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Brillianter

http://brillianter.com

A Self defense and survival weblog. Discussing news and topics related to self-defense and firearms.

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  • The Cumulative Effects of Equipment

    Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 17:55 in Police, self defense, law, equipment, knives, use of force

    From the recent discussion about hand loading carry ammo, there is something that I think is being missed: equipment choices are cumulative in the minds of the jury. Lets take an extreme hypothetical situation: 1. Subject exits his car and proceeds t...

  • No pocket knives for UK Boy Scouts

    Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 18:59 in politics, news, knives

    According to this article they are discouraging Boy Scouts from carrying pocket knives. Apparently the criminal “knife culture” of Britain trumps the “Scout Culture.” A Boy Scout without a pocket knife is just wrong. I started...

  • Training Realism

    Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 03:18 in training, firearms, skill, mindset, combatives

    I just read this post The Calm in the Storm over at Low Tech Combat, and I have few criticisms. Full force training. Certainly if we need to perform a skill under stress we should have some practice in that skill under stress. Ideally we would be tra...

  • Stupid Gun Inventions: The Pistol Bayonet

    Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 19:54 in stupid, equipment, handgun, bayonet, stupid gadgets

    I know that this is kind of old news, but I am adding for completeness. I cannot fathom the purpose of this device. From the manufacturers website: A LaserLyte original, the Pistol Bayonet is ready for any situation – or just looking cool on y...

  • Baltimore County Tasers

    Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 15:40 in news, Police, equipment, taser, less lethal

    Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson says that Tasers are too dangerous for private citizens. I think this is a terrible idea, not because Tasers are useful for private citizens, but because they are useful for the police. The reason they are us...

  • Open carry guy is not the best poster boy after all.

    Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 21:06 in politics, news, open carry

    So after the debate regarding open carry at political protests, via Confederate Yankee I come to learn that the guy carrying the AR15 has made statements about hoping for the presidents death: When asked if he was advocating violence against the Pre...

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