by Joel Gaines | Mar 20, 2020 | Readiness
What can we help you with?We understand that everyone is under a bit of stress – some more than others and everyone for different reasons: Job stuffLack of job stuffFamily health issuesPersonal health issuesWorry about future resourcesWorry about how people are...
by Joel Gaines | Jan 21, 2020 | Readiness
If you carry, you have to consider “gun-free zones” or other non-permissive environments (NPE) as a constraint on your ability to wear a firearm without committing a felony. There are many variables that impact what that means from state-to-state and...
by Joel Gaines | Dec 17, 2019 | Readiness
EDC, or Every Day Carry, has become a prolific topic these days. That is, carrying things on your person that are utilitarian for your “every day” needs. To some EDC is sunglasses, lip balm, a fancy leather wallet and some cool nail clipers with a...
by Joel Gaines | Dec 2, 2019 | Readiness
What should you do if you feel compelled to draw your firearm because of an impending threat, but you don’t actually fire? Defensive gun use (DGU) numbers in America are hotly debated and highly contested. This article is not about parsing the data – you...
by Joel Gaines | Nov 4, 2019 | Readiness
This is a BIG question. Like anything else involving firearms, the short answer is “it depends”. What I will attempt to do is break down some reasoning that might impact your home defense choices. First, let’s address the home defense needs. You can...
by Joel Gaines | Oct 15, 2019 | Readiness
I have a complicated relationship with the word “mindset”. On one hand, it accurately describes an important concept. On the other hand, it is so overused, abused, and buzzed in our industry as to lose the intended meaning in most cases. I will try not to...
by Joel Gaines | Sep 22, 2019 | Readiness
If you have taken any of our lifesaving courses, or any trauma care courses for that matter, you have seen and hopefully learned how to use some important lifesaving tools. If you follow our definition of logistics readiness you are probably concerned with what...
by Joel Gaines | Sep 4, 2019 | Readiness
We talk about the OODA Loop a great deal in our training. It’s a cool bit of neuroscience, especially since we spend all day doing it and don’t even know it. So what is it? Why do we OODA and not even know it? OODA is an acronym for Observe, Orient,...
by Joel Gaines | Jul 29, 2019 | Readiness
“Nothing like that can happen here because it is a safe place.” What is “safe”? A quick check of the registered sex offenders in a five-mile radius should immediately disabuse you of any notion that you are “safe”. Now, what about...
by Joel Gaines | Jul 8, 2019 | Readiness
This topic touches on terms that can be frustrating to differentiate. We are not attempting to split hairs or get into semantics for their sake alone. Our attempt is to think specifically about preparedness vs. readiness in order to understand the difference between...
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