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Will is More Important Than Skill

Will is More Important Than Skill

We’ve all seen the dash-cam videos available on BluTube, YouTube, or “Insert-Cool-Name-Here” Tube. Many of these real-life video clips are pure entertainment IE: the drunk that gets Tasered five times because he won’t comply and surrender. If we sort through all the trash we can indeed find actual recorded traffic stops and other “in progress” calls that have training value. Some of the training value is positive as in “see that worked well” and others are a form a negative reinforcement, “don’t ever do that!” On the dark side, the moment in-car video recording began we knew that at some point what the camera recorded would end up as part of a post-mortem investigation. Sooner or later a cop would…

Hear While You Hunt; Protect Your Hearing for Life

Hear While You Hunt; Protect Your Hearing for Life

“Your ears will get used to the noise.” or “Your ears will toughen up.” are two of the stupidest statements I have ever heard regarding gunfire and hearing protection. The sad truth, unfortunately, is that I heard those words or similar ones uttered far too often during my formative years as a shooter and hunter. Getting used to the noise or “toughening up” is incremental deafness. Your ears don’t “get used to” loud noises, they get damaged. Every time your ears ring your hearing is being damaged. Yes, it is true that your ears can heal, but you never get back to the point you were before the noise assault occurred. A fact that many folks don’t understand until it’s…