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Greetings Sheepdogs,
"Shooting and killing the assailant in self-defense or
defense of others is a radical act of love."
-- John Correia
Elderly ladies and young ladies are the primary targets of criminal predators.
So you must outreach to such persons to encourage them to seek training.
The vast majority of such persons that you would encounter because of your
social circles due to your socio-economic demographic will think it would never
happen to them, they live in a safe neighborhood, that sort of thing only happens
in the projects, etc. You must dissuade them of this false notion.
As Tom Givens says, it's not one in a million in a life time, it's 1 in 35 every year.
"77-Year-Old Florida Woman Shoots Attacker Outside Veterinary Hospital"
by Duncan Johnson
Excerpt:
"Armed Self-Defense Matters at Every Age"
"Don't have a gun? Buy one.
Don't know How to use it? Learn.
Don't believe in guns? Get ready to hide behind someone who does."
-- Charlie Daniels
"The Pyramid Collapses" by John Farnam
“Do not allow your mind to be commandeered by political ideologues,
who intend to enjoy your slavery!”
-- Ranchhod
Your world view is based on the media you choose to consume.
My thoughts are in yellow. Extended thoughts by others are in light blue.
If you're wondering about the format of this blog, picture books are much
easier to read than long scrolls of text. That's why the ancients created
"illuminated texts" And the larger the emotional response to the pictures,
the lower the probability of the reader becoming bored with the text.
That's why Playboy magazine works. Remove the pictures and it is unreadable
liberal drivel. That's why funding for libraries to translate Playboy magazine
into audio book format was a partisan issue in the U.S. Congress. You might
be too young to remember that. The Democrats mocked the Republicans
because the pictures can't be translated into prose. That was, of course, a
strawman attack, because the Republicans were objecting to tax money being
used to translate liberal propaganda into audio recordings.
Oh, you didn't know that Playboy was a liberal propaganda journal,
because you only looked at the pictures. Good for you.
"Why do you always head out onto the balcony whenever I start singing?"
"So the neighbors don't think I'm hitting you."
Jonathan,
This is Bavarian language and you can see how it is very different from High German.
A few words are the same.
Best Regards,
J. Robert Forbus
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I only studied Hoch Deutsch (High German) in school. So I have a hard time communicating
with Nicola who is from Bavaria. Robert is helping me. -- Jon Low
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 ---
Counter Intelligence
Signals Intelligence
Cryptology
Politics and Religion ---
"No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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Things you can do to avoid the incident.
Table of sections:
Mindset
Situational Awareness
Safety
Training
Psychology
Practice
“To those who have fought for it,
freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.”
― P. McCree Thornton
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“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
------------------------------ Mindset and Attitude --------------------------------
Figuring out the correct way to think.
"Principles of Personal Defense" by Jeff Cooper
". . . 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"
"Hard work, Dedication, & Study Needed" by Primary & Secondary
(although the byline is "-Anonymous")
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
"All opinions are not created equal, . . . "
"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
Email from Orion Taraban, Psy.D. Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
"Beyond comprehension."
Consider, for a moment, your dog. Your dog lives in the human world,
but does not understand the human world. Indeed, many of the things you
do every day are completely incomprehensible to him. What's more, some
of the punishments he receives are also unintelligible from his perspective –
despite the likelihood that they are for his own good. And yet you love your
dog, in spite of his lack of comprehension.
This is my attitude towards being a human being in the created universe.
I am God's dog. I live in the created world, but I do not understand the
created world. Comprehension is simply beyond my capacity as a man.
What's more, the existence of suffering and evil are largely unintelligible
from my perspective – despite the fact that I have faith in a benevolent God.
However, my ignorance and incompetence do not preclude me from
being loved by the Creator of the world in which I live. And if I am God's dog,
I can focus on doing what dogs do well: being loyal, being obedient, and
being a good friend. That might be enough.
This week's behavioral experiment:
How is your need to understand interfering with your experience of reality?
Consider relinquishing that need.
Warmly,
Orion
"Self defense is the highest of all human rights."
-- Lord William Blackstone
‷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
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil and
evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -- Jeff Cooper
"Creativity is not rewarded.
What is rewarded is precision and analytical thinking."
-- Magnus Carlsen
"Your life is as good as your mindset." -- Nicola Cavanis
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist.
Children already know that dragons exist.
Fairy tales tell children that the dragons can be killed."
-- G.K. Chesterton
‟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.
It is high time for society to stop worrying about the criminal,
and to let the criminal start worrying about society.
And by "society" I mean you.”
-- Col. Jeff Cooper, "Principles of Personal Defense"
"There are no victims, only volunteers.
You volunteer by looking uncertain and afraid.
You volunteer by being, as grass-eaters invariably are,
unprepared to confront the hazards of life."
— Jeff Cooper
"Be so focused on watering your grass that
you don't have time to check if someone else's is greener."
-- Nicola Cavanis
‟Fear is an instinct. Courage is a choice.”
-- Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan, U.S. Navy
"The line between everyday life and sudden violence is thinner than most realize."
-- Tim Larkin
“Your character is what you do when no one is looking.”
-- Thomas Jefferson
“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.”
"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
"Without courage, all other virtues lose their meaning."
-- Sir Winston Churchill
"Without discrimination,
you're going to shoot the wrong person really fast."
-- Paul Howe
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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
Imagine the tragedy if our good community member had not been
aware of the situation. -- Jon Low
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Joel Patrick's Facebook.com post -- 15 October 2026 A.D.
A private citizen with a firearm personally killed the shooter at
Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.
Bend Police Chief confirmed the suspect was shot by a community
member “who had seen the suspect enter the school, pursued him into
the school, and engaged him.” Officers entered the building and found
the suspect already dead. The entire confrontation was over in seconds
after the first 911 call.
Multiple people were killed in the attack and at least two children
were hospitalized.
The swift armed response by the citizen stopped further violence
at the school that serves around 450 students. Thankful for their bravery 🙏🏽
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The latest reports that I have heard on the radio, 99.7 FM in Nashville, TN,
say that the 16 year old bad guy tossed his shotgun over the school perimeter
fence and then climbed over the fence. When confronted by a driver in a pick
up truck, the bad guy shot at the driver hitting the driver's truck several times.
The driver drove away, rather than attempting to run over the bad guy with
the driver's truck. Not everyone is brave.
The bad guy then shot out the glass of a door and proceeded into the school
building.
The community member witnessed this and ran to his car to retrieve his pistol
(because laws passed by evil liberals made it illegal for the good guy to carry his
pistol on school property). If the good guy had been carrying his pistol on his
body as he normally did, he would have been able to prevent all of the casualties
and fatalities.
Remember, gun control laws only affect law abiding citizens. Criminals do
not obey laws. So the effect of gun control laws is to create unarmed victims
for armed criminals to prey upon. This is also the intent of gun control laws.
Don't be deceived by liberals giving you any other reason for such laws.
Never send your children into gun-free-zones.
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Dear Jonathan:
On Thursday, October 15, a gunman killed four people and critically wounded
two others at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. The district’s gun
policy deserves more attention: Bend–La Pine prohibits teachers with concealed
handgun permits from carrying firearms at school.
It was one of just 25 of
Oregon’s 197 school districts that had adopted a ban on licensed concealed carry.
An armed bystander saw the attacker enter the school, followed him inside, and
stopped the attack before police arrived. Federal law enforcement sources
identified him as a concealed handgun permit holder. One said he “definitely
prevented more deaths.” On Friday, Fox News quoted me extensively in a
lengthy article examining gun-free zones in the context of the attack.
-- John Lott
Crime Prevention Research Center
358 S 700 E, Ste B, B409, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
johnrlott@crimeresearch.org
(484) 802-5373
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"Armed Parent Broke Oregon Law to Stop the Bend School Shooter"
by Keith Graves
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Stephen P. Wenger sends by email -- Updated without a Link:
The teenage school shooter who murdered four at an elementary school
[in Bend, OR] has been named as John J. Griffin . . .
Griffin was shot dead minutes after he began his rampage by Kalub Giamanco,
age 36, a dad of two children at the school who heard the gunshots as he drove
home for his lunch break. Giamanco's wife Kelsey and brother Kyle, along with
several of his friends, confirmed he was the hero who intervened by running inside
the school. He holds a concealed carry permit and is friends with the family of the
seven-year-old in the wheelchair who was wounded . . .
Griffin used his mother Shauntai Nickerson's Maverick 88 12-gauge pump-action
shotgun to carry out the massacre. Police said the gun was bought about the time
of Griffin's 16th birthday. He used it to blast his way through a 'safety vestibule'
system designed to keep children at the school safe from school shooters. Griffin's
motive is unknown, but he attended the school as a child before moving on to the
local high school . . .
Nickerson, age 43, a medical aide at Touchmark Living Centers, has a long list
of traffic violations and was charged with DUI at 1:37 AM on July 29, 2018, by
local police in Bend. She was also convicted of harassment in 2023 with a second
charge of fourth-degree assault from the same incident dismissed.
(Oregon law does not ban licensed carry on school grounds, leaving the
matter to local districts, and Bend-LaPine is one of the districts that keeps its
teachers and visitors disarmed. Nevertheless, “A teacher threw her phone at
the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school,
then tackled and fought with him - likely saving lives before he was shot by
a father who followed him into the building, police said Friday.”
For list members unfamiliar with the Maverick 88, it is a series of Turkish-built
pump guns sold by Mossberg, with most models having an MSRP of $290.)
-- Stephen P. Wenger
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"Oregon School Shooter Violated Existing ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’ "
by Dave Workman
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"Survey: Majority of Voters, and More Parents, Back Allowing Armed Teachers"
by Dan Wos
James Moore's Post
Hat tip to Tom Givens.
Ed Monk's post
Thoughts on Bend, OR school shooting --
As in many Active Shooter attacks, many “lucky” things happened in the
Bend, OR attack that led to a low victim-count. Also, this attack had many
things that are common in other elementary school attacks. And, no Boogie Man
arguments were fulfilled.
Luck --
We were extremely lucky that the attacker started shooting outside the building,
very similar to the Uvalde, TX attack. This drew attention from the hero who
stopped it and generated 911 calls to be made well before the killer entered the
building.
We were EXTREMELY lucky that at just that moment in time, an armed man
who had children in that school just happened to be driving by and saw the armed
attacker shoot his gun then walk toward the school. And we were lucky that this
man was willing to risk everything to follow, find, and stop the attacker.
Common in Elementary School Attacks --
Many things that happened during this attack are common in Active Shooter
attacks at elementary schools, so should have been anticipated and planned for.
I discuss these in my book, "First 30 Seconds."
1. The killer was an OUTSIDER, not a student, staff member, or parent. So far,
all Active Shooters at elementary schools have been outsiders.
2. Active Shooters at elementary schools force their way into the building or
shoot victims on the playground. The Bend, OR killer forced his way into the
school. Even after Sandy Hook, Covenant, St. Louis Performing Arts School,
and others, schools continue to foolishly believe that locked doors will keep
them safe from evil Active Shooters. The “lockdown drill” works well on days
the school is not attacked. It gets people killed during an attack.
3. The attack and killing were stopped by violent counterattacks from people
“present.” From reports, a teacher physically struggled with the killer, delaying
his ability to kill. Then the brave, armed father shot him to death, permanently
ending his ability to kill.
