One of the most prevalent challenges for those involved in firearms education and training is addressing flinching among students — especially new shooters. Defining what a “flinch” is (and is not)…

Armed intruders have broken into your home. Your children are in their rooms down the hall. How can you best help them? If only there were a way to test your skills, increase your self-defense knowledge and improve your ability to respond under pressure before something like this happens.

As the old saying goes, “We all have to start somewhere.” Every firearms instructor who has been teaching for any length of time can remember the person or incident that inspired him or her to go…

Responsible gun owners have a shared mission to end violence in our communities. Many of us take an active crucial step by holstering and carrying our firearms every day. But another equally…

Well … it’s here. It’s the New Year. We’re already a handful of days into the year 2022 now. And I don’t know about you, but for me, it feels like one of the weirdest steps into a new calendar year…

I recently taught my last class of 2021: USCCA’s Women’s Basic Pistol. I absolutely love teaching this class, and it’s not because I wrote the curriculum. I love this class because it always teaches…

Many students ask what is the single fundamental they should practice in order to improve marksmanship. Although there are many building blocks necessary to formulate a good shot, the one fundamental…

In a TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Rust’s director of photography and wounded the director. Here is visual…

When you hear the name SIG Sauer, it’s likely that you first think about firearms. Maybe you even think about small arms, specifically, since SIG is certainly well-known for manufacturing and selling…

When I say I abhor running, I mean I’d rather listen to my three children scream non-stop for a week than run a mile. But about eight weeks ago, my wife was visiting the chiropractor for an…

Shotguns, handguns and carbines … oh, my! Many firearms owners will probably admit they don’t own just one type of gun; they own many! And I suppose that I am one of those “gun people” who really…

Sometimes the job of a firearms instructor extends outside the scope of teaching marksmanship and tactics in the classroom. In the era of increasing social unrest, many students have an interest in…