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Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 14, 2026

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Criminal Clues: Tips to Avoid Appearing Like a Soft Target It s important to understand the criminal victim selection criteria and strive to reduce those tells in your daily life. Dry Practice Safety [ ]

Free Books- Part 343

Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free [ ]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- August 7, 2026

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Irons vs Optics: Why Pistol Optics is the Clear Winner Justin s thoughts on pistol mounted optics. He s right. But I still run iron sights. I can still see them clearly and shoot well with [ ]

Ladies, It’s OK to be Mean…

I originally wrote this article 13 years ago. Just a few weeks ago, I went out to dinner with a long time friend from high school. She teaches women s self defense classes at a local college. She mentioned that she used this article in every class she teaches. Until I had spoken with her, [ ]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 31, 2026

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. School shooters are content creators. Will they wear Meta Ray-Ban glasses to livestream their attacks? Important information for parents and teachers. This may be a very useful way to interdict some of these attacks [ ]

Free Books- Part 342

Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free [ ]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 24, 2026

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Running A Pistol Slide: Clam Shell, Sling Shot, or Slide Release? Or Who Cares? At one point in time, I had very strong opinions about this topic. Now I m firmly into the Who Cares [ ]

The More I See…

I had several calls in my 25-year police career where I did everything right, but I still can t help but think that my solid police work caused more harm than good. Here s the one I think about most. It happened a couple years before I retired. One of the new guys on the [ ]

Weekend Knowledge Dump- July 17, 2026

Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. Not Just The Big Booms – Repeated Blast Pressure A very interesting article about how a relatively minimal amount of gunfire can cause brain-harming overpressure events under some circumstances. Defensive Shotgun Selection: [ ]

Free Books- Part 341

Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free [ ]

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