depend on the federal government for anything. Neither
should you.
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”
—George Washington (1748 A.D.)
"Hunting teaches you a lot about yourself.
Mostly, that you're in worse shape than you thought." 🦌
-- John Harris
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Table of Contents:
Software --
Prevention
Mindset
Situational Awareness
Safety
Training
Psychology
Practice
Intervention
Strategy
Tactics
Techniques
Postvention
Aftermath
Medical
Survival
Education
Legal
Instruction
Hardware --
Gear
Intelligence --
Signals Intelligence
Cryptology
Religion and Politics --
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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Lillianna Fish, Gold Medalist in the Philippine Figure Skating Championships
2024 Junior Women's Singles Free Style Skating
[Her father is Filipino. She holds U.S. and Philippine citizenship.]
"2022 US Eastern Sectionals - Lillianna Fish"
Age limit for Juniors is 19. So this year (2025) is her last year as a Junior. I was in the lobby of the Ford Ice Center in Antioch talking to a young lady.
The young lady's friend, who she had not introduced me to yet, was warming
up next to us. Without warning Lilly, the friend, did a triple axel.
Lilly giggled as I gawked. The young lady said, she's the Philippine champion.
Amazing, the people you meet in Nashville, TN, USA.
Later, I told the young lady that when I fenced in college, I had thighs like
hers, beautiful and strong. She was eating crackers at the time and spat them
all over the floor. And then walked away laughing (I think she was laughing.
I hope she was laughing.), and went back to the ice to practice.
When I mentioned this to Lilly (who has slender thighs), Lilly explained
that it was genetics and a difference in training philosophy. Lilly works on
cardio and never lifts weights, while her friend, the young lady, does a lot
of weight training.
Lilly, as all champions, practices what she is not good at. The "also rans"
practice what they are good at because it's fun and to impress their audience
and themselves.
I watched Lilly repeatedly fall on her ass for over an hour. She set up her phone
to record video of her attempts, so she could analyze her performance. Finally,
her coach put her in a harness that allowed him to hold her up while she spun.
<Stock photo from Google.com>
It's quite a skill. I get dizzy and fall down when I spin.
The point is, high performance can be achieved regardless of genetics. It's just a matter
of adjusting your training to your genetics and personality / temperament / etc.
I have recently met several young ladies in the 18 to 20 age range, who are striving
to be the best in their chosen field. Their goals are realistic in that they posses the
genetics, talent, dedication, family (or corporate) support (money), and are willing
to make the requisite sacrifices to achieve their goals. Compare to,
"Good Enough" by Matt Little
"Skill Development- When Are You Good Enough?" by Greg Ellifritz
Yes, of course there is a difference. Can you articulate the difference for you,
in your case, in your life?
My archery coach told me, if you're going to go all the way, you must do it before
you get married, have children, etc. There can be no distractions. I got distracted.
My graduate advisor told me, if you're going to do your doctorate, you must do
it before you get married, have children, etc. There can be no distractions.
I made other choices.
I urge you to consider carefully and make choices you won't regret. Because if
you don't practice enough and it results in your loved ones getting killed in front
of you, you might have regrets. Of course, if you're not bright enough or honest
enough to make the connection, you'll have no regrets.
Conservative Women of America
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***** ***** ***** Prevention ***** ***** *****
Things you can do to avoid the lethal force incident.
“To those who have fought for it,
freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.”
― P. McCree Thornton
Table of sections:
Mindset
Safety
Training
Psychology
Practice
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Figuring out the correct way to think.
‟We don’t decide what is necessary to survive a
lethal force encounter initiated by someone else.
That person decides what’s necessary for us to survive.”
– William Aprill
Email from a reader --
As a member of the Safety Team for St. Michaels Church in Charleston, SC.
I took the Church Defense class out at Gunsite and had this thought while there.
I am not St. Michael. I am not the spear wielder. I am the spear, and I pray
that if the time comes, St. Michael will wield me with success and surety.
I thought you might find it interesting.
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Yes, indeed. We train and practice to the best of our ability.
So we do not fear hitting innocent bystanders. We believe that
we have prepared to the best of our ability and that God will
guide us, give us good judgment, make our aim true, and such.
Like that country song, "Let Jesus take the wheel."
When all the angels are busy, God uses humans. That means us.
Jon Low
"Proper training ingrains the proper responses. Repetition is the mother of all skill.
With skill comes confidence. With confidence comes the ability to think under pressure
and make sound tactical decisions." -- Tom Givens
"OSD 346: How they get you to tighten the tyranny ratchet"
“Sure they’re black helicopters, but they’re *our* black helicopters.”
by (It's not clear to me who the author is.)
Hat tip to Aqil Qadir.
‟Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice.”
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, U.S. Navy
This is how you can tell how old you are.
Are you thinking, I can do that.
Are you thinking, with a little practice, I can do that.
Are you thinking, I can't do that.
Whether you think you can or you can't, you're correct.
"I do not carry a pistol so that I may impose my will on others.
I carry a pistol so that others may not impose their will on me."
-- Tom Givens
Consider,
"Before all else, be armed." -- Nicolo Machiavelli
Text message exchange with a female friend. --
FF: "Please keep your phone close. I may need help. These guys
have been hanging around where I work. . . . "
Jon Low: You cannot rely on me. I am too far away. You can only
rely on you. If you're not going to let me train you, get training from
someone else. And then get armed.
FF: I don't want to carry a gun, because I have little kids in my
house.
Jon Low: Get training and you won't worry about such things.
Propaganda says that the little kiddies will get hurt. But, the truth is
that your gun will be the only realistic tool you can use to protect your
children. You don't have the speed, strength, or hand-to-hand combat
skill necessary to defend without tools. You must use tools. So you
must carry tools. Otherwise, you are choosing to be a victim. Which
is fine. It's a free country. But, remember you are making the decision
for your children too.
With training, you will know how to properly store your guns, so
your children (and others) will never have access to them.
"The line between everyday life and sudden violence is thinner than most realize."
-- Tim Larkin
"How to Survive a Gunfight" by Steve Tarani
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
“The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909),
26th President of the United States
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how
the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have
done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in
the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who
strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who
does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at
the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and
who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so
that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
neither know victory nor defeat.”
"Survival is a mindset, not a skill set."
-- Greg Shaffer
"On the Shoulders of Giants"
by Anthony Winegar
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"Your gunfights will always be anomalies.
So are those of all the instructors you venerate.
It’s useful to keep those facts in mind."
-- Greg Ellifritz
"Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? Self-Defense Lessons"
by Docent
Excerpt:
"If you know nothing else beyond the gender and skin color, the risk of being
attacked by a black male is well above a minimal threshold that you could infer
you might be attacked, so the reasonable course of action would be to cross the
street. It's not racial enmity that dictates that outcome, but rationality."
“You need to have the capacity for danger. You need to be ‘dangerous’.
Yet, you need to learn how to not use it except when necessary.
And, that is not the same thing as being harmless.
There's nothing virtuous about harmlessness.
Harmless just means you’re ineffectual and useless.”
-- Jordan Peterson
‷If you look at someone bigger, faster, and stronger and immediately think,
‶I'm at a disadvantage″,
I have news for you: you are.
But that's only because you just put yourself there for no reason.
The truth is that anyone can do debilitating violence to anyone else.
Your size, your speed, your strength, your gender --
all the factors that untrained people think make the difference when it comes to violence --
all matter far less than your mindset and your intent.‴
-- Tim Larkin
"You’re Not Ready for a Gunfight:
The Dangerous Confidence of the Armed but Untrained"
by Brandon Curtis
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpts:
Training is not optional.
It’s not enough to just “have it on you.” You need to:
• Train to draw under your everyday clothing.
• Practice identifying threats quickly and clearly.
• Shoot accurately under physical and mental stress.
If you haven’t practiced these things this month,
you’re slipping behind.
Let’s get real:
No one rises to the occasion. They fall to their level of training.
• If you’ve never practiced in low light,
you’re not prepared for a night encounter.
• If you’ve never used your holster in a draw-and-fire scenario,
you’re gambling with your life.
• The fantasy of self-defense is clean and heroic.
The reality is chaotic, ugly, and fast.
Responsible carriers are:
• Regularly training. Not just shooting, but training.
• Studying laws. Local, state, and federal.
• Practicing de-escalation and verbal commands.
• Understanding when to use force and when to avoid it.
Here’s how to level up immediately:
• Sign up for a defensive handgun course, ideally one with movement,
scenario-based drills, and force-on-force training.
• Dry fire regularly, perfect your draw, sight alignment, and trigger control.
• Use a shot timer, build speed and pressure into your drills.
• Train with a holster you actually carry, not a competition rig.
• Take a low-light or home defense class, night time gunfights are real.
• Record and critique your practice, honest feedback saves lives.
"Have your affairs in order."
-- John Hearne
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil and
evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -- Jeff Cooper
"Your life is as good as your mindset." -- Nicola Cavanis
"Safe gun handling and knowing how to operate the gun competently is one thing.
How to fight with the gun is a whole other plane of knowledge."
-- Tiger McKee
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist.
Children already know that dragons exist.
Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
-- G.K. Chesterton
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How to avoid being taken by surprise.
"Many people don't realize that your awareness skills
are more important than your marksmanship skills.
Well, you can't shoot something you don't know is there,
or don't know it needs to be shot!" -- Tom Givens
You can defeat the enemy's situational awareness.
What a total stud!
This is why you need to take a rescue rope and rappelling class.
(My daughter took such a class at Front Sight and loved it.)
Notice the drone. Used to draw attention away from the shooter.
Notice the oversized belaying device with hooks.
I used one of those in the Marine Corps. I've never seen anyone use one in a climbing
gym or in an outdoor sports climb. Though I have seen them on the belts of rescue
climbers.
Notice the shooter's grip. You can't teach the French anything.
Notice there are no dangling ropes. The free ends of the ropes are coiled up
(correctly, so as not to tangle) in the black bags attached to their belts.
And even when the shooter is up-side-down, the rope does not fall out.
That is competence, from practice, from training.
Did the bad guy even know the shooter was there? Probably not. The negotiator
was doing his job of keeping the bad guy's attention focused on ground level.
Inattentional blindness. Distraction. Misdirection. BANG!
The shooter gets into position first, then safely presents his pistol. After shooting,
he safely holsters, and then takes care of his ropes. All while up-side-down.
Bravo!
"Jeff Cooper's Color Code exists to help you get your head
around the need to kill someone in the immediate future."
-- John Hearne
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Jeff Cooper's Color Code of Mental Awareness
UNAWARE - of what's going on around you. (White)
AWARE - of who is around you and what they are doing. (Yellow)
ALERT - to a POTENTIAL threat and taking action to avoid the threat. (Orange)
ALARM - by a REAL threat and taking action to escape the threat,
which might include shooting to PREVENT the attack. (Red)
COMBAT - front sight, press. Shooting to STOP the attack. (Black)
Email from Claude Werner --
Surveillance detection is a topic that never goes out of style.
This is a timely story.
Suspect in US illegally was arrested after allegedly shooting driver
on I-225 over weekend, Aurora PD says,
"Not only did we locate the victim, but we located somebody following
our victim — somebody who was chasing our victim throughout the night,
stalking our victim as he proceeded through his day without knowing that
somebody was chasing him around the city and was going to do him harm
later that night, . . . "
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Pay attention to who is around you and what they are doing!
That includes people in cars around you!
If you don't pay attention, you will be taken by surprise and the
enemy will kidnap your wife right in front of you. Then you will
have to explain to her family why you let her get kidnapped.
You cannot be overpowered as long as you are not taken by
surprise. If you see it coming, you can escape. Or, shoot first.
Huge advantage in shooting first. You now dictate the pace of
engagement. And the enemy numbers has been reduced by one,
plus those who panicked and fled. Which could be all of them.
"An officer may be forgiven for losing a battle,
but never for being taken by surprise."
-- Jeff Cooper
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How to prevent the bad thing from happening in the first place.
How to avoid shooting yourself, friendlies, and innocent bystanders.
How to prevent unauthorized persons from using your guns.
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always
possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Richard Henry Lee
"Another Mistaken Identity Shooting and Killing" by Claude Werner
Excerpt:
"Odds are that the ‘bump in the night,’ has no more than a 3% possibility
of being an intruder. The other 97+% is either a family member, friend, or
some harmless dumbass."
"Calling out “WHO’S THERE” would save many a life. The concept that
using a flashlight and/or issuing a verbal challenge will ‘draw the intruder’s fire’
is foolish and unsupportable."
John Farnam's rules to keep you out of trouble:
Don’t go to stupid places.
Don’t associate with stupid people.
Don’t do stupid things.
Have a “normal” appearance.
Be in bed by 10:00 PM (your own bed).
Don’t fail the attitude test.
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Here's an example of "Don’t associate with stupid people."
"SLEEPING With the Wrong Person is NOT A CRIME!
Judge Fleischer Finds NO PROBABLE CAUSE!"
by Trial World
She is lucky. This, DefensivePistolcraft.com, blog previously cited
a case where the lady was shot and killed by police, because she had the
bad judgment to sleep with a drug dealer who in turn was so stupid that
he was dealing out of his home. As Chuck Haggard says,
"If you don't want to be the target of a home invasion, don't deal drugs
out of your home." A police raid is rare. The vast majority of home
invasions are by rival drug dealers, because they know that the target
drug dealer has drugs and cash in the home.
"Democratic city preacher who once trusted in God alone
reveals why he now carries a gun to the pulpit"
by Lauren Acton-Taylor
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
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Thinking that God will protect you, without you doing anything, is superstition.
“Then Jesus said to His disciples,
whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy a sword.”
– Book of Luke 22:36, New Life Version of the Bible
Jesus did not tell his disciples that He would protect them. Jesus told them to get
weapons to protect themselves. God protecting you when you shirk your duty to
protect yourself is not part of Christian theology. And never has been. That's why
the United Methodist Church's declaration that all of their churches are gun-free-zones
is not Biblical. It's just a notice to criminals that no one at the church will be able
to protect themselves. Which is the intention of the declaration. That's why
criminals go there to mug congregants (as in the above article).
The United Methodist Church is not really Christian, they are just liberals
calling themselves Christians. Anyone can call himself Christian. Look at the
behaviors and policies, and you will see the truth.
---
"United Methodists Down 7,659 Churches As Exit Window Ends"
1 in 4 UMC congregations have now disaffiliated in the largest
US denominational schism since the Civil War.
Will African Methodists leave next?
by Kate Shellnutt and Daniel Silliman
"Gut feelings are guardian angels."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Vehicles as Weapons!" by John Farnam
Place boulders. Emplace bollards. Here in Nashville, TN, USA many gun stores
or places that the criminals think have guns, like Greene's, are getting their front doors
rammed with stolen trucks and then ransacked.
"Not allowing law-abiding citizens to carry guns on the pretext of public health
or safety makes as much sense not allowing sober people to drive cars in order to
protect them from drunk drivers."
-- Stephen P. Wenger
"Safety is something that happens between your ears,
not something you hold in your hands."
-- Jeff Cooper
"It's easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble."
-- Claude Werner
"You are not responsible for negative reactions to your boundaries."
-- Nicola Cavanis
Jeff Cooper′s Rules of Gun Safety
RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING
THAT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY.
RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER (and in the register position)
UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET.
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET. (and what's behind it)
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RULE V: Maintain control of your gun. -- Stephen P. Wenger
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There are only two place on Earth where peace exists:
A maximum security prison
and
A country ruled by a totalitarian government.
Freedom is dangerous and rightfully so.
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------------------------------ Training --------------------------------
Figuring out the correct tasks to practice.
“The secret of success is this.
Train like it means everything when it means nothing –
so you can fight like it means nothing when it means everything.”
-- Lofty Wiseman
A series of instructional videos by Jeff Gonzales.
"If you’re not measuring your training, what you’re doing is called playing."
-- Chris Sajnog
"In order to measure, we must be able to quantify."
-- Aaron Cowan
"Surviving Disarming Attempts" by Massad Ayoob
Hat tip to Docent.
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I once had a suspect say to me, "I'm going to take that gun and shove it up your ass."
I doubted that. I thought he would shoot me with it. But he didn't try, because
I didn't show any fear, and I moved aggressively toward him. (Could also be
because my partner drew his pistol and pointed at the suspect.) Take threats
seriously. Overcome your fear. Never display fear.
"When you're training to protect yourself and others, speed always comes last.
In the more than twenty-five years I've been training people in self-protection,
I've never heard from someone who used self-protection tools in the field and
felt like they suffered from a lack of speed at the moment of truth. In fact, I
usually hear the opposite: it's much more common to suffer from a lack of
accuracy or force."
-- Tim Larkin
"Motor Learning and Firearms Training: Why Good Reps Matter Most"
by Dan Brady
"In reality, we are training for an unknown event, against unknown threats,
by developing as many known skills as possible."
-- Jeff Gonzales
"Make Ready with Matt Little: Shotgun Skill Fundamentals"
Scroll down to view the chapters.
"Having a gun is important.
But knowing WHEN to use it is even more important."
-- Greg Ellifritz
"Make Ready with War HOGG Tactical: Officer Survival Red Dot Pistol"
Scroll down for chapters.
"Most deadly force encounters occur spontaneously, without warning and
at extremely close ranges. Realistically, you may not have the time or the
space to effectively draw, no matter how fast your drawstroke."
-- Jeff L. Gonzales
"Make Ready with Dave Harrington: Dynamic Dry Fire Training"
Scroll down to view the chapters.
"There are three different areas, or disciplines,
in which the armed person must train.
These are mindset, gun handling, and marksmanship.
Each is equally important, and you must be at least
competent in all three areas."
-- Tom Givens
"Make Ready with "Dutch" Chris Moyer: Shooting on the Move"
Scroll down to view the chapters.
I don't agree with his aiming methodology for shooting moving targets or shooting
while moving. But I often share stuff that I disagree with. Because which technique
to use is up to you. And you can't make an informed decision without enough information.
