With everything that has been going on, from pandemic to antifa, there are a lot of people who have been buying guns, and most of the recent gun sales have been to new gun owners, first-time gun buyers. Owning a gun is a pretty serious responsibility, and as such, there are some things that first-time…
Author: Wallace Smedley
I am a Fort Worth/Dallas based martial arts Instructor.
How to Thrive in this Pandemic
There have been a lot of questions coming in about surviving the current pandemic. I do not want this information to become too dated, I would like for it to still be relative for the future as well as now, so I will approach this about surviving the current situation and being prepared for the…
2A: Lessons from the COVID-19 Shutdown
My last post was about staying safe in the current situation with coronavirus and the shutdowns and all of the panicked buying going on, supply shortages, etc. As this thing is affecting all of us, I had hoped to assuage my beloved reader’s thoughts. This time around, I am looking at a specific action being…
Corona Virus: Common Sense
I do not take the needless deaths of anyone lightly. People have died from the Coronavirus or COVID-19. Having said that, there are some behaviors that are occurring that are truly bazaar, and some basic common sense that is not common practice, and some emails asking me about this entire mess, and I feel compelled…
Top 3 Concealed Carry 1st Gun Mistakes
Based in part from the questions I get from my readers, and in part from conversations with people who have told me of their own mistakes, as well as those I made on the way here, I have decided to put together my list of the top three 1st carry gun mistakes people make. As…
EDC: Colt Night Cobra
When I first entered into the gun community, I knew next to nothing about firearms and the many different things to consider when purchasing a firearm. I bought a revolver that was too big to conceal, and then bought a full-sized semi-auto when I was looking toward a carry gun. Being an absurdly large human,…
Kickstart Kids Sponsorship Drive
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The Logical End of Gun Control Debate
After every mass shooting, there is an immediate push for gun control. This is a knee-jerk reaction for some people who fret about how somebody needs to do something. There are, of course, politicians who have their agenda. When faced with the fact that there are more privately owned guns in America than there are people,…
Lessons Learned: Sometimes it’s the Gun
Longtime readers will recall a few years ago, when I first purchased a gun and began my journey on learning about and becoming proficient in firearms that I really struggled with it. I documented here, and here, and here that I was having a ton of trouble gaining any kind of accuracy. As this was…
Welcome to 2020, Happy New Year
Happy New Year! Last year was filled with many events, challenges, triumphs, and pain. I crossed over into the 50 and up age group and realized that I had become one of the martial artists who seem to be the ones that, the older I get, the better I used to be. I released a…
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