4. Because the unarmed and armed counterattacks were initiated shortly after
the attacker entered the building and began shooting victims, the victim-count
remained in single-digits (0-9). News reports have said the killer had 44 unfired
rounds, meaning without those brave counterattacks, the victim-count could
have easily gone past 10, maybe past 20 or 30.
5. Skin in the game. The killer was shooting people in THAT TEACHER’S
SCHOOL and at the school where THAT FATHER’S KIDS attended. The brave
teacher and father had “skin in the game.” At Parkland, EIGHT armed deputies
refused to enter the building during the attack. At Houston’s Lakewood mega
church, FOUR uniformed cops already in the building HID during the attack.
People with a personal connection to the place and victims have a stronger
motivation to risk everything to counterattack the killer.
Boogie Man Arguments --
None of the “Boogie Man” arguments (arguments against armed citizens
stopping Active Shooters) played out in this attack.
1. The brave, armed father did not misidentify the killer and shoot the wrong
person by mistake.
2. He did not correctly identify the killer but then shoot wildly and inaccurately
in a crowded school at the killer, hitting innocent people by mistake.
3. Responding cops did not see the father holding his gun and shoot the father
by mistake, thinking he was the Active Shooter. This because the shooting was
over and the attack was stopped before police entered the building.
4. The brave father was not incapable of using a gun to stop the Active Shooter
because he lacked police training. Lining up sights and pulling a trigger are not
police-specific tasks. This father safely and effectively used his handgun to stop
the attacker and save lives, despite having no police training – just like
Pastor David George, Eli Dicken, Vic Stacy, Humberto Garcia, Stephen Willeford,
and others.
This evil attack, which mimicked many past elementary school attacks, ended
with a low victim count not because of the school’s plan, but because of a few
very lucky coincidences, a brave teacher, and a brave father who violated state law
and risked his life.
"Concealed Carry Demand Surges After Armed Citizen Stops Oregon School Shooter"
by Duncan Johnson
Includes abridged edited interview with Kaylub Giamanco.
"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)
Marine Corps General Orders
(for guard duty, Marine Guard, Corporal of the Guard, Sergeant of the Guard, etc.)
To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and
observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own.
To quit my post only when properly relieved.
To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me,
all orders from the commanding officer, an officer of the day,
officers, and non-commissioned officers of the guard only.
To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
To call the Corporal of the Guard in any case not covered by instructions.
To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
To be especially watchful at night and, during the time for challenging,
to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass
without proper authority.
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Having memorized and executed these orders, especially in combat zones,
is why security companies love hiring former Marines. Some people have to
be taught to take guard duty seriously. Some do so automatically, because
they understand. Some die, because they were complacent.
Memorizing and executing the guard orders will serve you well in your life.
"An officer may be forgiven for losing a battle,
but never for being taken by surprise."
-- Jeff Cooper
Knowing what the baseline should be will help you recognize anomalies.
Ask, is anyone coming to make deliveries tonight? Will there be any truck
traffic to pick up or drop off stuff? Is anyone sleeping in any of the trailers
on the property? Will helicopters be conducting over watch? Should we
expect any friendly movement? Which houses in the neighborhood are
unoccupied?
Zugzwang is a thing. But with situational awareness, you can avoid it.
"How to Read the Streets:
A Survival Skill That’s More Important Than Ever"
by Fabian Ommar
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Jesus says,
"Stay alert. This is hazardous work I'm assigning to you.
You're going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack,
so don't call attention to yourselves. Be as cunning as a snake,
inoffensive as a dove."
-- Matthew 10:16, The Message (The Bible in Contemporary Language)
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Анастасия Клепнева
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------------------------------ Safety --------------------------------
How to prevent the bad thing from happening in the first place.
How to avoid shooting yourself, friendlies, and innocent bystanders.
"It's easier to stay out of trouble than to get out of trouble."
-- Claude Werner
Violation of safety rules have consequences.
"Former Washington [state] deputy awarded $30M in suit over firearms
training incident that caused him to lose his leg.
The suit claimed the deputy’s AR-15 unintentionally discharged after its
three-point sling caught on his earmuffs during a support-side shoulder
transition."
by Joanna Putman
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
If the Deputy had put the safety on, the AR-15 would not have fired.
If the Deputy didn't point the rifle at his foot, he would not have shot his foot.
Violation of Safety Rule 2.
And yet, "A jury found Clallam County to be 95% at fault for the incident . . ."
Just goes to show that in our legal system, you can shoot yourself in the foot
and force someone else to pay for it.
"You are not responsible for negative reactions to your boundaries."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"How Not to Get Banned From the Gun Store
Basic Gun Store Etiquette"
by Tom McHale
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.
"Armed Dad Ran Into A Gun-Free Zone . . . Will Oregon Punish Him?"
by Colion Noir
“It is usually impossible to know when you’ve prevented a bad outcome.”
-- Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Good men must know violence, so that evil men do not become fluent in it”
-- Musashi
"Yet Again!" by John Farnam
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The purpose of gun control laws is to create unarmed victims for armed criminals
to prey upon.
"Safety is something that happens between your ears,
not something you hold in your hands."
-- Jeff Cooper
"Walking away is one of the top 6 pre-incident indicators."
"Is Self Defense Common Sense?" by Kaery Dudenhofer
Excerpt:
"Self-defense is not common sense."
"Gut feelings are guardian angels."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"A Brief Encounter with Evil" by Greg Ellifritz
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
UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET.
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET.
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RULE V: Maintain control of your gun. -- Stephen P. Wenger
"A good way to have an accident" by Ben Stoeger
Do not disengage safety while the pistol is in the holster.
"You brought a gun to the fight. That doesn’t mean it’s YOUR gun.
The gun belongs to whomever can keep it."
-- Greg Ellifritz
Willful blindness is for losers, soon to be among the “dearly departed.”
"The Common Black Bear" by John Farnam
“The battle has opened, gentlemen. It is too late to change our dispositions.”
-- Gen Albert S Johnson, at the dawn of the Battle of Shiloh, 6 Apr 1862
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Kaya Snyder
North Springs Charter School of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations!
------------------------------ Learning / Training --------------------------------
Figuring out the correct tasks to practice.
My father told me to get my degree (or vocational training, like being a doctor
or lawyer [it's a meal ticket]) as soon as possible, because then you would have
more time in your life to make use of it. [My father was not pro-Armed Forces,
and thought my going into the Marine Corps was a waste of time.]
I tell you to get your self-defense / firearms training as soon as possible,
because you can't predict when it will save your life or the lives of your loved ones.
"You need training because:
You don't know what you don't know.
Much of what you know is false. [Humans have superstitions, myths, etc. -- Jon Low]
It's good to the have the answers before the criminal tests you."
-- Claude Werner (paraphrased)
"Top 6 Things Every Concealed Carry Holder Should Know
Because a great shooter can still make a terrible decision."
by Kim Jenkins
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"The Modern Technique of the Pistol" by Gregory Boyce Morrison
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities,
but in the expert’s mind there are few.”
— Shunryu Suzuki
"Your Training May Be Lying to You:
What Happens When the Fight Isn’t Scripted - Duane Wolfe Ep 46"
by Laser Ammo (Terry Vaughan interviews Duane Wolfe)
Inhale through your nose, because your body recognizes that as calming.
Exhale through the mouth, because your body recognizes that as relaxing.
The exhale must be longer than the inhale, because you are reducing CO₂
because your body reads CO₂ as an alarm. Which increases stress.
This improves cognitive processes.
Too much practice while standing still. Better to move around while practicing.
"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
No, you don't need to aim at the target. No, you don't need to take the slack out
of the trigger. No, you don't need to fire. Those are all actions based on decisions,
that you make, based on what you see. To automatically shoot as part of your
presentation from the holster to the target is WRONG! If you practice shooting on
every presentation, engraining that behavior, striving to achieve a sub-second to
first shot, you will be shooting faster than you can think. You need time to abort
the shot when you recognize the silhouette is your teenager sneaking back into
your house in the middle of the night. Oh yes, lots of documented cases. Tragic.
Due to incorrect training.
"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
And explanation of the Dunning–Kruger effect.
Beliefs control behavior. Ignorance can cause false beliefs. Which cause
incorrect behaviors. But, the subject believes that his behavior is reasonable,
because his beliefs are reasonable. Stop and think about that.
Superstitions are not things that we know are false. Superstitions are
things we know are true, that are false.
How do you fix yourself? You can't. Someone else has to tell you that
your beliefs are wrong. Because you know that your beliefs are true.
Your epistemology convinces you that what you believe is correct.
Only outside intervention can correct the problem.
You don't think that there is a problem. But you should always suspect that
there might be problem. So you always take classes and attend conferences
so that others may observe you and offer corrections. You, of course, must be
receptive and inviting of correction. Otherwise, people won't bother talking
to you in the first place.
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An example,
"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
"Take Your Gun to the Eye Doctor" by JaredAF
"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
"Coach & Shooter: Getting Help Is Smart" by the late Tiger McKee (2019 A.D.)
Excerpt:
"Experts agree for every one bad repetition around 40 or more good repeats
are necessary to push the bad one over to the side — but it’s still in the memory
“bank.” "
"During practice don’t rush. Take your time; execute the repetitions slowly,
ensuring every repetition is a good one.
Timing is also critical when scheduling your practice. Don’t plan a practice
session when you’re rushed, stressed, or running late."
"In reality, we are training for an unknown event, against unknown threats,
by developing as many known skills as possible."
-- Jeff Gonzales
"Important Shooting Drills; Can You Shoot Too Quickly?; Buy Gear or Skill?"
by John Hearne
"Can You Shoot Too Quickly?" is right at the beginning after the advertisements.
Just the first few minutes, then Tom Gresham rambles on.
"A mistake that makes you humble is better
than an achievement that makes you arrogant."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"Jeff Gonzales Concealed Carry Manual"
Personal Responsibility
Legal Aspects of CCW
Firearms Safety
Purpose of CCW
Environmental Concerns
Access vs. Concealment
Holster Selection
Belt Selection
Firearm Selection
Training Safely
Combat Marksmanship
Time, Distance, Exposure (size of target). Fail often and fail quickly (push your
envelope of competence).
The Draw Stroke
Reverse engineer the draw stroke. Start slow. Starting fast engrains all kinds of
errors (habits which must be broken and fixed, breaking bad habits is very difficult
physically and psychologically).
"The Concealed Carry Manual" by Jeff Gonzales
"Shoot sooner, not faster."
-- Matt Little
The following article is, in general, good. But there are errors that I feel
obligated to correct. Precision of languge is precision of thought.
"Tighten Your Groups: 7 Steps to Better Handgun Accuracy"
by Fred Mastison
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From the article:
"
• Slop—The distance the trigger travels freely to the rear before you encounter resistance.
• Slack—The distance the trigger will still travel while under tension prior to firing.
• Shot—Where the trigger finishes its’ travel and ultimately fires the weapon."
The correct terms and meanings are:
slack = trigger movement without sear movement (necessary for combat pistols)
break dawn = the hard stop at the end of slack and the start of sear movement
creep = the movement of the sear before the break (there shouldn't be any)
break = when the sear releases the firing pin or striker
over-travel = movement of the trigger after the break (this should be minimized)
reset = releasing the trigger until you hear or feel the click of the trigger resetting
[Thanks to John Farnam.]
From the article:
"The distance required for reset generally takes it only as far as our “slack” point.
Do not allow the trigger to travel any further forward than is necessary."
