Product review: Dene Adams Classic Conceal ed Carry Tactical Leggings Most firearm related products are designed for a specific demographic end user, large to mid-framed males who are right handed! Women's needs with firearms, and especially daily carry, are at best an industry afterthought. I've made it a personal mission to remedy the neglect, however, it's proved a molasses-slow process. Trial and error, products bought and returned, suggestions made and ignored; it's a constant stream of disappointment. So, imagine my elation when I discover a carry product for women that actually works! The Concealed Carry Tactical Leggings by Dene Adams are a product that works! But, let me tell you how well... The leggings are comfortable , high waisted, and designed by a woman (Anna Taylor, Founder & CEO of Dene Adams) . They remain stylish while featuring supportive compression in the areas designed for holding the firearm. (Read: keeps the gun and the waistband of your leggings from sagging!) Every pair of leggings comes with a removable , universal holster pouch which covers the trigger guard, and fastens into your desired placement and position. Right handed , left handed, appendix, kidney, forward cant ed , rearward cant ed , etc . - T he choice is yours! There is also a custom full-shell kydex insert available as an add-on option for those desiring a gun specific holster rather than the generic pouch . The firearm rides in what I’d call a “high appendix ” position, which is generally the most comfortable waist position for women to carry. But, the design also allows for "kidney carry" should one opt for it. There is room for spare magazines, a flashlight, a blade, and/or pepper spray. There are also two vertical zippered pockets that go all the way across (one in front and one in back) for securing your ID and cash, etc... They have two additional side pocket s located about mid-outer thigh on both right and left sides which will easily accommodate a cell phone . (I didn’t not carry my phone in the side pocket during my run. I used the rear zipper pocket for that.) I wanted these leggings to hold my gun while running . The first time I tried them on I knew they’d hold a gun without issue for just walking around, but, what about on a jog? That's the real test. I carry a S&W M&P Compact, which, in my opinion, isn’t a small or light weight gun. Would the leggings keep the gun in place ? W ould it shift ? W ould it bounce around? How secure is it really going to be? I’m pleased to say that these leggings passed ALL the tests with flying colors! My gun did not budge! (Full disclosure, I’m not a very fast runner and this test did not involve doing sprints. For a moderate run they worked great!) As with any new carry method, I strongly recommend practicing drawstroke and holstering before carrying a live pistol in public. The time to learn how to do so is not the moment of attack! The wise will purchase a "blue gun" replica of their make and model gun to rehearse with. I’m so excited to add this carry option to my wardrobe - they solved a major issue for me, and they just might for you, as well! Check them out at the link below! Tricia Ellison Fortress Staff Instructor DTI Affiliate Instructor Presenter, Pretty Loaded Visit www.deneadams.com for product videos and more details regarding the Classic Concealed Carry Tactical Leggings. Visit www.blueguns.com for training blue guns.

"The transgenders winning the track meet in Connecticut last week are not “brave.” That was a mugging. Two boys figuratively beating up a group of girls and stealing from them. The East Germans used to pull the same stunt at the Olympics.” – Anonymous comment regarding THIS news story Recently I was made aware of an academic paper published in Sport Science Review [vol. XXI, No. 3-4, August 2012] titled A Comparative Study on Strength between American College Male and Female Students in Caucasian and Asian Populations. A telling stat the researchers note was women possess 35 to 60 percent of the muscular strength men do. Which means women are at least a 1/3 weaker than men, with a large portion of men being twice as strong. This comes as no surprise to the sane! But, in 2019 America, simply suggesting "men are stronger" is considered heresy in certain circles. The punishment runs a spectrum from the suspension of your Twitter account to an on-line mob demanding your firing….at least for now. "Reeducation" camps may be the future. Anyone who refuses to acknowledge basic biology is a fool. And such foolishness is putting women in jeopardy. It’s one thing to shrug and accept the idea of Bruce Jenner deciding to live as a woman – after all, he’s done more physical damage with his car than his dress. But, it’s quite another for present day Bruce Jenner’s to declare themselves women and proceed to compete against actual women in track and field. In our business, reality is all that matters. We can pretend that knife disarms without injury exist, or that we don’t have to aim shotguns, but reality is the final judge. And reality does not abide such fantasies. Suggesting that women are physically capable of toe-to-toe fighting with men, as a generalization, is a fairy tale. The Ronda Rousey’s of the world are few and far between, and they have problems outside of their weight classes. Women are at a massive disadvantage in strength, and they need every advantage they can get when confronted with a male attacker. They need the advantage of weapons, and they need a use of force advantage recognized by law. What I’m waiting to see play out with the “ anyone can be a woman ” movement is how Disparity of Force will be applied when a man identifying as a woman beats a female up and claims self-defense. It’s an inevitability. Likewise, when the male to female transsexual married to the female to male transsexual is claiming domestic abuse, who will the arriving officers arrest? We can’t pretend this isn’t going to be a problem - if ‘ Take it outside and I'll show you sir ’ Ma'am had thrown a punch at the Game Stop employee, would we expect the employee to defend himself like he would against a man 30% greater than his size, or do we expect him to try to hold wrists and go into blocking mode as civilized men do when women start hitting them? [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZtOz-KKMhI[/embed] __ I’m clear on what constitutes disparity of force. As identity politics and mobs continue to influence social norms, I’m not clear prosecutors will continue to interpret it the same way. The application of Disparity of Force based on the physical and biological differences between men and women has been a constant in defense law. But, a small segment of society has now succeeded through 'Accusation Avoidance Stockholm Syndrome', or A.A.S.S., to compel a large portion of the population into pretending there are no physical or biological differences, less they be labeled bigots. We are experiencing a ‘Emperor Has No Clothes’ situation, and I don’t see this ending with rationality prevailing. Anyone interested in being the test case? "We are metaphysically equal. On all other levels we are unequal." – Jordan Peterson