"A mistake that makes you humble is better
than an achievement that makes you arrogant."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Make Ready with Dave Spaulding: Carry Optics for Combative Pistols"
You need training because:
You don't know what you don't know.
Much of what you know is false.
It's good to the have the answers before the criminal tests you.
-- Claude Werner (paraphrased)
"I Took The Same Active Shooter Class For The 5th Time: This Is How It Went"
by Kinetic Concepts
Excerpt:
"Eliminate waiting for backup from the curriculum."
"Assume and execute as a one man."
"They can't teach it (for liability reasons) because it's not in the curriculum."
You never have clean corner fed rooms. The rooms have alcoves. The rooms
have clutter, furniture, etc.
Fight from the threshold.
Engage the shooter. If he's shooting at you, he's not killing others.
"TRAINING - Target Focus, Fundamentals, Shooting on the Move,
CQB Holdover with Hades Consulting" by sofit
Covering the front of the red dot sight so you only see the red dot, keeping both
eyes open, and using the non-aiming eye to see the target. Very interesting exercise.
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Tactical Pills
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------------------------------ Psychology --------------------------------
"Train and practice so that you can stay in your rational mind,
and force your enemy into his emotional mind. The emotional
mind makes bad judgments which will allow you to win."
-- John Hearne
What you're not changing, you're choosing.
Which is fine if your choice is conscious and intentional.
"Be stronger than your strongest excuse."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Accelerating your growth." by Orion Taraban, Psy.D.
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Many monks in the middle ages had a habit of wearing a hair shirt.
A hair shirt is a piece of clothing that is made out of scratchy, abrasive
wool. It's not comfortable. It's a constant annoyance.
And – this is important – it could easily be hidden beneath their usual
garb.
Now, why would monks do this? Among other things, a hair shirt
helps its wearer become insensitive to the constant, little irritations
that come with having a body. It also helps to accelerate his personal
development. After many years, monks generally become pretty good
at dealing with the everyday irritations that come with living in a
monastery. And this means that they've potentially plateaued with
respect to cultivating their patience and tolerance.
As a result, they invented the hair shirt: a device whereby they
could intentionally make their baseline situation more difficult.
They did this privately so as to deprive themselves of the external
validation that often comes with suffering publicly – which helps to
develop the corresponding virtues. And I think this is a practice
that we can collectively revive. It might not be a scratchy shirt,
but there are certainly ways that we can make our lives harder than
they otherwise would be as a secret discipline for our own improvement.
This week's behavioral experiment:
Where have you plateaued? Consider making your life intentionally
more difficult in that area.
Warmly,
Orion
“Training deals not with an object,
but with the human spirit and human emotions.”
--Bruce Lee
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Attending classes and conferences is required for growth.
Stagnation is complacency. Complacency kills. Even worse, it will kill your students.
"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword;
because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force
superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense,
raised in the United States."
-- Noah Webster
Gunsite Academy to Host NRA ARC Summit in Paulden, Arizona, $350
November 8-9, 2025
Rangemaster Tactical Conference, $639
TacCon26 is scheduled for
March 27-29, 2026
at the Dallas Pistol Club in Carrollton, Texas
Bullets & Bibles 2026 (The registration fee is a tax deductible charitble donation).
Friday, August 21, 2026 – Sunday, August 23, 2026
Hosted at Living Water Ranch, north of Manhattan, KS
Food and lodging included in registration price.
The Guardian Conference, $700 early bird, $800
September 18th - 20th, 2026 in Oklahoma City
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------------------------------ Classes --------------------------------
Attending classes and conferences is required to avoid teaching
obsolete material, and to ensure you are teaching best practices.
Lee Weems
Massad Ayoob Group
Blog
West Coast Armory North
Active Response Training (Greg Ellifritz)
Rangemaster Certified Instructors
Map of Rangemaster Certified Instructors
Dustin Salomon
KR Training
Kari Grayson
Citizens Safety Academy
Carry Trainer, Mickey Schuch
Paladin Training, Inc.
Citizen-Defender, John Murphy
Virginia Private Firearms Training (for private lessons), John Murphy
Defensive Training International, John Farnam
Rangemaster, Tom Givens
Trident Concepts, Jeff Gonzales
Apache Solutions, Tim Kelly
Harris Combative Strategies, Randy Harris
Mead Hall Range & Tactics
Two Pillars Training, John Hearne
Classes,
Mike Seeklander
NRA Instructors and their classes.
‟Training is NOT an event, but a process.
Training is the preparation FOR practice.”
-- Claude Werner
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------------------------------ Practice --------------------------------
How to get proficient at that task.
Why practice?
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment
when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and
offered the chance to do a very special thing,
unique to them and fitted to their talents.
What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or
unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
-- Winston Churchill
"Motor Learning and Firearms Training: Why Good Reps Matter Most"
by Dan Brady
‶Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.″
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
"People rust faster than equipment."
-- John Hearne
"Remember, the day you plant the seed is not the day you earn the fruit."
-- Nicola Cavanis
‟Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you have practiced,
no matter how ridiculous.”
-- Sara Ahrens, ‶Shooting in Self-Defense″
"Your speed doesn't matter. Forward is forward."
-- Nicola Cavanis
“Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!”
-- Lt. Gen. David M Shoup, USMC Commandant 1960-1963
"Remember, growing may feel like breaking at first."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"You have to be lucky to win. And the more you practice, the luckier you get."
-- Col. Lones Wigger
"Be so focused on watering your grass that
you don't have time to check if someone else's is greener."
-- Nicola Cavanis
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***** ***** ***** Intervention ***** ***** *****
Suggestions on how to deal with the incident that you failed to avoid.
Table of sections:
Strategy
Tactics
Techniques
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------------------------------ Strategy --------------------------------
Deciding on the end state and how to achieve it.
"Never let fear decide your fate."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Analyzing Active Threat Response Models: A Comparative Study"
by Strategos International
“How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.”
-- John Farnam
"You win gunfights by not getting shot."
-- John Holschen
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Maneuver and fire in support of your strategy.
"Without discrimination,
you're going to shoot the wrong person really fast."
-- Paul Howe
“Fortuitous outcomes reinforce poor tactics.”
-- Chuck Haggard
“When you’re in the dark, stay in the dark;
when you’re in the light, light up the dark.”
-- Stephen P. Wenger
"You brought a gun to the fight. That doesn’t mean it’s YOUR gun.
The gun belongs to whomever can keep it. Think about that before
intervening in other folks’ problems. When is the last time you practiced
your in-hand weapon retention skills?"
-- Greg Ellifritz
---
When was last time you practiced your in-holster weapon retention skills?
Have you taken a class to learn such techniques?
---
". . . if the assailant has a gun, it may actually be the easiest
gun for you to access, if you know how to take it from him."
-- Stephen P. Wenger
“You are no more armed because you are wearing a pistol
than you are a musician because you own a guitar.”
from "Principles of Personal Defense" by Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC,
(1920 – 2006 A.D.)
". . . only shoot as fast as you can assess, and . . . assess after each shot,
both of which we should be training to do all the time anyway."
-- Ralph Mroz, "Street Focused Handgun Training"
"Superior judgment trumps superior skills." -- Dan Millican
"Real fights are short." -- Bruce Lee
"Ineffective and potentially dangerous, point shooting should be avoided
at all costs and aimed fire employed in any lethal-force scenario."
-- Massad Ayoob
"You often don't know where the bad guy is who is shooting at you."
-- Phillip Groff
"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
“People shoot you because they see you.
They see you because you let them.
Don’t let them see you.”
-- Clint Smith
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------------------------------ Techniques --------------------------------
Ways to execute a given task in support of your tactics,
especially when disabled or under stress.
"The foundations of your grip are established
before you even draw the pistol from the holster."
-- Tanner Denton
Testing "Get Off The X" and "Tap, Rack, Roll"
"Get off the X" and "Tap, Rack, Roll" (or "Tap, Rack, Bang")
are two common pistol techniques. But are they effective?
by Kjell Rosenberg M.D.
Hat tip to Aqil Qadir.
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I'm surprised that someone writing for an NRA publication is talking about
"Tap, Rack, Roll" (or "Tap, Rack, Bang")
The official NRA Training policy is "Tap, Rack, Assess". Shooting should NEVER
be part of any automatic motor program. Every shot must be an intellectual decision,
if you're the good guy. Bad guys don't care.
" . . . instructors have also suggested that the “tap” is unnecessary since the vast
majority of malfunctions can be cleared by a simple “rack and roll.” "
This statement is completely FALSE. The vast majority of failure to feed malfunctions
are caused by an improperly seated magazine (not locked in place). In which case,
“rack and roll” won't get a cartridge into the chamber.
"Why are the little things called little things?
They are everything."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Shooting Fundamentals: Hold Control
Our simple tips for making every shot count."
by Larry Quandahl
---
Do not be overly concerned with reducing your wobble. The surprise trigger break
will take care of ensuring you get a good hit, no matter how much you wobble. Yes,
as a matter of fact it is magic. Any sufficiently advanced technology will appear to be
magic to the ignorant. God's masterpiece of creation, the human, is extremely advanced
technology; far beyond the comprehension of man and his silly medical science.
