Why the Pistol is the Most Important Weapon
Thankfully, we live in a relatively stable society, mostly free from serious crime. You may doubt that first sentence, but history is on my side…
Author: SLG
SLG is an active law enforcement officer, having started with the NYPD in 1998. After September 11th, he was offered a position in federal law enforcement where he was fortunate enough to support the GWOT. Throughout his career, SLG has served as a patrol cop, investigator, firearms instructor, assaulter, and sniper. Deploying numerous times to Africa and the Middle East as well as 4 tours between Afghanistan and Iraq, his experience includes tactical operations, protection, and instruction. Responsible for the development of a detachment-wide firearms and CQB program while serving as a member of a full-time federal tactical team, he has taught and trained with numerous law enforcement and military tactical teams. SLG's original and continuing passion in the firearms field is effective, performance-oriented concealed carry. To that end, he was heavily involved in the development of the original modern AIWB holster, as well as many of the current derivatives.
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Ernest Langdon remembering TLG
What follows was written by Ernest Langdon. It hit me pretty hard, and I appreciate him taking the time to put some thoughts down. Todd…
Only Accurate Guns are Interesting
The title of this post is, of course, paraphrasing the late, great Townsend Whelen. But was he correct? To answer that, you have to know…
Happy Birthday JMB!
Today is John Moses Browning’s birthday (1/23/1855 – 11/26/1926), his contributions to the firearms industry cannot be overstated. If you don’t know much about him,…
Cold Weather Fun with the CSX
It has been a busy first week here at pistol-training.com and we really appreciate you guys who have taken the time to let us know…
TLG’s Top 5: Articles
The last of the top 5 visited pages that we will look at, the Articles page, has some great stuff in it. Some were written…
TLG’s Top 5: Drills
For about 5 years straight, Todd and I spent many days every week shooting together. We shot approximately 160,000 rounds between the two of us…
TLG’s Top 5: Dot Torture
Talk about a misunderstood test! Sometime around the mid 2000’s someone gave me the Dot Torture paper, properly accredited to David Blinder. I had it…
TLG’s Top 5: FAST
P-T’s famous (infamous?) test of shooting skill, is also one of the best known and most sought-after challenges in the shooting school world today. Todd…
TLG’s Top 5: Home
Pistol-training.com was a way for Todd (TLG) to share his thoughts on shooting and connect with those committed to learning how to be proficient with…