This video demonstrates the inner workings of an AR-15 as it operates to fire a round. Understanding and seeing how it works helps the operator understand why its so important to keep your AR-15 clean and lubricated, among other things. These are great videos for instructors to show their...

When I teach a firearms course I use this video and others like it to demonstrate the inner workings of a firearm so that students can better understand their gun and the process of firing a round. I don’t believe that this newfound knowledge will help anyone shoot straighter,...

I’ll start this off with a disclaimer for my friends who aren’t yet ready to jump with both feet on the Glock bandwagon. There are very few guns that I dislike, and as I teach in the firearms classes that I teach, the very best brand of gun in...

Our world looked one way last Monday, and today many of us have come to the realization that our reality looks very different. In my line of work, the death of Charlie Kirk had not been officially announced yet, and I was getting texts and calls about what comes...

Thirteen years ago, at an elegant hotel in Coronado, California, Ana Tigre gracefully strode into the resort lobby wearing a stunning red wedding dress. We walked hand in hand outdoors where a grand white gazebo awaited, and but a few very meaningful moments later, she was my wife. A...

Last night Kwamane and I stayed up late talking about something that was troubling him. We talked about what it means to be a man, what it means to be a father, and why we must learn these things as boys so we can have direction and a path...

I carry a gun for a living, and I instruct others who carry a gun for a living. I clean my guns at home, do dry-fire training at home, pack my guns for the range at home, and put on my gun for work at home. My kids are...

The only reason we have four kids is that we can’t responsibly seat any more than that in our minivan. If we owned a school bus, I am confident we would have filled it long ago with precious little souls to raise, care for, and love. Ana and I...

Abagail showed up in my office about a month ago. She was leisurely stretched out along the top side of my podcast microphone. She appeared boldly unconcerned with my presence and didn’t even flinch as I came to investigate. She was molting, as lizards are given to do, with...

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are...