All posts by Lester Beltran
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Teaching Your Kids to Shoot
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I’m a firm believer in teaching kids to shoot. There are two distinctly different reasons why I feel this way. The first...
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How Much Ammo Should You Carry
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Every once in a while, I get into a discussion about how much ammo is sufficient to carry. As with what’s the...
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Escape Routes
Dear Fellow Survivalist; As one who carries daily, I have to remind myself from time to time that I’m not Bruce Wayne, ready to battle...
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Red Flag Laws
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Recent events have once again, predictably, brought a wave of cries from the left to enact gun control laws. This happens every...
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Instinctive Shooting
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Amongst other things, I’m a fan of westerns, especially those written by Louis L’Amour. I like the rugged life they lived and...
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Do You Need a Backup Gun?
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I was recently asked about backup guns by a friend who has carried for years. He carries two guns on him all...
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Using Your Vehicle as a Weapon
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I don’t know when or where I first heard it, but there’s an important concept that we should all understand as part...
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Defending Yourself when You’re Outnumbered
Dear Fellow Survivalist; There’s an old saw about how coyotes travel in packs. That’s not referring to the unlucky cartoon character that can’t seem to...
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Practicing Your Draw
Dear Fellow Survivalist; I know a lot of people who carry daily. While many of those people take that responsibility seriously, I can’t say that...
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Self-Defense from Your Car
Dear Fellow Survivalist; As most of us know, carrying concealed is a great way to protect yourself and your family. Even so, it has limitations....
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How Often do You Clean Your Guns?
Dear Fellow Survivalist; When I was in the Army, I was taught that I had to take care of my guns first, then I could...
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Dealing with Non-Shooters in Your Life
Dear Fellow Survivalist; Like anyone else who carries, I’ve had to deal with my share of friends and family who don’t carry and don’t understand...
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The Laser Sight Debate
Dear Fellow Survivalist; We have a lot of debates in the world of firearms. Most of them are good-natured, as different people, and even experts,...
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Trigger Control; Key to Accuracy
Dear Fellow Survivalist; For decades, sight picture has been touted as the most important part of the fundamentals of shooting; being the one factor that...
