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…

Sometimes, perhaps more often than we instructors would like to admit, a classroom conversation strays beyond the parameters and scope of the course’s topic. As the class leader, the instructor has…

Instructors are frequently the targets of contentious questions related to their preferences in guns, gear, ammunition, accessories and everything else related to the concealed carry lifestyle.…

Educators, teachers and instructors are regularly faced with students who overestimate their knowledge or ability to perform a task. A student will enter a class or training session confident that he…

As more and more states move to what is known as “constitutional carry” — as in, adults who are not criminals may legally carry concealed firearms without a state-issued permit — it raises a few…

Immersion learning is an educational approach that teaches concepts by placing learners into an environment that focuses on the exposure to — and absorption of — knowledge through multiple, layered…

A subject that students and instructors alike tend to consider secondary in the evolution of training is equipment maintenance. In the case of an EDC sidearm, when the need arises, it must work…

There is no doubt that we are experiencing an ammo shortage of historic proportions — one that makes the ammo shortages of the Obama and Clinton eras pale in comparison. I don’t think anyone could…

I don’t know if your New Year came in quietly (observed with family and friends) or with a bang (celebrated with fireworks and fanfare). But ours was relatively low key, as per the norm in my…

While digging through a full kitchen drawer in the hopes of purging and reorganizing its overflowing contents, I came across some delightful little “coupons” that my son had made for Mother’s Day…

I am fairly certain that some feathers may be ruffled when I say this, but that’s OK with me. We can’t grow and we can’t improve if we are blind to our errors or if we choose to overlook them. So…