God tells us not to worry. So, do not worry about your wobble. Rather, believe
that you are holding steady and that there is a gremlin down range moving your target
around. There is nothing you can do about that gremlin, so don't worry about it.
Just strive for your surprise break and shoot.
Thanks to the Rifle Coaches course at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in
Colorado Springs, CO.
"Those motivated by a desire to improve their
gunfighting skills as opposed to a quest for trophies,
must be willing to bleed ego on the match results
to avoid shedding blood in combat."
-- Andy Stanford
What does this mean?
When we shoot the match, we will go very slowly to ensure we positively
identify every shoot-target and every no-shoot-target. We will not be racing
to win the game. It is common for the Safety Officer to inform the shooter
that he failed to engage several targets, because he just ran past them without
seeing them. Moving faster than you can see. Moving faster than you can think.
We will stay back away from corners, windows, and doors, because we
understand that there is someone hiding behind the corner who will grab
our pistol.
We will shoot at the first part of the enemy that comes into view, because
we can do so without exposing our bodies. We can always get the A-zone hit
later as we come around the corner. We understand that whoever gets the first
hit will usually win the gunfight. (Which is entirely different from who got
the first shot.)
We will not muzzle no-shoot-targets. We will not sweep across no-shoot
targets when transitioning from one shoot-target to another shoot-target.
Because unlike the other competitors, we are not playing a game. We are
training for combat. Shooting a no-shoot target is shooting faster than you
can think. You won't get penalized unless you shoot the no-shoot target,
but you have violated our safety rule. Never point your pistol at anything
you are not willing to destroy. (And in the real world, you would have
committed aggravated assault with a firearm, because there was no justification
for pointing your pistol at the innocent bystander. Ten-year sentencing
enhancement for the firearm.)
Stay back away from walls. Bullets will ricochet along the wall, not away
from the wall.
Do not do "walk throughs". Do not choreograph the scenario. Shoot the
targets as they come into view. Do not count rounds. Do not plan your reloads.
Shoot until empty, then reload. Planning a scenario is a training scar.
Combat is surprising.
Remember, we are training for civilian concealed carry for self-defense.
We are not playing the game.
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
"5 Common Pistol Shooting Mistakes We See At Classes"
by Make Ready Firearms Training
Forward center of gravity and proper stance to let your body absorb the recoil.
High and tight grip to minimize muzzle flip.
Proper grip. Thumbs are just along for the ride. Both thumbs resting against
the frame.
Proper sight alignment. Equal height, equal light. For precise shots, front sight
focus. For fast close shots, target focus.
Proper trigger press. Constant speed, straight to the rear.
“What’s the number one reason for reloading?
Missing the target!”
-- Claude Werner
"How to Use a Flashlight for Armed Self-Defense" by Jeff Gonzales
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/jeff-gonzales-how-to-use-a-flashlight-for-armed-self-defense-pt-1/
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
Many times, the outcome of a defensive gun use doesn’t come down to
who’s the best shot, but who saw whom first.
"Grip first, then press."
-- Mike Seeklander
Email from Jeff L. Gonzales --
Hello Jonathan,
When real-world defensive situations unfold, they rarely happen from a static stance.
Movement, whether it’s creating distance, seeking cover, or engaging while repositioning,
can be the deciding factor between surviving and succumbing. This month’s training
focuses on shooting on the move; a skill that builds agility, accuracy, and confidence
under pressure. Our goal is to help you transition smoothly between motion and
marksmanship while maintaining control and situational awareness.
To get the most out of this training, focus on these three best practices:
Target Zone Focus: Keep your sight system inside the target zone, don't worry
about how perfect it is. Instead focus on the first, good sight picture.
Trigger Control & Crush Grip: Gripping harder while moving is a little known
secret. It won't stop the gun from moving, but it allows for faster trigger control.
Breaking the shot when the sight system is in the target zone is not always in
your control.
Avoid Artificiality: Trying to time your shots or slow down to try and improve
your shooting is fake. Avoid it, avoid it all . . . they are junk and not realistic.
Instead, focus on being balanced and move at the speed dictated by the situation.
Rely on the first two tips from there.
Mastering shooting on the move isn’t just a range skill—it’s a survival skill.
JLG
P.S. Feel free to share this with any like-minded folks who might benefit.
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
"Pay Attention to Your Grip" by Mike Boyle
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"Denn jedes Mal, wenn was geht, ist Platz für Neues.
Und wenn es gestern nicht sein soll, dann klappt es heut 🦋"
-- Nicola Cavanis
There are many techniques for doing any given task.
Search and experiment until you find one that works for you.
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***** ***** ***** Postvention ***** ***** *****
Suggestions on how to treat your wounds or the wounds of your loved ones.
Suggestions on how to avoid prosecution, conviction, and prison time.
Suggestions on how to avoid the civil law suit and judgment.
Table of Sections:
Aftermath
Medical
Survival
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------------------------------ Aftermath --------------------------------
You must be alive to have these problems: criminal and civil liability.
“Your understanding and consent are not required
for someone to take your life, kill your loved ones,
and destroy all you hold dear.”
-- William Aprill
From an email from John Murphy --
This is an absolute nightmare of a case that comes to us via the
Attorneys on Retainer.
I have recently become a client of their services. I believe them to be
the best option of many on the market. I encourage you to look at this firm,
and others like it. $450 or so a year is not inconsiderable, but the cost of just
getting charges dismissed can be in the tens of thousands. AOR covers all
eventualities regardless of the circumstances.
From this incident I extracted the following lessons:
1. Be the one who calls the police after an incident of this nature,
especially if force was used. The defender’s story upfront MIGHT have
prevented much of this. Given the players involved there's no telling,
but at least it would have preempted the very dangerous felony stop that
took place (see below. This was a small town and everyone knew
everyone . . . but this young man. It’s a big club, and we ain’t in it,
to paraphrase George Carlin.
2. Be in the moment. You are very vulnerable getting in and out of your vehicle.
Take note of who can close the distance on you during that period. We cover this
extensively in Car Problems.
3. Invoking the 5th Amendment without legal counsel present was smart,
particularly given the small town environment he was living in. See above,
and maybe check out my detailed thoughts on this topic in this video,
4. It is common to receive conflicting commands when interacting
with Law Enforcement when they are engaged in pursuing a felony case.
He was told to put his hands up, and then told to get out of the car.
In order to do that he had to lower his hands to unbuckle. That was a
moment fraught with absolute peril. You'd think that with a history of
disasters modern training and would fix this, but no.
5. Having a person that you can call that can initiate a chain of events
on your behalf is mandatory. This person MUST have the contact information
for your chosen legal representation. You MAY get one phone call,
make it a good one.
6. Being denied discovery is an unfortunately a recurring theme.
A good attorney will hire a private investigator to work on your behalf.
7. It is not surprising how long this case dragged on. People watch too
much "Law and Order" where everything happens in 45 minutes.
8. Pepper spray is a useful tool for circumstances like this, but carries
its own liabilities. We integrate pepper spray training into Car Problems,
Just Get Home, and Concealed Carry Tactics.
9. Government agencies are full of people, and consequently you are
subjected to personalities, politics and agendas, all leavened with pride.
Be wary.
10. People will lie, especially families. A dash cam with an internal
view is now a modern necessity.
11. Local politics are a huge thing.
12. Console carry is . . . suboptimal. Your pistol has to be on your body
to be truly useful. (Some of the “car holsters” I have seen are absolutely
pitiful, they don’t even cover the trigger. Just say no!)
13. Not all lawyers are equal. You need not just a criminal defense attorney,
but one that has worked on self-defense cases. You CERTAINLY can’t rely
on your uncle’s friend that is experienced in contract law.
-- John Murphy
---
[In order to have private investigators working for you, you must have the
money to pay them up front, in full. So your self-defense insurance MUST cover
this. If you think the police are investigating for you, you're an idiot. The police
work for the prosecutor. You think they are going to leak exculpatory evidence
to your attorney? What? and risk their job, raise, and promotion? You think the
prosecutor is going to give exculpatory evidence to your attorney during discovery?
Sorry, that's not in the realm of reality. If pre-trial motions have already started,
all the prosecutor cares about is winning. If you don't understand this, you need
to take a class from an expert who was never a cop and was never a prosecutor.
Because you can't expect cops and prosecutors to give you an unbiased perspective.
You need to take a class from an attorney who has worked in the system and can
tell you how the system works in reality. TV and movies are all false propaganda.
Your self-defense insurance company must pay in full, up front.
Some insurance companies won't pay, e.g. USCCA, USAA, and United Healthcare.
If you don't know who they are, send me an email. You don't want to find out
when you file a claim and they refuse to pay. The premiums don't matter much.
Whether or not they pay claims is all that matters.
-- Jon Low]
In the right hand column, click on the link labeled "Self Defense Insurance".
Or, the link is,
Read this before you buy insurance. You need to make an informed decision.
The various policies are drastically different.
"You need to read the fine print." -- Massad Ayoob
" A Woman “had no other choice but to defend herself and that is why people have guns.”
