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Original post website: https://www.mrglitterati.com/10-questions-with-eric-loden-ceo-and-dir-of-training-adapt-academy/
Concealed Carry can be a touchy subject in many conversations. However, this isn’t one of those conversations. For those that might need a little more info, Concealed Carry is defined this way: “Concealed carry, or carrying a concealed weapon, is the practice of carrying a weapon, either in proximity to or on one’s person or in public places in a manner that hides or conceals the weapon’s presence from the surrounding observers. The opposite of concealed carry is called open carry.” Don’t confuse this with Constitutional Carry, also called “permit-less carry” or “unrestricted carry” (a topic for a later conversation), which is defined as: “the legal public carrying of a handgun, either openly or concealed, without a license or permit.” This does not typically refer to the unrestricted carrying of a long gun, a knife, or other weapons and can vary from state to state. Today we’re talking about Concealed Carry, Adapt Academy, Eric Loden, and why you should choose them for your CCW training.
After relocating to Las Vegas I needed to renew my CCW. I looked around and trainers varied from backyard operations training out of hotel rooms to wannabe private military operations. It was actually kind of difficult to identify the trainer(s) that I should use. Then I stumbled on Adapt Academy. One of the first things I noticed is that they don’t spend their marketing dollars and time insulting their competition. They stand by their training being the best and exceeding state requirements. Their website was and is straightforward, pricing a direct match for the competition, but more training for the money. Don’t get this confused with inexpensive or cheap. That’s not what I’m saying. The guys at Adapt Academy know their stuff, care about student safety, and do their best to teach you all they can in the short time they have you in training. That is what matters.
We’re fortunate to have Eric Loden taking some time to answer 10 Questions for us. Eric is the CEO and Director of Training for Adapt Academy and I’ve personally learned from him. Let’s see what Eric has to offer us from the other side of the training room.
Let’s start with, I suspect, your most common question: What’s your background, experience, and certifications?
I began in private security in 1997 and went armed as soon as I turned 18, the one day of certification was far from what I considered enough training to do my job. I felt apprehensive and incredibly unprepared to actually carry on duty, so I sought out additional training which started my secondary career path of instruction, although I didn’t know it at the time. My background in Martial Arts ingrained the habit of constant study, and promotion from a student to instructor, so to my firearms education followed the same path. Graduating from Armed Security, into Executive Protection and became the in-house instructor for several agencies throughout the years. In 2008 one of the firearms courses I attended was at Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, and during the course, my skills were recognized by a senior staff member, and I was invited back to audition in their 4-day Instructor Development Program, upon being hired I began my transition from Executive Protection to full-time firearms instructor.
I set several records for the speed in my development and promotion through their ranks to become the fastest, and youngest individual to be promoted to Senior Range Master (at the time). I was also fortunate to study there when I did, as the smaller staff count allowed me to train in, and become certified to teach almost every curriculum they had to offer, as well as being on the curricula committee and helping to develop changes to current training methods for both students and staff.
At Front Sight, I instructed in the following courses.
Handgun
Shotgun
Rifle
Advanced Tactics
Rope and Rappel
Instructor development
Handgun Combat Master Prep
I rewrote and instructed the Tactical Scenarios, force-on-force courseHow long have you been teaching firearms training?
Almost 20 years, first as the in-house instructor for several security agencies beginning in 2003-2008, Front Sight 2008-2011, and ADAPT since 2011.
What makes you and the Adapt Academy different—what sets you apart from the other available courses?
We want students, not just customers. Many Instructors only see an individual once. We know the statistics on returning students are only about 1% nationwide, and that is for required or mandatory classes. With that in mind, we decided, if we are only going to see you one time, we better make the most of that time. We designed our Concealed Firearms Course to offer more range time than any other company in the State, not only to give more to our students, but as a chance to get to know us, an introduction to our teaching methods, and a preview of what we offer beyond the first class. We are very proud that we have about 5% returning students (2000-2022) (7% Pre-Covid)
Do you teach Civilians, Law Enforcement, or both?
We are nationally certified Law Enforcement Instructors, and Nevada State Certified Firearms Instructors so we do teach both commissioned law enforcement, and private sector security, however, the majority of our classes are focused on civilian training, or when Officers are in plain clothes.
What’s some advice you would like to give a new gun owner?
It always seems self-serving to advise the new gun owner to seek out quality instruction, but there is honesty in that statement. Rather than simply promoting ADAPT, I like to ask the individual what their goals are with owning the firearm. If they are interested in competition, recreation, hunting, or simply collecting…. then I can make the appropriate referrals to other resources as we are primarily focused on self-defense. All firearms owners should know the laws pertaining to the possession, transportation, storage, and legal use of their firearms, however many individuals are not self-motivated to do proper research.
For newbies training for their CCW with you, what should they expect?
