“The most dangerous place I ever stood was between a cornered cat and an open door.” “If you have to fight, fight like a cornered cat.” These are the motto and premise behind the self-defense philosophy of Kathy Jackson – otherwise known as The […]
Today is the 15th Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks upon the people of the United States of America. On 9/11 I was in my first month of medical school at the age of 38. I was in the “blue room” with my classmates, studying and […]
I am probably making mountains out of mole hills here, but I am going to drag out the soapbox about a pet peeve of mine, because it has reared its head again this week. The peeve is the sexualization of women with guns. I’ve written […]
This post will be fairly quick and photo heavy. It’s just an update to my previous post where I discussed range-testing my new carry revolver. http://boostershotsblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/my-ruger-lcr.html#comment-form My incentive for wanting to try a snub-nose revolver for carry was the neighborhood dogs, which I have discussed in […]
“The women of this country learned long ago, those without swords can still die upon them.” ~Eowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan JRR Tolkien The concept of women learning the art of weaponry for defense of self, home, and family is not a new one – despite […]
What follows comes with the usual caveats – I am NOT an expert, or an instructor. I’m just sharing what my personal experiences are, while I travel along the learning curve like everybody else. As you may recall, I started playing around with shooting an […]
Life has been a bit scatterbrained for me lately, so I thought I should make a sort of “catch-up” post. I’m trying really hard to keep THIS post unpolitical – and save all of that anger, outrage, and heartache for another day. So here for […]
A few weeks ago I had a bit of a tiff with a longtime friend. Unbeknownst to me, he had thought enough of me and my minuscule contributions to the shooting world, that he decided to recommend me for sponsorship to one of the companies […]
So, I guess it’s pretty common knowledge that I hate cleaning. That goes for pretty much any kind of cleaning – except personal hygiene of course – I’m totally a fan of long, hot, showers. But household cleaning, car washing, and gun cleaning – not […]
After the last post, I had hoped that the dog encounter I wrote about was an isolated occurrence. I did however, go buy a pepper spray canister that I have carried with me on my walks ever since. I mulled over carrying one of my […]