Personal safety notes from the field—winter kits, everyday carry, hardening your home, indoor training, and more.
October 18, 2026 · Situational awareness
Plan. Avoid. Detect. Deter. Detect with Colonel Jeff Cooper’s Color Code of situational awareness — White, Yellow, Orange, and Red — so you see trouble early, long before a firearm is a last resort.
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Members onlyNovember 25, 2021 · Winter preparedness
Personal safety is not only buying a firearm and being trained with it. Personal Safety requires us to be prepared for other events as well. We are about to begin winter here in the Minnesota, so let’s talk about a few…
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Everyday Carry or EDC is a concept that has gained traction and recognition in the last several years. It refers to the items you carry on your person each day. You can search the internet and find countless articles on…
Read postAugust 25, 2021 · Hard target
I have lost count of the number of times I have responded to a call for a theft from a vehicle or a burglary, sometimes at the same residence. After getting the details of the crime, I ask if the house or vehicles were…
Read postMarch 17, 2021
RAPDS is now offering Minnesota Permit to carry courses. This course fulfills the requirements needed for you to apply for a Minnesota permit to carry. Upon completion of this course a certificate will be provided,…
Read postJanuary 23, 2021
Winter can make it difficult for all of us to train with our weapons. Most of the ranges we use are not in use during the winter. Don't let that stop you from training. Some of my training is designed for indoor and…
Read postJanuary 17, 2021
Several years ago I was called to a hospital for a victim of a kidnapping. While speaking with the victim I learned that she had been dating a guy and he had turned violent. I was informed that the boyfriend had come…
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