We have a very detailed course description and information video on our website, however, we can’t detail it to minute by minute. We do begin the course stressing that we will not be watching animations of how the firearm works, videos on gun cleaning, or incidents that occurred and asking “what could have been done differently?”, these are resources that can be viewed on our website in your spare time. We instead summarize the laws and break down the complicated legal terminology, and then spend the majority of the time with hands-on instruction on the range.
What happens after a student gets their CCW Permit?
We hope they continue their education and training, however as stated earlier, that is not often the case.
What is some good advice you’d like to share with new gun owners?
It always seems self-serving to advise the new gun owner to seek out quality instruction, but there is honesty in that statement. Rather than simply promoting ADAPT, I like to ask the individual what their goals are with owning the firearm. If they are interested in competition, recreation, hunting, or simply collecting…. then I can make the appropriate referrals to other resources as we are primarily focused on self-defense. All firearms owners should know the laws pertaining to the possession, transportation, storage, and legal use of their firearms, however many individuals are not self-motivated to do proper research,
What’s an interesting misconception you encounter regarding CCW, firearms, etc.?
There are many, but some common ones that should be cleared up to prevent good people from getting in bad trouble due to negligence.
- Carrying a concealed firearm on your person in your own home, a bag or case that is non-descript and unsecured is legal without a permit or allowed if you are going to or from the range.
- You need a gun license or permit to buy or own a gun.
- You may use deadly force to protect your physical property.
- You can borrow a gun from a friend
These topics can be answered very simply by attending a course or doing the research yourself. Many people follow incorrect advice from friends, family, or blogs online rather than official government sources.
Lastly, what is the most important lesson you want to share with every student and why?
There is a huge difference between education and training. Simply going to a single class and passing the course may qualify you to carry concealed however it does not prepare you for the huge responsibility that goes along with it. You can go to a gym and be shown how to use the equipment safely, but it takes dedication and repetition to progress your physical skill level. This also says nothing for the mental or psychological aspect of the stress incurred during a life-threatening situation or taking a human life in self-defense. Stay safe, train hard, ADAPT.
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CCW Instructors,
Please be advised that in compliance with Governor Sisolak's orders we are giving notice that all CCW courses and qualifications need to stop immediately. Please see the Governor's website for more information on the orders. http://gov.nv.gov
We will accept certificates from classes completed prior to this notice. You will be notified when classes can resume.
Thank you for your cooperation as we, as a community, work together to keep each other safe during this time.
Thank you,
LVMPD – CCW Detail
400 S. Martin L. King Blvd
Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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To our instructors,
As many of you know, the e-CCW applications have gone live. Please visit LVMPD.com for more information.
The implementation of e-CCW has not changed any of the training standards or methods. This simply allows citizens to complete the written portion of the application online and make an appointment at the Fingerprint and Records Bureau to sign their application in person and complete their fingerprints and photo.
The e-CCW online application has been in development for over a year and its release to the public now is in no way associated to the closure of the Records Bureau. Citizens can complete an online application but are NOT going to be able to complete the process until the Fingerprint and Records Bureau reopens to the public.
There have been many questions about training standards, range qualifications, and the use of video classroom portions being made available. The CCW Detail, in cooperation with the LVMPD Special Investigations Section, will stay compliant with the Nevada Governor's Emergency Directive to cancel all non-essential businesses. No video teleconferencing of classes or range qualifications have been approved by either the LVMPD CCW Detail, nor the Nevada Sheriffs and Chiefs Association. Certifications during this time period will not be accepted by the CCW Detail.
The LVMPD CCW Detail has been diligently working to get the many questions answered especially regarding CCW renewals and expirations. As that information becomes available it will be shared with instructors and on the LVMPD website.
This has been a very challenging time, especially for businesses in our community. The LVMPD CCW Detail is committed to providing excellent customer service and assisting citizens as much as we can while also maintaining compliance with emergency directives.
LVMPD – CCW Detail 400 S. Martin L. King Blvd Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
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I have a confession: self-defense law is simple. There, I said it—my expertise is simple.
I know what you’re thinking—sure, maybe self-defense law is simple for a self-defense law scholar and lawyer, who reads legalese like a native language, but what about normal not-crazy people?
In fact, self-defense law is simple for everyone.
That said, there is a catch: You have to be taught self-defense law by someone who understands the subject well enough to effectively translate all the legalese into plain English, to distill that legal knowledge from the theoretical to the actionable.
Find that person and you’re well on your way to understanding the law of self-defense because it’s not actually that complicated.
The simple truth is that you don’t have to know 500 legal concepts to really understand self-defense law. Not even 50.
In fact, there are at most 5 elements to any self-defense case (and often not even that many). That’s it—just 5. And that’s true in every one of the 50 states, and all US territories.
And it all begins with the first element:
Innocence
You can’t start the fight.
That’s the first element—you can’t have been the initial aggressor, and then justify your use of force as self-defense. Pretty simple, huh? What could be more obvious than that, right? You got this.
