The Defensive Pistol course is designed to take shooters beyond the basics of shooting a handgun. This course is two days of shooting, concentrating on drawing the gun from the concealed holster, engaging the target (or targets) and stopping the threat. This course includes about an hour presentation called “Handgun Terminal Ballistics.” This presentation goes […]
Author: Dan Lanotte
Personal Protection Outside The Home
Course Introduction The Personal Protection Outside the Home course continues where the Personal Protection Inside the Home course leaves off. The prerequisite for participating in this course is the Basic Pistol course. While not a required prerequisite for the Outside course, the Inside course presents valuable principals used in this course. The Outside course goes into new techniques of shooting, […]
Personal Protection In The Home
Course Introduction Reports on home invasions and break-ins have become routine news fare. Who among us has thought out what we would do in case of a home invasion or how we should respond should we come home and discover a burglar in the house? Unfortunately, today’s world has become a place where “when seconds […]
NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course
Course Introduction There is more to shooting a pistol or revolver than just picking up the gun and pulling the trigger. The Basics of Pistol Shooting course prepares students to own and/or use a pistol or revolver safely by introducing the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Course Description The course is taught over two sessions, […]
National Geographic Video
Here’s a cool video from the National Geographic via Facebook Balloons Stop a 44-Magnum Bullet by National Geographic Channel.
Report 14: The Jihad Menace
There is a problem affecting the world, and despite many years of trying by many nations, this problem is growing at an alarming pace. The problem is jihadism. Jihad, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is “a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; also: a personal struggle in devotion to Islam […]
Report 13: Why Practice?
In this report, I want to look closer at the reason I so strongly advocate practice. Let’s start by looking at a scenario with which, I pray, none of us will ever personally experience. You are relaxing at home in the evening, and a couple of bad guys break into the house. You grab your […]
Report 12: Civil Unrest and Jihad, a Linkage?
As a departure from my normal type of report, I am inspired to take keyboard in hand to bang out an editorial. This is not going to be a comprehensive discussion of the situation that has taken place in Ferguson, MO over the past couple of weeks but rather my thoughts on the causes and […]
Report 11: Why Reload
There are two main reasons people don’t get in the necessary range time required to maintain proficiency: accessibility of a range and the cost of the ammunition. There isn’t much I can do about the range accessibility, but I can address the ammunition cost issue. All shooters wrestle with practice costs, specifically, how to keep […]
Report 10: Attitude of Awareness
In my last report, Kids and Guns, I discussed attitude. In this report I want to expand on that idea. While knowing how to apply the five fundamentals of shooting is important, possibly even more important is the application of an Attitude of Awareness. I have been asked how I can justify not issuing a […]