Before I forget: Greg Ellifritz's Latest Weekend Knowledge Dump

I had a busy weekend and so forgot to post about the new Weekend Knowledge Dump from Active Response Training published last Friday. If you haven't had the chance, go check it out, as Greg has compiled a list of particularly interesting and useful articles. I won't go over all of them that I found useful or interesting, but here are a few:

• A link to an article from the Suited Shootist on tuckable holsters. And by this, the author does not mean a mere IWB holster with visible clips, but something where both the gun and the holster (including clips) are hidden from view. He gives some pointers as to what to look for as well as what he uses or likes.
• An article on open hand versus closed hand strikes. I was actually thinking of this the day before I read the article as I watched an action movie with lots of fisticuffs and wondered how many of the fights, if real, would have led to broken fingers. The author notes that you could probably go through your life fine just abiding by the general guideline of "hard weapon to soft target, and soft weapon to hard target," but notes that there is a lot more to the subject, including discussing the 5 types of impact and how each can related to possible damage to your hand.
• In light of a Democrat politician recently "shooting" a reporter when the bullet bounced back from a too close of steel target, Greg helpfully includes a link to Action Target's article on safely shooting steel targets including the type (thickness) of AR500 steel to use (or not use) with different calibers and types of ammunition, as well as the generally accepted safe distance. 
• Greg included a link to an article by Massad Ayoob entitled: "Run and Gun: The Oscar Plasencia Incident." Although the incident involves a police shooting, there are lessons there for the civilian shooter including tips like don't wear a kevlar vest where it is visible to a criminal because it will just encourage them to take a head shot; don't try and estimate how rounds you shot in an encounter (you'll probably be wrong); and some of the psychological impacts a person might have following a defensive shooting.

It was hard to narrow my list even this far, so be sure to check out the whole thing, especially as he has links to a couple other articles that would probably be of special interest to preppers.