CWP, 25 September 2015 A.D.

Greetings Sheepdogs,

***** Mindset *****

Keep calm and carry.

***** Training *****

“I’d just run away”- Are you fit enough to escape?
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/id-just-run-away-are-you-fit-enough-to-escape

Five Ways to Avoid Becoming a Victim
by Stacy Bright
http://www.range365.com/five-ways-to-avoid-becoming-victim

Your Tactical Training Scenario -
An Unnecessary Shooting
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/your-tactical-training-scenario-an-unnecessary-shooting
     You hear gunshots.  Gather up your loved ones
and run away.
     You feel compelled to engage?  So, you run
toward the sound of gunfire.  Do you understand
what's going on?  Do you know who the good guys are?
Who the bad guys are?  Where the good guys are?
Where the bad guys are?  No, you don't.  So, leave!

     There are a lot of "instructors" in our industry
who are teaching things that are wrong.  Please be
careful.  For instance,
http://www.gundigest.com/gun-videos/video-disengaging-thumb-safety-draw
     Mr. Pincus teaches to disengage the thumb safety
while pushing the pistol toward the target.  This is
wrong.  The thumb safety should be disengaged at the
close contact position, because you may have to shoot
from that position.  If your assailant is close enough
to grab your pistol, you're not going to extend.
     Mr. Pincus teaches to engage the safety when you
pull back into the close contact position.  This is
wrong.  The pistol is still in use.  The safety should
only be engaged before holstering. 
Clicking the safety on and off while operating wastes
time and complicates the manual of arms.

There’s a good chance that your training
is setting you up for prison
https://thestreetstandards.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/theres-a-good-chance-that-your-training-is-setting-you-up-for-prison/

***** Pedagogy *****

     I just dropped some pistachio shells (hard)
into my trash can.  They hit an empty plastic
juice bottle (hard) and bounced out of the trash
can.  Hard things will bounce off of hard things.
That's why we teach hard against soft when shooting
with support.  If you place your hard pistol
against a hard wall, the shock wave from the
detonation of the cartridge will cause the pistol
to bounce off the wall and throw your shot off
target.  Your soft hand or other body part should
be between your pistol and any hard surface.

***** Education *****

     Latest version of "Defensive Pistol"
is available free of charge at
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/474513
Smashwords.com is getting better.  This time
most of the diagrams were correctly translated
into the PDF version.

***** Tactics *****

Contact Distance Shooting
Rescuing a Friend or Family Member
http://www.activeresponsetraining.net/contact-distance-shooting-rescuing-a-friend-or-family-member

***** Gear *****

Can Can Concealment
http://www.cancanconcealment.com/collections/garters
     Thigh holsters have to be worn with a garter
belt.  Otherwise, they will slide down your thigh.
The reasonable place to wear a thigh holster is 
inboard of the support side thigh.  So, that the
pistol is accessible by the firing side hand.
     Review at Front Sight Press
by Tiffany Johnson
http://frontsightpress.com/2015/09/07/cant-cant-regretably/#more-1097
     If you're going to the Highland Games and
wearing your kilt this would be appropriate in
the United States.  Going to the United Kingdom
is always inappropriate.  It's a gun free zone.

     Last night I took a dental pick and dug out all
the white paint in the front and rear sights of my
SA XD pistol.  Then, I blackened the bear metal with
an indelible black ink marker.  A pistol should not
have two sighting systems (the white dots, the
silhouette), because they will have different points
of impact, because they are different sighting
systems.  The white dots won't be visible in the
dark.  The silhouette of your sights will be visible
in the dark against the target, because you have
lit up the target with your flashlight.
     I also filed the edges of the front of my rear
sight, so that it is smooth and rounded.  Now, it
won't cut my hand when I rack the slide.
     I bet you always wondered what those people do,
who don't go out to bars dancing and drinking all
night long.
     In the movie "American Sniper", there was a
scene in which the hero meets his wife at a bar.
She drinks so much that she vomits.  But, in the
33 years that I was in the service, I noticed that
the the operators were far more likely to be
studying their range books or maps of the area than
at the Enlisted Club.  The wife, Taya, is of course
the real heroine of the story.  She is waiting for
the guy when he returns from deployment, even
multiple deployments. 

***** Miscellany *****

American Handgunner November/December 2015
http://fmgpublications.ipaperus.com/FMGPublications/AmericanHandgunner/AHND15/

     I got my Tennessee Handgun Permit renewal
reminder in the mail today.  I can renew for 4 years
for $50 or for the rest of my life for $500.
My insurance company says my life expectancy is 75
years.  That means 3 renewals for a total of $150
at present rates. 
     The people who do the hunting licenses are smart
enough to adjust the cost of a life time hunting
license to the applicant's age.

Cheers,
Jon

Jonathan Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com

CWP, 8 September 2015 A.D.

Greetings Sheepdogs,

***** Mindset *****

You aren’t really armed, you know
https://thestreetstandards.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/you-arent-really-armed-you-know/

“Stealth Existence”
http://defense-training.com/dti/stealth-existence/
     In case you didn't notice, the Obama administration
intentionally leaked the Office of Personnel Management
files for every federal employee, including every
background investigation for a security clearance, back
to 1981 (when the Regan administration started the
massive build up of covert operators).  If you are
wondering why, read Obama's autobiography in which
he states, "I will stand with the Muslims."