Often, however, whether you, in fact, started the confrontation can easily be a fact in dispute. Naturally, you’ll say the other guy was the initial aggressor. But that other guy—or his buddies—could say that you were. That kind of uncertainty is the “messy” part of this “simple” element.
Bottom line, if a prosecutor reviews your case and sees evidence that suggests you might have started the fight, you’ve just made yourself way more likely to be brought to trial on criminal charges, because now you look like a vulnerable target for conviction.
But starting (or appearing as if you started) the fight isn’t the only thing you must avoid, there’s also the second element:
Imminence
The law allows you to defend yourself from an attack that’s either happening or about to happen very soon, meaning within seconds. It’s not intended to justify vengeance for some past act of violence, nor to “stop” a speculative future attack that you have time to avoid by other means.
You can think of the element of imminence as a window that opens and closes. Before the window of imminence is open—before the threat is actually occurring or imminently about to occur—you can’t use defensive force. After the window of imminence has closed —after the threat is over—you again cannot use defensive force.
It’s only while that window of imminence is open that you can lawfully use defensive force.
Imminence has to do with when you can use defensive force, but what about how much defensive force you can use? That has to do with the third element:
Proportionality
The law puts any use of force into one of two buckets: the non-deadly force bucket, or the deadly force bucket.
What qualifies as deadly force? Legally, deadly force is more broadly defined than only force that kills. Force that can cause death is part of the definition, but deadly force also includes force that causes serious bodily injury, like maiming injuries, as well as rape.
What qualifies as non-deadly force? Non-deadly force is essentially all lesser degrees of force that cannot readily cause death or serious bodily injury.
If the threat you’re facing is non-deadly, then you’re only allowed to use non-deadly force in response. If the force you’re facing is deadly in nature, then you’re entitled to use deadly force OR non-deadly force to defend yourself.
If you respond with deadly force to an attacker using only non-deadly force, you’re using disproportional force, you’ve “lost the element of proportionality,” and you are not acting lawfully.
It’s essential to make sure you limit yourself to only the degree of defensive force that’s proportional to the threat you’re defending against.
But what about running rather than fighting? Does the law require you to resort to flight before you can resort to fight? That brings us to the fourth element of self-defense law:
Avoidance
Could you have safely avoided the fight? That’s the question the fourth element addresses.
A minority of about 13 states impose a legal duty to run away, when you can do so safely, rather than fight. These are called “duty-to-retreat” states.
The large majority of states do not impose such a legal duty to retreat, even if you could have done so with complete safety. These are the “stand-your-ground” states.
In the minority 13 states that do impose a legal duty to retreat, however, failing to run when you safely could have is not lawful, loses you the required element of avoidance, and therefore loses you self-defense.
Even the duty-to-retreat states only impose that legal duty when retreat is possible with complete safety. That begs the question, however—was a completely safe avenue of retreat actually available under the circumstances facing that specific defender?
To put it another way, would a reasonable defender under attack have been aware that a safe avenue of retreat was available? This leads us to the last of the five elements of self-defense law:
Reasonableness
I like to call this the “umbrella” element because it overlays the other four.
Everything that you perceive, decide, and do in defense of yourself or others must be reasonable and prudent, given the circumstances you faced, the information you knew, and your abilities (or disabilities).
Mistakes in self-defense are allowed, and a mistaken use of defensive force can still qualify as lawful self-defense. The bad guy’s “gun” turned out to be a toy? That’s not a problem for your defensive use of force against the apparent gun if perceiving it as a real gun was a reasonable belief under the circumstances.
Bottom line: We’re not required to make perfect decisions in self-defense, just reasonable ones.
What’s reasonable to one person may not be reasonable to another, however. This element of reasonableness is partly a reflection of the particular defender under the specific circumstances. The reasonable perception of, and defensive options for, a defender who is young, healthy, and fit may well differ from the reasonable perceptions and defensive options of an elderly, ill, or disabled defender.
The 5 Elements Are Easy … But Real Life is Complicated
And that’s it, folks—the 5 MUST KNOW elements of self-defense law. Easy-peasy, right? How hard can applying just five elements be?
Well, maybe more complicated than one might think. While the elements themselves are relatively simple, applying them to a real-world case can be complicated.
Why? Because the real world is not simple. It is messy and involves real people, real victims, real violence, and so forth. So, applying these elements to the real-world takes practice. Applying them quickly enough in real-time to respond correctly in the critical moment of an attack takes even more practice.
And that’s precisely why we do what we do at Law of Self Defense: We help you understand the law of self-defense so that you can not only make yourself hard to kill, you can also make yourself hard to convict.
Interested in Learning More and Becoming Your Own Self-Defense Law Expert?
Of course you are!
Where can you find the kind of training and experience that I’m talking about? A lot of it is right here, at Law of Self Defense, where it’s our mission to help you make better informed, more confident, and more decisive decisions in self-defense.
As a first step we urge you to download our FREE guide “The 5 Elements of Self-Defense Law,” to use as a handy reference, without cost or obligation, right here:
http://lawofselfdefense.com/elements
And remember:
You carry a gun so you’re hard to kill.
