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Category: Safety

10 Posts
Sep 27, 202525-Sep-25

Guns and Motorcycles

Gear, Learning, Other, Safety, Tacticality 0

Conventional wisdom seems to be that it is not a great idea to carry a gun while riding since it can contribute to your injuries…

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Sep 20, 202519-Sep-25

Tactics

Learning, Other, Performance, Safety, Starting From Scratch, Tacticality, Teaching 2

I mostly stay away from discussing tactics here, but with the sad events of last week I have decided a very basic tactics discussion is…

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Jul 23, 202522-Jul-25

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know (The Death Of Expertise)

Administrative, AIWB, Competition, Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, Gear, Humor, Learning, Other, Performance, Safety, Starting From Scratch, Teaching, Training Commentary 12

If you haven’t read Tom Nichols book, The Death of Expertise, it is worth a read. I run the Pistol-Training.com blog for a few reasons.…

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Jul 16, 202515-Jul-25

Are Striker Fired Guns Safe?

Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, Learning, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 18

We have firearms safety rules for a reason. Handling guns safely is not intuitive for most people. If guns were perfectly safe, they would be…

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Jul 5, 20254-Jul-25

Striker Fired Guns Should Probably Not Be Carried AIWB.

AIWB, Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, G19, HK, HK P30, Learning, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 9

When I started carrying AIWB in the 90’s, it was with a Glock 26. My very first AIWB holster was a Desantis that had been…

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Jun 22, 202521-Jun-25

DA is the Way

Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, HK, Learning, LTT, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching 0

If you haven’t seen Langdon Tactical’s latest video, it is worth a watch. As longtime users of DA guns, Pistol-Training.com has always preached the superiority…

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May 31, 202530-May-25

Guns and Self-Defense

Firearms Commentary, Gear, Learning, Other, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching 2

“I carry a full size fight’n pistol with a light and an optic and 3 spare magazines and if you only carry a J-frame, you…

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May 21, 202520-May-25

Cops are in the Top 2% of Shooters in the Nation

Firearms Commentary, Learning, Other, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 6

That’s probably not a headline you’d expect to see. That’s because it’s not true. However, for sometime now, police motor officers have been said to…

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May 10, 20258-May-25

So Chief, Your Department’s Unintentional Discharges Have Gone Up and You’re Surprised?

Double Actions, Firearms Commentary, Gear, Learning, Performance, Safety, Tacticality, Teaching, Training Commentary 1

(This article was written by a friend in the industry who prefers to remain anonymous at this time. He is among the few of us…

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Mar 15, 202514-Mar-25

Back to the LTT P30L LEM

Firearms Commentary, HK, HK P30, Learning, LTT, Safety, Tacticality 2

These last couple of weeks have been very busy at work so I have not been getting out to shoot as much as I would…

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  1. SLG on Daily Dry-Fire Practice18-Jul-26

    Always good to warm up before going out the door!

  2. Andrew Chesney on Daily Dry-Fire Practice18-Jul-26

    Great article - thanks for posting! A few months ago I modified my morning routine by getting up 15 minutes…

  3. purvesjlxciv on How Do You Stack Up?16-Jul-26

    Roger that, I'll do some digging! Thanks! I really enjoy Cold Heat.

  4. SLG on How Do You Stack Up?16-Jul-26

    I think I've written about that before, but it really depend what you are trying to accomplish. Cold Heat is…

  5. purvesjlxciv on How Do You Stack Up?16-Jul-26

    What would you say would be a baseline for practical competency? How would you quantify it?

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