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Countermeasures to the Terrorist-Borne IED
This discussion arose from our article on bypassing body armor. Today what seems like armor may easily be a bomb vest. There have been several instances of bomb vests here in the USA. And in the maj… -
CQB - Shooting Through Walls
Undoubtedly an extremely controversial topic, we used to work it routinely. It involves the concept of shooting an adversary directly through an interior wall. For example, your partner is moving into… -
Don't Get Shot By The Police
It was July, 1992, right after the Rodney King Race Riots in Los Angeles. My partner Al Acosta and I were assigned to a perimeter surveillance point in Los Angeles on what I recall was a bank robbery … -
EVERY MAN A COUNTER TERRORIST
"After the battle - tighten the helmet straps" Old Samurai Maxim With the passage of time, all tensions are relaxed...and the blood lessons...and the focus...goes away and are replaced wi… -
EVERYDAY CARRY OF TOURNIQUETS
We all have preferences. Our “top choices” and favorites. I know that if were to go to a gunfight this afternoon, I would prefer to use a Remington 870 shotgun instead of the Suarez Glock that wil… -
Final Police Report on Las Vegas Shooting - My Thoughts
Here is the article mentioning the report - Final Police Report On Las Vegas My Thoughts: Rationality and morality are not the same. All rationality requires is a reason and a motivation. I have fou… -
Fixing the Malfunction While Under Fire
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GETTING TO THE SHOT II
In the first installment we discussed the difficulty many people have about shooting what is evidently an active shooter. In short there is the seemingly societal aversion to and violence and the asso… -
How Important is Speed?
Time for a perspective check. Every so often, the temptation returns to us all. It could be the Youtube video with the cool guy doing something really fast. It could be the competitive shooter running… -
How Technology Owns the Darkness
The method most basic, for using a Night Vision Monocular in conjunction with a handgun goes like this. Hold the monocular in your support side hand and bring it up to your non-dominant eye. How clos…