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual - James St. James On September 27 th , 2015 , I posted an opinion piece titled ‘ No Second Chances ’, offering my commentary on a then recent attack of a Lansing, IL, woman by a scripture-like example of pure evil incarnate. This week, a little over 3 years later, the demon was finally sentenced to life in prison . In court he was quoted as saying: “I don’t smile when I think about what happened. It bothered me because that’s not that person I am, especially when it comes to doing something to a woman,” he said. “I thank God every day that Diane got up that day. I thank God that she’s alive. I was scandalous toward her. I was rotten.” If you buy that, his behavior in jail suggested otherwise. In April of 2017 he managed to lock himself in the office of a case worker at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, holding her hostage with a prison shank. 4 strands of cord made from bed sheets were found hidden in his socks…you know, for tying someone up. Like a woman you want to rape in her office. Regarding her time off work and PTSD issues, the caseworker was quoted as saying: “I thought I was going to lose my mind. I could not shake that evil I felt in my bones and saw in his eyes.” Well, she got that right. In a nation that is working tirelessly to promote weakness and victim-hood as a way of life, opinions and advice like mine are generally ignored. But, for those few willing to explore the realities of personal responsibility on planet Earth, the conclusion is clear: You are on your own! I say again, justice only happens in real time. The only justice that was possible in this case was if the attacker had received a proper serving of 9mm Lehigh in his upper thorax the second he raised a hammer towards his intended victim. Instead, we have a permanently disabled woman suffering indescribable physical and emotional pain for the rest of her life, and a vile monster being housed and fed at the expense of the taxpayers for the rest of his. And, as if that’s not enough, we have a bonus victim he managed to terrorize while he was in lock up. There has been NO justice, here. There never will be. The universe has offered us another lesson learned in blood, we ignore it at our own peril. The sole certainty is that the world as it is awaits us every day. It does not give notice of the challenges it will present, but rather tests us and renders judgment....ready or not. - Dr. William April

