Diversity of Training. “Ok… we’ve spent a lot of time in this class talking about the need to continue your training, here is a list of other schools we highly recommend you take classes from.” “Bob… you have a question?” “Yeah… don’t you offer other training classes besides the CCW class?” “Of course… we have...
Weapons Craft by Keeping Quiet. I grew up in a non-shooting family. Actually to be truthful it was probably worse than that. As a young jewish kid growing up in 1970‘s and 80‘s suburbia the thought of having guns in the home was the equivalent to having a couple of rocket launchers and claymore mines...
Wow… what a week it has been! For those of you that have been thinking of getting a CCW… or for those of you that are in the process of going through the application gauntlet… we have good news for both of you! As you probably heard from our email blast last week, as well...
Monday, November 10, 2014 22:05|Anonymous Skill at Arms When was the last time you bought a new car? You’ve been driving for years. Your skill at piloting a vehicle is passable, if not down right exceptional. Right? Of course as you slide into the drivers seat of your brand new luxury, flex fuel, intelligent sensor,...
Diligentia Vis Celeritas Accuracy, Power, Speed. Col. Jeff Cooper came up with this phrase with his characteristic academic flare. He saw students struggle to get lead on target as quickly as possible. Bigger calibers translated into bigger guns with greater weight. All of that cumbersome architecture must surely translate into slower draw strokes. At least...
Four Point. Chaney… our daughter had her first real strenuous hunt this past week. Up until now, her time afield has been limited to relatively short hunts on local exotics or small game. Her most adventurous hunt had been a bison taken in New Mexico a couple of years ago. That ended with a respectable...
IMPROPER MUZZLE DISCIPLINE Rule # 2 : Never let the muzzle cover anything that you are not prepared to destroy. This seems pretty cut and dried right? I mean seriously! Who would ever carelessly point a gun at someone? Especially at the range? Yeah. (Con’t Reading from here) I have had the displeasure of looking...
Dealing with the unthinkable, You are a warrior. You know what is necessary to prevail. You have trained, and continue to train, preparing yourself for the potentiality that you may have to endure extreme stress in order to survive. You don’t know if that is breaking out of a collapsed building in an earthquake… fleeing...
“You look too feminine to be a firearms instructor” That was what a dealer at the River City Casino said to me after finding out what I did for a living. While I sat there for the next hour… my goal was to be a positive ambassador to all firearms owners… This last weekend, I...
Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges! Well… maybe you do. One of the first questions I get when a newly minted CCW holder comes into Artemis is whether or not they should consider getting a CCW badge. The hesitancy usually comes from the fear that they are going to be nabbed for impersonating a...
