New Weekend Knowledge Dump from Active Response Training

 Good stuff this week, including articles on related topics:

• A couple revolver articles: an article from Tamara Keel on whether we are seeing a revolver renaissance and Dr. House (the Civilian Defender) entitled "Speaking As A Child of the Crime Bill of 1994" which discusses why he went with revolvers in the aftermath of the magazine and assault weapons ban of the 1990s. 
• Another pair: an article from Guerilla Approach with the title "YOU ARE ALREADY FAST ENOUGH," and asserting that there is too much emphasis on speed and split times in the shooting community; and another article on "HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’VE MASTERED A TECHNIQUE?" which suggests that complete mastery is often not needed because you will hit a point of diminishing returns where the time invested is not worth the small increments of improvement.
• And Greg has included a couple articles on drills, including "Handgun World Podcast – top 10 drills, plus 2" which Greg suggests going through until you hit a drill you can't do and work on the skills for that drill.

In addition to the foregoing, I would recommend taking a look at the Shooting Illustrated article on eye contact because among the violent, staring is not just rude but is a challenge; and review the Ballistic Magazine article on "4 Expert Lethal & Non-Lethal Setups For Protection Home & Abroad." In the latter article, probably the most useful portions for all of us are the questions to each expert about what they do and what they carry on vacation. I especially liked this from Brent Philips: "First off, I live in the dirty white. You won’t find it on Colonel Cooper’s color code, but it’s essentially when you’re happy as a clam until you’re triggered and move into the yellow. I don’t live on edge. Although I take note of the atmosphere when I enter a room, I’m not constantly scanning for threats." It reminds me of Marc McYoung discussing the truly dangerous people that go from calm and relaxed to 100 mph violent when violence is called for, skipping over the monkey dance and all the build up.