http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ en Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:43:50 +0000 http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/concealment-holsterswhats-your-flavor#post-320 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:59 +0000 RickP 320@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I carry my M&amp;P in a <a href="http://www.ttgunleather.com/catalog/i35.html">T T Gunleather IWB</a> </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/flashlights#post-319 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:03:52 +0000 kyglockman 319@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>i have been carrying surefire tactical lights for awhile now! my two favorites are the e2d executive defender witch is small and light has a strike bezel and protective bezel over the button as well! but my knew one i have had for a bit is the e2d led defender! it is just a little bigger then the exec defender but the reason why i like it is that it has a 200 lumens and then a low setting at 5 lumens so when you need just a touch of light like i do at work quite often it does not run the bats down so quick! the 200 lumens of that thing that is just blinding! i carry it every where and the other one is just a back up now! i have had one issue with the smaller one when the pocket clip broke and one call to surefire and one was on its way in the mail! they stand behind their product no matter what!</p> <p>stay safe </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/your-non-lethal-weapon-of-choice#post-318 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:19:34 +0000 kyglockman 318@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>i know i am new here but i will throw in my opinion anyway! i myself and a few others i know really have mixed feelings about sprays and tasers! we also have seen people sprayed with pepper spray and oc and the person still fight like champs! and some of the drug related cases the sprays did not touch them it was like they got sprayed by water! so therefore we are not big fans of sprays! now tasers are another story! i think they are very good and stop the attack cause it attacks the muscles and renders the attacker powerless while the voltage is on! the only reason i do not like them is that wolves travel in packs! and if there is more then one attacker unless you have something to back it up with(gun) it is pointless in my opinion! and i know people most of the time say well if you get one the rest will run but criminals are getting smarter and smarter everyday and dont think they know that while it is shocking one you are vulnerable! so for this reason i would not recommend them to a lady or family! i would not even recommend them to a man unless he had some pretty good knife or at least empty hand skills! unless your wife and or family is dead set against it i would get them a firearm they can use and be confident with to keep at the house and protect themsevles with while you are away!! i just fill that the best defence for multiple attackers is a firearm and that is what we have to be prepared for is the worst case senario, best case nobody bothers your family while you are at work!! my girlfriend is a stay at home mom with are kids and others and i did not want her home alone not knowing how to protect herself and my kids! so wit ha little begging and right at a grand to get the gun she wanted the purse she wanted to carry it in and the gun colored by dura coat,and her permit, but now she carries it everywhere she goes and almost as good a shot as i am! but the piece of mind that it gives me knowing that her and my kids are safe&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;priceless!!</p> <p>just a lil food for thought guys! stay safe </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/how-many-train-for-ambidexterity#post-317 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:44:35 +0000 denflorre 317@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Weak hand firing makes out 40% of my dry-firing practice and I guess 10% or less of my range training. As a military instructor I find weak hand firing can be important when &quot;cutting a pie&quot;, firing under cars, around corners or when wounded. We see during FOF that a lot of shots are going to the hands of the opponent, so I think firing with the &quot;weak&quot; hand should be a skill that has to be trained.<br /> As a firearms instructor is sometimes good to fire with your weak hand. It stays a bit awkward, and it reminds me how it feels when you&#39;re firing for the first time like our recruits do.<br /> the results on the weak side or sometimes better because your concentrating more on your fundamentals </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/concealment-holsterswhats-your-flavor#post-316 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:35:18 +0000 kyglockman 316@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>i also use a blackhawk serpa for around the farm, i like the retension while riding the 4 wheelers and such! but for concealment i turn to crossbreed! i love there supertuck deluxe with just a just a tee shirt but i use there snap slide out side the waistband when wearing a jacket or coat! it holds the gun very close to the body with no print! you cant tell i am carry a sub or compact glock! for my kel tec 380 i use the desantis super fly pocket holster! </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/sub-compact-small-caliber-firearms/page/2#post-315 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:11:55 +0000 kyglockman 315@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>hey everybody, i just joined and its great to be here. but wanted to chime in on this topic!