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  • Is Your Instructor Certified or Qualified?

    Part two in my series of “gun people” getting words mixed up will take a look at who you are receiving your training from.  Many people, especially instructors, confuse the words certified and qualified.

  • Are You Training or Practicing?

    The words we use to describe a particular activity are important.  If we use the wrong terms it can lead to a gross misunderstanding by others of what we hope to convey.  This is…

  • AAR – Suarez International: HITS-8 – Defensive Knife

    Organization: Suarez International Course Title: HITS-8 – Defensive Knife Instructor: Steve Collins Date: August 28th, 2015 I decided nearly twelve years ago that I would carry a gun to defend my own life or…

  • AAR – Suarez International: CRG-4 – Force on Force Gunfighting

    Course Title: CRG-4 – Force of Force Gunfighting Organization: Suarez International Instructor: Steve Collins Dates: August 29th & 30th, 2015 Having taken (and taught) many defensive shooting courses over the last several years, I have…

  • Your Most Effective Weapon

    If I asked you what your most effective weapon in a dynamic lethal force encounter would be, what would your answer be? Would it be pepper spray… A Taser… A knife… A gun… I…

  • An Alternative To The Top 5 Excuses

    In my work as an instructor, I get the chance to talk to a lot of people who are taking state mandated firearms training in order to qualify for a state-issued CCW permit.  My…

  • Expanding on The Plausibility Principle

    It’s something I see and hear pretty often.  As someone who conducts a fairly substantial number of Instructor Development Courses throughout the year, it is fairly common to discuss various training experiences with the…

  • Haters, Fan Boys, and Valid Instruction

    “He’s a fraud!  He teaches all of that stuff, but he’s never had any experience using any of it in real life!” – This was a comment I read a few days ago made…

  • “A Gun is Not a Defensive Weapon!”

    Yes, you heard that right. According to Emmeryville, CA Chief of Police Ken James in a statement he made during a recent press conference, a gun is “not a defensive weapon”. Rather, in his…