Cruel Hand Luke

Reminder about this one coming up in June!!!

Tom will be offering a 1 day class in Franklin TN coming up next month.........       Intensive Pistol Skills One Day Training Primary Instructor – Tom Givens   Place:           Nashville/Franklin,TN,  area Time:            9am – 6pm Date:            May 9, 2015                      Saturday Rounds:        400-500 Price:             $225.00  Intensive Pistol Skills is an extensive work-out of the essential skills involved in self-defense with a handgun. Topics covered include presentation from the concealed carry holster; accurate shooting at high speed; fast, reliable reloading techniques; one handed shooting; malfunction remedies; and much more. Students will fire approximately 400-500 rounds. Directions to the range, detailed equipment list and other info will be sent to registered students prior to class date. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intensive-pistol-skills-franklin-tn-tickets-15014727454        

Thanks Chitchater, I hope to see you in this class in July. 

CRG-1: PISTOL GUNFIGHTING July 18-19, 2015 Price: $350 Dayton, Tennessee Instructor: Randy Harris All training must begin with fundamentals. This comprehensive fundamentals class is designed to prep you for the more advanced courses such as Close Range Gunfighting. Through a carefully designed and detailed curriculum we are able to bring you up to a level of skill in a short two day class that previously would take over 4 or 5 days to achieve at other schools. You will learn a complete presentation of the modern combative technique of the pistol which will put you in good standing for any defensive situations you may encounter in the real world. We will also be incorporating fundamental Point Shooting techniques which will prep you for the more advanced courses such as Advanced Reactive Gunfighting. You will learn the components of various point shooting methods and integrate them into your existing skill sets. This knowledge will put you in good standing for any defensive situations you may encounter in the real world. No experience or prior training is needed to attend this class and it is specially suitable for beginners, or as a tune-up for accomplished shooters.     DURATION: 2 days   TIME: 8:30AM to 4:30PM (Eastern Time)   AMMUNITION: Approximately 350 rounds (Minimum)   YOU NEED TO BRING: Spare clothing appropriate to the weather. Lunch, snacks and water (minimum of 1 gallon per person) for the entire day. Baseball or other style hat, sun screen, bug repellent, allergy medication (if needed), chair (if you have a problem with sitting on the ground, note taking paper/pen/pencil and a boo boo kit (band aids, gauze pads, antiseptic wipes, antibiotic ointment and tape).   REQUIREMENTS: Modern defensive pistol with a holster specifically made for that pistol and designed to be worn on the belt at the "strong side". Three (3) magazines and one magazine pouch. A belt of the same width as the belt loops for the holster and magazine pouches, range safety gear (eye protection and ear protection).   For more info and to register..................http://www.suarezinternationalstore.com/150718-pistol-gunfighting-dayton-tn.aspx#.VTlRTyFViko

Amen. 

STILL TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THIS ONE !!!

I guess I'm used to people carrying loaded guns around me so that doesn't upset me.....   The bigger issue I have with it is when they load all the shooters at the same time and then do a walk through on BOTH stages simultaneously in the same bay and then start randomly calling people to shoot on one stage or the other.....that DOES NOT save any time and just screws with the shooters. 

A little directed dry work and you will make the times AND the scores in very short order.    And if you are interested in hosting something let me know.....

Reminder that this is coming up in just a few weeks!

Can we get a head count on who all is planning to be there so I'm sure I have enough "Q" targets for the Air Marshal Qualification?    So far it is looking like    Prag Got The goods roar-k  Jreedesq Timcar86 sleeperagent13 +1   and who else?

Awesome. That will make life easier. 

Make sure you keep at least 3 rifle mags empty.....we will start with a little dry work on manipulations to warm up.....if you show up with ALL your mags loaded you'll have to unload some.......

If anyone has an extra "easy up" canopy they don't mind bringing that would be great. They help keep both the sun and rain off of us. Most people can handle training in the rain....they don't much like sitting and eating lunch in the rain though.... :shrug:

This one is coming up in just a couple of weeks!  

Yes, we still have openings.

Reminds me of the classic story of the truck driver going into NY City to deliver who sees a woman running across the street screaming "Rape!" being chased by a scruffy looking dude. The driver grabs his pistol he kept in his glovebox for protection ( which was illegal in NYC) and jumps out to go save the day... turns out the woman is a hooker being chased by an undercover vice cop....when the truck driver drew down on the cop he gets arrested and ends up in prison......so be VERY careful about interjecting yourself into a situation you don't have all the information on......

