Thearmededucator

I was about to derail another thread by waxing philosophical, so I thought I’d create this one instead. (Sidenote: I nearly placed this in the Preparedness forum, so I apologize if this is the wrong place) Attached is a PDF of Sir John Glubb’s “The Fate of Empires” which is a short (27 pages or so) but does a wonderful job of explaining why we as a society are facing the struggles we currently are facing. Reading it, you would never guess that it was written nearly 70 years ago for a separate society altogether. Highly recommended, but be warned, the prognosis is not positive. LINK:

The currently problem with “Ask the Teachers” is they don’t ask all of us, and then speak for us as if they did. I know of 10 plus teacher just at my school who want to carry, but we are denied by admin without even a conversation. There are also others who agree with the policy, but don’t want to have it known in the building. It’s not about arming unwilling teachers. It’s about not Disarming the willing ones. As for the societal issues… we can’t agree on what makes someone male or female. What makes y’all think we can fix problems infinitely more complex?

Perp didn’t live with mom. My bet is he sent a Suicide/Goodbye text to her, prompting the call

I can't refute the possibility. Like in most things, you have a sliding scale of levels of motivation. A probably significant number of Anti-Gunners probably fall into that category; but amongst them are true believers. Which brings the following quote to mind (if not necessarily in a literal sense): "Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home. He knows only The Cause."

1) Concealment is the first form of retention. 2) The same logic applies to all the SROs, but is only used as a negative argument against teachers. And you cant say training or conditioning, because from the last numbers I have seen, 1 in 20 cops killed on the job were killed with their own weapon (admittedly these numbers are from 2000-2011). 3) As for Who's to Blame, even in this straw man circumstance, the answer is the same. The SOB carrying out the attack. 4) As for common denominators, here are the statistics from the 478 active shootings reported by the FBI from 2000-2022 The common denominator is that an immediate civilian response, whether armed or unarmed, has half the casualty rate of a police response. It drops even further with an armed civilian response. In 27 events stopped by armed civilians, attackers caused an average of 3.6 casualties (1.25 dead and 2.4 wounded per event)

I went to college in GA, and know many teachers and coaches in that area. Ive got mutual friends with the male teacher killed. This crap pisses me off so much, because we continue to disarm the teachers who are in the best position to stop this immediately. I'm tired of hearing how an RSO on campus is the solution. Even in the building, we still have 13 shot. In the words of the mutt that Eli Dicken shot in Indiana: “Gun Free Zones are a recent phenomenon that by definition cause them to be easy targets”

Twenty Gauge can be a little harder in a Defensive Semiauto. Semis tend to be pickier with ammo even with a 12. I’d imagine it would be worse with 20g.

That’s actually one I don’t have a problem with. To me that means durable, high linens, high candela, light with a focused beam and good throw

Tactical means whatever they want it to mean, from guns and knives to baby carriers.

I might stop by. My issue is I cant stick around long enough to sell or trade what I have

I just got my first pistol mounted optic (Aimpoint ACRO) delivered, but don’t have it mounted yet, as I’m waiting on my slide to be delivered. I’ve also taken 2 red dot specific classes, an have done a lot of research for a couple years. It boils down to this (assuming the context is defensive use): 1) Get a Quality dot (RMR, Holosun, ACRO) 2) have it direct milled (no plates) 3) DONT Cowitness, this negates the Beni fit of the dot 4) your presentation (drawstroke) needs to be on point. A dot rewards a good presentation, and punishes a bad one. 5) Dots make shot calling a LOT easier

They work, but why do you want one? What are you trying to accomplish that can’t be done with a normal barrel? I find them to be highly unnecessary. With pistol rounds you really aren't getting much in the way of benefits. that said, the counter argument “it’ll mess up your night vision if you shoot it at night” is overblown. Can suck while shooting from compression though.

I believe that open carry is a great law, because you don’t get arrested for a wardrobe malfunction, but believe it to generally be a poor tactic. There are circumstances where it’s a great choice; such as hiking, hunting, while at home, etc. I do also believe there is an argument to be made for carrying openly as a political statement and effort to normalize guns in public in a positive manner (not talking about long guns and plate carriers in Macys, those guys are tools); but in this instance the gun is more of a billboard than a defensive tool There are those bad actors who will be deterred by a gun openly carried, this is true. But there are also those who aren’t, and those are much more dangerous attackers. Prepare for that guy, and you’ll be prepared for the other one too.

Has been proven to happen many times. Plenty of cops have been shot before they knew about there was a robbery going on. More often though, open carriers get their guns stolen off their hip; and that is way more embarrassing, because you have to live through the shame.

Did a pork butt for the in-laws a few days ago. Id love to try a pit like that sometime

Well they, and the local PDs aren’t answering my emails to establish a training program. I have gotten some initial interest outside of Chattanooga however

For fun and plinking uses, I like to Ruger Mark Series. The S&W Victory is pretty good too. Taurus TX22 is a pretty good gun too, and is a little better as a training aid in my opinion; if that’s something you are looking for

The current Range USA(s) and the old one are not the same. The current brand was formerly ShootPointBlank, which is a multi state corporation. Imagine if Baskin-Robbin’s sold guns instead of ice cream.

Aq and Tiff are really good people. I’ve not taken a class with them yet, but we’ve been students together in classes before.

At the end of the day, it’s all about AA; Articulation and Authentication. Be able to explain what choices you made and why; and don’t have any crazy posts or videos “wishing a motha would”

Wish you were closer to Memphis

He's great. Ive kicked myself for years for not knowing who he was when I was younger. I went into Rangemaster when I was 19 or so, and didnt like the way some bald, old guy kinda talked down to me while I was looking at 1911s; so when it was time to get my permit, I got it elsewhere. A few years later I start instructing, and realized he was offering some good advice from years of experience. Kids....

I finally was able to get to a Rangemaster Instructor course this weekend, after several years of bad luck/timing. It was worth the wait. Tom Givens and Assistant Instructors Dr. Andy Anderson and Jeff Boren were simply fantastic. The facility and staff at Boondocks FTC were truly top of the line. The three days of coursework, a mix of classroom and range skills, was fairly intense, and the standards are high. Anything under 90% in either the shooting qualification or the written test will be considered a failure, and you will not receive a certificate. While our class outperformed the average washout rate of 15%, we still had one of our number not pass. I enjoyed getting to know the other students; who were great people and shooters to the last. Considering their skills and professionalism, the class averaged scores of 97.4 on the Qualification and 94.6 on the written test. Given these performances, I was both surprised and excited to receive the class Top Shot Award for the highest average between the two.

Gotcha. Sorry, I didnt mean to be intrusive; I just didnt want you to get a permit you didnt need. Best I can find is a list of Utah Certified Instructors by state. Contact information is on there https://bci.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2024/04/Certified-Instructors-Out-of-State.pdf