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Motivating Female Shooters |
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This article first appeared in the Network's membership journal.
An Interview with Vicki Farnam
by Gila Hayes
In our previous two journals, we’ve addressed aspects of the knotty problem of self-defense tactics and planning for armed citizens with family members for whom skill with a firearm is not a priority. During an interview that started as research for the August journal, Defense Training International vice president and instructor Vicki Farnam emphasized that a lot of women are willing to learn how to defend themselves and their family, they need only the opportunity and the right kind of encouragement.
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Guns: Appearances Matter |
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This article first appeared in the Network's membership journal.
by Marty Hayes
Words mean something. So do appearances.
For example, if you were in charge of hiring an individual for a public relations job, would you likely hire the well-spoken, well-educated individual wearing a nice suit or hire the very same type of person who showed up in blue jeans and a t-shirt?
Of course, you would hire the nicely dressed person, all other things being equal. Basic Logic 101.
So, what does this have to do with armed self defense? Quite a bit, I believe. I’ll explain.
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Personal Defense with Unarmed Partners |
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This article first appeared in the Network's membership journal.
by Gila Hayes
I’d retire and move to a tropical island if I had a buck for every time someone asked me how to interest their spouse in armed defense! I’ve been told that the armed spouse believes they are shouldering an unfair part of the responsibility, they think the unarmed spouse poses a dangerous disadvantage, and they want to know how to fix things. Welcome to reality! Life is rarely fair. However, with good, open-minded planning you may turn that unarmed spouse into a pretty good partner, even if they never learn how to shoot a gun.
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Training: A Journey, Not an Event |
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This article first appeared in the Network's membership journal.
by Vincent Shuck
“Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student as long as you still have something to learn, and this will be all your life.” ~ Henry L. Doherty
I can dimly remember my early days on the firing line, desperately trying to hit the x-ring of a bullseye target. As best I can recall, my instructors and fellow shooters offered help and emphasized, stance, grip, sight alignment, trigger press and follow through, even back then! I struggled along, hitting a few x-rings, in spite of my limited skills. I then put down my pistols and focused on raising a family and advancing in the job market. I’m not sure why I saw these priorities as exclusive from shooting, but that’s what happened. Later in life, as they say in the movies, I picked up the handgun again and went to work on more exciting and useful shooting skills – self-defense and tactical matters. Different handguns, different range scenarios, but eerily similar skills were needed, except for the awareness and tactics added because of the self defense elements.
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Wanted: Convictions at any Price |
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This article first appeared in the Network's membership journal.
by Gila Hayes
51-year old Ron Michaels didn’t seem like a very lucky man in 2005 when, wrongfully accused, he was tried for murder. He was extremely fortunate in some regards, however, and one bit of luck was the informal networking between lawyers that put Michaels in contact with attorney Jim Fleming when he needed help most.
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