Instructor Daniel Bales has noticed has some ideas about how to resolve some of the frustrating issues in law enforcement training.
What is Wrong With Law Enforcement Training?
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46 Things (and Counting) a Young Man Should Know
Daniel Shaw (Gunfighter Cast, Shaw Strategies) has compiled a list of mentor quotes for youngsters to know – young men and young women alike, honestly.
Warfighters getting long in the tooth? Support them especially!
If you find yourself with a few hours to spare on any given day, head down to your local nursing home and ask to visit with some of the veterans in their care. I guarantee you will make their day, and honestly, you’ll end up making your own.
About that NRA Lobby you hate…
Total lobbying expenditures in 2018 by the NRA were just over 5 million dollars. Total lobbying expenditures in 2018 by the NSSF were just under 4 million dollars. Neither of these figures even breaks the top 50 in a list of biggest lobbying spenders in Congress.
Comms for Miles Lagoze & Combat Obscura: you don’t speak for me
This is a man-to-man, Marine-to-Marine, message from an Afghan-American Marine to Miles Lagoze of the movie Combat Obscura.
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Jussie Smollett and all who believed him – thank you!
It sounds counter-intuitive, we know, but Jussie Smollet actually did us a solid with his recent, bogus claims of a horrific racial attack. Here’s how.
Priorities: Good tools or a willingness to show up and fight?
There’s no question good equipment directly affects a fighting man’s lethality, but what about competence, preparation, and mindset?
Dial 911 for SJPD – the Social Justice Police Department
“Dispatch, we need a Bias Response Team to 600 Main. A pregnant, female-appearing human expected me to assume her gender. She also failed to understand why a marginalized member of this oppressive society would lash out against the cishetero patriarchy. Tell the team to kill if necessary.”
Range Day TOP THREE (of the Van Nomad) | SHOTREP
Range day at SHOT of course was windy as hell. I’m not talking balmy breezes, I’m talking gusts up to 45MPH, the kind that makes you have to put some effort into walking. Well, that is if you're 5 ft 4 in. and 120 pounds anyway. So one of our assignments editors...
The Best Homeowners Insurance for Veterans
Our question regarding how to determine the best homeowner’s insurance for veterans arose after a discussion of vetrepreneurs. If you’re hand-forging knives or tools in your yard, or building pallet-wood furniture in your garage, we wondered, could that fuck up a homeowners insurance claim?
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