This is false. There will be slack between the reset and break dawn. If you
practice enough, your kinesthetic awareness will increase, and you will be able
to perceive it.
“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
"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 draw stroke."
-- Jeff L. Gonzales
"When Your Pistol Optic Fails, What's Your Backup Plan?" by Jeff Gonzales
Excerpt:
". . . replacing batteries on a scheduled basis rather than waiting for them to fail."
"Don't assume your optic is functioning simply because it worked the last time
you shot. Develop a consistent inspection routine, particularly before training or
carrying your firearm."
"More importantly, practice this transition during your regular training.
Don't wait until your optic fails to discover that you've become completely
dependent on the dot."
"Not every optic failure allows you to use your backup iron sights.
A damaged or obstructed optic window may prevent you from seeing
them altogether. Some pistols aren't even equipped with backup sights."
"Equipment reliability is important, but individual capability is what truly matters."
"The goal isn't simply to own reliable equipment. It's to develop the skills
necessary to remain effective when that equipment doesn't work as prescribed."
“The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns,
we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise,
they will win and decent people will loose.”
-- James Earl Jones
"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
“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.)
Simple is faster. Simple is more reliable. So, simple is better.
"Before all else, be armed." -- Nicolo Machiavelli
"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
"Superior judgment trumps superior skills." -- Dan Millican
"Never believe anything you read or hear.
To figure out what’s best for you,
experiment until you have no doubt."
-- Brian Enos
"Having a gun is important.
But knowing WHEN to use it is even more important."
-- Greg Ellifritz
Ansatz is a thing. And the better your training, the better your guesses / estimates.
"Ineffective and potentially dangerous, point shooting should be avoided
at all costs and aimed fire employed in any lethal-force scenario."
-- Massad Ayoob
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Милена модель
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------------------------------ Psychology --------------------------------
ALWAYS positive self talk → positive self thought → positive self talk →
positive self thought → <ad infinitum>. Create a positive feedback loop for
yourself. Never say, "I can't . . ." Because whether you believe you can or
you can't, you're correct.
"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
"Be stronger than your strongest excuse."
-- Nicola Cavanis
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment
to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
-- Vince Lombardi
“Training deals not with an object,
but with the human spirit and human emotions.”
--Bruce Lee
"Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence.
Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result."
-- Robert Green Ingersoll
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Zoia Vilisova
Fond memories of Seoul, South Korea
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------------------------------ Conferences --------------------------------
Attending classes and conferences is required for growth.
There is nothing worse than teaching obsolete shit. Because your
students don't know any better.
"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
Rangemaster Tactical Conference
Friday-Sunday, April 2-4, 2027 A.D.
Dallas Pistol Club
1830 W Belt Line Rd, Carrollton, TX 75006
Bullets & Bibles
August 20, 21, and 22 of 2027 A.D.
Hosted at Living Water Ranch, north of Manhattan, KS
4122 Living Water Rd, Olsburg, KS 66520
Guardian Conference
September 17th - 19th, 2027 in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Gun Club
12465 NE 234th St, Arcadia, OK 73007
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If you're not attending conferences and taking classes, at least annually,
there is an excellent chance that you are teaching nonsense.
"The fundamentals don't change and I only teach fundamentals."
FALSE! Completely false. For example:
I remember when 'trigger finger in the register position' was not taught.
Now, hopefully, everyone teaches it.
There are instructor, today, who teach using a compensator on a self-defense
pistol. Self-defense is combat. Combat is often close-quarters-combat. So,
using any pistol that will blow hot gasses and burning powder up into your eyes
when firing from a close-contact-position is WRONG! The redirected concussion
can also cause you severe long term injury.
When using iron sights, a hard focus on the front sight (to know where the
front sight is) and closing the non-aiming (to prevent a double image) is essential.
Some don't understand this, or think they know better, or are trying to differentiate
themselves from the rest of the instructor community because they are so 'advanced'.
Extremely dangerous, because shooting with both eyes open causes misses in high
stress situations, due to aiming using the wrong image.
When shooting with red dot sights, focus should be on the target (and the
red dot should be clear and sharp on the target, if not, fix it). Shooting with both
eyes open is fine with red dot sights, because aiming is done by superimposing
the dot on the target, as opposed to lining up rear sight, front sight, and target.
Grip is strongest when the wrists are straight. So, those teaching students to
bend their writs to point their thumbs forward are WRONG! A weak grip is bad
for weapon retention. Remember what Greg Ellifritz says, "Just because you
brought a gun to the fight does not mean it's your gun. It belongs to whoever
can keep it." Your thumbs don't have to point up, but your wrists must be
straight.
You, the instructor, must have a deep understanding of these things (and
many others) so that you can explain them to your students. Not just how to
do it, but also why it is done, as opposed to any other way of doing it.
I could go on for pages, but you get the idea.
Remember what Claude Werner says, "You don't know what you don't know.
Much of what you know is false." So stay humble and LEARN!
------------------------------ Classes --------------------------------
Attend classes so you know what the best practices are. They change.
It is a mistake of youth to think that the way things are
is the way they have always been, or that they always will be.
Defensive Handgun by John Farnam, $850
14 - 15 November 2026 A.D.
Deer Hollow Firearms Training Range
4703 Cross Plains Rd, White House, TN 37188
[Portable toilets will be on site.]
Firearms Instructor Development Course, $785 (this is a handgun course)
Instructor: John Hearne
Fri, Nov 20, 2026, 9:00 AM CST –
Sun, Nov 22, 2026, 6:00 PM CST
Top Gun Academy (This is a nice facility.)
2770 Whitten Rd, Memphis, TN, USA
"The Tactical Anatomy Summit", $650.00
January 30-31, 2027 A.D.
Lakeland Training Center
1421 Fish Hatchery Rd
Lakeland, FL
Time: 8 A.M. - 6 P.M.
*$35 per day Range Fees will Apply at Location
Last Resort Firearms Training (Ed Monk)
Agile Training and Consulting (Chuck Haggard)
Thunder Ranch (Clint Smith)
ConcealedCarry.com (Jacob S. Paulsen et al)
Project Appleseed
Gunsite Academy
Lee Weems
Massad Ayoob Group
West Coast Armory North, Martha Holschen
Active Response Training, Greg Ellifritz
Dustin Salomon
KR Training
Kari Grayson
Citizens Safety Academy
Carry Trainer, Mickey Schuch
Paladin Training, Inc.
Citizen-Defender, 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, Bill Armstrong
Two Pillars Training, John Hearne
Mike Seeklander
Claude Werner, The Tactical Professor
Tatiana Whitlock - Training in Context
Rangemaster Certified Instructors
Map of Rangemaster Certified Instructors
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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Willow Hand
Girls always look heathier without make up.
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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
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All of life is a series of tests. God is testing you. Other humans are testing you.
The best missions / jobs / situations are not applied for, not volunteered for.
You can only be tapped for such. God or whoever is in charge will decide
to tap you based on your past behavior, or not.
"Why did I never get any lucky breaks?" Because you did drugs and drank
alcohol and behaved accordingly. Everyone knew, no matter how well you
thought you hid it. Oh, wait, you actually bragged about it. You were so cool.
"Why did I never have the opportunities that others had?" Because everyone
saw you slacking, cutting corners, and cheating. No matter how well you
thought you hid it.
"Character is what you do when no one is looking."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Everyone since birth has been testing you, evaluating you. And you got
what you deserved based on your conspicuous behavior.
In the Armed Forces, medals are awarded for conspicuous gallantry. The
inconspicuous (which is the vast majority) get no official recognition. But
everyone knows. It's not something that can be hidden. Though, of course,
everyone tries to hide covert operations. But those who were involved, know.
So if you're going to do bad behavior, don't do it publicly, don't brag about
it on social media. Because, if you do, you won't be invited to the parties.
Oh, didn't you know? The history of the Marine Corps is basically officers
going to parties and court martialing each other. No, really, read the histories.
"Where to Shoot" by National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
"Guest Shot: What Should I Practice?" by Dave Spaulding
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpts:
"Fortunately, most all essential skills are mastered without firing a shot.
Dry fire is the best way to improve draw, reload, malfunction clearances
(using dummy rounds), shooting around cover (with a mirror at the opposing
side to see how much you expose of yourself), one-hand manipulation,
unconventional shooting positions (kneeling, prone, on the side, “roll back”,
etc.) and any other skill that doesn’t require actual repeated trigger manipulation."
"Independent trigger manipulation requires intense concentration and
needs to be mastered before all other skills. It must be practiced regularly,
as it will diminish quickly. Keep in mind, every time you open and close
your hand you are actually “un-practicing” the independent use of the
index finger."
". . . it’s unlikely you’ll have just come from a practice session at the
range when your gunfight occurs. You’ll more than likely be “cold” as well."
"I consider live fire a confirmation of the dry practice drills."
"The student who never practices is the one who will fail to decide."
"Good habits and skill beat luck every time."
-- Sheriff Jim Wilson
Ya, this is a great dry practice.
‶Practice is the small deposits you make over time,
so that in an emergency, you can make that big withdrawal.″
-- Chesley Burnett Sullenberger, III
Joe Shahoud recommends these for dry practice,
BarrelBlok
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The only problem I've seen is that if the student's holster is not open at the muzzle,
the pistol will not holster properly. You have to cut off the plastic tip that protrudes
from the muzzle, which kind of defeats one of the features.
"Why are the little things called little things?
They are everything."
-- Nicola Cavanis
How cute.
"People rust faster than equipment."
-- John Hearne
"Remember, the day you plant the seed is not the day you earn the fruit."
-- Nicola Cavanis
“Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!”
-- Lt. Gen. David M Shoup, USMC Commandant 1960-1963
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
-- Aristotle
"Maybe you can't achieve it in one day.
But you can achieve it one day."
-- Nala Knight
"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
“An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory.”
-- E. F. Schumacher
"Be careful what you practice.
Because you will do in combat whatever you have practiced,
no matter how ridiculous."
-- "Shooting in Self-Defense" by Sara Ahrens
The only thing you have 100% control over in your fight is the
preparation you put into it.
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Hayley Ardizzoni
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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.
Generally speaking, you want to escape and facilitate the escape of your loved ones.
"Creativity is not rewarded.
What is rewarded is precision and analytical thinking."
-- Magnus Carlsen
"Immature strategy is the cause of much grief."
-- Miyamoto Musashi
"You win gunfights by not getting shot."
-- John Holschen
"Never let fear decide your fate."
-- Nicola Cavanis
“How do you win a gunfight?
Don't be there.”
-- John Farnam
“When you will not fight when you can easily win, without bloodshed,
and when you still will not fight when victory is sure and not too costly,
you may well come to the moment when you will have no choice but to
fight with the odds against you, and you have only a small chance of survival.
There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no
hope of victory, simply because it is better to perish as warriors than to
live as slaves.”
-- Winston Churchill
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Maneuver and fire in support of your strategy to escape.
Sometimes you must close with the enemy to
destroy him with fire and close combat.
"The Modern Technique of the Pistol" by Gregory Boyce Morrison
Chapter III, Tactics.
Page 11.
"The uncertainty surrounding the potentially lethal confrontation leads many to
fall victim to the tantalizing effect of establishing seemingly uncontrovertible tactics.
This is understandable, but it must be avoided."
". . . you may find yourself thinking that anybody should know these things.
You are right, but the obvious is sometimes the hardest to grasp."