Know the law so you’re hard to convict!
Stay safe!
–Andrew
Attorney Andrew F. Branca
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FLETC Serpa Holster Study.
What happens when you put a bunch of untrained individuals into new gear and push them for speed over skill?
You get an equipment solution for a training failure.
Know your gear, know your area of operations, and know your limitations.
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Source: https://apnews.com/9f2317f5de8b453baa937ba3381f7c0a
(Left: Armed Civilian credited with saving Officers life. Right: Unknown)
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona officer who was shot and beaten a year ago by a Mexican man he was trying to help after a car crash said a passing driver saved his life by killing the man, according to newly released police reports.
State Trooper Edward Andersson said he doesn’t know what led to the attack. The officer had seen Leonardo Penuelas-Escobar cradling his injured girlfriend, then set up flares to try to get drivers to slow down on a major highway. Moments later, Andersson spotted Penuelas-Escobar with a gun in his hand.
The reports say Penuelas-Escobar said something in Spanish before shooting the officer in the shoulder and beating him in the head with a handgun, which had been stolen months earlier from a home.An armed driver saw the beating, got out of his vehicle and fatally shot Penuelas-Escobar when he refused a command to stop attacking the officer.
Andersson, a 28-year department veteran who underwent multiple surgeries for his injuries and hasn’t yet returned to work, was asked during a police interview what would have been the outcome if the driver hadn’t stopped the attack.
“Probably a funeral. He wasn’t gonna stop,” Andersson told investigators, crediting the passer-by with saving his life.
The documents released Thursday provide the most detailed account of the attack on Jan. 12, 2017, by a former member of the Mexican federal police who was in the United States illegally, according to investigators.
Penuelas-Escobar, who was born in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, was employed in July 2007 as a police officer, but no longer held that job, the documents say. It is not clear why.
Investigators concluded Penuelas-Escobar was speeding when his car rolled over about 55 miles west of Phoenix, ejecting Vanessa Monique Lopez-Ruiz, 23. She later died.
The driver who killed Penuelas-Escobar wasn’t charged with a crime. Arizona has a law that lets someone use deadly force against a person who is threatening or injuring another person.
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In a long-awaited update of the world's most authoritative work on the subject, Massad Ayoob draws from an additional three decades of experience to educate responsible firearms owners about the legal, ethical, and practical use of firearms in self defense--the armed citizens' rules of engagement.
- Understand the legal and ethical issues surrounding use of lethal force by private citizens.
- Learn about the social and psychological issues surrounding use of lethal force in defense of self or others.
- Preparation and mitigation--steps the responsible armed citizen can/should take.
"After forty years as a practicing criminal defense attorney, I know that what Mas says, teaches, and writes is the best, state-of-the-art knowledge you can get." ~Jeff Weiner, Former President, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Think of every assassination you've ever heard about. For most people, a few of these major ones come to mind: Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, John Lennon, Israel's Prime Minister Rabin, Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto. From start to finish, all of these attacks combined took place in less than one minute. And the hundreds of attacks studied for this book, all of them combined, took place in less than a half-hour. Those thirty minutes, surely the most influential in world history, offer important insights that can help today's protectors defeat tomorrow's attackers.
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You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave. You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger, and something stops you. You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position. These scenarios all represent "left of bang", the moments before something bad happens. But how many times have you talked yourself out of leaving the restaurant, getting off the elevator, or getting over your silly "gut" feeling about someone? Is there a way not just to listen to your inner protector more but to actually increase your sensitivity to threats before they happen?
Legendary marine general James Mattis asked the same question and issued a directive to operationalize the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter program. A comprehensive and no-nonsense approach to heightening each and every one of our gifts of fear, Left of Bang is the result.
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The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.
Upon its first publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects the soldier, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent crime rates, suicide bombings, school shootings, and much more. The result is a work that is sure to be relevant and important for decades to come. -
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On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measures warriors can take to prevent such debilitation so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America. The authors reveal the nature of the warrior, brave men and women who train their minds and bodies to go to that place from which others flee. After examining the incredible impact of a few true warriors in battle, On Combat presents new and exciting research as to how to train the mind to become inoculated to stress, fear and even pain. Expanding on Lt. Col. Grossman s popular "Bulletproof mind" presentation, the book explores what really happens to the warrior after the battle, and shows how emotions, such as relief and self-blame, are natural and healthy ways to feel about having survived combat. A fresh and highly informative look at post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) details how to prevent it, how to survive it should it happen, how to come out of it stronger, and how to help others who are experiencing it. On Combat looks at the critical importance of the debriefing, when warriors gather after the battle to share what happened, critique, learn from each other and, for some, begin to heal from the horror. The reader will learn a highly effective breathing technique that not only steadies the warrior s mind and body before and during the battle, but can also be used afterwards as a powerful healing device to help separate the emotion from the memory. Concluding chapters discuss the Christian/Judeo view of killing in combat and offers powerful insight that Lt. Col. Grossman has imparted over the years to help thousands of warriors understand and come to terms with their actions in battle. A final chapter encourages warriors to always fight for justice, not vengeance, so that their remaining days will be healthy ones filled with pride for having performed their duty morally and ethically. This information-packed book ploughs new ground in its vision, in its extensive new research and startling findings, and in its powerful, revealing quotes and anecdotes from top people in the warrior community, people who have faced the toxic environment of deadly combat and now share their wisdom to help others. On Combat is easy to read and powerful in scope. It is a true classic that will be read by new and veteran warriors for years to come.
