If you’ve spent enough time in the firearms training world, you’ve heard the term “Training Scars”. These are habits you build on the range that are based on bad, outdated or insufficient information. These habits can lead to disaster if they find their way into a real defensive shooting encounter. Training scars can be insidious…
What follows is a true story that I share with people when they ask why they should take a Tactical Emergency Medicine training class. Last year while working late one night in my home office, I heard a gunshot and I could instantly tell it was very close, like right outside. Part of me knew…