Michael Bane hosts the successful Outdoor Channel programs Shooting Gallery, MidwayUSA’s The Best Defense and MidwayUSA’s The Best Defense: Survival! and executive produces Rapid Fire and Gun Stories. In a recent post on his blog (michaelbane.blogspot.com), Michael mentioned that he had been “hired by a
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In the recent post on using vertical cover there were a few comments fixated on the fact that the corner I chose for the photos was concealment not cover and others questioning why I was standing or why I left
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I blame Hollywood for the general populations inability to use vertical cover. It is the most basic of the tactical skills, it is used multiple times in every IDPA match and it is the easiest to practice as you walk around, yet is
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Some neat things about shooting IDPA in North Wilkesboro, NC at Foothills Defensive Shooters are: $5 Lunch Stages that you don’t see at other matches in the area If you win your class, you get either a lunch vouchers or
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If you are like me the headline ”Victim Of Home Invasion Now A Murder Suspect” causes you to pause because if sounds like a non sequitur. But then you think that maybe, it is two separate stories and that maybe the police found evidence linking the victim to
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The 19′s are the compact 9mm’s and the 3rd gun produced by Glock. (The 17 is the full size 9mm, the 18 is 9mm machine pistol). It is an option for police officers in many departments, such as the NYPD, and
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Alex Haddox is a personal security expert, Black Belt in American Kenpo, Kubaton instructor, NRA firearms instructor, owner of Palladium Education and the host of a weekly Podcast of the Gunrights Radio Network called the Practical Defense Podcast. In Practical
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Rule #2 of gun safety states that you should never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. I don’t want to destroy my hardwood floors, my ceiling, or my bathroom door but if I think there
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