</p> <p>as my user name implies, i am a huge glock fan! my main carry piece is a glock 27 .40, and if i need a bigger one i carry a 23 .40! but there is just some times i cant carry one of them so in those times i have carried a kel tec p3at for years! i can shoot the p3at almost as good as i can my bigger ones it is accurate and good shooting the only down fall is the small size is harder to shoot well even my glock 27 i can get my whole hand around with a grip extension but even without the extension i shoot it a little better because it is just bigger and more gun in my hand! no the 380 does not have as much knock down power as a 9 or .40 but those are still handguns as well. i wish i could carry around a rifle strapped to my back but it would attract to much attention and be harder to get in to action, lol... but anyway i have shot my little gun for years and am pretty dern good with it! but around the house it is a tool to get to a better tool and as a only carry gun on the street i believe with other things it will be enough to get me home safe if i ever need it!! i made the decision a little bit back to really get a light wait thin easily carried gun but in 9mm because i to believe in a handgun anyway the bigger the caliber the better! but after looking at just about every little 9mm on the market i finally chose one!! and dont get the wrong i love my glock 27 and thought about getting a glock 26 for cheaper ammo and less recoil but it is still the same thickness as my 27 and right on the same wait! so what would i be really doing if i am not changing the size why shoot the lesser bullet! i wanted something thin and very light! i looked at everything from the khars to the new taurus&#39; and so on! i did noti like the price of the pm9 from khar, at $650 i can do without it! and the others i looked at were simply to heavy i wanted as light as i could in a 9mm! so i got the kel tec pf9 its younger brother has protected me for years. so why not give it a try! at less then an inch thick and less then a pound fully loaded it is a joy to carry and the respect i have for kel tec&#39;s made my decision! but it is still a little gun and wit hmuch practice and about a thousand rounds later i can shoot it just a good as my glock 27!! so wit henough practice and determination i believe anybody can learn to shoot what they want to carry! yes i do not want to leave the house without one of my glock .40s but in reality ist is not always possible! if yo uwant t ocarry a little gun just remember it is a little gun and that just means you have to be that much better with it! because i dont care how little the bullet is i dont know anybody that wants to be shot with it! and if you do your part and hit the right spot it will do its job to the best of its ability! </p> <p>guys sorry so long winded and thanks for letting me be apart of yalls forum! </p> <p>stay safe &amp; shoot straight </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-314 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:10:57 +0000 joemerchant24 314@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Despite the name, it&#39;s a lot less of a competition and more of a shooting industry gathering.</p> <p>Thanks, gents. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/training-or-fantasy#post-313 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:36:13 +0000 rsharrer 313@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I have always felt and said and heard many times you fight like you train. I think that is true, when I go out to the range i try to train my self to shoot like I would if I was being threatened. If I am laxed at the range then I will train myself to be laxed, if I train well then hopefully I will be still standing if I ever have to use my training to defend my life or the life of another. I think that the main thing is you have to look at what knowledge your instructor has and what you can take away from the training. A lot of training can be just going out and praticing shooting, weapon handling, etc...</p> <p>Just my thoughts,</p> <p>Ryan </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/sub-compact-small-caliber-firearms/page/2#post-312 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:28:49 +0000 rsharrer 312@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p><blockquote><strong>ZenGunFighter wrote:</strong><br /> Pretty much anyone can conceal a Kahr PM9. There really isn&#39;t any reason to go smaller in size than that.<br /> The Kahr is small and light enough to conceal, but large enough with good sights and usable trigger so that it can actually be used in a fight.