Utah Concealed Carry and Ongoing Personal Protection Education and Training

UVU Comm. Students Take “Group Project” To A Whole New Level… This is a special post, and due to its unique nature, you get to see the adventures of a small group of communication students at Utah Valley University.  The nature of the project was to get into groups, choose a subject, and use multiple [...]

The BANG We Never Want To Hear. The term we often use when a firearm discharges unintentionally is “accidental discharge”.  In most cases, a more accurate term would be “negligent discharge” as a safety rule was neglected or forgotten or worse yet, ignored.  Those who are involved in firearms instruction and training hear stories about [...]

Some Points of Self-Defense You Need To Consider… From teaching self-defense courses for many years and studying what happens in self-defense situations, I discovered what I call the “Dirty Little Secrets”.  This is information that often is not taught, shared or discovered, and in some cases deliberately left out of training. The three points I [...]

According to Massad Ayoob, the Commandments of Concealed Carry! Most, in the civilized world, are familiar with the Biblical 10 Commandments.  I’d like to review another set of commandments that pertains to concealed carry as written in several sources by author and expert Massad Ayoob.  I have seen this in several articles and a couple [...]

Guns can be intimidating; Proper firearm instruction can go a long way… Often as a trainer, I get the great opportunity to work with people who have never shot much before and would be categorized as a first-time shooter.  At the request of a local shooting range, I recently contacted a young mother who wanted [...]

My Gun Won’t Fire…What Am I Missing In My Practice Sessions? As a firearms instructor, I along with others, often see gun stoppages in practice or qualification.  While reading an article by Massod Ayoob in the October 2008 issue of Guns and Weapons for Law Enforcement I was reminded again for the importance of knowing [...]

An Option for Concealed Carry Permit Holders Seeking Further Training!!! This article will review the National Rifle Association’s, Personal Protection Outside the home course. For many decades, the NRA has been in the forefront of firearms safety and training. In recent years, the continued growth of concealed carry permits across the country brought recognition that [...]

One of the 2 most important steps to “Perfect Shooting.” You are at your local range working on a specific part of your skill set and see the other shooters happily making noise and empty cases, but seldom putting their shots into any kind of group on the target.  You observe more closely and see [...]

This is a true story; what would you have done?           On the Front Sight Weekly Blog from Monday Feb. 14, Dr. Ignatius Piazza has posted two videos.  One is a homeowner from Colorado who had fought off a home invasion, the other is the Denver Area District Attorney.  What caught my interest was some of [...]

The Offender This chapter focuses on the offender: the characteristics of each and the attitude associated with their actions. This is the third of a three-part study by the FBI. The first published in 1992, the second in 1997 and the third, the one focused on here, in 2006.  We must give credit to the [...]