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1 day ago · So-called post-shooting trauma was first defined as a separate and distinct subset of PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, back in the 1970s by Dr. Walter Gorski, a police psychologist in California. I had the good fortune to study under him in the early 1980s. It’s something I’ve always taught my students to be prepared for ...
4 days ago · Arctic Survival. The scenario was that I was the lone survivor of a plane crash deep in the Arctic wastes. I had a single Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE), a parachute, and the sort of survival gear one might find in the modest fighter aircraft ejection seat survival kit from an Air Force fighter plane.
5 days ago · Hand cannons your choice? One event is the Dennis Reichard Memorial Big Push, in which three bowling pins have to be blasted 14 feet down a steel trough. Ultra-powerful revolvers are the guns of choice there. [Want to learn more about this fun competition? Read Ayoob’s article on the Pin Shoot.]
5 days ago · Simple, clear and concise. Make no mistake about it, managing a threat from behind a gun is extremely stressful and something you should hope you never have to face. If you are in this situation, be sure to keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard.
1 day ago · Massad "Mas" Ayoob is a well respected and widely regarded SME in the firearm world. He has been a writer, editor, and law enforcement columnist for decades, and has published thousands of articles and dozens of books on firearms, self-defense, use of force, and related topics.
11 hours ago · Alex Sansone took his first formal pistol class in 2009, and has since accumulated almost 500 total hours of open enrollment training from many of the nation's top instructors including Massad Ayoob, Craig Douglas, Tom Givens, Gabe White, Cecil Burch, Chuck Haggard, Darryl Bolke, and many others.
5 days ago · Alex Sansone took his first formal pistol class in 2009, and has since accumulated almost 500 total hours of open enrollment training from many of the nation's top instructors including Massad Ayoob, Craig Douglas, Tom Givens, Gabe White, Cecil Burch, Chuck Haggard, Darryl Bolke, and many others.
