You have to decide ahead of time when you are going to react with deadly force. There are legal constraints the dictate when you should use your weapon, but it is the moral and ethical decisions that will actually determine when you do.
These are my reflections on the lecture I heard at Front Sight. If [...]
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Moral and Ethical Decisions on the Use of Deadly Force
Thu February 15th, 2007 at 1:33 pmFrontSight, Guns | 1 Comment
Front Sight Scenario Come To Life
Wed February 14th, 2007 at 12:11 pmFrontSight, Guns, Life
I was reading the Self-Defense Gun Use Blog yesterday and was struck by how close it was to our home invasion scenario at Front Sight. It also brings up ethical issues that we discussed.
Teen shot, charged, after breaking into classmate’s home
Here we have people complaining because an unarmed person was shot. The Front Sight people [...]
How To Shoot Well
Tue February 13th, 2007 at 11:41 amFrontSight, Guns, Life | 4 Comments
During my 4 Day Defensive Handgun course at Front Sight, we took notes for all the indoor lectures, and they gave us notes for those classes. But we didn’t take any written notes on the range, which is a shame because that’s where they taught the nitty gritty of shooting. All of this is from [...]
Read ->Front Sight 4 Day Defensive Handgun Day One
Mon February 12th, 2007 at 11:01 amFrontSight, Guns, Life | 1 Comment
The Front Sight 4 Day Defensive Handgun class was a mixture of lectures and range exercises. The first day you spend about half your time on the range, the next three days you spend most of your time on the range.
Read ->16 Boxes of 9 MM With Your Name On It
Wed January 31st, 2007 at 10:54 amFrontSight, Guns | 1 Comment
Just called the Pahrump Wal-Mart to confirm they have my ammo. 16 boxes of 100 rds. Whoot!
Working down my list of final things to get done before tomorrow. I’d actually planned on working tomorrow since we don’t leave till 9 PM, but I’ve got stuff to do and decided to take it off.
Went to the [...]
TSA Actually Helpful
Mon January 29th, 2007 at 4:29 pmFrontSight, Guns
I don’t mean in terms of keeping me safe, but I called them and they give me quick precise answers to my questions.
Since I’m going to be traveling with a gun this week, I’ve done the research to find out how it needs to be packed. Here’s Continental’s firearms guidelines and here’s the TSA’s [...]
FrontSight Reporting
Wed January 24th, 2007 at 4:30 pmFrontSight, Guns
It is my plan to blog my experiences as the 4 Day Defensive Handgun course the Mrs and I are going to be taking February 2-5 on the blog. Therefore I’ve created a new category on the blog for FrontSight related posts.
A week or so ago I added FrontSight to my auto link plugin so [...]
Read ->Honey’s Got a New Gun
Mon January 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 amFrontSight, Guns | 1 Comment
Been an incredibly busy weekend. But it started off Friday night with the Mrs and I going back to Gander Mountain in Spring Texas to look at guns again. Remember from my pervious post we spent a hour or more there a couple of weeks back looking at guns and had a short list. Well [...]
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