KR TRAINING MARCH 2012 NEWS
RAINOUT ON MARCH 10th, CLASSES RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 17, APRIL 7
Due to nasty weather this past weekend, we had to reschedule our March 10th classes for March 17th. Some students in these sold out classes were unable to attend the make up date, so we have slots open in all 3:Defensive Pistol Skills 2, AT-2 Scenarios Only and AT-1A Low Light Shooting.
All 3 of these courses are excellent follow on training to our Defensive Pistol Skills 1 class. We won't offer AT-2 or Low Light Shooting again until the fall.
A make up session of the rained out February Advanced Training 6 course is back on the calendar for April 7.
KR TRAINING SHOOTING TEAM NEWS
The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Pistol Team, coached by Karl and Penny, is competing in the All Army Scholastic Steel Challenge match in March at Ft. Benning, Georgia March 17 and 18.
AMERICAN ACTION SHOOTING NATIONALS - MARCH 17th
IPSC Grand Master and former World Champion Ted Bonnet will be running the American Action Shooting Association (AASA) National Championship at the Bullet Hole range in San Antonio, TX on March 17th. This fun match is all "shoot off" format on falling steel. For more information, visit www.americanactionshooting.com
TEXAS WILDFIRE AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP
Hosted by the Bastrop County Disaster Recovery Center, State Farm, Texas Department of
Insurance, and the Bastrop Christian Ministerial Alliance. This workshop is FREE and open to the public. Come learn easy steps to protect your home and family from loss to wildfire (morning) and how to prepare and protect from disasters (afternoon). Come get your questions answered and receive information and materials for home and business.
Topics include: wildfire loss prevention, dangerous weather patterns, family evacuation
plans, disaster kits, safety tips, fire-wise construction materials, accurate insurance coverage,
rules and tools for property inventory, and much more.
Lunch will be available at the workshop.
WHEN: Saturday, March 17 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
WHERE: LCRA McKinney Roughs Nature Park – Dining Hall
1884 Highway 71 West, Cedar Creek, TX 78602
WHO: Bastrop County Restoration Coalition; Texas Forest Service; LCRA; American Red
Cross; Ready, Set, GO; International Association of Fire Chiefs; FireCAP; Insurance Council of
Texas; Bastrop County Office of Emergency Management.
Seating space is limited; RSVP suggested by emailing brenda@main.org or calling 512 549-
3011.
KR Training assistant instructor Paul Martin will be one of the presenters, representing State Farm insurance.
BLOG-O-RAMA
Real world examples of why we teach what we teach:
- Bad gunhandling on viral video makes all gun owners look bad.
- New Hampshire man fires warning shot into ground, is arrested (warning shots are a BAD idea)
- Georgia man kills wife by mistake (ID the threat before you fire)
My co-worker Lee Santo from TEEX has a nice series of firearms training videos on youtube
Fox News piece on "A Girl and a Gun" shooting league (started in Austin by Julianna Crowder)
John Farnam on the awesomeness that was the 2012 Polite Society conference.
Campus carry in Colorado wins big.
Campus carry in Texas, not so much.
The Christian Science Monitor covers the concealed handgun culture.
Forbes magazine dispels the myths of the gun-control movement.
Canada shuts down it's failed, horribly expensive long gun registry
IDPA champion Bob Vogel shooting a cool stage from Ecuador where all targets are shot while driving a car
Email Hoax of the month: VA and 2nd amendment rights
Amazing numbers: gun sales up, violence way down.
If you have a Comp-Tac holster, and you have trouble with the clips letting go of your belt, try the C-Clips. I switched to these and they seem to have solved that problem.
Thoughts on management and leadership from Inc magazine
Down Range blog highlights
John "Hsoi" Daub blog highlights
- Front Sight school may be setting up a Texas facility
- Claude Werner's analysis of NRA Armed Citizen incidents
- Hsoi's take on Claude's analysis
- Failure of the TSA (links to great article written by retired FBI counter-terrorism expert)
- Tom Givens' recent article on Followthrough
- Tulsa courthouse shootout
- kwikkEmail - new *free* IOS app from Hsoi Enterprises, LLC
THE CLASS I WANT ISN'T ON YOUR CALENDAR!
An updated schedule for May-July class dates will be out in early April. If there are specific classes you are wanting to offer this summer, let me know and I'll try to to fit them in.
We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training crew