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Pressing and releasing the trigger "consistently" without disturbing the sight alignment or sight picture is a great goal, but some of the finer details of what great "trigger control" might be are often overlooked.
First I know there is a lot of debate about trigger finger placement... some say that in the heat of battle or the random chaotic nature of a gun fight you will loose the fine motor skills of placing your finger on the trigger in just the right spot, and that instinct will take over and you will just grab the gun like a baboon and clinch it with your meat hook however you happen to grab it. I disagree.
Trigger control starts in the holster. The way you present (or "draw" for some of you) your weapon, is very important in good control over recoil, muzzle flip, and yes even trigger control. The way your hand wraps around the firearm determines how much trigger finger you stick through the guard.
For a right handed shooter if you have too much finger on the trigger, lets say for exaggeration, the tip all the way to the first knuckle then inevitably you are going to pull your shots to your firing side as you pull the trigger the curling action of that first joint will affect the horizontal alignment of you sights at the last moment. In contrast for a right handed shooter if you use too little trigger finger say just the tip just below the nail then you have a tendency to push the weapon to your support side as you add pressure to the trigger.
The perfect trigger finger placement should be somewhere across the center of the pad or the swirl of the fingerprint on the index finger.
DA or Double Action shooters with a heavier trigger press might need a bit more of their finger on the trigger to serve as a mechanical advantage in order to pull a heavier trigger, but they should start off at the swirl and if more is needed work their way in towards the first knuckle, however find a place that is comfortable and stick with it. I often see a movement of the finger from the deeper placement to a shallower placement between shots, and not even slow shots. In the middle of a good controlled pair in recoil the finger flies off and moves to a different position.
If accuracy is a result of sight alignment and a good smooth press how can we expect to achieve this on a follow up shot if we change our grip and trigger finger placement every time the gun goes bang? Do we wait until we have adjusted our grip and find the trigger again? NO! You don't have time to waste, but you also don't have time to miss either.
The goal is a smooth steady “PRESS” directly to the rear to not alter your sights. Its a physics fact that the round will go exactly where the sights are when the shot breaks.
In order to be ready for a perfect follow up shot or shots as quickly as possible, you must keep trigger finger placement for consistency.
In order to keep the trigger finger in the same place on the trigger between shots you should "TRAP" or hold the trigger to the rear of the trigger guard during recoil as opposed to letting it "fly" off. Some shooters let the finger fly completely out of the trigger guard and then are forced to find the trigger and press again. If you are attempting to shoot quickly this usually results in "slapping" or "mashing" the trigger forcing the shots low and usually to the support side.
In addition to pressing the trigger at the same speed which is great for revolvers or double actions (Once you begin adding pressure to the trigger don't stop! Often times DA shooters will "stage the trigger waiting for the sight alignment to be just right and then "rushing" the trigger the last 1/32 of an inch (estimation), throwing or pushing the shots low.
For SA or Single Action shooters you might have "slack" in your trigger before it gets tight. Sometimes this "slack" is getting the gun ready to fire, in the case of a Glock it is disabling the internal drop safeties, pulling the hammer back (technically making a Glock a double action, but lets forget about that for now... ) and then finally as you add or build pressure to the trigger the sear drops and releases the hammer firing the weapon.
So there is a lot of internal movement that is going on inside the weapon before the shot breaks. Don't make the gun shoot, you press the trigger smoothly and let the mechanics shoot the gun. In order not to rush these mechanisms and let them do their job effectively we should be looking forward to the bang, but not making it happen. Hence a "SURPRISE BREAK!"
A surprise break is not a negligent discharge (or accidental discharge, for those of you that believe that the gun just goes off without your finger pulling the trigger) the surprise break means that we know we are on our sights and the gun will go off because we are building pressure on the trigger with the intention of shooting, however we don't know the exact millisecond that it is going to happen or worse making this happen when we want and rushing the gun. If you rush any part of the press then you are going to cause misalignment of your sights, and again the shot goes where your sights are.
And last lets talk about the “TRIGGER RESET” the reset is the act of easing the trigger back out to the point where the gun is ready to fire again but no further. For most weapons there is a definite “click” when the trigger reaches that point, some weapons have a short crisp reset, others have a long way to travel before they reset (as in the case of revolvers or DA only’s) either way you gun operates find that point and get used to resetting the trigger to that point between shots. Some weapons will even have more “slack” in the trigger after the reset, if your does then you have to take that slack back up immediately after the reset. Get back on your sights and follow up with another perfect shot.