<br /> Carrying a firearm is all about compromises and balances. Anything smaller than the Kahr PM9 or lightweight J frame is going too far the wrong way as far a &#39;balancing&#39; carry-ability vs. fight-ability</blockquote></p> <p>Zen I have to agree, I have a Kahr PM9 and I carry it from time to time, it is light weight 7 shot 9mm. I like to call it my dress weapon. I carry my glock .40cal. most of the time but there are just times that you can not carry a gun that big, in those times I carry my Kahr.</p> <p>Ryan </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/what-is-realistic-training#post-311 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:21:43 +0000 rsharrer 311@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I think Rob hit it on the head with Training in Context. A lot of it has to do with your skill level and the skill level of your instructor as well. I was in the Army, a retired police officer, and was in Martial arts, but that does not make me a good instructor I could share some of the training I have received and it may give you the basics on quite a few things, but I tell friends and family I would rather see them go to a qualified Instructor. I think in reality it has to do with your skill level, your ability to lean waht is being taught, and the knowledge of the person teaching.</p> <p>Just my thoughts,</p> <p>Ryan </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/concealment-holsterswhats-your-flavor#post-310 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:12:33 +0000 rsharrer 310@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I have a leather high ride holster for my Glock 22, made by GDS Leather. I love it I have had it for several years now and it just fits, not sure what else to say. I have worn a few holster in my years, I retired from the State Police and work at few P.D. and Sheriff&#39;s offices and have had to wear a few holsters that did not feel right or carry the weight of the gun right, but this one I like. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-309 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:08:04 +0000 GrantCunningham 309@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Grant had your answer, Rob? Wonder who he learned all that from?</blockquote></p> <p>Rob just recognizes when it&#39;s futile to argue against genius! ;)</p> <p>Seriously, my general feelings with regard to dry fire had crystallized before I&#39;d met Rob. In fact, one of the reasons I looked harder at what he was doing with his programs was because he was the only trainer I&#39;d found who espoused the same general opinions of certain topics - one of them being dry firing. </p> <p>However, he gets the credit for inspiring me to say &quot;the emperor has no clothes&quot; in public without flinching.</p> <p><blockquote>Sidebar: I don&#39;t suppose Grant or Rob are coming out to the Shooting Industry Masters this month?</blockquote></p> <p>No. (Actually, I&#39;d never heard of it until now!)</p> <p>I haven&#39;t shot a match since 2001. Though I like certain shooting sports (those that don&#39;t pretend to be &quot;practical&quot; or &quot;realistic&quot;) I just don&#39;t have the time to devote to preparation and practice. If I were to get back into competition, it would probably be something like sporting clays - for me, it&#39;s the biggest challenge because I suck at shooting birds! </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-308 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:03:25 +0000 RobPincus 308@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I won&#39;t be out there, Joe... It&#39;s been a long time since I was into the competition stuff.</p> <p>Glad these thoughts have helped. I&#39;ve had CT on my J-frame for long time, just started experimenting with the SML from LaserLyte.</p> <p>-Rob </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-307 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:07:24 +0000 joemerchant24 307@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Thanks all. </p> <p>I knew there was no perfect answer and that dry fire -&gt; live fire is like Gran Turismo 4 -&gt; Le Mans.</p> <p>I currently use the CT laser on my j-frame for a few dry trigger control drills, but the LaserLyte module looked like an interesting tool for dry fire on moving targets (paster on a swinging heavy bag).</p> <p>Grant had your answer, Rob? Wonder who he learned all that from?</p> <p>Sidebar: I don&#39;t suppose Grant or Rob are coming out to the Shooting Industry Masters this month? </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/ammunition#post-306 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:12 +0000 joemerchant24 306@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>My choice, Remington Golden Bullet, has a legal/political spin to it.</p> <p>Our local PD and their tac team carry the Golden Bullet as their load. It functions fine in my carry guns, and accuracy is combat effective. </p> <p>I know it may be small insurance, but that way I figure if I am ever involved in a dynamic critical incident I can deflect some &quot;uber-cop-killer-hella-fatal-velociraptor-slayer ammunition&quot; claims from the CA as well as the civil attorney in the inevitable lawsuit. </p> <p>Will it help? Not sure. Will it hurt? Doubtful. </p> <p>YMMV </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-305 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:38:25 +0000 RobPincus 305@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Grant pretty much said exactly what I was going to.