There’s an old Yiddish Proverb that says, “A lock is meant only for honest men.” This means that if I really want to get into something, and I’m willing to do whatever it takes, I’ll get through your lock.

Among all the emotionally charged topics discussed amongst firearms owners, little generates as much controversy as ammunition selection. This is by no means an exhaustive study on the subject. Rather, it is intended to provide the reader with a decent baseline from which to make informed decisions.

I’ve spent the last twenty years in the Southeast. That time was split between North Carolina and Tennessee. While living in NC, I learned about hurricanes. One of the biggest take-aways I learned was boarding up windows.

Many of us have heard the term the “gray man” but if you haven’t, the concept is simple. It is the person that blends into their environment that you seem not to pay much notice to.

With our upcoming Land Navigation Series - Two-Day Workshop, I thought it was important to put this information out to the Lodestone Community. This article is going to talk primarily about compasses and hopefully clear up some of the confusion that you may have when purchasing your tools.

“Turning Our Home into a Castle” is a new weekly series that we will be bringing to you.  We will be sharing principles, tips and techniques to harden your home and make you less of a target. 

I’m really bummed that I had to postpone this week’s Rifle Combat Marksmanship class. I want to get out and spend time with you on the range. So, the best that I can do right now is to write an article on one of the many points I was going to be teaching this week. Using your eyes.

Recently, I was having a conversation with a man who’s become concerned about being prepared because of recent world events. With his Google–Fu he had surmised that he needed to build a mythical, magical “Bug-Out” Bag. He rattled off lists of items he needed to have in this bag in order to escape and survive. In my mind, I was adding up every item’s weight and cost and realizing how overwhelming it will be for this man to build this bag.

Let’s break this question down into the classic Shoot, Move and Communicate.

As kind of a follow-up to the article I wrote on Dots, I wanted to talk more on shot placement in a combat setting. 

This was written ten years ago for another venue. It was fun to find it and read it after all these years:

As I write this, I’m sitting in my room waiting for the trigger to be met so my team can execute a bilateral mission. We know where the bad guy is, and we are just waiting for the word from our partner force.

When it comes to training, we must be honest with ourselves, and accountable. “Am I training hard enough?” is a question we should always have in our minds. “Am I training on everything I should train on for combat (whatever combat situation yours may be)?”

Going stir crazy with being quarantined? Ready to get out and stretch your legs?

We’ve become aware of an opportunity that we just couldn’t pass up sharing with you. The Institute on the Constitution is offering their Online Constitution Course for free for a limited time.

We all know that we need to be prepared. However, how do we determine what we need to work on? The answer is to take a look at your life and identify the risks or scenarios that you want to be prepared for.

I had an encounter with a hysterical woman at Walmart on Monday. She was in a state of panic over the coronavirus. After getting home, I reached out to a good friend who is an MD, who has been training with me and others for years. I asked him if he could give his perspective and some advice.

The foundation of shooting is your stance. The perfect stance can only be obtained on the range or as you practice. We focus heavily on this stance during our Level One classes. It is important for you to continually work on your stance, so you know what right is.

I've carried a concealed firearm of one sort or another, as a civilian, for going on 15 years now, and there are some lessons I'd like to share with you. These come from painful experience (some painful to the wallet, some painful to the psyche, and some physically painful), so I hope passing them on will help somebody save themselves the trouble.

Trust your gut! If it feels wrong, it most likely is wrong.  There’s a reason we don’t feel comfortable going to that shady gas station in that bad part of town late at night.  Don’t minimize or discount your feelings.

We all remember the scam emails claiming to be from Nigerian princes, who just need your bank account information to get their millions of dollars out of the country, and who are willing to reward you with a mountain of cash for the help. Today’s threats can be much harder to detect, and require a little more attention.