Innovative Target Frames Ever been on an outdoor range that was perfectly flat? I have. Once. I think. Most aren't and trying to use portable target frames on broken and uneven ground is an enormous pain in the training day. Rob Tackett approaches the matter simply: he makes the Arch Frame Target Carrier. According to his website, the Arch Frame Target Carrier has 1.5" clearance at the center for uneven ground. It contacts the ground only at the corners rather than the entire length of the base so it won't rock or tip on uneven surfaces. It takes 2"x1" or 2"x2" uprights without wobble because of the integrated tension bolt. It's stable even on gravel and you can see it and his other products at TacStrike Steel Target Systems File Folder for Handguns Ever try to put a handgun collection in a safe and, later, try to find the one you want? Good luck, unless you invest in the Tuff Products 4050 In Line™ Multi-Gun File. Fitting many sizes of pistols and revolvers, the file has an "Identifying Window" on the spine so you can list what's inside. It uses hook and loop fastener, has a divider and dual #8 zipper pulls. Made from 1680 Ballistic Polyester, it measures about 2.75" Depth X 8.5" Wide X 12.75" Height. Get a look at Tuff Products. Blue-on-Blue The Force Science Institute has been collecting personal anecdotes about "blue on blue" force encounters that could have easily have gone wrong. A component of the issue is what Ayoob calls the "Halo Effect;" "I know I'm a good guy, so everyone knows I'm a good guy." With the number of times I've been "made" over the years while wearing no identifying clothing or insignia - in some cases with no LE identification, badge or firearm on my person or in the immediate area - I can see where it's easy to assume that everyone "knows." In the current mail bulletin, there are stories of officers mistaken for suspects who survived due to a combination of factors - chief among them, luck. Some made it because the officers ordering compliance recognized that the person in the sights was an officer before breaking the shot - for one reason or another. One story demonstrated that a loud verbal identification statement, quickly delivered, made the difference. Elsewhere we've encountered situations where shouted warnings weren't heard, possibly due to the relatively common symptom of body alarm reaction known as auditory exclusion. Other potential victims had the gun put away before they were confronted by officers. Descriptions of the non-uniformed officers called in to dispatch helped in other cases, as did the display of insignia or a badge in a few. Compliance with commands was also a help. In roleplay training, we found it was "see gun, shoot gun." If the "responding officers" in the scenario saw someone with a gun, they'd often shoot. When we'd throw an "off-duty/plainclothes officer" into roleplay, we found (in all but two cases out of a few hundred) it was "see gun/badge, shoot gun." The badge was almost never recognized in time. The problem of "blue-on-blue" shootings - better called "mistaken identity" shootings - is not a new one. You could ask James Butler Hickok or any one of a number of soldiers hit by their own side by mistake in the fog of battle. You might ask what this means for licensed pistol carriers. It means that, in a stressful situation when guns come out, you could well be on the receiving end of the poorly-named "friendly fire." While a movie thug said "I think a plan is just a list of things that don't happen." I believe that a plan is a starting point; a plan practiced in advance can get you home at the end of the day. Force Science