“That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.” - Jeannette Walls On March 13, 1964, 28 year-old Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and murdered in her Kew Gardens, NY, neighborhood by Winston Moseley. Moseley was arrested 6-days later for burglary, and while in custody, confessed to the murder. The Event Kitty, returning home from her job as a bar manager, parked her car in the nearby train station lot around 3am. She walked through the alley towards the back of the building where the entrance to her apartment was. Along the way she noticed Moseley tailing her and attempted escape to the front of the building. Once she bolted, Moseley ran her down and stabbed her twice in the back. At this point a neighbor heard the commotion and yelled out the window to " Leave that girl alone! " Moseley ran to his car and drove away. Kitty attempted to get around the building to her apartment door. 10-minutes later, Moseley returned and searched the area. Finding Kitty in a back entrance way, he stabbed her again multiple times and raped her – And, after removing $49 from her purse, he left her to die. The entire event spanned approximately 30-minutes. 38-Witnesses A.M. Rosenthal's book 38-Witnesses, the Kitty Genovese Case , as well as original articles written by Martin Gansberg for the New York Times (and much more inflammatory accounts over the years by other publications) have suggested that 38-people stood by and did nothing as Kitty was attacked. Truth is, 49 people were actually interviewed by police who had some knowledge of the evening's events. However, none were what could be described as "eye witnesses." Most were sleeping with the windows closed on a cold night and thought they were hearing nothing more than a domestic disturbance. It's doubtful after the initial attack Kitty could scream as the knife wounds in her back had punctured a lung. And the second attack happened out of sight, so few had any sense of how serious it all was. However, some did call the police, only to be met with less than helpful responses. (Such accounts led to a revamp of the NYC police emergency call network, ushering in the future 911 systems.) Regardless of the facts, the event is still used as an example of indifference and the human failure to get involved. But, that’s not the real issue, here. Lesson What is so often overlooked in accounts of the Genovese murder is her attacker. 29 year-old Winston Moseley was a sociopath, extreme narcissist, and according to one prison doctor, a necrophile. He lived what many would deem a "normal life." - No criminal record. - Held a good job. (Remington-Rand Tabulator Operator - meaning he worked with early computers.) - Married, with two children. - Owned a home. Moseley confessed to the rapes and murders of two other women (Barbara Kralik, 15, and Annie Mae Johnson, 24. Both, most likely, included rape) , 30 to 40 robberies, and countless other rapes. He was given the death penalty for the Genovese murder, which was reduced to life in prison on appeal. In 1968, Moseley escaped custody during transfer for a medical procedure. He overpowered and beat a guard, stole his gun, and fled to the nearby vacant home of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kulaga. Three days later, the couple came to check on the house - Moseley took them captive, raping the wife in front of her bound husband. Stealing their car, he drove to Grand Island, NY, where he broke into another home, taking a woman and her infant daughter hostage - they were released unharmed two hours later, and he surrendered to an FBI agent after a brief stand off. He pleaded guilty to escape and kidnapping, and was given two additional 15-year sentences (making it all better.) While in prison he participated in the famous Attica Prison Riot. ...he also obtained a SOCIOLOGY degree. Winston Moseley was not a stupid man. He was cold, calculating, and did it all for personal gratification without the slightest concern for those he harmed. He told police that he preferred to kill women because " they were easier and didn't fight back ", but he “ obtained pleasure ” from the fear men displayed when he pointed a gun at them during a robbery. Winston Moseley, college graduate. Moseley stated during a parole hearing, “The crime was tragic, but it did serve society, urging it as it did to come to the aid of its members in distress or danger ." A regular Gandhi. Conclusion Years ago I penned an article entitled Justice Only Happens In Real Time , where I discussed the reasons we carry guns and the consequences of not doing so. Winston Moseley died in prison last week. He lived to the ripe age of 81 (at taxpayer expense.) Had Kitty carried a gun in 1964, maybe, just maybe, she might have been able to engage Moseley on his second (or first) attack and put an end to it…and perhaps she may have lived to be 81. (Of course, she would have had to do so in violation of NYC’s Sullivan Act . The Sullivan Act and those who support it holding the majority of the blame, in my opinion.) Most of us would agree how silly it is for a child to imagine there’s a Boogieman under the bed, and we do our best to help our children grow out of it. But as adults, many of us refuse to acknowledge the existence of real Boogiemen in the world. The Winston Moseley’s are out there, and they don’t take days off. We have two choices: carry our guns and stand ready to defend, or chance putting our families through our funerals and 50-years of our murderer’s parole hearings. That’s a roll of the dice I’m not willing to take. How about you? “He told me he got no thrill with live women he raped, he preferred them dead." - Dr. Oscar Diamond, Psychiatrist, Manhattan State Hospital, testifying during the Moseley trial

“The only thing constant in life is change.” - François de la Rochefoucauld As much as we all try to keep life as we like, factors outside of our control always intervene. On Friday, Sept 8th , such a “factor” entered the life of a 53 year-old woman from Lansing, IL, when she arrived home to find a burglary in progress. The criminal went at her with a hammer, abducted her, and locked her in the trunk of her car while he completed the robbery. He drove to Munster, IN, where he used the victim’s credit card to withdraw $140, and then proceeded to Burns Harbor, IN. Along the way he stopped and raped her. In IN he parked her car at an abandon trucking company and again raped her, this time being sure to lacerate her internally with an undisclosed object. He then strangled her till she was unconscious, dumped her body, and set her on fire. She survived. Word is that she may be able to leave the hospital by next April. The animal in question was arrested, and has a thorough criminal record that including convictions for larceny, felony firearms, assaulting an officer, assault with intent to rob, and attempted escape, as well as multiple parole violations. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][caption id="attachment_1471" align="aligncenter" width="306"] In July a local Lansing church posted this to their Facebook page.[/caption] My thoughts: I will not be laying in a hospital bed someday wishing I’d decided to spend a few days training rather than doing some mindless activity that offers no value to my life. No one gets me without a fight – a fight I will make sure I’m armed and ready for. Perhaps going out drinking next weekend is more important to some – maybe cheering some sports team that will never love any of us back is a better use of time – Maybe that $500 is best spent on some new toy - After all, what are the odds of someone being abducted, raped, and set of fire, right? Personally, I could care less what the odds are. There’s no such thing as 34% abducted, 67% raped, or 88% murdered. Violence is either 0 or 100% in life, and a 100% event is not the time to be wishing we'd made better preparations. Get over the fear, quit procrastinating, and get your priorities straight. Obtain training, and walk armed. If you’re still having doubts, imagine the person in this world that loves you most having to identify your charred body on a slab at the morgue. It’s time for our inner children to grow outer adults. We get no second chances. “On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man.” ― Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]