". . . if you find yourself waiting for the perfect tactic, bear in mind that the
best approach may well be a less than perfect one carried out NOW!"
Page 12.
"Visual focus moves from near to far, shifts laterally, moves from far to near,
shifts laterally, and continues — a technique called vision “rays.” See diagram
and photo III-2. It may feel unnatural initially, but practice will prove it immensely
more effective than “bands.” "
"An assailant just around a corner can easily kill or disarm you before you
can react if you hug the corner . . ."
Page 17.
"Under stress, staring at the target while shooting is understandable,
but nevertheless, unacceptable."
[Ya, I know that instructors teach target focused shooting when using the red dot sights.
But thinking that
the sight will have batteries,
the batteries will be alive,
the sight will be turned on,
the sight will be working (as opposed to being broken, because it was bumped),
the sight will be zeroed (as opposed to not, because it was bumped),
the sight will not have fog, water, or ice; or mud or dust on the window,
or that you will be able to get batteries during any type of natural or man made
disaster is optimistic. Are we not planning for the fall of civilization and zombie
apocalypse?
-- Jon Low]
“People shoot you because they see you.
They see you because you let them.
Don’t let them see you.”
-- Clint Smith
In the Boy Scouts of America (which no longer exists in name, or any
recognizable form) many decades ago, we learned tracking, trailing, and stalking.
If the enemy or game might be looking in your direction, FREEZE. It is actually
very difficult to see things that are stationary relative to their background.
In low light conditions, it is extremely difficult to recognize anything. When I
was in the Marine Corps, we learned how to use camo make up to hide skin
surfaces. The Blacks didn't need to use the camo paint. But like the rest of us,
they needed to keep their mouths closed, because white teeth are high contrast
and reflective.
“Fortuitous outcomes reinforce poor tactics.”
-- Chuck Haggard
"How to Use Cover, Tactics for Self-Defense" by Travis Pike
Stay back away from your cover.
"Your sights sit above the barrel, and just because your sights are on the target
doesn’t mean your barrel is pointing at the target. Your sights might be on target,
but the barrel is pointing at your cover."
“No possible rapidity of fire can atone for
habitual carelessness of aim with the first shot.”
-- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States,
"The Wilderness Hunter", 1893
"Real fights are short." -- Bruce Lee
“When you’re in the dark, stay in the dark;
when you’re in the light, light up the dark.”
-- Stephen P. Wenger
"Shooting quickly in a staged environment under no stress
does not make you tactically proficient."
-- John Hearne
"You often don't know where the bad guy is who is shooting at you."
-- Phillip Groff
"Creativity is not rewarded.
What is rewarded is precision and analytical thinking."
-- Magnus Carlsen
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Hayley Ardizzoni
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------------------------------ Techniques --------------------------------
Ways to execute a given task in support of your tactics,
especially when disabled or under stress.
"I can always do nothing more consistently than I can do something."
-- Ben Stoeger
"Analysis: How to Survive Malfunctions in a Real-World Gunfight" by John Correia
John says,
Cycle the action on a malfunction. Don't bother tapping the magazine,
because that just wastes time.
[I'm going to have to think about that. Because I've seen enough malfunctions caused
by an improperly seated magazine to question the efficacy. -- Jon Low]
John says,
Practice dropping whatever is in your hand. Otherwise, you won't drop it.
[I agree. Very important to practice. I remember a video in which a person is holding
her paper grocery bag of food, while shooting the mugger. In an interview with a
journalist after the incident, she is happy that she was able to save her eggs. Ya, food
is important, and the outcome was positive, but one has to keep their priorities straight.
-- Jon Low]
"Whatever you leave alone is perfect."
-- Brian Enos
"Why I don't teach tactical reloads" by William Starnes
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
"Use only that which works,
and take it from any place you can find it."
-- Bruce Lee
"Training for Personal Defense With and Without Glasses
Prescription lenses help restore our vision as we age,
but what happens when you can’t find them or
they get knocked off during a fight?"
by Jeff Gonzales
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
---
I am near sighted, so near sighted that my iron sights are blurry when my arms are
out stretched. So I use a technique that John Holschen taught. I bend my arms in an
exaggerated Weaver arm position to bring the pistol in closer to my aiming eye. I am
shooting to the left or right of my body with my pistol over my shoulder. You will
probably need to roll (as opposed to pitch or yaw) the pistol to get the sights in front
of your aiming eye. If you're not familiar with this technique, send me an email and
I will send you a detailed explanation, and maybe photos, if I can find photos or get
someone to take photos of me. Unfortunately, John Holschen has passed.
"Grip first, then press."
-- Mike Seeklander
"How to Grip a Pistol So You Stop Re-Aiming Every Shot"
by Make Ready Firearms Training (Chris Schaefer)
Gold nugget at 7:04
Skill 2: The Wrist Lock Comes From Your Forearms.
Gold nugget at 10:48
The "Just Relax" Mistake.
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The low-left scattering for right-handers, and low-right scattering for
left-handers is caused by anticipating the recoil and pushing against the
anticipated recoil. Calling it a flinch is not technically correct. The
solution is the surprise trigger break, as taught by Jeff Cooper and his
disciples.
When using iron sights, the left-right scattering can also be caused by
the rear sight notch being too narrow, making it difficult to center the
front sight in the rear sight notch. The solution is to widen the rear sight
notch by about 2 hundredths of an inch (machine out 1 hundredth on each
side).
-- Jon Low
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"Triangle of Control" by Chris Schaefer
A 3 video series.
"Make Ready Firearms Training"
"The foundations of your grip are established
before you even draw the pistol from the holster."
-- Tanner Denton
Do you see how she is gripping the riser of the bow? She is setting the base
of her thumb and center of her wrist against the center line of the riser. This gets
the bones in the arm directly in line with the force of the bow. Ideally, we
would like to do this with our pistols. And if you look at target pistols used
in the Olympics, you will see this.
But we need to have slim pistol grips, so we can conceal them, and we need
to grip with all of our fingers for weapon retention. So we use a suboptimal grip.
But knowing what optimal is, is always good for andragogical reasons.
"In my strategy the footwork does not change.
I always walk as I usually do in the street."
-- Miyamoto Musashi
"Trigger Control For Better Shooting" by Eric Thompson
“What’s the number one reason for reloading?
Missing the target!”
-- Claude Werner
Jon Plyler, posted a video from "Acumen Tactical" on their Facebook page,
that advocates always doing reloads without retention of the magazine that was in the
pistol. On the theory that it is faster to just reload. The underlying assumption being
that you have another magazine that is fully charged.
The technique shown is wrong because the shooter does not rack the slide.
Just because the slide is not locked back does not mean there is a round in the
chamber. All kinds of strange things happen in combat. Many pistols will
release the slide when the magazine is banged into the magazine well. So all it
takes is a tap on the pistol to release the slide forward on an empty magazine.
"The secret is applying extreme force with the pinkies and
working your way up the rest of the digits."
-- Jeff L. Gonzales
Alternate kneeling position. Alternate sitting position.
"It's not daily increase but daily decrease - hack away at the inessentials!"
-- Bruce Lee
"But seriously with the thumbs" by Ben Stoeger
Good advice. Relax your thumbs, let them float.
If you point your thumbs forward or apply pressure with your thumbs, your support
side thumb will get down next to the trigger. The gun won't go bang and you won't be
able to figure out what's going wrong. The problem is that your trigger finger is pressing
against your support-side thumb. Your support-side thumb is blocking your trigger
finger. I know this sounds crazy-stupid, but I've seen it a lot with people who don't let
their thumbs go high by relaxing their thumbs and letting their thumbs float, as Ben
teaches, as Tom Givens teaches, as Jeff Cooper taught.
As Ben says, thumbs forward is wrong.
Let the gun recoil. If you try to control the recoil or prevent the pistol from recoiling,
you are philosophically and physically wrong.
". . . 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"
"Popular Shooting Advice We Don’t Agree With" by Joel Park and Nick Young
"Creativity is not rewarded.
What is rewarded is precision and analytical thinking."
-- Magnus Carlsen
"Your Index Is More Important Than You Think" by Joel Park
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Accuracy is consistency. Consistency requires index points.
The index points for your firing-side-hand should be:
⬢ Web between your thumb and index finger up high and tight
into the tang of your pistol.
⬢ Middle finger pressed up tight against the bottom of the trigger guard.
⬢ Middle finger, ring finger, and little finger pressed tight against each other.
⬢ Trigger finger as far up on the frame or slide as it will go.
⬢ Thumb flat against the side of the pistol. Rotate your grip to achieve this.
The index points for your support-side-hand should be:
⬣ Index finger pressed up tight against the bottom of the trigger guard.
⬣ Base of thumbs pressing tight against each other.
⬣ Index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger
pressed tight against each other.
⬣ Thumb is high and relaxed, in contact with your other thumb.
If you relax your thumbs, they will naturally go high, which is correct.
It takes a great deal of muscle tension to pull your thumbs down. Do not
grip your pistol as a hammer (with your thumbs down). Relax your thumbs,
let them go high. This is a pistol, not a hammer.
If you twist your support-side-wrist to get your thumb to point forward,
you are WRONG! Wrists must be straight for a strong grip. Twisting the
wrist weakens your grip. Don't do it. It's just wrong, no matter who says
to do it. Application to authority is a logical fallacy.
"Ignore the targets and watch the gun" by Ben Stoeger Clips
"See the difference?"
Ya, but I'm sure most did not see the difference. It's subtle.
It's not that it was faster, it's that a different technique was used.
That's why it's not enough to watch the demonstration,
you must listen to the verbiage.
"speeding up target acquisition" by Ben Stoeger
Pistol in close quarter combat.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VwEaBwFARLY
I disagree. When in close contact, you should be pulling your elbow and
by extension your pistol backwards as hard as possible. Pushing the pistol into
the target is wrong.
"Ben Stoeger philosophy on grip" by The Shooting Academy (Ben Stoeger)
Ben pronounces his last name with a long A sound.
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Gabrielle Epstein
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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.
"What Do I Say After a Shooting?" by Greg Ellifritz
“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
"Armed Shopper Stops Attack on Mother and Daughter, Faces No Charges"
by Duncan Johnson
In the right hand column of this web page, click on "Never Talk To The Police"
or use the address,
American Armed Ordinance hosted the 2A Town Hall in Petaluma, CA.
"The Great 2A Insurance Town Hall:
What you Need to Know About the Top Companies in Self-Defense! [insurance]"
Index in description below the video, so you can jump to whatever you are
interested in.
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
"Top Self Defense Insurance Programs: A Detailed Comparison"
by Concealed Carry Inc.
Glossary of terms is below the table.
[Notice that USCCA has a "Recoupment Clause". That means, should the
member be found guilty the company reserves the right to seek damages against
their own member in order to recoup the money spent on their behalf.
That's about as totally fucked up as you can get. -- Jon Low]
[Notice that Second Call Defense has no entry in the "Insurance?" row of the table.
Jacob has contacted Second Call Defense several times to try to get the information,
but Second Call Defense won't divulge the information. That is lack of transparency.
-- Jon Low]
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"Do I Really Need Self-Defense Insurance?" by Joshua Gillem
---
"Do I Really Need Concealed Carry Insurance?" by Matthew Maruster
“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
"Speaking with the Police After a Self-Defense Incident, Part 1" (6 part series)
by CCW Safe
Excerpt:
“The way your brain captures and stores and recalls information under stress
is completely different than the normal experience.”
