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My surgeon says it will be at six months before I can live fire a pistol again. Here’s how I plan to stop my skills from perishing with these SHOT Show products
“The officer that took that shot, under that kind of stress, that guy saved lives. That’s a guy I’d like to shake his hand.”
Beware of the instructor who tells you to do something or not do something and blanketly cites “range safety” as their reasoning
Don’t worry, this challenge isn’t a huge time commitment, but you will see big improvements in your skills and mindset
Product will be showcased at the world’s largest modeling, simulation and training event in late November
Features include an indoor gun range, a 50-foot helicopter tower and a large simulation room
The V-XR offers three modes: Educate, experience and engage; each mode delivers transferable information on multiple topics for comprehensive training
Police1 columnist Todd Fletcher participates in the Double Tap USPSA Championship in Wichita Falls, Texas
Gun handling lessons from the July ambush of Fargo police officers
Unpredictable bullet spatter can be dangerous for everyone on the range
Instead of focusing on short-term performance gains, firearm instructors should focus on long-term retention of skills
This unique training system prepares officers to fight through the trauma of a gunshot wound with real – not pretend – immobility
I’ve been to short, high-information classes, but none more efficient than this one
Compared to other compact pistols, the Staccato CS sets a standard for quality above and beyond the rest of the field
The American Sniper Association has produced a defining resource designed to assist SWAT teams in structuring training, buying equipment and planning deployments
Some time spent shooting in competition will make you a better tactical shooter
Rangemaster Sgt. David Weidner and his staff at the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office run bi-monthly, two-day train-the-trainer classes for other agencies
Lee Weems wants to get instructors thinking about instructional design and the “why” of courses of fire
There’s a way for LEOs to keep their sidearm secure and accessible only to themselves – even when separated from their duty pistol or backup sidearm
Don’t make a bad day worse by failing to practice the shooting skills that could help you prevail
Jesse Porter shot a library special police officer in the chest thinking was holding his training gun
When providing training for real-life scenarios, think T4E for high-impact, realistic and cost-effective force-on-force training tools
If you’re practicing the stages of a test repeatedly you are not effectively training for anything at all
A bill to fund optional handgun training and cover counseling costs in case of a shooting heads to Gov. Eric Holcomb for signing
Sansom Park officer Lina Mino lost her left eye after being mistakenly shot by a fellow student who brought a live firearm into active shooter training
The House bill first advanced in February, amid teachers’ objections that having additional guns in schools would worsen school safety
A Bear Lake County deputy was wounded after shooting himself while handling what he believed was a non-lethal training pistol
One deputy fired a blank round from his simulation firearm, then a colleague shot back with a loaded gun
Whether you are shooting a pistol, a rifle, or a shotgun it really is this simple