</p> <p>Laser Training (and Dry fire for that matter) are not preferable.</p> <p>Can you &quot;find the good&quot; in them?? Yes, of course. But that doesn&#39;t make it a good idea in general.</p> <p>You do run the risk of the training scars and I REALLY don&#39;t think you should be training the actual shooting part of the puzzle in regard to defensive shooting with them. Live Fire. Defensive Shootings are likely to be multiple shot strings and you need to work with recoil in order to develop consistency in firing multiple shot strings well. There is no recoil during dry fire / laser training, so you&#39;re simply NOT training for proper multiple shot strings. If you do insist on using dry fire/laser to evaluate marksmanship, use a target that reacts to or stores a memory of hits, that you don&#39;t have to look. OR use a training partner to &quot;call&quot; your shots. Lastly, you can use a video camera on the target and play back you shots.</p> <p>Keep &quot;Stimulus-Response&quot; in mind in regard to the malfunction drill. EVERYTIME you get a CLICK, you should be doing a tap-rack. (note the period)</p> <p>-Rob </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-304 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:22:55 +0000 CharlesRives 304@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Crimson Trace occasionally gives away copies of a DVD they made with several firearms instructors called &quot;The Art of Survival.&quot; It&#39;s free. It&#39;s partly advertisement and partly instructional. And, it has some information about training with a Laser. They specifically do some pretty cool dry-fire stuff with it.</p> <p>They&#39;ve also posted the content on YouTube. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHCumaFzYvc">You can see the first Chapter here.</a> </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/practice#post-303 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:25:41 +0000 GrantCunningham 303@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>AT the risk of sounding like a shill, I suggest that you get a copy of Combat Focus Shooting: Evolution 2010 and read through it. There are a number of great exercises toward the back of the book designed specifically to reinforce good defensive shooting practices.</p> <p>Whenever you go to the range, practice in context - that means to practice in a manner that is consistent with an efficient response to an attack. For instance, when you load your gun do so like you are performing an emergency reload: bring the gun into a high ready position, muzzle pointed toward the threat, insert the magazine, do an overhand rack of the slide, then extend and shoot.</p> <p>Again, the book has some good information on that concept.</p> <p>Of course if you have any specific questions you could always ask here - there are lot of people ready and willing to help! </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-302 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:17:55 +0000 GrantCunningham 302@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>1) Will this create a training scar of coming up off the sights in order to see the 100m/s laser dot? I understand distance will dictate sights vs physiological aiming, but I worry this practice will hardwire me to look at the target immediately after every shot regardless of distance.</blockquote></p> <p>At typical defensive distances, you should be focused on the target anyhow. The body&#39;s natural reaction is to focus on the threat, and training counter to that reaction is not productive. If you use the LT-1 at a typical defensive distance, it will actually reinforce that habit - a good thing, in my opinion. Focus on the &quot;threat&quot;, bring the gun into and parallel with your line of sight, and see where the laser dot is relative to where you were focused.</p> <p>Save the shooting with sights for live fire on the range, and then only at distances/target sizes where you need them.</p> <p><blockquote>2) This is a dry fire concern in general. When I practice dry, what&#39;s the best way to handle a SA or striker fired semi-auto? Should I fire one, pause, cycle? Or shot one, cycle, shot two. </blockquote></p> <p>I recommend that after each &quot;shot&quot; that you do the correct thing when confronted with a failure to fire: tap-rack. Press the trigger, get the no fire indication, come into high ready, tap-rack. Extend and &quot;shoot&quot; again, repeat the process. You&#39;re getting a malfunction response rep with each failure to fire. Think of it as a high-tech dummy round drill that you can do in your basement.