— Andrew Branca, Attorney
"Two Armed Shoppers Hold Knife-Wielding Woman at Gunpoint
Inside Polk County Dollar General Until Deputies Arrive"
by Luke McCoy
Excerpt:
"No shots were fired, and deputies took Gaviria into custody when they arrived."
"Gaviria was taken into custody and charged with disorderly intoxication,
theft of the soda bottle she stabbed, and two counts of aggravated assault.
Judd said she is in the country illegally from Colombia."
How surprising. Good guys with guns stop a bad gal with a knife. Bravo!
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------------------------------ Medical --------------------------------
"If you prepare for the emergency,
the emergency ceases to exist!"
-- Sherman House
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"The shorter the fight, the less hurt you get."
-- John Holschen
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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
--Benjamin Franklin
"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
"Survival is a mindset, not a skill set."
-- Greg Shaffer
"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
‟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
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Gabrielle Epstein
Better to have one's nose on the string. More contact is always better.
A breast protector would be better for archery, but she is modeling.
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***** ***** ***** Education ***** ***** *****
Table of sections:
Legal
Instruction
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"A Tribute to the Legendary Greg Ellifritz" by Swift | Silent | Deadly (Justin Carol)
Greg Ellifritz the globe trotting playboy.
"You will never get smarter or broaden your horizons
if you're unwilling to learn from others and read."
-- Becca Martin
"Stop Telling Women They Aren’t Interested in Guns" by Kerry Slone
Excerpt:
"According to the 2026 National Firearms Survey conducted by researcher
William English, women now account for 45.7 percent of American gun owners.
That’s approximately 40 million women who personally own firearms. The study
surveyed 51,398 American adults between July and August 2026 and found that
approximately 32.7 percent of American adults personally own firearms. Women
represent nearly half of those owners. Even more interesting, the percentage of
gun owners who are women increased from
42.2 percent in the 2021 survey to
45.7 percent in 2026."
Cited survey,
Email from U.S. Law Shield --
"4 Biggest Self-Defense Myths Destroyed"
Myth No. 1: Shoot them in the leg.
Hollywood loves this one. But the law doesn’t support this move. Shooting
someone anywhere can cause death or serious bodily injury, meaning it will
still be treated as a use of deadly force in virtually every state. If you feel the
situation unequivocally requires the use of deadly force, both from a legal
and tactical standpoint, aim to completely eliminate the threat.
Myth No. 2: If it happened outside, drag them inside.
Absolutely not. Moving a person or altering the scene in any way can create
serious legal problems – in fact it is a crime in itself – and makes an otherwise
justified shooting look suspicious.
Myth No. 3: Just fire a warning shot.
Also, a terrible plan. A warning shot in many states is still treated as deadly force,
and it raises an obvious question: If deadly force was truly necessary, why were
you shooting somewhere other than at the threat? From a safety standpoint,
you don’t know where that warning shot could land, putting others in harm’s way.
Myth No. 4: Just show your gun. It will scare them off.
Maybe. Maybe not. Simply showing a firearm can escalate an encounter,
and displaying one under the wrong circumstances can lead to serious criminal
charges. Can you say, “brandishing?” A gun isn’t a prop for intimidation.
If you draw it, you’d better have a legally justified reason for doing so.
Bottom line: Self-defense law is too important to learn from movies,
social media, or your buddy at the range.
"Lessons From the Silver Rail Elementary Active Killer Event – Part 1"
by gunsnobbery
Hat tip to Greg Ellifritz.
Excerpt:
"So what did Kaylub do? Kaylub drove to this school entrance, turned into
the parking lot, drove up towards the school, jumped out of his car and went
after the killer. And from what Kaylub’s mother has told us, when Kaylub got
to the doors he found the glass shot out. So he crawled through the opening,
entered the school and immediately found the bravest person in this whole
ordeal – an unarmed teacher – in a fight for her life with the killer. At that point
there were kids and adults in that room who had been shot with a shotgun at
close range. Having seen enough shooting victims over the years I can only
imagine the horror that Kaylub saw when he entered that classroom. And yet
Kaylub still had the wherewithal to shoot the killer from a position where he
would not hit the teacher (or anyone else) with any of his shots.
"Lessons From the Silver Rail Elementary Active Killer Event – Part 2 –
WE STILL HAVEN’T LEARNED" by gunsnobbery
Excerpt:
Sandy Hook. CVPA High School. Covenant School – Nashville.
And now Silver Rail Elementary. They all have something in common.
The active killer shot out a window near a door or the window of a door
to gain access to the building. I wrote about this same topic 18 months ago.
Securing the doors and entry ways into a school with a security film of
some sort is one of the two easiest ways to deny a killer entry into an area
where potential victims are located. And yet here we are again. The killer
in this incident shot his way into the school and had immediate access to
a special needs classroom. And people, especially the families of the victims,
want to know how this could happen.
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Greg Ellifritz's reading list,
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Citizen-Defender, John Murphy
YouTube.com channel
Blog posts,
Rangemaster Newsletter, Tom Givens
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Quips, John Farnam
Active Response Training, Greg Ellifritz
The Tactical Professor, Claude Werner
American Handgunner Magazine
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Alien Gear blog
"Cogito, ergo armatum sum." (I think, therefore armed am I.)
-- John Farnam
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Gabrielle Epstein
"I think all women should carry in case a guy from TikTok tries to interview them on the street."
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"Bad Decisions Don’t Automatically Make Self-Defense Unlawful"
by Jacob Paulsen
Excerpt:
"The law doesn’t require you to be a good person to have the right to
defend yourself. And being a good person doesn’t automatically make
your use of deadly force lawful."
"You Don’t Have to Know What the Attacker Intended"
[There is no requirement to be able to read the mind of the other person to know his
intent. That's why "Ability, Opportunity, Intent" changed to
"Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy".
-- Jon Low]
---
The George Zimmerman trial. Analysis by Jacob Paulsen.
Excerpts:
1. Conflict Avoidance Is a Skill, Not a Sign of Weakness
[If you're afraid your girlfriend is going to think you're a coward, get a new girlfriend.
-- Jon Low]
2. Learn Combatives, Including Entangled Weapon Fighting
[You never want to go to the ground, but you must know what to do if the enemy
forces you to the ground. -- Jon Low]
3. Carry a Reliable Flashlight and Know How to Use It
4. You Cannot Predict Whether You’ll Win a Fight
5. Get Medical Training, Carry Supplies, and Always Request Medical Treatment
[You're not a medical expert. You're not a trauma expert. You don't know shit.
So, always ask for a medical exam. Because as Andrew Branca, you may have been
slashed down to the bone and never felt it. -- Jon Low]
6. Have Qualified Legal Representation Lined Up Before You Need It
[I have the cards of 4 attorneys that I know personally and have vetted to be
competent in criminal self-defense cases. If you don't have at least one,
you're a damn fool.
Call your attorney first. Never talk to the police. Just say,
"I invoke my right to remain silent."
"I invoke my right to counsel."
And then shut up. Because if you start talking, you have waived your right
to remain silent. Now you're fucked! (Well, you can invoke your rights
again, but whatever you said has been recorded by the body cameras.)
If the cops read you the Miranda warning, they will ask you,
"Do you understand your rights?" You shake your head indicating NO!
When they ask you what you don't understand, you shrug your shoulders
indicating you don't understand anything. You're not an attorney.
You're not a legal scholar. You're not a Constitutional expert on case law.
You don't know shit. Don't indicate that you do.
-- Jon Low]
7. Police Your Language, Including What You Write Online
8. Know When and How to Secure Your Gun After the Fight
9. Train to Make Decisions, Not Just Shoot Well
The more automatic your gun-handling skills become,
the more mental capacity you have available to make decisions.
10. Don’t Assume the Media Is Telling You the Whole Story
"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
Email from Andrew Branca --
The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit just issued an en banc decision that
is almost shocking in the amount of respect it bestows on the Second Amendment
— every bit of respect fully deserved by that enumerated civil right.
Fundamentally, the decision provides a relatively generous pathway for
convicted felons to regain their otherwise lost right to keep and bear arms,
putting hard scrutiny on the federal statute that strips gun rights for ANY felony
conviction, no matter HOW long ago.
What’s most striking about the opinion, however, is the tone. Instead of treating
the Second Amendment like the red-headed stepchild of the Bill of Rights, it places
that right to keep and bear arms on the same high pedestal to which every one of
our civil rights deserves a place.
-- Andrew Branca
"Self defense is the highest of all human rights."
-- Lord William Blackstone
"Ruby Ridge to Adamiak: ATF’s Troubled History With Criminal Informants"
by John Crump
“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
"Appeals court rules Federal Switchblade Act unconstitutional" by Stephen Dinan
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men
of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read,
or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.” —James Madison (1788)
"Some Very Good News at the Supreme Court Today" by Washington Gun Law
Department of Justice v. McNutt
"Concealed Carry Laws in America"
The case of United States v. Bost.
"BREAKING NEWS!
FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RELEASES HUGE 2A VICTORY
IN FEDERAL GUN BAN FIGHT!"
by The Four Boxes Diner
"LICENSES DELAYED, RIGHTS DENIED:
HOW CONTEMPORARY FIREARM CARRY LICENSING REGIMES
CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE SECOND AMENDMENT"
by MARK W. SMITH
Gun Law Database
"Body Armor Ban Struck Down by N.Y. Federal Court" by Eugene Volokh
Hat tip to Stephen P. Wenger.
"Build A Reciprocity Map:" by Concealed Carry, Inc.
"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
“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore,
be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not
to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean
everything or nothing at pleasure.”
— Thomas Jefferson (1823)
"Firearms are second only to the constitution in importance,
they are the people's liberty's teeth." -- George Washington
"Law of Self Defense" by Andrew Branca
(free book, just pay shipping so you don't have to go to Tennessee to pick it up)
In case you were under the delusion that FBI agents were competent or honorable,
"UPDATE: Court Says Family Can't Sue Over Wrong House Raid"
by Liberty Doll
"Cop Shoots 1-Year-Old | DA Says JUSTIFIED" by Liberty Doll
Driving into cops will result in the cops shooting.
Liberty Doll is wrong. The cops did not create this situation.
The ladies created this situation by refusing to obey lawful orders to stop.
And by driving her car into the cops standing in front of her car.
Liberty Doll has it wrong. It's not about a box of diapers. It's about attacking
the cops with a car, which is lethal force.
Good guys don't mistakenly shoot innocent bystanders. Incompetence,
with marksmanship or judgment does not excuse shooting innocent bystanders.
If you can't see into the car because the window tint is too dark, you've got
no business shooting into the car. Violation of Safety Rule 4.
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET.
Tom Givens's Post --
A lot of other countries don't have repeat offenders.
In case you are under the delusion that the FBI is competent or non-partisan.
"Presidential pardon recipients still barred from buying guns"
by Second Amendment Foundation
David Yamane's Post --
Animated graphic of
"Concealed Carry Laws in the United States 1979 to 2026".
"How Wolford v. Lopez Refines Second Amendment Doctrine
Court's rejection of the Vampire Rule has broad implications"
by David Kopel
Excerpt:
1. Determining whether a challenged law falls within the "plain text" of the
Second Amendment is much simpler than some lower courts and gun control
advocates have claimed.
