The Civilian Gunfighter was kind enough to both attend my recent training at Race Street Range, and to write up a detailed AAR. AAR: Agile Training & Consulting (Chuck Haggard) “Civilian Pepper Spray and Flashlight Use” Course, Upland, PA 11/11/18
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It’s always nice to get positive feedback from students after a class is complete. I asked for Donna’s permission to use her comments, from a email she sent me, in this post. I have heard second hand that I can come off as a bit “intense” to
Read more →Reposted from PistolForums with permission from the students; So life happened and it’s taken me a hot minute to get caught up, including writing this AAR. Disclaimers: 1- I was the host/sponsor/fixer for this class. 2- Due to an unplanned doctor’s appointment, I had to miss the
Read more →Peeps in KS and MO, Tom Givens is going to be local for his most excellent Rangemaster Three-Day Firearms Instructor Development Course, July 8-10, 2016. I can HIGHLY recommend this class. Plan ahead, and started saving your pennies. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/firearms-instructor-development-course-ottawa-kansas-tickets-19757986670
Read more →I am posting this AAR by permission from the student, this was originally posted on the Lightfighter forum, http://www.lightfighter.net/topic/aar-agile-tactical-oc-pepper-spray-course-18sep2015-mchenry-il I can highly recommend Lightfighter for any LEOs, military folks and other serious students of firearms and training, it’s one of the few sites on the internets that I frequent.
Read more →I hear from people regularly that they load and unload their guns often, sometimes on a daily basis. With revolvers this is not an issue, with things like semi-auto pistols and AR15s it is a dangerous practice. Example; Ref rechambering ammo into your pistol too many
Read more →OC (aka pepper) spray training for the non-law enforcement person; Training will be held July 30, starting at 6:30pm, at 1315 SW 6St in Topeka. This class will explore the use of OC spray for defensive use by the non-LE person, tactics being taught would be appropriate
Read more →Today seems like a good day to repost this one. I’ll note that the only historically proven way to stop an active mass murder in-progress is for an armed solo responder, be they “civilian” or cop, to start shooting back: Solo response to the active-shooter Although I
Read more →Guns are not in fact for everyone, and that’s a fact. Seeing a post from my friend Claude Werner on Facebook prompted me to start thinking about that subject again. “Deciding whether to carry, or even own, a gun is an intensely personal decision on the order
Read more →The training site for the day was the excellent Stout Training dojo in Pittsburgh PA, and I was hosted by Shawn Lupka of Antifragile Training. The class was a special request for training ref OC spray for a CCW or home defense person, and a module on low-light
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