</p> <p>It should be pointed out that any dry fire routine should be used sparingly, as a diagnostic aid and not as a substitute for live fire. It&#39;s a great way to verify that you&#39;re not steering the gun at the instant of ignition, but understand that without the recoil and requisite control of a live round you&#39;re not closing the loop of the exercise. </p> <p>I teach my students that a half-dozen, perhaps a dozen max, repetitions per dry fire session is plenty. If your first few &quot;shots&quot; show that your trigger control is fine - in other words, the laser dot is where you expect it to be - then you can finish the session then and there. There&#39;s no benefit, in my opinion, for doing any dry fire beyond the point that you&#39;ve verified the physical skill. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/dry-fire-laser-training-scar#post-301 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:39:49 +0000 joemerchant24 301@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I am seriously looking at one of the LaserLyte training modules. I have two worries about it.</p> <p>1) Will this create a training scar of coming up off the sights in order to see the 100m/s laser dot? I understand distance will dictate sights vs physiological aiming, but I worry this practice will hardwire me to look at the target immediately after every shot regardless of distance.</p> <p>2) This is a dry fire concern in general. When I practice dry, what&#39;s the best way to handle a SA or striker fired semi-auto? Should I fire one, pause, cycle? Or shot one, cycle, shot two. </p> <p>I worry immediately cycling a semi will return at a bad time and I&#39;ll shoot, rack out a good round, shoot, rack out a good round. </p> <p>If I pause to break that cycle, I worry about ingraining one shot then evaluate. </p> <p>I know there&#39;s no perfect answer, but best practices would be appreciated </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/practice#post-300 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:48:26 +0000 uman 300@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for your replies </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/practice#post-299 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:02:45 +0000 cshoff 299@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Good on you for wanting to enhance your skillsets, uman. There is nothing at all wrong with taking a basic handgun class or two from some local NRA instructors just to re-familiarize yourself with safety protocols and the fundamentals of marksmanship. Once you get back into the swing of things, I&#39;d recommend enough practice to master those fundamentals and ingrain those safe gun handling practices into your repertoire before moving on to more advanced training. </p> <p>Taking advanced instruction with a competent instructor is certainly worth the money, and can save you valuable time having to un-learn bad habits later on down the road. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/practice#post-298 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:59:10 +0000 Brett 298@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I wouldn&#39;t say most of you... I have been shooting for years but only as in target shooting, not in a defense manner as we are learning from sites and videos like this one.</p> <p>This is what I have done and doing,, I watch swat and best defense and other shows of the sort,and try to do the same as they do for the things that I see apply to me and my dailey walk,<br /> I am also taking a class from two of Robs students in August, for the Combat Fouse Shooting.. I&#39;m doing a one day 500 rd, class and will follow up with more as money allows, </p> <p>I would urge you to seek out weapons instrustors in your area and take some classes, If you don&#39;t know of any right off hand go to your local range and check with them, they can surly advise you on some training ideas,, </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/practice#post-297 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:15:00 +0000 uman 297@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Hi Shooters, </p> <p>Been laid up for awhile, what&#39;s the best way to begin practicing my shooting, I don&#39;t have training like most you, just basic skills in handguns. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/concealment-holsterswhats-your-flavor#post-296 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:30:59 +0000 Brett 296@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>I have both the kholster and the cross breed, and I&#39;m okay with both but I have learned to make my own using the same itmes (leather and kydex ) and have cut them so they seem to breath a little better so I use my own IWB holsters, </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/less-than-1-week-to-the-new-season-of-swat-magazine-tv#post-295 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:35:03 +0000 Brett 295@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>The DVR is ready to go .. I&#39;ll be watching .. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/welcome#post-294 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:58:47 +0000 Brett 294@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Hello Rob and team from the hills of western NC, I have been enjoying this site for a little while now and keeping up with the swat and best defense shows, and I&#39;m also getting ready to take a class from a couple of your students at DRY-Fire in SC, thanks for putting something toghether as this to help your fellow man,, many thanks and will be watch this all grow,,, </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/i-know-this-is-personal-defense#post-293 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:52:16 +0000 cshoff 293@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p><blockquote><strong>GrantCunningham wrote:</strong><br /> Yeah, I&#39;ve sent reports to them before...you&#39;ll note the formatting problem in the other thread hasn&#39;t been fixed yet. That&#39;s why I *hate* webforms for feedback - you don&#39;t know if it&#39;s going to an actual human or to /dev/null.<br /> And we&#39;d better end the discussion here - we&#39;re WAY off topic! &lt;grin&gt;</blockquote></p> <p>Yes, yes, and yes. </p> <p>Sorry to hijack your thread, GeorgeHill. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/i-know-this-is-personal-defense#post-292 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:20:28 +0000 GrantCunningham 292@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, I&#39;ve sent reports to them before...you&#39;ll note the formatting problem in the other thread hasn&#39;t been fixed yet. That&#39;s why I *hate* webforms for feedback - you don&#39;t know if it&#39;s going to an actual human or to /dev/null.</p> <p>And we&#39;d better end the discussion here - we&#39;re WAY off topic! &lt;grin&gt; </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/i-know-this-is-personal-defense#post-291 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:40:55 +0000 cshoff 291@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Here is a link to their email form, Grant: <a href="http://www.firebrand.net/emailform.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.firebrand.net/emailform.php</a> </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/i-know-this-is-personal-defense#post-290 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:57:22 +0000 GrantCunningham 290@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Found the problem...seems it&#39;s a mishandling of the &quot;wmode: transparent&quot; parameter by the person who coded the site. </p> <p>Now I need to figure out how to get their attention focused on the issue! </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/i-know-this-is-personal-defense#post-289 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:51:28 +0000 cshoff 289@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>They&#39;re showing up OK for me, Grant. </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/less-than-1-week-to-the-new-season-of-swat-magazine-tv#post-288 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:22:28 +0000 RobPincus 288@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>June 30th is the start of the new season.. several PDN contributors will be featured in the new season.. including Kent O&#39;Donnell in the first episode!</p> <p>Check out this video:<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gcn6sTXTPo">S.W.A.T. Season Two Teaser.</a></p> <p>Looking forward to feedback here at PDN!</p> <p>-RJP </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/what-is-realistic-training#post-287 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:20:01 +0000 RobPincus 287@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>As others have alluded to, I think it comes down to CONTEXT. The realism of skill sets should be pretty straightforward. Explosive Breaching is pretty narrow in terms of who it is &quot;realistic&quot; for, but &quot;low light shooting&quot; is pretty universal.</p> <p>But some skills fall into a gray area and &quot;reality&quot; might be based on the way the skills are being taught to be used. If you&#39;re going to a full on sniper course and you&#39;re not LE/Mil/Private Security, you&#39;re probably not training in context... but a &quot;precision rifle&quot; course might be the right thing for someone looking to develop certain types of hunting skill.</p> <p>-RJP </p> http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/topic/training-or-fantasy#post-286 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:16:21 +0000 RobPincus 286@http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/forum/ <p>Great issue... I think it kinda comes down to INTEGRITY. We&#39;ve offered &quot;simulated&quot; Spec Ops type courses as Team Building events for corporate types, but they were ADVERTISED that way and the certificates say &quot;Simulated...&quot; on them. If the local physician is buying half the Blackhawk! catalog and running around a cornfield throwing smoke bombs and then getting a Hostage Rescue Team training certificate, something is wroooong, IMO.</p> <p>On the other hand, there is no reason that physician shouldn&#39;t have the opportunity to do EXACTLY the same counter ambush unarmed &amp; pistol training that a narcotics detective might get... because their defense in the close quarters ambush is going to be based on very similar conditions and principles.</p> <p>It can be a touchy subject to try to draw lines around, but subjectively, I think we should all be able to look at a course (or in the mirror) and know what is right.</p> <p>-RJP </p>