2. Modern gun control laws do not always have to be justified by analogies
from past practices, but analogies cannot be based on oddities and outliers.
3. Racist gun control laws from the past, which were long ago repudiated
by constitutional amendment, are not valid precedents for infringing the rights
of modern Americans.
Cited ruling,
"Wolford v. Lopez, 609 U.S. ___ (2026)"
Much wider implications.
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Gabrielle Epstein
"Pondering how to spring clean my frontal lobe."
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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 -----
“He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.”
-- Richard Henry Dana
"What I Got Wrong About Teaching Shooters" by Kyle McNabb
"Every time I teach a class,
I discover I don't know something."
-- Clint Smith
Always speak and write in complete paragraphs. The paraphraph is the standard
unit of English prose. For instance,
"It's working now."
What's working now? The student has no idea what you're talking about.
A complete paragraph would be,
"Your pistol is working now. It just needed lubrication. So I oiled the rails
and exterior of the barrel where it rubs against the slide."
Now the student understands what's going on and why.
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
"The Industry Built for the Wrong Shooter
The firearms industry is still built around a physically capable shooter
not the one it actually serves today. As aging clients face real physical limitations,
current practice fails them through guesswork, undocumented modifications,
and binary thinking: perform or quit."
by Seth Cohen
Hat tip to Lee Keller King.
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Firearms Insight Magazine
"A false path will always be tensely, angrily, violently defended by those it has deceived,
because those who are so easily deceived are ever too arrogant to repent.”
-- Instructional axiom
Choose a lane. Master your lane. Stay in your lane. (Thanks to Chuck Haggard.)
(Know your genre.)
Specificity! (No one appreciates vague and innocuous.)
Stand up. Immediately make your point. And then sit down and shut up.
(Thanks to John Farnam.)
Point of view. Keep it consistent. (Head hopping is just stupid. Shallow POV is
just irritating.)
70,000 to 90,000 words. Edit ruthlessly. Succinct. Concise. Pithy. Re-read
and delete words that do not change the meaning. Cut extraneous sub-plots. Cut
extraneous characters. Re-write until your prose are perfect. Herman Melville
re-wrote sections of Moby Dick 13 times. If you're too close to your prose to
ruthlessly throw out the trash, let some one else do it.
Your prose must be crystal clear. (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,
instruction to authors)
No writer can see their own work objectively. You must get critical feedback
from others. Don't worry. They will feel honored that you would send your work
to them for review. You honor them by asking for their opinion.
"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
“Pick a lane, master that lane, and stay in it.”
-- Chuck Haggard
“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
Colonel Robert Lindsey to his fellow trainers:
"We are not God's gift to our students.
Our students are God's gift to us."
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----- Students -----
"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
"Thinking is the hardest thing a person can do.
That's why so few people do it."
-- Henry Ford
“Train, Practice, Compete
are the key elements in the development of humans.”
-- John M. Buol, Jr.
"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
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----- Andragogy (as opposed to pedagogy) -----
‟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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Gabrielle Epstein
Swimming with the fish.
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And the safe storage thereof.
“Your car is not a holster.”
-- Pat Rogers
Your self-defense pistol:
⬧ Must fit your hand.
Grip must be long enough for you to get all of your fingers on the grip.
If your little finger is not completely on the grip, you can't control the pistol.
If you can't control the pistol, you will hit things that you don't intend to hit.
When gripped correctly (barrel in line with the bones of your forearm, web between
your index finger and thumb up high and tight in the tang, middle finger up tight against
the bottom of the trigger guard, thumb flat against the side of your pistol), the tip of
your middle finger or ring finger must point back toward you.
Yes, I know, everyone's anatomy and proportions are different. That's why
you must find a pistol that fits your hand.
⬧ Must be ambidextrous. Just because you're right-handed doesn't mean you will
be right-handed in combat. Yes, self-defense is combat.
This means you must be able to draw your pistol using your support-side hand
only. Can't imagine ever having to do this? [There is much you can't imagine,
but there is nothing that can't happen.] Read the reports of the incident at the
In-N-Out Burger Restaurant located in Twin Falls, Idaho. Yes, you may need to
draw and operate your pistol with support-side hand only. [If you can't do this,
get training and practice. You must be comfortable presenting with support-side
hand only. And then practice until you are confident presenting support-side hand
only. You must be able to reach around your back to get your pistol. (If you can't
because you carry your pistol in the wrong position, that's a problem. Fix the way
you carry ) You must be able to reach around the front of your body to get your
pistol. (If you can't because you're pregnant, that's temporary. If you can't
because your belly is too big, fix yourself.)]
You may need to shoot around the left side of wall. Shooting left-handed
exposes much less of you to the enemy. Which is a matter of life and death.
⬧ Must NOT have a compensator, ported barrel, muzzle break, or anything that
directs the hot gasses and burning powder in any direction other than straight ahead.
You will be firing from a close contact position, because combat is usually close
contact. If your pistol blows hot gas and burning power into your eyes, or if the
concussion causes you traumatic shock or breaks your ear drums, you will disable
yourself.
If you think you will be shooting from your isosceles position at full extension,
you're delusional. Ask Jared Reston. Ask George Zimmerman. Just because
you have a warped perception of reality doesn't mean reality is going to
accommodate you. Instructors who advise you to use a compensator are
doing you a grave disservice.
⬧ Must have at least standard magazine capacity, 13 (45 ACP) to 17 (9mm) rounds,
and you must carry at least one extra magazine (to clear malfunctions). Because you
will need to get at least 2 hits to vital organs to stop the attack, because pistol
ammunition is ballistically deficient compared to rifle or shotgun. [TV and movies
are not real.] You probably can't shoot any better than police in a high stress situation.
They only get 15% to 20% hits on intended target. That means you will need to fire
at least 10 shots to get 2 good hits on one enemy assailant. Criminals operate in gangs,
at least with accomplices. So you will have multiple assailants. So a conservative
estimate with two assailants is that you will be forced to fire 20 rounds, at a minimum.
Much more, if you miss a lot.
If there are more than two assailants attacking you, you're going to need a
second gun. Because you can't reload fast enough to avoid getting shot during
a gunfight.
If your slave state forces you to carry 10 round magazines, you need to carry
at least 2 extra guns / magazines. Make sure you primary pistol and back up gun
(BUG) use the same ammo and same magazines.
The purpose of a high capacity magazine is NOT to let you shoot more;
it is to let you reload less.
-- Tom Givens
"How to Choose Your First Handgun: Buyer's Guide
Skip the Confusion and Find the Firearm That Suits Your Needs"
by Kim Jenkins
Excerpt:
"Do Not Make a Panic Purchase
Buying your first firearm should not be a knee-jerk reaction. Many people start
looking because something made them feel unsafe. That reason may be valid,
but panic is not a plan. When people buy out of fear or urgency, they often end
up with a gun they do not understand, do not train with, and eventually put back
in the box. At that point, it is an expensive paperweight. Ask me how I know."
“Mission drives the gear train.”
-- Pat Rogers
"Carry Confidently: 5 Essential CCW Tips for Women
Learn how to build a comfortable concealed carry setup that works for your lifestyle."
by Kim Jenkins
Excerpt:
"Choosing to carry is not just buying a gun. It is building a system."
---
Your system is not just the equipment. It is the human, the equipment
(all the hardware), and the protocols (all the software that will control your
behavior). -- Jon Low
"There are no dangerous weapons, only dangerous men."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
John Corriea explains that you should carry the best gun you can.
"Every real gunfight is open division."
"Carrying a Spare Magazine is a Pain in the . . ."
by Tom McHale
"Making And Using Cut Shells" by Docent
An easy way to turn birdshot into a slug.
---
I asked Greg Ellifritz what he thought.
Greg Ellifritz's comments --
Thanks for thinking of me, but those things are worse than useless.
I got introduced to them almost 30 years ago. Local ATF agents were
encountering them during warrant service attempts and they wanted
to see how well they worked.
The local ATF firearms instructor used my range to test them.
I was there when he did it. Results:
- Didn't reliably feed in pump or semi autos
- Horrible accuracy beyond about 10 yards
- Only penetrated about 6" in gelatin
After shooting a couple dozen of them with the ATF agents,
I came to the conclusion that I would rather shoot someone with
birdshot, even at longer ranges where it is ineffective. The cut
shells are nowhere close to the ballistic capability of slugs or
buckshot.
Greg
"Do You REALLY Need a Red Dot on Your Pistol?" by Ophidian Tactical Solutions
"Going Gold and getting stuffed" by Ben Stoeger
Holosun 507 comp with gold dot. $435.28
Eye protection.
OPOS Arms (release date 1st quarter 2027)
In Austria & Germany it is 4250€, in Switzerland 4335 CHF.
4250€ is $4,738.02 on 28 October 2026.
OPOS GmbH
Am Graben 87412 Wolfau, Austria
FN 545153x
VAT: ATU 76335235
Optic mounts to the frame, not the slide. So the optice does not get banged on
each shot when the slide reciprocates.
Barrel is where the recoil spring normally is and the recoil spring is above the
barrel. So the barrel sits much lower on the frame.
Barrel rotates, instead of tilting.
Adjustable grips, hand swells, backstraps.
Real-time round counter
Lifetime round count (non-resettable)
Slide-velocity measurement
Temperature monitoring
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POTD (picture of the day):
Hasta La Vista, Muzzle Flip - The OPOS Arms Venator
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Sight Height Calculators
Tools to Track Ammunition Prices:
Ammo Seek
BulletScout
Caliber King
AmmoSquared Inc.
Ammo sources:
Ammunition Depot
Lucky Gunner
Boro Bullets (manufactured in Murfreesboro, TN)
Unlimited Ammo
Target Sports USA
GunMag Warehouse
SGAmmo
True Shot Ammo
The Mag Shack
If you know of any others, please let me know.
Parts sources:
Numrich Gun Parts
Wolff gun springs
Brownells
Midway USA
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Gabrielle Epstein
Motocross
No protective gear? Just modeling.
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***** ***** ***** Intelligence ***** ***** *****
Always cite open source.
If you don't know history, you don't have the correct picture. You certainly don't
have the big picture.
“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
"Major Flydubai Update: 2 More Pilots Detained" by Captain Steeeve
The Flydubai highjacking was a much wider conspiracy.
"Ukrainian TEENAGER Invented a BRILLIANT Way to Hunt Russian Drones"
by The Domino Effect
Note the numbers.
"Production lines can manufacture far more hardware than the national budget
can afford to buy."
What fills the funding gap? Cartel money. Why? Because the cartels send their
people to Ukraine to learn the drone technology, so that they can bring the tech
back home. The cartel money pays for this technology transfer. The Ukrainians
are happy to accept money and to share technology with whoever will help them
with their fight. So far, it has been very successful.
When I was in grad school doing computer stuff at U.C. Santa Cruz, we were
taught when building any computer system, memory is free. It was an engineering
statement. And is still true today. Do you see how this will affect drone warfare?
They are talking about using AI to guide the drone the "last mile" when the jammers
will stop communication with the drone operator. What would allow AI to guide
from home to target? More memory, more maps. Memory may be free, but it's
not weightless. On the other hand, software is weightless and needs zero volume.
Get it?
"Ukraine Broke the Rules and Won" by Cappy Army
Cited article,
"An Overture to Victory:
Operation Vivaldi and Ukraine’s Path to Battlefield Decision"
by Robert G. Rose
Explanation of modern maneuver warfare.
