Women & Guns: The Basics – An Online Course
Starting your journey as a new gun-owner is intimidating, overwhelming and can be downright scary. I have been there and remember all of these feelings well. That is why I created this online course.
Tag : Shooting and training
Introducing Friends and Family to Guns
Introducing your family and friends to guns is a dream many of us have! We want to share our passion for firearms and self-defense with anyone who will listen. With all of the turmoil and unrest in our country right now, this is the time many will become interested in gun ownership. So many new people are looking at guns and gun ownership in a new light due to current events. Even people who were previously against guns realize the importance of being able to protect themselves and naturally start thinking about their options.
NRA Women Tips and Tactics Video Series by Carrie Lightfoot
Carrie Lightfoot Concealed Carry Tips & Tactics Video Series NRA Women has a full series of Tips and Tactics videos with Carrie Lightfoot, Owner of The Well Armed Woman. In this series, Carrie teaches on the following topics: finding the right concealed carry holster, how to get started with concealed…
The Truth About The TWAW Instructor Courses
What are We Doing? I don't talk about our instructor certification courses much. However, I spent the last weekend with 15 more amazing women. These women show determination to push through whatever it takes to become the best firearms instructors they can be; I just can't resist. When I…
The Beretta 1301 Tactical Shotgun – An Unusual Review
Usually a firearm review is written by, well the reviewer. Usually by a gun writer for a specific publication or by an individual or shooter who has some experience with a variety of firearms. Well, this review is going to be completely different. Yes, I will share my personal thoughts…
The AR15 – The Facts – Infographic
AR Rife Facts: AR does not stand for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle". AR stands for "ArmaLite Rifle" and is often called a Modern porting Rifle (MSR). AR's shoot one round with each trigger pull s it is not a fully automatic rifle as many believe.
Tactical Firearms Training and Women
Here is the first of 3 videos on the subject of tactical training and women with special guest Glen Stilson of Independence Training Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
A Revelation
I was very fortunate to be invited to participate in Beretta’s 1st Tactical Summit held at the elite Academi training facility in Moyock NC. Top gun industry writers from all over the country attended to get hands on training with the full line of Beretta tactical firearms. Just getting…
Finally…Ammunition Demystified
Ammunition…To the new shooter trying to understand even the basics of ammunition can cause great confusion and anxiety. I remember going to the gun store as a new shooter and being completely lost in the sea of boxes, numbers, calibers, grains, letters, and jargon. I had no idea what I…
Do You Get A Kick Out Of Shooting
By Guest Contributor Dawn Brown Recoil, also known as kick or kickback, is the backward momentum of a gun when it is fired. Many beginners are very concerned about how much recoil a gun is going to produce when it fires. That is completely understandable because if you’ve never shot…
My Defensive Handgun Training at Thunder Ranch
It was a long day of travel - I kept wondering why did Thunder Ranch have to be so far away in the mountains? Once I arrived I quickly understood. The property was breathtaking. The facilities even more impressive. This was way more than a shooting range, this was a serious training…
Eat Your Vegetables
“I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.” Doug Coupland "Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon." Doug Larson I have noticed something very interesting. I post a photo on Facebook of a…
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Ahh, a new relationship. The excitement, the long talks, spending as much time together as you possibly can. These things are all part of any new significant relationship. You explore each other, learn everything you can about the other and eventually know everything there is to know. People begin to…
Hands
Each of our hands consists of 27 bones, 29 major joints, 34 muscles, 123 ligaments, 30 arteries, and the zillions of nerve and blood vessel branches. These all work together in such amazing ways, you have to marvel at how they all collaborate to do the most intricate of tasks.…
Ladies Night
"Oh yes it's ladies night And the feeling's right Oh yes it's ladies night Oh what a night (oh what a night) This is your night, tonight, everything going to be all right" I know this Kool & The Gang song is now stuck in your head…
