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1 week ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... performance /pər-fôr′məns/nounThe act of performing or the state of being performed. The way in which someone or something functions. “The pilot rated the airplane’s performance in high winds.”That’s the first word, and shooting, defined as the act of one who shoots, is the second. “Performance shooting” is a phrase frequently repeated in firearms training. It generally tilts towards the competition side with a bias towards USPSA-style shooting.

1 week ago | americancop.com | Kevin McPherson

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Spotting a revolver in a law enforcement duty holster these days is extremely unlikely. You might find one being used by the “shield bearer” on a SWAT entry team if you look hard enough. Uncommon as they may be in overt uniform roles, revolvers still serve in important capacities for cops. Small, lightweight revolvers excel as backup guns due to their real-world reliability, ammunition insensitivity, and resistance to neglect.

2 weeks ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... May is National Stop the Bleed Month. The goal of that program is to get as many people as possible, regardless of where their paycheck comes from, trained to stop death from hemorrhaging (bleeding) caused by traumatic injuries. Stopping the bleed regardless of what caused it. I’m fortunate that, as a writer and trainer, I have a few Go-To people for pre-hospital trauma concerns. One of them is Caleb Causey of Lone Star Medics. He talked with me a couple of years ago.

3 weeks ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... Every May, memorial ceremonies are held throughout the country for officers we have lost in the line of duty over the past year at the local, state, and national levels. The biggest ceremony is in Washington, D.C., following several days of events. The culmination is the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony. I understand it is an event to be experienced. Deaths of working cops are divided into two (2) categories. Felonious and accidental.

1 month ago | americancop.com | Erick Gelhaus

(No Ratings Yet)Loading... This is the second part of a series on left-handed manipulations of various firearms. Previously, I covered semi-automatic pistols; this article will look at semi-automatic shotguns. While there are some left-handed shotgun designs (I have a couple of them), there are some benefits to the far more commonly encountered right-hand designs for us lefties. The easiest to adapt and use is Mossberg’s receiver-mounted safety.