She was six months pregnant and had two other children in the house. She survived
years of domestic abuse and defended herself against “a terrible domestic assault.” "
Sometimes the aftermath isn't too bad. Even if the aftermath had been prosecution,
conviction, and prison for the rest of her life, killing the bad guy still would have been
worth it. As Andrew Branca says, "After 20 years in prison, you have to be able to say
to yourself, 'Knowing all I know now, if I had to do is all over again, I wouldn't change
a thing. It was all worth it.' " Because she saved the lives of her children.
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,
but because he loves what is behind him.”
― G.K. Chesterton
In the right hand column of this web page, click on "Never Talk To The Police"
or use the address,
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------------------------------ Medical --------------------------------
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course - NAEMT Certified, $495.00
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“Your character is what you do when no one is looking.”
-- Thomas Jefferson
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------------------------------ Survival --------------------------------
"Survival is a mindset, not a skill set."
-- Greg Shaffer
"Soldier’s Handbook for Individual Operations and
Survival in Cold-Weather Areas SEPTEMBER 2025"
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
"Survival is not based solely on technique. Survivability may hinge on the use
of the correct technique appropriate to the environment you are fighting in.
Oh, and yes, marksmanship is always valuable."
-- Clint Smith
"If you stay fit, you do not have to get fit.
If you stay trained, you do not have to get trained.
If you stay prepared, you do not have to get prepared."
-- Robert Margulies
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***** ***** ***** Education ***** ***** *****
Table of contents:
Legal
Instruction
Gear
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"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
Rangemaster
NOVEMBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
Citizen-Defender, John Murphy
Blog posts,
Rangemaster Newsletter, Tom Givens
Active Self Protection, John Correia
"My Gun Culture" by Tom McHale
Quips, John Farnam
Active Response Training, Greg Ellifritz
The Tactical Professor, Claude Werner
American Handgunner Magazine
Tactical Science
International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors
Alien Gear blog
Shooting Classes Blog
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
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------------------------------ Legal --------------------------------
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other."
-- John Adams, October 11, 1798
"Nashville Covenant School Shooting"
Some of the documents.
Tennessee Firearms Association legal action to force release of the rest of the documents.
Why would anyone want to keep the documents secret?
Of course, even if the court orders all documents released, the police won't release
anything that would embarrass themselves.
Sorry, that's just reality.
This is why people call for defunding the police; Prescott, Arizona police.
"Felonies for Self-Defense Against Town Official" by Liberty Doll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPByFf4kx4
Incompetent attorney, recommended by bail bondsman. What a joke.
You get what you pay for in this world. That's why you must have a good
self-defense insurance policy.
The bad-guy, Deputy Fire Chief, was promoted.
The good-guy, was smeared and driven out of state.
We should be calling for defunding the Fire Department.
"Trump’s DOJ Just Undid 120 Years of Supreme Court LIES! –
The Wong Kim Ark LIE! | PART 2"
by Attorney Andrew Branca
"New Ban on GLOCKS Runs Straight into Supreme Court Precedent"
by Roman Balmakov
Primary source citations in video description.
"Supreme Court Decision Could Change Every Election Going Forward"
by Guns & Gadgets 2nd Amendment News
"BREAKING NEWS: NFA Division To Reopen Application Processing To Resume"
by Guns & Gadgets 2nd Amendment News
"DOJ Declares DC Magazine Ban Unconstitutional in Stunning Reversal"
by Jose Nino
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
Excerpt:
"The Peterson case demonstrates the shifting landscape of gun rights litigation,
with the government moving from defending the statute to conceding its
unconstitutionality."
“Is there no virtue among us? If there is not, we are without hope!
No form of government, existing nor theoretical, will keep us from harm.
To think that any government, in any form, will insure liberty and happiness
for a dishonorable population represents the height of self-deception.”
-- James Madison, 1788
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------------------------------ Instruction --------------------------------
"Remember,
the students who require the extra effort
are the ones who need us the most!"
-- John Farnam
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----- Instructors -----
Instructors, take note.
"Let's face it, most of us are not half as smart
as we may sometimes think we are -
and for intellectuals, not one-tenth as smart."
-- Thomas Sowell, "Random Thoughts," December 2010
That is why it is so important to be humble in your teaching.
Seriously consider questions and suggestions, especially from students.
Tim Larking often talks about how young and elderly ladies are the primary victims
of criminal predators. So we must outreach to that demographic.
There is a third demographic that is often the victim of criminal predators,
prostitutes. In order to outreach to any group, one must understand the group.
May I invite your attention to
"Why is prostitution really illegal?" by Ken LaCorte
I do not believe that any person should be denied the right to self-defense by
being disarmed. So a student's convictions for prostitution has never stopped
me from teaching the student.
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
"The Instructor’s Burden" by Justin Carroll
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
". . . you shouldn’t start your day thinking about lunch or your first smoke break."
---
You should never be smoking in front of your students. You should not be
smoking, ever. You're addicted? Fix yourself. You got yourself addicted. Get
yourself unaddicted. As the instructor, you have a duty to set the example.
All leadership is by example. Smoking means you're addicted to a toxic drug.
(Don't believe me? Look up nicotine in the dictionary.) Drug addicts have no
business associating with students. Fix yourself first, then teach.
"You don't understand addiction, because you've never been addicted."
I've never been addicted, because I've never abused drugs including nicotine and
alcohol. Because I'm smart. But I have studied addiction extensively. That's why
I have no sympathy for addicts. As Dave Ramsey says, addicts lie and steal 100%
of the time. What is a smoke break during working hours? Theft of time. I could
go on, but you get the idea.
“Qui docet, discet.” (Who teaches, learns.)
-- American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
Facebook.com post by Dale Miller --
Well, I made the classic instructor error of assuming a student’s understanding
of terminology. A student requested a coaching session as he didn’t feel confident
with his handgun. He told me that it was a 357 magnum that he bought new and
has only fired it a few times. He said he had a few boxes of 357 ammo to train with,
but I of course suggested he purchase some “38’s” since I knew an inexperienced
shooter and 357 magnums are not typically a good combination. He showed up this
morning with a pristine S&W model 28 that has had less than a box of ammo fired
through it and four boxes of 38’s. Well actually, 38 Super plus p ammo that cost him
$60 per box . . . When teaching new shooters, I try very hard to explain things that
experienced shooters take for granted, so I should have known to have given him
better directions. Fortunately, I had 38 special ammo to give him and he was a good
student, so at least it wasn't a wasted day.
-- Dale Miller
“He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”
-- Richard Henry Dana
"Motor Learning and Firearms Training: Why Good Reps Matter Most"
by Dan Brady
"Every time I teach a class,
I discover I don't know something."
-- Clint Smith
How to Become a Firearms Instructor | Getting Started [2025]
by Daniel Reedy
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Be careful what you teach.
Because your students will do in combat
whatever you have trained them to do,
no matter how ridiculous.
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
"You must teach skill sustainment as part of training."
-- John Hearne
"Your curriculum needs to be recent, relevant, and realistic."
-- Austin Killmer
"The limited time you spend with students may be the only training they ever receive!"
-- John Farnam
“The most valuable resource that all teachers have is each other.
Without collaboration, our growth is limited to our own perspectives.”
-- Robert John Meehan
“The student’s purpose is to expand their body of knowledge and social network.
The instructor’s purpose is to help the student achieve the student’s goals.”
-- Amy Schwartz
"A false path will always be tensely, angrily, violently defended by those it has deceived,
because who are so easily deceived are ever too arrogant to repent.”
-- Instructional axiom
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----- Students -----
"Keep in mind that this is some seriously next level material.
It is totally normal that the first time you see this stuff, you find
it confusing. You find it difficult to understand. So, confusion
should not discourage you. It does not represent any intellectual
failing on your part. Rather, keep in mind that it represents an
opportunity to get even smarter."
– Tim Roughgarden, Professor of Computer Science and other
stuff at Stanford University
"Motor Learning and Firearms Training: Why Good Reps Matter Most"
by Dan Brady
"Try.
Try again.
Try once more.
Try differently.
Try again tomorrow.
Try and ask for help.
Try find someone who's done it.
Try to fix the problem.
Keep trying until you succeed."
-- Nicola Cavanis
“It may seem difficult at first but everything is difficult at first.”
-- Miyamota Mushashi
"It's better to be wrong than to be vague."
-- Freeman Dyson
“Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans.”
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
"A false path will always be tensely, angrily, violently defended
by those it has deceived, because who are so easily deceived are
ever too arrogant to repent.”
-- Instructional axiom
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----- Andragogy (as opposed to pedagogy) -----
"Thinking is the hardest thing a person can do.
That's why so few people do it."
-- Henry Ford
"Motor Learning and Firearms Training: Why Good Reps Matter Most"
by Dan Brady
‟An instructor should not expect any learning to
take place the first time new information is presented.”
-- ‶Building Shooters″ by Dustin Salomon
"Growth is uncomfortable because you've never been there before."
-- Nicola Cavanis
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------------------------------ Gear --------------------------------
And the safe storage thereof.
“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”
-- Chinua Achebe
---
"Compromise" by John Farnam
Excerpt:
I advise my students at the end of their training segment,
“It is my sincerest wish that you’ve all wasted your money and
never have to use any of the lethal skills you’ve learned and
practiced here.”
---
“Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God’s approval.”
