Recent content by Fred613

Although I haven’t been camping in years, I’ve always kept my various Coleman lanterns and stoves. Some run on the small propane bottles while others run on the Coleman fuel. They have come in handy a few time that our house has lost power during stormed. Also, don’t forget the little things...

In hot weather I carry a S&W model 38. It weighs in at around 15 Ounces, unloaded, and has a shrouded hammer. You can still cock the hammer for single action, but the shrouding keeps the hammer from snagging on clothing. I carry in a pocket holster in my front pants pocket. Much more comfortable...

I also enjoyed the article. Here in Maryland in the summer it can get really hot and muggy. I have a S&W model 38 that I can carry in a pocket holster. Shorts and a tee shirt with no printing in my pants pocket. And at 15 ounces unloaded, easy to cary comfortably all day.

In my thirty-six years in LE, with over thirty as a firearms instructor through local and federal agencies, I have learned that there are three types of instructors. One type is where someone goes through a basic class and is deemed “competent”. The second is someone who wants to be known as...

What we taught in Anne Arundel County P.D was a training technique where the shooter was about two feet from the hanging bad guy target. As the officer used their secondary arm to conduct a palm punch to the aggressors nose-painful and causes tearing of the eyes-the officer’s strong side of the...

I don’t think you can ever have too many. To me, they each have a certain personality. Each is different from their siblings. I have thirty plus handgun and I wouldn’t part with any of them. I simply enjoy shooting. From a young child shooting with grand dad, through my career in law...

Hi Allen, sorry to hear about you,re getting shot and ending your career. I came on in 1979 and worked through the academy to be rewarded with being able to be field trained byour previous Office of the Year. My Department was Anne Arundel County, in Maryland, we have just over seven hundred...

Crazy is a lyrically overused word not used by enlightened people. Psychiatrists resist such words that could offend or stigmatize someone. Maybe if I were a Physician that could deal with these folks in a controlled and clinical setting, then I might feel that way. But after thirty-six years in...

After thirty-six years in law enforcement I have come across a lot of folks with mental problems. It never mattered to me how they were diagnosed- Psychopath, Bi-Polar, anxiety disorder, whatever, what I learned was that no matter what “pretty and non-offending term they wish to be called”...

I couldn’t agree more. In thirty-six years of police service I have had to deal with all types of folks with some sort of mental illness. I don’t care what the proper diagnoses is, whether they hear voices, worship Satin, psychopath or other “friendly or enlightened terms, “ the bottom line is...

I also live in the Northeast where summertime can be challenging for concealed carry. I purchased a Walter for my fiancée in nine mm. We belong to a local outdoor range and shoot three to four times a month, pistol, rifle mostly. Because of an injury to her hand, she sometimes has difficulty...