It’s March 16th and oh, how life is changing! Curfews have been announced in a number of cities, more schools are closing, restaurants in some states have been declared “take out” only, and stores continue to see long lines and items flying off the shelves. This will be increasing over the next 24-48 hours, and [...]
The past 20 days have seen an outbreak of a seriously infectious virus originating in Wuhan, China. The Chinese government has quarantined over 1-million people at this point, cutting off ingress and egress to multiple cities, as well as screening all travelers moving through their airports. We been through this before – SARS, EBOLA, Bird [...]
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly" - Thomas Paine In the states where legal, private sales of firearms are common place at gun shows. However, we all take our chances, as attempting any comprehensive inspections on potential purchases is all but impossible. Individual sellers are not interested in letting strangers take [...]
“She spent an astonishing amount of time in attending lectures and demonstrations, distributing literature for the Junior Anti-Sex League, preparing banners for Hate Week, making collections for the savings campaign, and such-like activities. It paid, she said; it was camouflage. If you kept the small rules you could break the big ones.” ― George Orwell, [...]
"When you least expect it, you're elected" - John Farnam Last week, Fortress Staff Instructor Veronica "V" Newberg found herself called upon to treat a family member's bleeding leg. Her report: When I woke up Saturday morning I had no idea that I would be wearing a “First Responder” hat before day's end! It [...]
"Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age" - Colin Powell On August 3rd, 2017, two Fortress Staff Instructors and myself attended a seminar titled Preparedness for, and Response to, Urban Mass-Casualty Incidents, presented by IDF Reserve Colonel, Professor Isaac Ashkenazi, MD. [Click the link and check out his credentials.] For two hours the [...]
"The media is no one's friend. That goes double for social media." - Frank Sharpe, Fortress Defense. Friday (9/22/17) morning a Huntington Beach, CA, police officer was involved in a daylight shooting outside of a local 7-11 store. By 9:30am a 26-second video taken by a bystander was uploaded to Twitter. Here is that video, [...]
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” - Confucius There are a number of operating systems common to modern pistols, and we still see most on the range regularly. However, 85% of the guns students show up with fall into the polymer, striker fired category. The last 15% are comprised of [...]
The Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show, is the annual gathering of the firearms industry manufacturers and distributors held at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. With its estimated 15-miles of tables and displays, this is an event the firearms professional simply can not miss! This year 5 members of the Fortress Staff [...]
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...” H. L. Mencken I've done my best to keep [...]