"Ukrainian Signals Intelligence." Yeah!
Corps level operations.
No power. Can't charge their batteries. Stop laughing! This is real war.
No food. No water. No fuel. No ammunition. For weeks. What's the result?
The Russian troops surrender, without firing a shot. They surrender in order
to get water. Three weeks without food, you're dead. Three days without water,
you're dead. Three minutes without air, you're dead.
This is very different from how we conduct operations. I served for 34
years (4 years active, 30 years reserve). In that time, we always had excess food,
water, ammunition, fuel, and electrical power (from the grid or from generators).
So our crypto and electronic warfare tools always worked.
Hey, if it's cold sleep in the SCIF. If you want to smuggle stuff home, put it in the SCIF.
Well, you can't fit a jet fighter in a SCIF. But a friend aboard ship almost
worked out the logistics to smuggle it back home. We had found the jet buried
in the sand in the desert. Oh well, the best laid plans of mice and men.
"Something SHIFTED Inside Russia" by The Domino Effect
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If Russia stopped the export of diesel fuel, what was the point of President
Trump's diesel fuel deal with Russia?
Email from Patriot Post --
"Russian satellite buzzes U.S. satellite"
Space is immense, so when two objects come into close proximity, it is either
an extraordinary coincidence or deliberate. Last week, a Russian satellite
deliberately came within 100 feet of a U.S.-Finnish radar satellite believed to be
providing key intel to Ukraine. Before the Russian satellite began maneuvering,
it was over 200 miles from the U.S. satellite. This close call has stoked fears
that Russia is prepared to initiate on-orbit military actions intended to take down
satellites. Russia demonstrated its ability in this sector as far back as 2021,
when it destroyed one of its own satellites in a test. Seemingly in anticipation
of this escalation, the U.S. announced for the first time that it has on-orbit
military capability meant to counter hostile actions in defense of NATO.
"Russian satellite stokes fears of space warfare,
comes within 100 feet of key U.S. radar satellite"
by Ben Wolfgang
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/16/russia-use-space-weapon-us-finnish-radar-satellite/
"Ukraine Just Revealed Something About Russia's Draft Limit"
by The Domino Effect
"Germany Just Did the UNTHINKABLE" by The Domino Effect (Kevin Rosenquist)
Only Germany is giving Patriot PAC2's to Ukraine.
I wouldn't mention it, if I thought it were false.
"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
in reality,
ISBN-10 : 0765342294
ISBN-13 : 978-0765342294
"Pentagon Confirms (for 1st time) the use of Laser Weapons in Field"
by Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov
"Wait . . . Putin’s Nukes Don’t Even Work?" by The Domino Effect
Because enemy hackers attacked the software that Russia uses to control
their nuclear weapons?
"Russia Is About to Lose DONBAS . . . It Will Cost Putin the War"
by The Domino Effect
"Someone’s Assassinating All Their Enemies" by Cappy Army
Some things become clearer with time.
"Europe Just Did Something HUMILIATING to Putin With Russia’s Own Money"
by The Domino Effect
Playing with the money.
"Something Strange Is Happening to China's Women" by Fall of Nations (Ryan Cappa)
Flock surveillance system making lots of errors, 7% error rate.
"HUGE STRIKES IN RUSSIA:
ORYOL MOSCOW VORONEZH OMSK TOLYATTI ROSTOV
Vlog 1572: War in Ukraine" by Anna from Ukraine
Ozone, O₃ . Normal oxygen is O₂ .
Donald Trump is a Russian asset? That's not a very nice thing to say.
The U.S. stopped Ukrainian use of Starlink? I don't think so.
There's a lot of weird shit in this "report".
Explanation of the banking system.
This is what happens when the Biden administration let millions of terrorists
into the U.S.
Anecdotal incidents are not statistically significant.
But they are data points.
Enemies often tell you what they will do.
Unfortunately, a lot of people ignore the warnings.
"Musk Explains Why He Throttled Ukraine's Access To Starlink" by Docent
"El Salvador Has Invaded Haiti. Here’s What You Need to Know."
by WarFronts
"Ukraine Just Launched a Surprise Offensive Underground" by Cappy Army
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Counter Intelligence
"Why They [Russian soldiers] Keep Defecting" by Cappy Army
Can you read between the lines? What do you notice?
"Nobody is coming to save you.
On the bright side. . . it means
nobody is coming to stop you either."
-- Gabe Suarez
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Business Basics
Institute for the Study of war
The Dispatch
Strategy Page
https://strategypage.com/
"The Merge"
Breaking Defense
Intrigue
1440
29155
Global Recaps
Timber Sycamore
Ground News
Soldier Systems
Executive Order 12333
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Embla Matilde Njerve
Not a perfect grip. I'm still learning.
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***** ***** ***** Signals Intelligence,
Ground Electronic Warfare,
Cyber Warfare,
(sometimes Air Electronic Warfare too) ***** ***** *****
Always cite open source.
"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
"Crypto-Gram, October 15, 2026" by Bruce Schneier
"Secret Service Deputy OUT — Trump Threats Surge"
The U.S. Secret Service has proven itself incompetent at protecting their principals.
They lack the intelligence gathering, analysis, and dissemination capability required
for the job. We must pick up the slack.
"The Spy Chip That Apple and Amazon Swore Didn't Exist" by Arxxis Docs
ANT catalog. Edward Snowden revealed lots of documents.
I find the analysis to be technically correct.
"The Darkweb's Most Popular Forum Was Hacked" by Docent
If you don't understand, may I suggest reading
"UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1:
Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI",
by W. Richard Stevens
ISBN-10: 013490012X
ISBN-13: 978-0134900124
A later edition is,
"Unix Network Programming:
The Sockets Networking Api"
by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, and Andrew M. Rudoff
ISBN-10: 9780131411555
ISBN-13: 978-0131411555
and
"UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2:
Interprocess Communications", Second Edition
by W. Richard Stevens
ISBN-10: 0130810819
ISBN-13: 978-0130810816
[Ya, these were our textbooks in grad school. -- Jon Low]
This should concern you.
"Privacy isn't paranoia, it's protection." -- Shawn Ryan
"My Unredacted Interview with The Leah Files" by Shawn Ryan Show
1:18:33 / 1:39:30 Nashville Police Department. They are between 400 and 1000
officers understaffed, depending on who you choose to believe. And yet they have
time to do Flock searches for no given reason.
Shawn Ryan wasn't going to publication this video,
because he says he thought she was lying. (Doesn't pass the smell test. -- Jon Low)
"Leah,
I chose not to release your episode because I personally had serious concerns about
the truthfulness of your statements. I take what I put out on my platform seriously
for myself and for my listeners. For the sake of transparency, here's the full interview
so everyone can watch and draw their own conclusions.
As for my investments, I've intentionally made them public, as you see on my
LinkedIn. I invest in Shield AI and Anduril for no other reason than I believe in
their ability to develop technology that equips and protects the American warfighter.
That's something deeply personal to me that I believe in."
-- Shawn Ryan
---
Have I Been Flocked?
---
I think someone had put intense pressure on Shawn Ryan not to publish
this episode initially. Who might that be?
Various persons put intense pressure on Shawn Ryan to publish the video. Why?
"Transparency"? I don't think so. Note Shawn Ryan's demeanor throughout the
interview.
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Opry Mills Shopping Center in Nashville, TN.
Giving your AI agent your user name and password is criminal stupidity.
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Cover Your Tracks
To get the IP address you are presently using,
Breaking Defense has a weekly newsletter, "Networks & Digital Warfare" at
Crypto-Gram by Bruce Schneier
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Alexandra Lund
Sissy, I am envious of your abs.
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***** ***** ***** Cryptology ***** ***** *****
Always cite open source.
"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
The clearest explanation of index notation that I have seen is in the opening chapters of
"Introduction to the Mechanics of a Continuous Medium" by Lawrence E. Malvern
ISBN: 13-487603-2
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 69-13712
I'm going to use Malvern's definitions and notation from now on, so you might want
to get a copy so there is no confusion. Ya, many other books use the index notation,
but Malvern explains it to students under the assumption that the reader has never seen
the notation before. He also explains variations in the notation that other authors use.
Reading Herr Professor Doktor Albert Einstein's General Relativity will be much easier
after reading the first two chapters of Malvern.
"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of
producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."
-- John von Neumann
Random variables.
Concerning our geometry problem, I can't find a free online copy of this paper.
M. L. Gromov, "A topological technique for the construction of
solutions of differential equations and inequalities",
Proc. Int. Congress Math. 1970, vol. 2, 221-225.
If you know of one, please let me know.
Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov
Михаил Леонидович Громов
Institut des hautes études scientifiques
(IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies)
"Computer science has nothing to do with computers or science."
-- Donald Knuth
Is information conserved? At the quantum mechanical level? In black holes?
"All that we don't know is astonishing.
Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing."
-- Philip Roth
In the limit, an area of zero measure is needed to rotate a line segment by 2π radians
in Euclidean 2-dimensional space.
Great graphic to demonstrate the technique.
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil."
-- Donald Knuth
"Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them.
Intended audience: non-technical citizens of the web"
by The Hack
"Never memorize anything. Rather, study it until it becomes obvious."
-- Norman Christ
"This 1-Hour Andrej Karpathy Lecture Explains Modern AI Better Than Most Courses"
by Andrej Karpathy
Excerpt:
Karpathy also explains an equally important shift:
Software 1.0 → Design the algorithm
Software 2.0 → Design the dataset
Software 3.0 → Design the prompt
And perhaps the most provocative idea:
“The hottest new programming language is English.”
Chat GPT hallucinating, just making stuff up.
Sydney (an AI agent) doing strange things on Microsoft Bing.
Plain text → data compression → encryption → error correction coding
→ transmission (writing to storage) → communications channel (environmental noise, jamming) →
reception (reading from storage) → error correction decoding →
decryption → decompression → plain text (or so we would hope)
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.
"These Websites Give You Access to Thousands of Books and Courses for FREE"
by Beyond Google
OpenLearn — Free university-level courses from The Open University,
covering science, mathematics, psychology, business, technology, history,
and more.
Project Gutenberg — A digital library offering more than 79,000 free ebooks,
including classic literature, historical works, poetry, and educational books.
OpenStax — Free, peer-reviewed college textbooks from Rice University,
covering subjects like mathematics, biology, physics, statistics, business, and
social sciences.
"You don't have to memorize theorems.
Because you can always derive them from first principles."
-- Sven Hartman
Do you understand the geology?
Why being competent at statistics is critical.
Smart people defeat dumb people in war consistently. You can't identify dumb people
by looking at them. It takes analysis.
Courage is very important.
Gregory Chaitin
I have followed his work since his first publication.
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OpenLearn
Project Gutenberg
OpenStax
Arχiv
Sci-Hub.Pub
Explanation,
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CAfwn4106Z0
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)
"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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Doing crunches on the beach.
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*************************** Politics and Religion *****************************
"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
Email from Gabe Suarez --
We must stop mincing words. The Democratic Socialists of America want to
change the language. They claim to not be communist, yet you can call a turd a
steak, but it will always be just a turd. And after all the debates and words are
spoken, the last fact on the table is that socialism of any sort leads to communism.
Communism was the leading ideological cause of death between 1900 and 2000.
The 94 million that perished in China, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Afghanistan,
and Eastern Europe easily (and tragically) trump the 28 million that died under
Fascist/Nazi [National Socialist] regimes during the same period.
