Cruel Hand Luke

The majority of "anti gun people" actually know as much about guns as I do about how to crochet. If your guess is "next to nothing" then you win the prize. They simply are repeating the code speak they have heard or read and cannot carry on an informed intelligent discussion.....because they largely do not care to be educated or to have an exchange of ideas. They want to push a political agenda that they really have not thought through to the logical progression of where these actions will lead. Does the typical American believe that disarming young single women so they cannot effectively protect themselves from home invasion is a good idea? Most would not. Yet that is exactly the unintended REAL consequence of raising the age to buy a gun to 21. Does the typical American believe that the elderly and the weak should have the most effective means of defending themselves against home invasion stripped from them? Most would not yet banning semi auto .223 rifles would do just that. While we can argue the relative merits of shotguns vs carbines, we cannot argue that the .223 carbine is much easier to control buy the small statured, aged, or infirm than a shotgun. For any kind of "universal background" check to work ALL guns would have to be in the registry so that ALL transactions could be monitored. Otherwise it is essentially "honor system". Seriously...if you want background checks on ALL transactions you have to know where ALL the guns are much like the NFA registry. Do you REALLY think that the Average american thinks that is a good idea ? Justice Stevens aside, does the typical American REALLY want a repeal of the 2A ? Good luck getting 38 states to ratify that. And even if they do..... Are they going to then send the police to confiscate those semi auto firearms? What happens when a significant # of people simply say "NO"? What is a significant amount? There are 100 million + gun owners in the USA. What if just 10% said "no". You would have a 10 million man armed force which would be the largest guerrilla army in the world. As it stands now the cops just have to worry about garden variety criminals and BLM kooks taking a potshot at them ....if "all out war on gun ownership" is implemented those same cops will have to worry about the largest army of "snipers" in the world. They will also have to worry that while they are at work seizing guns (which will be EXTREMELY costly in police lives ) they will come home to burned down houses since they live in the same communities they will be oppressing. I have a feeling you'll see a lot of cops simply refuse to do their job. Does ANYONE really want to see a return to the days of Missouri and Kansas during the civil war or South Carolina during the Revolution? For those not clear on the history it was a time of extreme violence between neighbors over political affiliation/allegiance . Does anyone think that is impossible today? You think the peace you have enjoyed your whole life can't spiral into something else? Look at Yugoslavia between 1984 and 1990. They went from a vibrant country where the 84 Olympics were held to a war zone with mass killing at a genocidal level...... And what if those 10% (or even 1% would be a 1 million man and woman guerrilla force) take it a step farther and actively seek to eliminate those who brought this about?.....The level of unrest and lawlessness is simply mind boggling. Would Political assassination be on the table? If every time Feinstein or Schumer leaves their house they would SERIOUSLY have to worry about who is waiting for them would they still be "true believers"? Would "ideological genocide" be on the table? While genocides tend to be along racial or tribal lines this could end up being ideological. Do we ever really want to find out? I'd say that some doors are best left closed and never opened. But with each new call for "something to be done" that door gets knocked on......so the other side really needs to take an inventory of how important disarming 1/3 of the population is to them. Would they trade that for the potentially bloodiest time in American history? If this proceeds along the path that they now seem to be pushing that may be exactly what we see...and if it is then God help us all.

Still in planning...we were looking for suggestions and gauging interest. Seriously considering Prag's suggestion about a replay of my block from Tac Con.

I really just fake it...I don't know that much.... As mentioned before it takes some work to get used to getting the gun up in your eye line like you are making a a precise shot at distance. That is the key to getting on the dot quicker. That way you essentially find the sights and switch focus to the dot because if the dot is sitting on top of the front sight it is pretty easy to find. Is it slower to use the dot at 3 to 5 yards? Yes... but so is using the sights in a picture perfect sight picture too. I use Alternative Indexing Methods at that distance with either irons or dots (or rifles pistols shotguns or subguns). I don't need to see a dot to shoot a palm sized target at 3 to 5 yards. I can use the frame of the RMR or the corner of the slide (or several other super secret ninja techniques) to get the gun aligned without having to find the dot in the window. Can the environment cause issues like rain on the window ? Yes. I have not yet had one fog up from temp variance so that is an interesting thing to ponder. I guess if my Oakleys can fog up walking out of the air conditioned house on a scorching hot day then a RMR theoretically could ....so hopefully I won't get in a gunfight first thing in the morning in my driveway...... If the likely engagement distance is going to be 5 yards and closer then the red dot does little to nothing for you....unless you use them like I do to snipe flies.... If you plan to be useful on the back side of 15 yards with precision bullet placement then the red dot makes that way easier. Everything is a compromise. Irons are faster up close red dot is faster at distance. You just have to get used to finding the dot....or used to working around it.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.....

Reminder that this one is coming up soon!