Bump back up since this is just under a month away now.......

This one is getting closer every day! Looking forward to seeing you all there!

So do you think the impala driver would have chased him down if he'd not hit the horn and flipped the bird? Funny thing is that I don't flip people off and no one follows me....I'd dare say there might be a directly proportional relationship between the two.....   Does the insult give the other guy the RIGHT to kill you? Of course not ....but if there is no insult being thrown...there is most likely no problem.....

Suppressors and AOWs do not need 5320.20 forms. 

Getting in on this a little late but here goes....   Actions have consequences...both intended consequences and unintended consequences.....but they are consequences of the action nonetheless.    Everyone needs to sit down and really think about what they are really willing to die for and willing to die because of and possibly get others with you injured or killed because of. Are you really willing to instigate a lethal force confrontation with your wife or 4 year old daughter present? Or your elderly parents? Or your friends?    Are you REALLY willing to die for making sure you let some careless driver know you don't approve of his driving? Are we REALLY willing to possibly get into a gunfight with our wife present because we can't control our middle finger and our horn? Most people are not really willing to die for that...yet they never give any thought to how their ramping up a situation could very well lead to that through the unintended consequences of their actions.   Then we need to sit down and carefully consider what we are really willing to kill someone for. I'm not really willing to kill someone because they accidentally backed out into traffic when it was not clear to do so and it angered me. So you're annoyed...get over it ....life is full of annoyances.  I'm not going to instigate a fight where there did not need to be one to start with.....and THAT is what started this situation. When the other driver backed out, the OP could just easily have stopped and not instigated a confrontation. But because he apparently never considered that someone else MIGHT be willing to kill or injure him (or his wife) over an insult he found himself in a potentially dangerous situation, unarmed, AND with his wife in the car. What happens if the wife gets killed or injured due to our inability to keep our road rage in check? Better to consider that now than have to deal with it later as a consequence of our actions.    Actions have consequences. And instigating a confrontation where a simple wave and driving on would have been far more appropriate is not going to be looked upon kindly by the courts. The REASON that people can act like jackasses in the North is because the likelihood of anyone actually beating their ass or shooting them for yelling and flipping them off is so remote that they never even consider that as a possibility....but down here...nothing is guaranteed. There are people willing to kill you over their jacked up Impala......   I told my wife when we started dating that I'm almost always armed in public and that if she loses her $hit and goes full redneck on someone because they do something stupid or careless that she may put me in a position of having to kill someone because she couldn't keep it under control. It really made her reconsider what is TRULY important and under what circumstances it would be appropriate to confront someone. And those situations are VERY few. There is a reason that Heinlein said "an armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his actions with his life". If everyone knows everyone else is armed and willing to confront insults with lethal force then people tend to be far less insulting to their fellow man.      Having said that, once the Impala driver becomes a threat then plan A is to head for the local police station as we IMMEDIATELY dial 911.  This is a situation that could go down hill very fast. So getting on the phone with the police and giving a location and description (and getting you on record as being the victim) will help not only possibly end the situation by leading the guy chasing us to the cops but also help if anything happens that goes to court. You don't ever want to be a participant in mutually agreed upon combat that ends in someone being killed or seriously injured. It needs to be clear that YOU are the VICTIM, not a willing participant.     John Farnam has a saying about avoiding stupid people , stupid places and not doing stupid things. We need to make sure our actions don't paint US as the stupid person doing stupid things....

ONE WEEK TO GO!

Reminder that this one is getting closer every day! All you Mid Tenn and West Tenn area guys here's your chance to get this class without having to travel far!

Reminder! This is just one month away! 

Two weeks to go on this one.   For those who have limited time for a class and want to learn as much as they can about the combative use of the pistol within the criminal assault paradigm in a short amount of time this class is for you. This is not just a "bullseye class" with targets that look like people it is a complete presentation on not just the how but also the why of how we do things the way we do them and how to effectively employ your firearm in a close range critical incident. Perfect for the beginner or the more advanced shooter, this one day class will improve your survivability teaching you not only how to effectively use your firearm, but how to recognize the cues of an impending assault before you get caught behind the curve.