-- Thomas Monson
"Concealed Carry Do's and Don'ts"
Effectively concealing a handgun involves much more
than donning a random jacket from your closet.
by Jeff Gonzales
The purpose of a high capacity magazine is NOT to let you shoot more;
it is to let you reload less.
-- Tom Givens
"Purse Carry is the Worst Carry: Part 1" by Melody Lauer
"Purse Carry Part 2: Shooting Through Purses" by Melody Lauer
"Purse Carry" by Greg Ellifritz
"Shooting Through Bags and Purses" by Greg Ellifritz
I hope this convinces you not to carry in a purse, and to NEVER fire your pistol
from within the purse. Greg's experiments were all with an empty purse.
As Melody explains, when the purse is full of the usual stuff found in a
purse, the results are injury to the hand.
"There are no dangerous weapons, only dangerous men."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
"Serious Ammunition" by John Farnam
"Fit versus Feel
No, they’re not the same thing . . . "
by Massad Ayoob
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
Adjust the grip (or the whole pistol if need be) until you are able to get the tip
of your middle finger of your firing-side hand to point back toward you.
If you are able to get the tip of your little finger to point back toward you,
the grip may be too small.
Adjust the trigger, so that when you've taken the slack out of the trigger,
your trigger finger is pressing the trigger straight to the rear. No vector component
of lateral force. Yes, as a matter of fact the trigger can be moved. A competent
gunsmith can move it for you. Or, the back strap can be reshaped or replaced.
The pistol was not custom made for you, so you can't expect it to fit you.
Would you wear shoes that did not fit your feet?
"The Civilian Need for WML’s:
the home defense handgun. A Use Case Primer for ENTHUSIASTS"
by Sherman House
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
Always use your support-side thumb to manipulate your WML
(weapon mounted light), NEVER use your trigger finger.
Task Overload Confusion! Take Chuck Haggard's class to understand.
---
"BLINDED BY THE LIGHT:
MY THOUGHTS INSPIRED BY LOWLIGHT HANDGUN
WITH STEVE FISHER OF SENTINEL CONCEPTS"
by Sherman House
“Your car is not a holster.”
-- Pat Rogers
"A Concealed Carry Primer
Build a system that actually works for you."
by Chris Cypert
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Actually, this is real and important.
Glock to Discontinue All Existing Models?? & NEW "V" Model Announced
by Lenny Magill
[Glock USA's attempt to appease the California law prohibiting firearms that are
easily convertible to machineguns.]
---
"Glock News" by John Farnam
---
"Glock Discontinues Dozens of Pistol Models Amid “Switch” Controversy and Market Shift"
by Scott Witner
---
"Glock Discontinuing Most Current Models" by Docent
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
"Juicy gun Q&A |
Best gun for petite women, shooting with one eye closed,
starting a channel & more!" by Stav
Store alarms are not metal detectors. They are probing for the Radio Frequency IDs
embedded in the merchandise.
"Firearms are second only to the constitution in importance,
they are the people's liberty's teeth." -- George Washington
"Iron Sights Tier List" by Protraband
"AR Bolt Carrier Group Basics with Mike Mihalski of SOLGW"
by James Burton
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
"Why is that attention to detail so important?"
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---
"LEO Trade-Ins: The Sleeper Surplus Market" by B. Gil Horman
"Pistol Red Dot Footprints" by Josh Wayner
"How an AR-15 Works" by Matt Rittman
"Strippers-Wad Cutters and RELOADING Revolvers a
discussion with Greg Ellifritz at Revolverfest"
"Surefire XC3 Comparison and Low Light Testing" by UN12 Magazine
Starts at 27 seconds because everything before that is zero information density.
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***** ***** ***** Intelligence ***** ***** *****
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
-- Second Amendment, Constitution of the United States of America
"Director Tulsi Gabbard Shares Shocking Ways DEI
Was Being Used in Our Intelligence Agencies"
by The Heritage Foundation
U.S. Marine Corps
FORCE DESIGN UPDATE ОСТОВER 2025
All of the photos in this report are scratched and dirty. Is that supposed to be
artistic? It's just unprofessional.
Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Eric Smith needs to be fired.
Why Trump has allowed this woke Biden appointee to continue as Commandant
is unconscionable.
"Saudi Arab Sends A BRUTAL Reality Check To Palestinians That's Going Viral Now!"
by Insightful Nomad
An insightful analysis.
Ranger Handbook, September 2025
Hat tip to Greg Ellifrit.
They don't use the squad hand signal. In boot camp we joked about how it
made you look like a faggot waving to his lover.
"State Dept. Spy BUSTED with Classified Docs!!" by Robert Gouveia Esq.
"Coming" by John Farnam
Excerpts:
“The belief in a short, decisive war is the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.”
-- Robert Lynd
"Metro areas, leftist enclaves in general, are thus good places to stay away from!"
Cited: Jerusalem Post, 16 October 2025,
"Eyes Behind the Lines:
US Army Long-Range
Reconnaissance and
Surveillance Units"
by Major James F. Gebhardt, US Army (Retired)
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
I remember eating LRPRs (Long Range Patrol Rations), pronounced "lerps".
Just add water. Instant . . . something edible.
GT score of 110 or above. Well, well, I never would have guessed.
Check out the references.
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On the other hand, the woke Marine Corps generals eliminated all Scout Snipers
and eliminated the Scout Sniper School. Who is going to do recon for the commanders?
Those generals, like Commandant Smith, need to be court martialed for treason.
"Former ATF agent:
Most guns found at Mexico crime scenes are from legal US-Mexico government sales"
by Sharyl Attkisson
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger
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A friend of ours (not the one at MCIA) reports that the shipping and receiving
department of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico is receiving and opening original
shipping crates from Sig Sauer USA containing Sig rifles. Sinaloa is in large part
responsible for putting the present Mexican President in office. Round and round
the money flows.
"She Was a Spy . . . and Her Instagram Was the Perfect Cover" by Andrew Bustamante
"Fighting In The Streets In Rio de Janeiro" by Docent
"Good habits and skill beat luck every time."
-- Sheriff Jim Wilson
Sons of Liberty [One of the best intel organizations in history, and still active.]
The Dispatch
Strategy Page
"The Merge"
Breaking Defense
Intrigue
1440
29155
Global Recaps
Timber Sycamore
Ground News
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I love spaghetti. (Errata)
***** ***** ***** Signals Intelligence,
Ground Electronic Warfare,
Cyber Security,
(sometimes Air Electronic Warfare too) ***** ***** *****
"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined,
but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain
a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them,
which would include their own government."
--George Washington
"Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups"
by Benjamin Jensen and Ian Fletcher
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
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By decrypting a message and releasing it appropriately, Pathfinder got a paranoid,
arrogant ChiCom leader to summarily execute several of his loyal and competent
subordinates. Can't beat that for information warfare. Consider the moral in his and
subordinate commands. You think anyone is going to want to work for him, ever.
Ahhhh, I can see the gears in your mind turning.
"Army eyes larger all-source intelligence support to EW
As the Army improves its EW acumen,
it needs more intelligence sources to support operations."
by Mark Pomerleau
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
I love spaghetti. If we replace the spaghetti with capellini, would you still have
spaghetti? Would I still love it?
"Erst Wiesn, jetzt Niesn"
"First, (a trip to the) meadow [nickname for the location of the Oktoberfest
(the big Bavarian beer fest)], and now the sneezing."
It could be a joke that says: you join the crowd and end up with a cold or flu.
Bet your machines or German (Hoch Deutsch) linguists didn't get that.
It is Bavarian language, not German language. 😊
Thanks to Robert Forbus and Adolf Mader.
Be careful.
Chinese is worse. If you're using linguists trained in Monterey, you're an idiot.
You better get some native speakers if you want to win.
"Applied Language Learning"
"Indian Army Enhances Electronic Warfare with
New Ground-Based Mobile Intelligence System"
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
"A visit to soldiers decoding Russian signals on NATO's eastern flank" by DPA
"How to help protect small infantry teams with passive RF sensors"
by Asian Military Review
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
"DARPA eyes altermagnetic devices that control magnetics
for enhanced radar and communications"
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
Note last paragraph.
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"Altermagnets That Turn On and Off" by Katherine Wright
Note References.
"Electronic warfare and information advantage added to
Army principal cyber advisor portfolio"
by Mark Pomerleau
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
This is a significant policy shift. Notice, not G-2.
"Lazarus Group now using fake job ads to target European drone manufacturers"
by Gintaras Radauskas
Hat tip to Soldier Systems.
Oh, you mean this wasn't an Israeli op?
Breaking Defense has a weekly newsletter, "Networks & Digital Warfare" at
Crypto-Gram by Bruce Schneier
2600
‟If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it.
The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury.
Therefore what he must fear is his victim.”
-- Col. Jeff Cooper, "Principles of Personal Defense"
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Before the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution creating the income tax,
we did just fine.
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Does that form a subgraph?
***** ***** ***** Cryptology ***** ***** *****
Cryptosystems are considered "arms" by federal law, ITAR,
International Traffic in Arms Regulations. That means cryptosystems are
protected by the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Never let the
government infringe on your right to keep and bear cryptosystems, to
include home made cryptosystems, to include sharing cryptosystems with
others.
