Nine and One Tactical

07/24/2024

Part 1 of my views on Louisiana’s new Constitutional Carry Law….

Hello, readers. It’s good to be back – albeit temporary, and for a topic I thought more people would be celebrating rather than whining about like small children, in search of the nearest consolat…

05/17/2024

Minden Press-Herald | Barnette discusses new fi****ms regulations at Lions Club meeting https://buff.ly/3wQ5yGG

04/26/2023

Teachers miss too... but only some of them will admit it. Push yourselves. Work on the areas where you’re weak, rather than the areas where you’re already proficient. The easy stuff feels good to our ego, but lack of challenge and lack of failure breeds false confidence. Practice hard so that you can fight hard.

Side note the Warrior Poet Society rifle sling, is the best sling ever made! Buy one - you won’t regret it!

03/30/2023

Don’t miss this week’s article!

There’s no way to know how many rounds I’ve fired between training, practice, qualifications, and teaching – but I estimate the number to be in the high tens of thousands. Since beginning my…

03/24/2023

Students or perspective students have approached me many times with tales of instructors and curriculums to which they’ve subjected themselves. Inevitably, the stories are always the same and they…

03/16/2023

Keep your gun in the fight.

“My gun never malfunctions.” Perhaps you’re right. Perhaps your gun has been malfunction-free for its entire existence. However, when I hear this from people, I immediately know two things are a…

03/09/2023

Going somewhere?

Bug out bag – go bag -survival bag – I’ve heard several different terms for a pre-packed bag that one might keep handy in the event they need to up and leave their current situation in …

03/03/2023

I recently attended a birthday gathering for a fellow cop – one that I’m particularly close with – who I refer to as brother and mean it wholeheartedly. For four hours, give-or-take, five cops and…

03/01/2023

3 days away from our next class.

Have you registered yet?

02/23/2023

I have struggled over the notion of directly addressing my chosen profession through these articles. It’s no secret that policing in America is a polarizing issue in today’s society. That alone m…