***** Training *****

     Another reason appendix carry is a bad idea.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/milwaukee-man-dies-after-accidentally-shooting-himself-in-tleg-b99561550z1-322524181.html

     Birdshot for self-defense is bad idea.
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-08_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
     But, good for practice.

     On page 4, you will see 10 tactical tips.
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-07_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
     Tip number 5 says, "... Do not drag your feet. 
Do not drag your back against the wall."
     I agree with this advice.  Which contradicts, many
schools that teach you to drag your feet.

     On page 4, you will see the article "Follow Through
and Recovery" by Tom Givens.
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-06_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf
Excerpt:  "Stay on the front sight until shooting is no
longer required."
     I agree with this advice, which contradicts all sorts
of techniques taught at other schools.  I think schools that
teach "target focus" or anything other than a hard focus
on the front sight are doing their students a grave
disservice.

     Don't load and unload the same round over and over.
See page 6.
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf

***** Pedagogy *****

     All kinds of good stuff in this issue.
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-12_RFTS-Newsletter.pdf

When Citizens Fight Back
http://americanhandgunner.com/when-citizens-fight-back/

***** Education *****

     All kinds of good information,
http://www.rangemaster.com/publications/rangemaster-newsletter/

No Nonsense Self-Defense
http://nononsenseselfdefense.com/

1911 Fired at 73,000 Frames Per Second
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/08/18/1911-fired-at-73000-frames-per-second/

Front Sight analysis
https://www.frontsight.com/video/rc14.as

***** Tactics *****


***** Instructors *****


***** Gear *****

"Why Revolvers Are NOT More Reliable Than Semi-Auto Pistols"
http://preparedgunowners.com/2015/07/30/why-revolvers-are-not-more-reliable-than-semi-auto-pistols/

     Tom Givens recommends,
www.jmcustomkydex.com

***** Legalities *****

     I sent an email to Waffle House this past Monday,
17 August 2015, complaining about their no firearms
allowed signs.  I told them that I did not eat at the
Mount Juliet, TN restaurant because of that sign and
instead when across the street to Cracker Barrel. 
     A gentleman from the Waffle House corporate office
called me just a few seconds ago, 24 August 2015, to
tell me that they were taking down the signs and that
there would be no problem with people carrying guns in
their restaurants unless they brandished in which case
the employees were instructed to call the police.
     I thanked him for the change in policy.

Iowa Senator Pushing For 'Stand Your Ground' Bill
http://www.siouxlandmatters.com/news/local-news/local-senator-pushing-for-stand-your-ground-bill
Excerpt:  "As the law stands, if a person is attacked
in public, they must first try to flee the attacker
before fighting back in self-defense."

***** Survival Tips *****

     I always wondered why Rush Limbaugh used Chrissie Hynde's
music as his bumper music.  I always wondered why she allowed
Rush to use her music.  I guess she really is one of us.
     "Chrissie Hynde Says Women Who Dress Provocatively
And Get Drunk Shouldn’t Be Surprised If They’re Raped"
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/08/30/chrissie-hynde-says-women-who-dress-provocatively-and-get-drunk-shouldnt-be-surprised-if-theyre-raped/

***** Reasons to carry *****

France train shooting:
US soldiers speak of the moment they
stopped gunman and
'beat him until he was unconscious'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-train-shooting-us-soldiers-speak-of-the-moment-they-stopped-gunman-and-beat-him-until-he-was-unconscious-10466861.html

May 2, 1967, Sacramento, CA
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG01/barillari/pantherprologue.html

August 2015, Ferguson, MO
Oath Keepers to Arm 50 Black Protesters in Ferguson with AR- 15’s for an Epic Rights Flexing March
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/oath-keepers-arm-50-blacks-ferguson-ar-15s-hold-open-carry-march-downtown/#w9oIVs26mKR3FIcS.99
     Ferguson, MO municipal administration
keeps making bad choices in police chiefs.

***** Miscellany *****

Church Builds Gun Range,
Launches Range Ministry
‘In The Name Of Jesus Christ’
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/church-builds-gun-range-launches-range-ministry-in-the-name-of-jesus-christ/

More Gun-Free Zone Idiocy (on page 7 of 8)
http://www.rangemaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-02-Newsletter.pdf
Excerpt:
     We got this information via John Lott,
a noted researcher on gun control issues.
      The night James Holmes shot so many
people at the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater
there were a total of seven theaters showing
"The Dark Knight Rises" on that same night, all
within a twenty minute drive of Holmes’
apartment. Did the deranged gunman pick the one
closest to his home, or the farthest? Neither.
Did he pick the one with the largest audience
capacity? No. He chose the only one that was
posted as a Gun-Free Zone.  Colorado is a
shall issue state, with a lot of concealed
carry permit holders.  By choosing the only theater
posted as a Gun-Free Zone, he was assured of
having unarmed victims to prey upon. 
      I consider posting a business as a Gun-Free
Zone to be criminally negligent, at best, if
not an active accomplice to murder

Cheers,
Jon

Jonathan Low
Jon_Low@yahoo.com