"Crypto-Gram
October 15, 2025"
by Bruce Schneier
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe,
and preserve order in the world as well as property.
Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of their use."
-- Thomas Paine
Let's make a deal!
Anytime anyone does anything information is leaked / transferred / lost / gained.
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil."
-- Donald Knuth
"The Story of Dennis Ritchie" by Code Stories
The greats build tools. Others use the tools to build applications.
"Computer science has nothing to do with computers or science."
-- Donald Knuth
"The Continuum Hypothesis and the search for Mathematical Infinity"
by W. Hugh Woodin
"WHAT IS . . . a Woodin Cardinal?" by John R. Steel
"Ordinal Numbers" by Numberphile
Remember the Axiom of Choice ↔ Zorn's Lemma ↔ The Well Ordering Principle?
If you believe in the Axiom of Choice, there is a greatest integer preceding ω (omega).
It may not be constructible, but it exists (if you believe the Axiom of Choice).
Math, physics, etc. are all religions with their various denominations. To think
otherwise is self deception.
"Wait a minute, doesn't ∞ + 1 = ∞ ? So, isn't ω + 1 = ω?"
"Nothing in life is to be feared; it is only to be understood.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that?
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must believe that we are gifted for something,
and that this thing must be attained."
-- Marie Curie
Let us assume the Euphrosyne bit sequence is pseudo-random and that we have a
way to calculate the nᵗʰ term of the sequence in an efficient manner. That is, we don't
have to generate every previous term to get the nᵗʰ term of the sequence.
[A family of circuits (C₀ , C₁ , C₂ , . . . ) is uniform if some log space transducer T
outputs ⟨ Cₙ ⟩ when T's input is 1ⁿ . Definition 10.34, "Introduction to the Theory
of Computation", 2nd Edition, by Michael Sipser.]
Assume Eve (the eavesdropper) is intercepting everything transmitted on the channel.
Bob: I know the Euphrosyne bit sequence.
Alice: Prove it.
Bob: Give me an arity and the ordinals of the bits,
and I will give you the parity of those bits.
Alice: How many rounds are we playing?
Bob: As many as it takes for you to be confident that I know the sequence.
Alice: That's not going to work. [Why? -- Jon Low]
Bob: Let's say 50 rounds.
Alice: 5, (37, 53, 71, 99, 1009). [Alice will never repeat an ordinal number.]
Bob: 1. [The parity of the 37ᵗʰ, 53ʳᵈ, 71ˢᵗ, 99ᵗʰ, and 1009ᵗʰ bits of the sequence.]
. . .
Does this work (on any level)? What modifications would make you
happier with this protocol? What would make this protocol more efficient?
Is this a zero knowledge proof protocol? If not, how close is it to a zero
knowledge proof? Don't let the egg heads deceive you. Simple is always better,
because it's easier to understand and hence easier to analyze.
What if the sequence was random finite, and say a terabyte? Now we've
got it in a file. [Remember in UNIX / Linux / POSIX everything is a file.]
Or some more easily searched data structure. (Which isn't necessary, because
modern file systems will search files by byte location with optimal efficiently.
Remember Hans Reiser?) Might the protocol be able to touch every bit in
the sequence? Would that satisfy Alice? (As in computational complexity
"satisfaction"?)
Ooooo, I can see the gears turning in your mind. What do you think Frosty
would think? [Frosty is Euphrosyne's nickname, not the snowman.]
"All that we don't know is astonishing.
Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing."
-- Philip Roth
"I finally understood why time even exists! (My mind is blown)"
by FloatHeadPhysics
Excerpt:
"Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself are doomed to fade away
into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an
independent reality."
-- Herman Minkowski
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Do you see how this relates to the article above? Our cryptosystems
can be thrown out of synch by motion. Do you understand the math to
keep them in synch?
"Never memorize anything. Rather, study it until it becomes obvious."
-- Norman Christ
What did the woke mind virus do? Under Obama and Biden, it destroyed
competence and moral in the Armed Forces. In particular, it drove the best
and the brightest out of the NSA. And they didn't have a lot to lose because
their salaries are low.
Trump fired and replaced the Lt. General commanding the NSA. Can it recover?
The DEI hires are still deeply entrenched. Perhaps they will be fired, as Patel has
fired the woke FBI agents. Oh yes, wokeness is a loyalty to an ideology.
Having been driven out of the NSA and now making double the salary in the
defense contractor world (Lockheed Martin, et al) or triple the salary in the private
sector, why would any of them return to the Puzzle Palace?
The NSA will be calling you. Offering to fly you in, put you up in a hotel,
bus you to and from. Decades ago, they would make us share hotel rooms.
If I were you, I would demand a rental car, per diem to pay for food and gas,
and of course a private room. They were giving me a private room toward the
end. It's just a matter of how desperate they are. I suspect they are very desperate.
You might want to ask for an honorarium. You might ask for a rental car.
"You don't have to memorize formulae.
Because you can always derive them from first principles."
-- Sven Hartman
"An Exact Formula for the Primes: Willans' Formula" by Eric Rowland
Primary sources cited in the description of the video.
Get it?
"In 2003 We Discovered a New Way to Generate Primes" by Eric Rowland
"But what is the Riemann zeta function?
Visualizing analytic continuation"
by 3Blue1Brown
From the description below the video,
"Interestingly, that vertical line where the convergent portion of the function
appears to abruptly stop corresponds to numbers whose real part is Euler's constant,
~0.577. For those who know what this is, it's kind of fun to puzzle about why this
is the case.
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The definition for the zeta function given in the video is a gross simplification.
A more complete definition of the function is given by Eric Weisstein at
I don't know what the ₄F₃(w, x, y, z; t, u, v; n) function is in equation (55).
Do you? I wrote to the MathWorld Team, but haven't heard back yet.
"Handbook of Applied Cryptography", 6.1
(i) The one-time pad
Recall (Definition 1.39) that a Vernam cipher over the binary alphabet is defined by
cᵢ = mᵢ ⊕ kᵢ for i = 1, 2, 3, . . . ,
where m₁, m₂, m₃, . . . are the plaintext digits, k₁, k₂, k₃,... (the keystream) are the key digits,
c₁, c₂, c₃, . . . are the ciphertext digits, and ⊕ is the XOR function (bitwise addition modulo 2).
Decryption is defined by mᵢ = cᵢ ⊕ kᵢ . If the keystream digits are generated independently
and randomly, the Vernam cipher is called a one-time pad, and is unconditionally secure
( §1.13.3(i) ) against a ciphertext-only attack. More precisely, if M, C, and K are random
variables respectively denoting the plaintext, ciphertext, and secret key, and if H() denotes
the entropy function (Definition 2.39),
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<Ctrl> F "2.39" (to find Definition 2.39)
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then H(M|C) = H(M). Equivalently, I(M; C) = 0
(see Definition 2.45, mutual information):
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<Ctrl> F "2.45" (to find Definition 2.45)
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the ciphertext contributes no information about the plaintext.
Shannon proved
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C.E. SHANNON, “A mathematical theory of communication”,
Bell System Technical Journal, 27 (1948), 379–423, 623–656.
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that a necessary condition for a symmetric-key encryption scheme to be
unconditionally secure is that H(K) ≥ H(M). That is, the uncertainty of the secret key
must be at least as great as the uncertainty of the plaintext. If the key has bitlength k,
and the key bits are chosen randomly and independently, then H(K) = k, and Shannon’s
necessary condition for unconditional security becomes k ≥ H(M). The one-time pad is
unconditionally secure regardless of the statistical distribution of the plaintext, and is
optimal in the sense that its key is the smallest possible among all symmetric-key
encryption schemes having this property.
An obvious drawback of the one-time pad is that the key should be as long as the
plaintext, which increases the difficulty of key distribution and key management.
This motivates the design of stream ciphers where the keystream is pseudo-randomly
generated from a smaller secret key, with the intent that the keystream appears random
to a computationally bounded adversary. Such stream ciphers do not offer unconditional
security ( since H(K) << H(M) ), but the hope is that they are computationally secure
(§1.13.3(iv)).
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So it all comes down to finding good pseudo-random number generators.
A few of decades ago, I got invited to Los Alamos National Laboratory to
discuss such with some of their scientists. The main discussion centered around
Linear Feedback Shift Registers. How many LFSRs? How much memory?
How many taps? Where to place the taps? How to combine the values from
the taps? How to combine the values from the LFSRs? Etc. To maximize
the length of the sequence (before it repeats). To maximize the entropy of the
sequence (minimize predictability). Uniform distribution does not minimize
predictability, clustering does. Any well defined distribution does not minimize
predictability.
An algorithm that does not produce a distribution. Stop and think about that.
"Do tire balancing beads actually work?" by Steve Mould
Do you see why this is in the Crypto section? Can you imagine a dynamic system
that automatically self balances? Can you see the partial differential equations?
What about a stream cipher that goes out of synch? Will it automatically get back
into synch? Can you design it to do so?
