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Irresponsible off duty US Border Patrol Agent causes 47,000 acre wildfire

December 11, 2018 By Staff & filed under Blog.

The newly released video from 2017 was featured on INSIDE EDITION recently and shows the shot that started it all during a baby announcement gone very, very wrong. Gender reveal parties have become the norm in America for many expecting families. Popping balloons to reveal confetti is one thing. Shooting binary explosives to reveal your…

What Can We Learn from the Castile Shooting?

June 21, 2017 By Rob Pincus & filed under Blog.

Last year, at the beginning of a series of tragic shootings and senseless violence against police officers around the country, a police officer in Minnesota shot a legally armed man. That man was Philando Castile and I think that there are some things we can learn from the Castile shooting. If the aftermath of last…

Distance Education Through Our Expanded PDN Academy!

February 15, 2017 By Rob Pincus & filed under Blog.

You might have noticed that we’ve expanded PDN Academy recently by adding a few classes to the offerings at the PDN Academy Distance Education Page. These three new courses are just the beginning of the dramatically expanded catalogue we have planned for 2017. I’ve long been a believer in the concept of distance education, especially…

Is Electronic Hearing Protection Right for You?

November 28, 2016 By Paul Carlson & filed under Blog.

There are a lot of things that you can do to get the most out of your defensive shooting class, but one of the easiest things you can do to get the biggest return is to invest in electronic hearing protection.

Variation helps develop Defensive Shooting Skills

February 16, 2016 By Rob Pincus & filed under Blog.

I've long advised against practicing the same choreographed timer drills over and over again as a means to developing applicable defensive shooting skills. Ultimately, you want to learn to APPLY skills, not just perform them in isolation during a drill you've been obsessing over.

The Importance of ‘Monday Morning Quarterbacking’

July 10, 2013 By Rob Pincus & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

Rob Pincus has appeared on several episodes of the Stop the Threat TV program, which dissects re-enactments of actual crimes to share lessons that can be learned from the experiences of the victims. There is no replacement for experience … or is there? In his book On Combat,Lt. Col. Dave Grossman coined the term “Pre-Battle…

Beyond the Mandatory: Becoming a True Defensive Shooting Instructor

June 13, 2013 By Aaron Israel & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

It’s easy to become state certified and meet mandatory training requirements to become a defensive shooting instructor, but it requires extra dedication and effort to become a true defensive shooting instructor. Here are some tips for giving your students high-quality training. I have been teaching the Texas Concealed Handgun License curriculum for a little over…

Training: Are You Fooling Yourself?

April 30, 2013 By Lee Vernon & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

Training. What does that mean to you? Does it mean going to the local gun range and shooting a box of ammo with the indication of success being the center of the target shot out? Or does it mean learning skills that relate to the real-life dynamics of fighting for your life? Sadly, most gun…

If it Ain’t Rainin, it Ain’t Trainin!: How Weather Affects Firearms Training

April 4, 2013 By Grant Cunningham & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

I’m from the Pacific Northwest, commonly referred to as the “Pacific NorthWET” by those of us who live here. Having grown up in the region, I’m used to the rain, wind, and cold. (And as the saying goes, that’s just summer in Oregon!) It rains so much here, in fact, that there is a common…

Unintentional Discharges: The Mutant Cousin Under the Basement Stairs

April 4, 2013 By Rich Nable & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

I would like to discuss something that, in firearms instructing circles, seems to be the metaphorical mutant cousin living under the basement stairs. It’s something that many instructors (and shooters) want to believe doesn’t exist. When it rears its ugly head every now and then, they belittle, blame and condemn, then force the little monster…