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Dene Adams Leggings

Product review: Dene Adams Classic Concealed Carry Tactical Leggings Most firearm related products are designed for a specific demographic end user, large to mid-framed males who are right handed! Women's needs with firearms, and especially daily carry, are at best an industry afterthought. I've made it a personal mission to remedy the neglect, however, it's [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-09-07T16:47:38+00:00September 7th, 2019|daily carry, Female Focus, Instructor Notes, Product Review|0 Comments

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Excuses? – By Tricia Ellison

“You can’t control the outcome, but you are 100% in control of the effort. If you don't like the outcome, change your effort" - Larry Elder A few months ago my husband and I decided to start having a date night once a week. 😊 We wrote a list of all the fun things we'd [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-05-14T23:45:41+00:00May 14th, 2019|Attitude, Female Focus, Instructor Notes, Training|0 Comments

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Gender-less Law?

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Gender-less Law?

"The transgenders winning the track meet in Connecticut last week are not “brave.” That was a mugging. Two boys figuratively beating up a group of girls and stealing from them. The East Germans used to pull the same stunt at the Olympics.” – Anonymous comment regarding THIS news story Recently I was made aware [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-28T14:36:16+00:00February 28th, 2019|Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes, Legal|0 Comments

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No Justice

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No Justice

The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual - James St. James On September 27th, 2015, I posted an opinion piece titled ‘No Second Chances’, offering my commentary on a then recent attack of a Lansing, IL, woman by a scripture-like example of pure evil incarnate. This week, a little over [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:10:50+00:00January 13th, 2019|Ask Fortress, Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes|0 Comments

Never Underestimate the Power and Determination of a Woman!
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Never Underestimate the Power and Determination of a Woman!

[Today we have the pleasure of a post from Fortress Instructor Tricia Ellison. Tricia regularly instructs women in the art of daily carry, and is known to not suffer fools. - Frank] Recently, CNN decided to have their Senior Law Enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes, some might call him an “expert,” comment on how he thought [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:10:52+00:00March 2nd, 2018|Ask Fortress, Attitude, Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes|0 Comments

Progressive Phalli-cies

“Youth is wasted on the young.” - George Bernard Shaw In August a student group calling itself "Cocks Not Glocks" wafted on to the University of Texas campus to protest legislation allowing those with a valid carry permits to be armed on University property. They claimed to be fighting "absurdity with absurdity", but as is so [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:11:10+00:00December 15th, 2016|Attitude, Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes|0 Comments

Catherine Genovese

“That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.” - Jeannette Walls On March 13, 1964, 28 year-old Catherine "Kitty" Genovese was attacked and murdered in her Kew Gardens, NY, neighborhood by Winston Moseley. Moseley was arrested 6-days [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:11:18+00:00April 7th, 2016|Attitude, Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes, Uncategorized|0 Comments

No Second Chances

“The only thing constant in life is change.” - François de la Rochefoucauld As much as we all try to keep life as we like, factors outside of our control always intervene. On Friday, Sept 8th, such a “factor” entered the life of a 53 year-old woman from Lansing, IL, when she arrived home [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:11:28+00:00September 27th, 2015|Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes, Training|1 Comment

Justice Only Happens in Real Time
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Justice Only Happens in Real Time

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Justice Only Happens in Real Time

In the early morning hours of September, 11, 2009, David A. Flores broke into the Griffith, IN, home of sisters Kristen Kennedy (25) and Jennifer Evans (28.) Flores raped Kristen, and then stabbed both to death with a kitchen knife. He placed their bodies in a bathroom, set it on fire, shut the bathroom door [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:11:34+00:00February 12th, 2015|Attitude, Female Focus, In the News, Instructor Notes, Liberty|0 Comments

Woman Kidnapped at ATM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wVyL8SPUwk Fortress Instructor Chuck Skaggs brings this to out attention - we're glad she escaped, but it could have ended much worse. Read full article here Staff Instructor Rick Colliver comments: 1) Pull up close enough to the ATM that a human can't squeeze between the machine and your window. 2) If [...]

By Frank Sharpe, Jr.|2019-02-07T10:11:47+00:00January 23rd, 2015|Female Focus, Instructor Notes, Training|0 Comments