If you think of this phrase as your trigger control mantra then it should help. Start slow and then let the speed develop naturally.
Placement (Find the proper finger placement)
Pressure (Get the slack out of your trigger if there is any)
Press (Build pressure until the shot breaks by surprise),
Trap (hold the trigger to the rear in recoil) (Get back on your front sight)
Reset (gently ease the trigger out until the click)
Pressure (Get an additional slack out immediately, for some there wont be any)
Press (Smooth steady pressure until another surprise break)
Trap (hold the trigger to the rear in recoil) (Get back on your front sight)
Reset (gently ease the trigger out until the click)
Pressure (Take the slack out for a third shot, but you should be training a controlled pair)
(Rinse and repeat until desired results are achieved.)
HINT: If you want to get back on your sights quicker for a perfect follow up shot then you need to work on your isometric tension in your grip. Locking that weapon in place so that it returns to the same exact spot after recoil is in the grip and stance. But we will have to talk about that later.
Practice and this will smooth out....slow builds consistency .... consistency is smooth... smooth is fast.... fast is perfect. Perfect Practice doesn't just make it perfect it makes it Permanent.
Download our Target Diagnostic Handout here to help diagnose some of the issues that may be showing up on your targets when you are shooting.
ADAPT_Target_Diagnostic_Handout.pdf
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https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170522/nevada-governor-sandoval-signs-ab-118
Today, May 22, Governor Brian Sandoval signed important pro-gun legislation, Assembly Bill 118, into law. AB 118, sponsored by Assemblyman Skip Daly, will allow members of the military and those who have received an honorable discharge between 18 and 20 years of age to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm. This legislation goes into effect immediately.
Read the text of the bill by downloading the PDF here. AB118_EN 170522.pdf
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NEVADA FIREARMS COALITION
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www.facebook.com/nvfacNovember 10, 2016
Initiative Amendment to NRS 202.254
Amendment to NRS 202.254 to read as follows
NRS 202.254
Sec. 1. Short Title: Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, of this act may be cited as The Background Check Act.
Sec 2. Preamble. The People of Nevada do hereby find and declare that:
1. To promote public safety, federal law currently prohibits felons, domestic abusers, the severely mentally ill, and other dangerous people from buying or possessing firearms.
2. Federally licensed firearms dealers are required to run background checks on their prospective buyers to ensure they are not prohibited from buying or possessing firearms.
3. Criminals and other dangerous people can avoid background checks by buying guns from unlicensed firearms sellers, whom they can easily meet online or at gun shows and who are not legally required to run background checks before selling or transferring firearms.
4. Due to this loophole, millions of guns exchange hands each year in the United States without a background check.
5. The background check process is quick and convenient. Over 90% of federal background checks are completed instantaneously and over 97% of Nevadans live within 10 miles of a licensed gun dealer.
6. We have the right to bear arms, but with rights come responsibilities, including the responsibility to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and domestic abusers.
7. To promote public safety and protect our communities, and to create a fair, level playing field for all gun sellers, the people of Nevada find it necessary to more effectively enforce current law prohibiting dangerous persons from purchasing and possessing firearms by requiring background checks on all firearms sales and transfers with, reasonable exceptions, including for immediate family members, hunting, and self-defense.Sec. 3. Chapter 202 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto the provisions set forth as sections 4 through 7, inclusive, of this act.
Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in NRS 202.254 and sections 5 to 7, inclusive, of this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Hunting" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.050.
2. "Licensed dealer" means a person who holds a license as a dealer in firearms issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C§.9923(a).
3. "National Instant Criminal Background Check System" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.062.
4. "Unlicensed person" means a person who does not hold a license as a dealer, importer, or manufacturer in firearms issued pursuant to 18U.S.C§.
5. "Transferee" means an unlicensed person who wishes or intends to receive a firearm from another unlicensed person.
6. "Transferor" means an unlicensed person who wishes or intends to transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person.
7. "Trapping" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.090.
8. "Central Repository" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.045.Sec. 5.
1. Except as otherwise provided in section 6 of this act, an unlicensed person shall not sell or transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person unless a licensed dealer first conducts a background check on the buyer or transferee in compliance with this section.
2. The seller or transferor and buyer or transferee shall appear jointly with the firearm and request that a licensed dealer conduct a background check on the buyer or transferee.
3. A licensed dealer who agrees to conduct a background check pursuant to this section shall take possession of the firearm and comply with all requirements of federal and state law as though the licensed dealer were selling or transferring the firearm from his or her own inventory to the buyer or transferee, including, but not limited to, all record keeping requirements, except that:
(a) the licensed dealer must contact the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, as described in 18 U.S.C.922(t), and not the Central Repository, to determine whether the buyer or transferee is eligible to purchase and possess firearms under state and federal law; and
(b) the seller or transferor may remove the firearm from the business premises while the background check is being conducted, provided that before the seller or transferor sells or transfers the firearm to the buyer or transferee, the seller or transferor and the buyer or transferee shall return to the licensed dealer who shall again take possession of the firearm prior to the completion of the sale or transfer.
