Utah Concealed Carry and Ongoing Personal Protection Education and Training

There’s Hunting… and then there’s Old School Hunting!   A lot of people like to hunt, whether its new school hunting or old school hunting, some for necessity and others out of enjoyment.  There are a select few, like my brother Mark and myself, that enjoy stocking prey with rifles and shotguns made in the [...]

Recognizing and Knowing Your Limitations Knowing “when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em “ as the old Kenny Rogers song says, touches on something I have been encountering more and more of and I’m now studying.  Working mainly with first-time gun owners/shooters in concealed carry courses, and also with people who carry while [...]

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 [...]

Trigger Control, The Key To Success At the recent SHOT Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada, I once again had an opportunity to mingle with the experts and professionals in the shooting industry.  Coupled with the on-going study of how to shoot well and correctly, I found some more pearls of wisdom.  I had the [...]

Hunting The Old Way, With The 50/70, Old School For Sure! An early morning chill made me shiver as I clutched the cold steel barrel of the Garrett Arms 50/70 Sharps Carbine.  The late November Anterless Deer hunt had begun and I was waiting for my two hunting partners to appear.  The cool morning breeze [...]

The Truth About “Gun” People, at the 2012 SHOT Show. Here is a report of this year’s National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor trade show held in Las Vegas in mid-January. For the third year the largest show of its kind in the world was held at the Sands Exposition center.  Two [...]

Scatter Gun, The Old Fashioned Way. The late November chill was in the air as Matt and I settled down in our previously constructed duck blind.  At this time of year the reservoir was low, leaving behind a myriad of dried moss and reeds that were very much buoyant during the summer when the water [...]

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 [...]

The Dirty Little Secret: Call 911 and probably, you will DIE. In an earlier contribution to the Defense Actions blog, I mentioned the “dirty little secrets” I share with students in Utah Concealed Firearm Permit courses.  The one that gets the most attention and even shocked reactions is when I point out that the police [...]

The Aftermath Is Just As Crucial As The Confrontation. Here at Defense Actions, the subject of what comes after a self-defense situation or “the aftermath” has been noted.  The idea that just getting a gun and/or a concealed carry permit is “enough” and nothing else is needed has been the subject of articles on training [...]