Hey Aqil, I seriously considered calling you guys about catching dinner in Nashville on Sunday night but I ended up deciding on driving all the way back to Chattanooga that night and if I'd stopped for dinner I'd have stayed in Nashville......

The April meeting of the TN/GA/AL Suarez Int training group will be held on Sunday April 8 ! We will be looking at escaping from common restraints and then shooting several drills that we have not shot previously and conducting a man on man (or woman?) shoot off . Instructor: Randy Harris Subject : Zip Ties, Duct Tape, and Pistols........Escaping Common Restraints and Shooting Skills Test Date : Sun April 8 2018 Time: 10AM-3PM CENTRAL TIME .....NOTE THE LATER THAN USUAL START TIME !!!! Location: The usual place- Phillips/Edwards Farm 763 County Rd 332 Pisgah Alabama (about 35 minutes SW of Chattanooga) Price : $60 PAY BY CASH OR CHECK AT CLASS. What you need to bring: Pistol (revolvers are welcome too), at least 2 spare pistol magazines (or speedloaders if you plan to party like it is 1899) and 150 to 200 rounds of ammo..... Hope to see you there !

Everyone straighten up and behave Tiffany’s coming....... Just kidding . Tiffany was the hardest working woman in the tactical world last week and she deserves all the thanks in the world for making the Tac Con run smoothly. She’s my logistical hero.

A pic of the crew that worked my block.....L-R Mike Swisher, Me, Scott Stewart, Lee Weems, Adam Gochenaur. Lee was NOT going to get shot because of not being seen.....

I’m not gonna lie..... I’m absolutely guilty as charged.... in fact I muzzle punched him with my Glock ....it just happened to be a non firing 17R to see if I could knock it out of battery as a demo showing why you don’t want to thrust the gun into your opponent when in a clinch. In all seriousness though, Lee was a HUGE help by risking life and limb as a safety officer working the line during my block of instruction on Sunday morning at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference at DARC (Direct Action Resource Center) in Little Rock Arkansas. I taught a block on close quarters shooting called Point Blank Pistol Skills that involved a lot of fast close shooting much of which was done while in physical contact with the plastic TAC MAN targets we used. I can’t thank him enough for volunteering to come over and help make sure we had plenty of experienced safety officers watching the line. And in his own right Lee is a talented multi time instructor at Tac Con doing blocks this year in Social Levergun and a block called Defensive Pistol Skills Builder . So if you get a chance to catch a class with him take it ! Thanks again Lee, hopefully we’ll get a chance to work together again some time !

The last practical day to sign up is the Wednesday the week of the class so that they have time to send me a certificate for you. (April 25?) .

Hey guys , sorry for the late response. I just got back from teaching at the Rangemaster Tactical Conference in Little Rock. Just let me know what you want and we’ll make something happen.

Remember this one is coming up in just about a month ! And if you sign up for this along with the Close Range Gunfighting class (https://suarezinternational.com/crg-2-close-range-gunfighting-april-14-15-2018-dayton-tn/) there is a discount !

This one is getting closer! Only about 5 weeks to go! And remember there is a discount if you add the Vehicle Gunfighting class on April 13 for the whole 3 day experience. Hope to see you there!

ONE WEEK TO GO ! THIS CLASS IS COMING UP THIS SATURDAY NIGHT !!!!!

Just over 2 weeks to go!!!!!

COMING UP THIS WEEKEND !!!

Actually it focuses on both but primarily folders..... but fixed blade is fine too. If you have a trainer version of your folder bring it !

I'd say if they want the age raised to 21 then lets also get the voting age raised to 21. After all the overwhelming majority of 18-20 year olds vote for the Dems anyway......that's what compromise is.....both sides get something and both sides lose something..... are they willing to trade 18-20 year old voters to get these "guns off the streets" ????

JUST OVER A WEEK TO GO ON THIS ONE!

I watched a good bit of it but it becomes rather tedious when the answer to EVERY question ends up being "assault weapon ban" to the thunderous cheers of ill informed traumatized people (and most likely a peppering of professional protesters/agitators ) . In fact I think the Broward County Sheriff ended every statement he made with "we need an assault weapon ban". Keep in mind this is the same network and same sheriff's office that along with CNN put on an EGREGIOUSLY DISINGENUOUS hit piece report on "assault weapons" back in 2004 in support of not letting the ban expire where they brought out a FULL AUTO AK and shot cinder blocks with it arguing that those guns didn't need to be "back on the streets". They KNOWINGLY flat out LIED to the entire country about what the 1994-2004 ban even effected....so do we think this thing last night would be anything other than a thinly veiled anti gun pep rally?

Bombs away....

Reminder! This one is coming up in about 3 weeks !!!

This one is coming up THIS WEEKEND!

This one is coming up in just a little over 2 weeks........This is a GREAT place to get started and by adding the March 2 Defensive Knife class it will get you a good solid foundation in defensive use of pistol AND knife, the two most common weapons we actually carry on our person every day.