4. A licensed dealer who agrees to conduct a background check pursuant to this section shall inform the seller or transferor and the buyer or transferee of the response from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. If the response indicates that the buyer or transferee is ineligible to purchase or possess the firearm, the licensed dealer shall return the firearm to the seller or transferor and the seller or transferor shall not sell or transfer the firearm to the buyer or transferee.
5. A licensed dealer may charge a reasonable fee for conducting a background check and facilitating a firearm sale or transfer between unlicensed persons.Sec. 6. The provisions of NRS 202.254 do not apply to:
1. The sale or transfer of a firearm by or to any law enforcement agency and, to the extent he or she is acting within the course and scope of his or her employment and official duties, any peace officer, security guard entitled to carry a firearm under NAC648.345, member of the armed forces, or federal official.
2. The sale or transfer of an antique firearm, as defined in 18 U.S.C§. 921 (16).
3. The sale or transfer of a firearm between immediate family members, which for the purposes of this chapter means spouses and domestic partners and any of the following relations, whether by whole or half blood, adoption, or step-relation: parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
4. The transfer of a firearm to an executor, administrator, trustee, or personal representative of an estate or a trust that occurs by operation of law upon the death of the former owner of the firearm.
5. A temporary transfer of a firearm to a person who is not prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or federal law if such transfer:
(a) is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm; and
(b) lasts only as long as immediately necessary to prevent such imminent death or great bodily harm.
6. A temporary transfer of a firearm if:
(a) the transferor has no reason to believe that the transferee is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or federal law.;
(b) the transferor has no reason to believe that the transferee will use or intends to use the firearm in the commission of a crime; and
(c) such transfer occurs and the transferee's possession of the firearm following the
transfer is exclusively:
(i) At an established shooting range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located
(ii) At a lawful organized competition involving the use of a firearm;
(iii) While participating in or practicing for a performance by an organized group that uses firearms as a part of the public performance;
(iv) While hunting or trapping if the hunting or trapping is legal in all places where the transferee possesses the firearm and the transferee holds all licenses or permits required for such hunting or trapping; or
(v) While in the presence of the transferor.Sec. 7. Penalty.
1. An unlicensed person who sells or voluntarily transfers one or more firearms to another unlicensed person in violation of NRS 202.254:
(a) For the first conviction involving the sale or transfer of one or more firearms, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.140; and,
(b) For the second and subsequent convictions involving the sale or transfer of one or more firearms, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130(2)(c).Sec. 8. Severability.
If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person, thing, or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of this act as a whole or any provision or application of this act which can be given effect without the invalid or unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.Sec. 9. Effective Date.
This act shall become effective on October 1, 2015 if approved by the legislature, or on January 1, 2017 if approved by the voters.COMMENTARY
Note: This is a commentary not legal opinion and has no legal implications or standingBallot Question One was passed by the voters of Nevada as an Initiative on November 8, 2016.
Its effective date is January 1, 2017
It cannot be changed by legislature, governor or voters for three years. -
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Reality based training, and force on force exercises.
by
Eric Loden
October 12th , 2016
Taking your education and training beyond the classroom, and off of the “square range”. If you are a hunter, recreational, or sporting shooter please take a moment to consider that you may be forced to use your weapon in a self-defense situation at some point.
For those individuals who train with firearms as their primary means of self-defense, they meditate on this fact all the time.
Thinking your way through scenarios or the “what if’s” that might arise if faced with threat is a good starting point, but it is not enough.
Conditioning the mind to face the realities of that situation or developing what is often known as “Combat mindset” takes some time and study.
There are many great resources to consult in this arena. Some of my recommended reading list would be as follows:
· Principles of Personal Defense by: Jeff Cooper
· The Gift of Fear by: Gavin De Becker
· On Combat by: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Loren W. Christensen
· On Killing by: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
We often say that the essential physical elements to success in a threatening engagement are the ability to move, shoot, and communicate.
These skills can be acquired through repetitions and drills that focus on marksmanship, manipulations, and movement. However, mindset guides all of these aspects. If you go to the range and treat is as only the range, you could be developing bad habits or “training scars” that could affect your performance on the street. One popular quote is “Train the way you want to fight, because you will fight the way your train.” If you train to take the empty magazine or brass out of your firearm and set it on the shooting bench, through countless repetitions you are ingraining that habit, and under the stress of a real life encounter your body will perform or attempt to perform that task.
Once the basic skill sets are acquired, the next step would be performance under some element of stress. For some, competition is stress, maybe a friendly wager, perhaps an Instructors cadence and tone of voice might be enough to put you on edge. Can you still perform to a high level while on that edge?