During the century measured, more people died as a result of communism than
from homicide (58 million) and genocide (30 million) put together. The combined
death tolls of WWI (37 million) and WWII (66 million) exceed communism’s total
by only 9 million.
Here is the final tally - non-combat deaths . . . thus mass murder for political,
ideological reasons. And I suspect that Uncle Joe (Stalin) killed just as many Jews
as Adolf did. That is historical reality kids. There has been one Nazi leader.
There have been multiple communist leaders from Stalin to Mao, and from
Pol Pot to Castro - each with his own take on mass murder.
Communism is the socio-political cancer of our times. While all that is left of
Nazism (Nationalist Socialists) is an ugly scar . . . communism is still growing and
spreading its disease.
Communist Body Count: 149,469,610
Nazi Body Count: 20,946,000
Nobody likes Nazis . . . but Nazis are no longer a political force in the world.
There are no Nazi countries. There are no Nazi political candidates (at least none
that can be taken seriously). Communists on the other hand, being far more clever
and imaginative have reinvented themselves and organized along ideological lines
defined by their adversaries (Antifa), defined by race hatred (Black Lives Matter,
Black Guerrilla Family, Black Panthers), and defined by other counter culture,
anti-establishment, anti-wealth ideologies. But make no mistake, at the root of all
these movements you will find pure and undiluted communism.
The Nazi in the media is merely a red herring . . . the attention seeker waved
about by the seemingly indignant communist as he gets closer and closer to his
goals. America is so entranced by this that they ignore the communist’s own
onward march.
And the left knows what I have said, that many Americans are historically,
and likely actually, illiterate and their lives and thoughts are driven by media
optics rather than truth and fact. Their hope is to ensnare as many “useful idiots”
into their wave of indignant rhetoric that it may stifle anything the president
wants to accomplish - and hold the line until 2020.
The communist is eminently more dangerous to America than any jihadist.
I doubt that even the most melting, offended, skinny jeans wearing snowflake
wants to live in REAL communism . . . but that is what these useful idiots are
pushing for . . . and in this country, something some of us will never allow to
happen.
Communism is the enemy of Fascism and Fascism the enemy of Communism
. . . but only like two hyenas fighting over the body of an antelope. They are
both looking for the same thing. Our complete oppression and reliance on what
they think we should be and have, and nothing more.
The enemy of both Communism and Fascism? It is Freedom. And take note -
“The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere,
any time, and with utter recklessness” - Robert Heinlein
-- Gabe Suarez
“When you take $500.00 from a productive worker (who earned it)
and then give it to five lazy people (who are willfully unproductive,
don’t work, and thus haven’t earned it), you lose one vote but gain five.
It’s the biggest pyramid scam in history, and it’s called ‘socialism’ ”
-- Elon Musk
"Pyramid Scam!" by John Farnam
USE THE SCORECARD, GET OUT AND VOTE!
"J.K. Rowling Nails It Again
The Harry Potter author just wrote a follow-up essay
to her 2020 public stance on standing up for women and girls."
by Emmy Griffin
Cited essays,
"J.K. Rowling Writes about Her Reasons for Speaking out on Sex and Gender Issues"
"An Update to My Essay of June 2020"
"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
"A citizen of the world: be a good guest" by Orion Taraban
Excerpt:
"You can only love to the depth of your knowledge."
[You can exchange the word "hate" for "love",
as many low information voters and activists do.
-- Jon Low]
"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
Women did not want "women's liberation".
Deep truth. Re-written history.
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
An explanation of socialism.
"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
The political party of the rich versus the party of the poor.
Ad put out by super PAC, "Victors, Not Victims".
“Worse Than Climategate”: Climate Sceptics Call Out New Scandal
by Sabine Hossenfelder
Bad math. Bad science. Bad litigation. Only possible when the judges lack the
courage (or intellect) to dismiss frivolous cases.
Gun control leads to gun violence.
St. Louis, Missouri consistently ranks as the most dangerous U.S. city for gun violence,
with a 2022 A.D. homicide rate of 66.7 per 100,000 residents—roughly 10 times the
national average. Other top cities by homicide rate include:
Baltimore, MD: 58.3 per 100,000
Detroit, MI: 41.5 per 100,000
Memphis, TN: 29.2 per 100,000
Kansas City, MO: 29.9 per 100,000
The Patriot Post
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Alexandra Lund
Girls look wholesome and healthy without make up.
With make up, they look like clowns.
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"Work keeps us from three evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."
-- Voltaire
The reason organizations haze is because it works. It achieves the desired goal.
Over time Marine Corps Recruit Training has become progressively more pussy.
The result is weaker loyalty to the Corps. Let liberals infiltrate any organization
and you will get this result. Look at what used to be the Boy Scouts of America.
Or, the Catholic Church.
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Email from Orion Taraban, Psy.D. -- Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
"The utility of hazing."
Modern men tend to get courtship backwards. They tend to come out of the
gate very strong, hoping to impress the woman or sweep her off her feet. However,
this approach tends to leave very little room for escalation. Women eventually
accommodate to the status quo, which can lead to boredom and unrealizable
expectations.
A better idea is to haze her. This involves showing up in the early courtship
process disinterested, at best. Men should give her every reason to leave the
relationship early – and they shouldn't try to stop any of those who choose to do so.
Similarly, they should only reward the woman with increasing privileges and
opportunities as they gradually invest more in the relationship.
The idea is to make her earn a relationship. When a woman has to work for
a commitment, she's much less likely to discard it at the first sign of inconvenience
or discomfort. This is because hazing cultivates loyalty, which is the basis of both
stability and longevity in relationships. The more she invests, the more he rewards
her investment – creating a upward spiral of positive reinforcement.
Warmly,
Orion
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Give a child a toy and the child will soon discard it. Let the child work to earn
money to buy a toy. Let the child buy the toy with his own money. And he will
take care of that toy and value it highly.
Height is a proxy for safety.
"Unhappiness and love: why so many people struggle" by Orion Taraban
Orion Taraban sent a reading list. I will happily to forward it to you, upon request.
"Suffering is caused by an insatiability of the will
that can only be mitigated by intelligence."
Dr. Taraban recommends
"On the Nature of War" by Carl von Clausewitz
(English translation by James John Graham)
ISBN-13: 979-8309181841
Having read "Vom Kriege" by Carl von Clausewitz
ISBN-13: 978-3940621122
I will have to read what is apparently an introduction to
his magnum opus, "On War" ("Vom Kriege"), originally published in 1832.
ISBN-10: 1453732144
ISBN-13: 978-1453732144
Women's double standard.
"They're watching: your biggest fans" by Orion Taraban
Reality check.
Systems, not goals.
Once you make $60,000 a year, making any more has zero effect on the quality
of your life.
It's important to understand what Jordan Peterson is saying and not saying.
I don't know. Yachts are pretty nice.
Hard to buy and maintain a yacht on $60,000 a year. The yacht girls will run you $50,000
a week per person. Hey, that's quality of life. Isn't it?
Repair or abandon.
"Gambling is a tax on stupidity."
-- Voltaire
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*** Jon's stuff ***
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
-- Mary Flannery O'Connor
Nashville's subway system.
“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
Sgt. Maj. Troy told me that when arriving at a new post to observe for the
first month or so before making any changes. Becuase there may be a good
reason that they are doing things that way. On the other hand, if you see
something that is unsafe or really fucked up, you have a duty to at least say
something.
"Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone"
– James Madison
What a fine overcast cool day.
I took the neighbor's bitch, Gemina, for a walk, actually she took me for a walk,
because she led (where ever she wanted to go), we stopped when ever she wanted
to sniff something, and we ran when ever she wanted to run.
She would never bark or growl. When other dogs barked at her, she would
point (as dogs point, front right leg bent, facing the threat or game) at them, and
they would execute a submissive behavior and run away. I swear she's been
watching Sophie Cunningham reels.
She is a rescue, mixed breed, part pit bull, but longer and slimmer, completely
black.
As we're walking through the neighborhood, there is a baby crawling around
on the lawn of a residence. I don't see the parents. So that's strange. But the baby
is happy, and not crying or anything like that. So we walk by and the baby crawls
toward us. Gemina immediately lies down on her side to let the baby suck on her
teats. She has lots of teats. The baby crawls over and starts sucking. I guess it's
cute, but it's kind of Twilight Zone or Alice in Wonderland for me. Gemina ain't
lactating, so the baby gets bored and crawls off. We stand around because I want
to make sure someone is going to pick up this baby. And sure enough, an old man
wanders out from the house onto the lawn and picks up the baby, and walks back
into the house.
Making chips.
"We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty
if we expect our republic to endure. Honesty is not so much
a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the
public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him
in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity."
-- Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom isn't free.
Do you see the error?
The uranium isotope ratio at the beginning of formation of our solar system is
assumed without justification. The narrator just pulls it out of his ass. And
deduces from that underlying assumption. Such is bad science.
"Anthropic's Chloe Lubinski explains how AI works"
by Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (Chloe Lubinski)
AI learning to cheat. Stop and think about that.
---
My father would say, "You can't cheat at a game. When you don't play by the rules
you're actually playing a different game. The new game has it's own rules and its
own consequences. The important thing is to be able to recognize what game you're
playing. Most people never do."
---
"Wrestling with the angel: you have to fight for your life" by Orion Taraban
Orion says, "You can't steal. There is universal justice."
"Why Put Diodes Together In Both Directions? Explained With Examples!"
by Mr Carlson's Lab
"Ep 247 Hegseth Taps Dakota Meyer:
Does the Military Need a Barracks Task Force?"
by Sentinel (Asad Khan)
"Anniversary of Beirut Marine Barracks Bombing" by Docent
Excerpt:
"The incident also illustrates the stupidity of not having loaded weapons
as both the guards' rifles and the crew served weapons overlooking the
approach were unloaded per guidelines issued to the Marines."
[We always carried magazines with live ammo in our cargo pockets. You have
to be alive to be court martialed.
When I was stationed in Hawaii there was a Staff Sergeant who would always
bring ammo cans of live ammo and hand out live ammo. Because he knew from
experience that if live rounds were fired, the Battalion Commander would classify
the incident to prevent an investigation. And then rumor control would make up
the most bizarre stories for the cover up. The good old days had a lot more
common sense in retrospect.
-- Jon Low]
---
The USS Cole was successfully attacked because the fleet admiral in command
ordered the sailors aboard the USS Cole not to defend the ship. So the bad guys
blew a hole in the ship. Not a single shot was fired at the boat that attacked the
USS Cole. And then the Captain of the USS Cole got a medal for his conspicuous
gallantry in saving his undefended ship.
Declare victory, throw a party, and hand out medals. It's the American way.
-- Jon Low
Gun control activists claim that guns are the primary cause of children's deaths.
Inanimate objects cannot cause anything, because they are inanimate.
For those of you driving electric cars.
Have you ever tried exstinguishing a lithium batter? I did in the Marine Corsps.
We had lithium batteries for some of our radios. There are supposed to be
extinguishers specially made for putting out lithium or other chemical burns.
None of them worked very well.
What's more important than creating life?
Humans, elephants, and killer whales.
Daylight savings time.
Teach character.
Beef
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) and
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)
Semper Fidelis,
Jonathan D. Low
Email: Jon@DefensivePistolcraft.com
Radio: KI4SDN
Masha Bezh
San Diego State University
Note the lei.
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