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Los Angeles Citizen’s CCW Taken Away
L.A. homeowner who fired on armed robbers has concealed carry permit suspended https://news.yahoo.com/l-homeowner-fired-armed-robbers-055345708.html It’s as plain as the nose on your face that this is...
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Surveillance Detection Principles
#walkbackwednesday In the April 1996 edition of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin https://leb.fbi.gov/file-repository/archives/april-1996.pdf/view , Supervisory Special Agent John C. Hall wrote:...
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The Cost of Killing Redux
#fridayfundamentals I’ve written about the Cost of Killing several times. https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2016/07/24/the-cost-of-killing/ Even to someone who is involved but not the shooter, it’s...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – December 2023
Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes, and excruciatingly detailed analyses of Armed Citizen incidents, I’ve decided to do something different for 2024. The Good,...
View ArticleNegative Outcome from Opening the Door
Bottom Line Up Front Do not open (nor even unlock) your [exterior] door[s] until you’re confident this person does not represent a threat. John Farnam Unprepared! Excellent advice on many items in...
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McGee’s Paradigm
“Three shots in three seconds at three yards.” That was Lt. Frank McGee’s iconic summation (McGee’s Paradigm) of the typical gunfight of New York City police officers in the 1970s. Lt. McGee was the...
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NYC Subway Monkey Dancing
#fridayfundamentals Today’s post is not about shooting technique, it’s about avoiding being an idiot. I’m writing a series of Patreon posts about the incident but Idiot Avoidance is the bottom line....
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – February 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes,...
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Rangemaster Tactical Conference 2024
TacCon 2024, as we call it, is now in the books. [link] It is an annual teaching and learning conference for those who are, or want to be, serious students of the Art of Self-Defense and Personal...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – March 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes,...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – April 2024
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an iconic movie in American cinema and arguably the best of the ‘Spaghetti Westerns.’ Rather than my usual boring rants about Serious Mistakes, Negative Outcomes,...
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Tactical Tip of the Day
If you go into a Wings takeout joint and a guy has a gun with an extendo tucked in his belt, leave immediately. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Disturbing surveillance video shows the moments two men started...
View ArticleTrump Assassination Attempt and DEI
Here’s an opinion that will no doubt annoy many people who have been common-tating about the attempted assassination of President Trump. A female Secret Service Agent muzzling the crowd and having...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – June 2024
Unsurprisingly, my hometown of Chicargo leads the post this month. Fortunately, the incidents fell in the Good category. Safety and mindset are fundamental in the other incidents....
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – October 2024
Whoops! I just realized that I had not posted the unlocked version of October’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. This month we have a Good story of taking care of oneself, a Bad story about failed...
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