You can run through countless drills to become more accurate at higher speeds, then while moving, then again while moving and on a moving target, adding the use of tactics such as clearing a structure, or using positions of tactical advantage such as cover and concealment, and perhaps even add in some photo realistic targets so you have an element of critical decision making (a shoot or don’t shoot element is a must for self-defense training) there are even video simulators with clever pre-programmed dialogue to simulate conversational responses.
All of these options are great for developing all the muscle memory to perform these complex tasks or as we often call “choreography” and start to condition the mind for those split second decisions, however, no matter how incredibly complex all of these staged scenarios are they cannot duplicate the stress of a real life threatening encounter.
So, what is the next best thing? Force-on-force is as close as we can get right now. Actually aiming a firearm (in some cases a real firearm modified to fire non-lethal ammunition) at a real, flesh and blood, living, breathing, thinking, fighting to take your life human being. The added stimulus of being shot, and it hurting to a degree also tends to add a bit of stress to the encounter, we say pain has a great way of teaching you not to make that mistake again.
The closer we get to simulating the dangers of real world, real dangers start to present themselves. In order to deliver a pain stimulus most weapons used in this type of training still shoot projectiles, so appropriate protective gear must be worn such as thicker clothing, eye protection, face masks, groin or throat protectors, etc… Some systems utilize laser guns and electric shock belts for this jolt to the system. I prefer projectiles as they show you exactly where you get hit, as the laser rigs only shock you in one place even though you are hit in another.
Safety concerns continue to mount when you have individuals attempting to deliver this style of training without proper instruction in it themselves. There are many great reading resources on this subject matter as well, and if you are interested in this type of instruction, or training to be an Instructor and would like to be able to deliver this subject matter to your students please do the research and take approved classes by seasoned professionals before attempting this yourself.
When this type of training is conducted by those individuals who are not trained and qualified to be doing so, horrible things happen. There is an entire chapter “In Memory of Those Who Have Fallen” in a training manual dedicated to the individuals no longer with us due to these incidents, these are the accounts of Officers and Military individuals that have died as a result of carelessness, poorly conceived, poorly executed, or flat out reckless and dangerous training scenarios.
Some of the many safety concerns that one must consider when participating in this style of training are as follows:
· Competency of your Instructors and their support staff.
· Appropriate safety precautions put in place (Communications, response protocols for injuries, etc...)
· Sterile environment (No real weapons, ammunition, or other weapons even allow near the training arena)
· Appropriate simulation weapons (No improvised, modified, or personal equipment is allowed unless approved by Staff.)
· Protective safety equipment (Can vary with the simulation weapons. Eyes, Face, Groin, Breasts, etc…)
The list goes on and on, but this article was just to get you interested and thinking, for more information on this style of training, who offers it, or where to go to become certified as an Instructor please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time. Stay safe. Train hard.
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Purchase this book on Amazon and support ADAPT
We recommend this as required reading to all of our students in all of our classes. This book covers in great detail one of the topics we introduce in our lectures on situational awareness and avoidance.
Protect yourself by learning how to trust — and act on — your instincts with the "empowering" #1 bestseller from personal safety expert Gavin de Becker (Boston Globe).
A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the door. A disgruntled employee brandishing a gun. These days, no one is safe from the specter of violence. But according to Gavin de Becker, everyone can feel safer, act safer, be safer -- if they learn how to listen to their own sixth sense about danger.
De Becker has made a career of protecting people and predicting violent behavior. His firm handles security for many of the leading figures in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, and his computerized risk-assessment system helps analyze threats to members of Congress and the Supreme Court. Now, in this unprecedented guide, de Becker shares his expertise with everyone. Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust our own intuitions. For everyone who's ever felt threatened, this book is essential reading. -
UPDATED 07/01/2016
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I know in the picture above that the ribbon is obstructing your sight picture. The ribbon was supposed to be pulled to the side of the ejection port as not to obstruct, additionally if it is simply left hanging out the bottom you can still practice your trigger control as normal as the weapon is no longer out of battery.
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Hey Jason,
Most of the gun stores in town have started carrying some bulk dry food options, however the best deals can still be found online. If you are going shopping check out New Frontier Armory for some survival options.
Looking forward to seeing you in class soon.
Misc ADAPT gear for sale.
in Swap Meet
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If you are interested in any of the items shown below, please text the ADAPT line at 702 530-2771, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Magazines, Shotgun shells, and Kneepads are not included, they are shown for size only.
NRA Basic Range Bag
5.11 Load Bearing vest with magazine pouches and hydration pack and bladder.
Martial Arts Chest Protectors- Large Child / Small Adult 5'10" 150lbs
Howard Leight Impact Sport Hearing Protection - New in case.
Reactive Steel Target with swinging torso hit zone and hostage taker flipper head plate. (We have two of the exact same targets with torso, stand base, angle iron stems, and mounting bracket.) We would like to sell as a set, but will split them if necessary.