Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

You can’t shoot somebody just because they are a scumbag.  They have to have the ability, opportunity, and have put an innocent person in imminent jeopardy of life or serious bodily harm.  If you are looking to just shoot somebody … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Most people are grass-eaters with their heads down on the ground.  The jackals and lions know this and think of them as that.  Hold your head up and walk like you are the biggest, badest lion that walks.  The jackals … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

I heard a story the other day from a long time cop in New York City. The cops don’t give first aid to anybody when they arrive at the aftermath of a crime scene anymore.  They roll up their windows … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Yeah, I think it’s a gun day. Greg Hamilton Insights Chief Self Defense Instructor February 6, 1999 Explaining that sometimes you just have to accept the fact that unarmed self-defense doesn’t cut it in all situations. Eg., you’ve been trying … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

My view is that there is only so much pain that can exist in the ‘bubble’ around me.  If I’m feeling pain then the way to get rid of it is to give it back to the person that gave … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Both political parties want to enslave the people.  The difference is that one is working toward the Nazi model and the other is working towards the Chinese model. Greg Hamilton 10/27/2000 At his Halloween party.

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Think of the handgun as a behavior modifier.  If someone is threatening you, you can use the handgun to modify their behavior… This is the universal hand signal for GO AWAY!  (Holds handgun in firing position.) Ninety times out of … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

When it comes right down to it, you probably won’t shoot anybody that you morally don’t believe deserves to be shot.  For the most part, your biggest problem will be pulling the trigger when you really need to rather than … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

If it ever becomes times to shoot someone, do they need to be shot a little? Or a lot?  If that time comes you should shoot early and often — until the threat is over.  If you shoot a “set”, … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

There is something about invading a person’s cranial vault that takes the fight out of them. Greg Hamilton Self Defense Instructor Oct 26, 1996

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

The entire discussion of “stopping power” is both stupid and irrelevant. Statistics cannot be applied to individuals. People that need to be shot need to be shot soon and often. They need to be shot until they run out of … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Sheep can be controlled by the sheepdog for the same reason they fear the wolf — they are both predators.  The same relationships hold with the general population, the police, and the criminals.  Most people are sheep, but you don’t … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Some police are advising people to just comply with a mugger/rapists demands in hopes of not getting hurt.  The next time someone does that I’m going up to him and start taking down his pants.  When he asks what I … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

Our fighting system is as non diagnostic as can be, very little conditional branching, and works against either side attack without mirroring. It is reactive from the stand point that the bad guy has to attack but after that it … Continue reading

Quote of the day–Greg Hamilton

IMO there are to many stupid people in the world to waste any time worrying or complaining about them. Greg Hamilton 11/11/2001 Insights Training Email List

Universal symbols

Quote of the day: It’s the intentional symbol for, “I have no penis”. JustHereToGloat @ToGloatTweeted on February 3, 2023 It’s not only another Markley’s Law Monday, it is another science denier! He was responding to this tweet: I’m old enough … Continue reading

When You Can Buy Machine Guns From Vending Machines

Quote of the Day I think we’ll see real freedom when we can buy suppressors, Glocks, ammo, and MGs from vending machines without background checks, ID, or paperwork. Paul Linkins @linkins_paulTweeted on April 1, 2023 Or, as Greg Hamilton is … Continue reading

Quote of the day—Michal Kosinsk

Ubiquitous facial recognition technology can expose individuals’ political orientation, as faces of liberals and conservatives consistently differ. A facial recognition algorithm was applied to naturalistic images of 1,085,795 individuals to predict their political orientation by comparing their similarity to faces … Continue reading

Statistics do not apply to individuals

I’ve been thinking about making this blog post for a week or so and reading VIRGINIA DUNCAN, et al., v. XAVIER BECERRA has inspired me to actually do it. This is the critical section that makes my desired point on … Continue reading

USPSA status update

As I have mentioned before (and here) on the weekend of June 3rd and 4th I took the USPSA Range Officer class. I procrastinated some on the take home test and turned it via email on Saturday June 17th. On … Continue reading