Utah Concealed Carry and Ongoing Personal Protection Education and Training

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dry Fire Techniques and Further Thoughts In an early article, Dry Practice or Dry Fire was addressed in some detail.  In the past few weeks, some more items concerning dry fire have come to my attention through reading and watching satellite programs. In the earlier piece it was mentioned that you’ll need a safe backstop [...]

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 [...]

What Dry “Practice” or “Dry Fire” Can Do To Your Performance/Preparation I love the satellite TV service we have at our house, as well as the DVR recorder.  It affords me an opportunity to catch programs that otherwise are missed.  There are a number of TV programs directed towards firearms and self-defense subjects, one of [...]

Perception – Its Role in the Violent Encounter This chapter is about a specific thing; Perception!  The focus is on three points in particular: An overview of a current theory about the way in which human beings perceive their environment. An explanation of how the perceptions of the officer and offender at the crime scene [...]