"The Untold Story Of C#" by CodeSource
Garbage collection means the application program will delete an object in memory
if the application can't find a reference to the object. The problem is that the reference
might be on a remote system in a distributed program. So competent (C and C++)
programmers would never tolerate this.
C++ handles exceptions. So nothing gained there.
Type safety? What does that mean? It's nonsense.
C# is just a proprietary form of C++. No one in their right mind would use it.
Yes, it has a standard, but it is still proprietary.
C++ has a standard and is completely open source, no patents.
(I was working in Silicon Valley when the C++ standard came out. Those
were the days.)
In the UNIX world everything has always been treated as files. So C# is very
late to the party.
"Why Don't Liquids Splash In a Vacuum?" by The Action Lab
Splashing is a liquid-air interaction. The air is sticking to the hard surface,
circulation theory, the liquid can't push the air out of the way. So the liquid
gets forced up over the air in a splash.
"The 5 Levels of Reverse Engineering" by Low Level
"everything is open source if you know reverse engineering (hack with me!)"
by Low Level
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"Programming Isn't Math, It's Linguistics" by LaurieWired
"Roger Penrose: Why Quantum Theory Is Fundamentally Wrong"
The principle of equivalence is in conflict with the principle of superposition.
"why only some infinite power towers are well defined." by Michael Penn
All kinds of stuff can be written. Doesn't mean it makes sense.
"Handbook of Applied Cryptography"
by Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone
"Computer Security and the Internet:
Tools and Jewels from Malware to Bitcoin", Second Edition
by Paul C. van Oorschot
ISBN: 978-3-030-83410-4 (hardcopy), 978-3-030-83411-1 (eBook)
"An Introduction to Error Correcting Codes with Applications"
by Scott A. Vanstone , Paul C. Oorschot
Research and Publications (P. Van Oorschot)
Alfred J. Menezes
Scott A. Vanstone
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***** ***** ***** Religion and Politics ***** ***** *****
“War is not the best engine for us to resort to;
nature has given us one in our commerce, which if properly managed,
will be a better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe
to treat us with justice.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1797)
"In Florida, we will kill you."
This is why citizens call for defunding the police.
"Former Tennessee troopers say DUI quotas led to arrests of sober drivers
Two ex-officers claim internal pressure from the THP to increase
DUI arrests is resulting in innocent people being charged with the crime."
This was broadcast on WSMV4 on 27 October 2025 at 18:00.
"Abuse of power under color of law."
Corruption progresses as long as leadership encourages it. It is all Governor Bill Lee's
fault. He could have set a good example, as all leadership is by example. But he didn't.
And his subordinates followed suit.
In the Marine Corps, all problems are leadership problems. In civilian business,
a company loses money or fails because of incompetent management. Never blame
the worker bees. They are just following orders as best they can. All responsibility
lies with the executives.
The corrupt judges will convict on false charges. This has destroyed many lives of
decent law abiding citizens. How many acquittals were there? Zero.
Another example of your government working against you.
"Military “Titling” System Wrongly Strips Service Members of Gun Rights —
Thousands Branded as Criminals Without Charges"
by F. Riehl
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
Oh ya, this is real. When I was interviewing with the NSA, the interviewer accused me
of all kinds of crimes. I denied the accusations and inquired as to who was accusing me.
He responded that he would not tell me because he was afraid that I would kill them.
Yup, that's your government bureaucrat hard at work.
Gun control laws are, and always have been, racist.
"Black gun owners in Chicago charged with felonies despite valid FOID cards,
CCLs; say they're traumatized"
by Dorothy Tucker and Samah Assad
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
Democrats in action.
"Fox New Host Accidentally Asks Question That Border Czar Is Too Scared to Answer"
This is why you need to get out of California.
The government strives to reduce its liability, not provide services to the people.
"Illegal Migrant Police Officer, Mexico Mass Deportations, Pelosi Called A Liar & More"
by Christina Aguayo
"We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution
was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists."
-- Patrick Henry
"On 700 WLW’s The Bill Cunningham Show: To Discuss the Problems with Crime Data"
"Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 31 Cases During January 2025"
"What the Stats Really Say About Crime Surge"
by John R. Lott Jr.
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
Excerpts:
" Bureau of Justice Statistics report, which includes data through 2024,
shows that Trump was right during the debate when he said,
“Crime here is up and through the roof.” "
"The National Crime Victimization Survey shows violent crime surged 59%,
with rape and sexual assault up 67%, robbery up 38%, and aggravated assault up 62%.
That’s the largest four-year increase in the survey’s 52-year history."
Deep pervasive corruption.
"The Algorithm That Rigged the Census:
How One Bureaucrat Stole the House and Billions in Funding"
by @amuse
Hat tip to Docent.
Welfare is a culture.
Arnold speaks the truth.
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
-- Mary Flannery O'Connor
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"History teaches us that history teaches us nothing." -- James Bachmann
In case you don't understand the Democrat Political Party.
Bill Maher explains.
Lindy Li explains.
The purpose of war is not to die for your country.
The purpose of war is to ensure that the other guy dies for his country.
—George S. Patton
"Here are the Receipts -Soros Funds Fake No Kings Rallies,
plus Stopping the Mass Murder of 50,000 Christians in Nigeria"
“You can’t truly call yourself ‘peaceful’ unless you are capable of great violence.
If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful, you’re harmless.
Important distinction.”
-- Stef Starkgaryen
Abuse of power under color of law.
"Or They Could Just Allow Citizens To Own And Carry Firearms . . ." by Docent
It's not just in Japan. New Jersey, USA has a terrible problem with bears attacking
and killing humans (though you won't hear about it in the mass media). New Jersey
outlawed bear hunting (back when I lived there a couple of decades ago), the bear
population exploded, and now the bears are eating the humans. Who would have guessed?
"Why liberals, people of color, and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns"
by Frank Langfitt
Liberals are buying guns to defend themselves from the government.
Same reason we buy guns. Precisely why the Founding Fathers wrote
the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
***************************** Begin Psychology ***********************
"The prison planet: the nature of existence" by Orion Taraban, Psy.D.
Deep truth.
Younger women are not prettier. Younger women are not easier.
Younger women are more feminine. And that's what men want.
Marriage out ranks friends. Marriage out ranks kids.
Deep truth.
"Garden tools: how to capture male attention" by Orion Taraban, Psy.D.
Excerpt:
"My brother in Christ, you knew what you were getting into when you signed up."
"As little as possible: why men need to do the bare minimum"
by Orion Taraban, Psy.D.
Ingrates. Guilt. Concrete Cash and Prizes. Oh, ya, deep truth.
Men, statistically speaking, don't get sex nor a second date. I joined "It's Just Lunch"
a couple of decades or so ago. It's a dating service. The company set up blind dates at
extremely expensive restaurants. The women never offered to split the check.
The women simply disappeared after the "date". It was a total scam. And still is.
***************************** End Psychology ************************
"I hate it when I'm trying to eat a salad and
it falls in the trash and I have to eat a taco instead."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"I Don't Think This Helps Your Cause" by Docent
I love the Jews. I've had several Jewish girlfriends over the 66 years of my life.
My pastor says it's Biblical for us to protect the Jews. I have worked as armed security
for the Jewish Community Center in Nashville, TN.
Jews are not historically liberal. Quite the contrary. Only in America
(predominantly in New York City), Europe, and Israel will you find that
the vast majority of Jews are infected by the liberal mind virus. And even
when the liberals betray the Jews, the cited Jews will still cling to the baby
murder, communist ideology. It's quite amazing.
But there are conservative Jews fighting the liberal mind virus as best they can.
I have worked security at such Synagogues, Chabad of Nashville. So I know they exist.
This is why using artificial intelligence is criminal stupidity.
Deep truths.
This is how you can tell how old you are.
Are you thinking, I can do that.
Are you thinking, with a little practice, I can do that.
Are you thinking, I can't do that.
Whether you think you can or can't, you're correct.
If you owe the bank 2 million dollars and you can't pay, you have a problem.
If you owe the bank 2.1 billion dollars and you can't pay, the bank has a problem.
And Kevin Costner is a big time actor.
Me: My friend has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He's only 67.
No one else in his family has such.
My doctor: Did he do a lot of drugs in his youth?
Me: Yes, especially in college. And ever since.
My doctor: There you go. Drugs get you high by killing your brain cells.
You only have so many, and they don't regenerate, and humans don't grow
new ones after adulthood.
Kolovare [Karlovac], Croatia (where the Springfield Armory XD is made)
"Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses (Acoustic Cover by First To Eleven)
Wow! They're getting really good.
'99 Luftballons' (Nena) Remade in 2025 by Sing It Live
Proof of God.
"Why don't Asians commit crimes?" by Ken LaCorte
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I once had a liberal feminist mother tell me that her kids were her best friends.
That is sick and disgusting. You cannot discipline a best friend. So she never
disciplined her children. Without discipline, you know how children grow up.
They end up in prison and on welfare.
I remember my father telling me that his kids were not in prison and not on
welfare. So he had succeeded. I thought he had rather low standards. But
maybe not.
I saw my father-in-law retire, do nothing, and die within a year. You must
stay active, find a purpose, help others, serve others.
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Email: Jon_Low@yahoo.com
Radio: KI4SDN
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