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Mike McDaniel

An Air Force veteran, Mike was also a civilian police officer for nearly two decades, serving as a patrol officer, juvenile detective, a detective, crime scene photographer, Sergeant/shift supervisor, division commander, field training officer, police trainer, and a SWAT officer. Currently a high school English teacher and professional, classically trained singer and guitarist/bassist, Mike is also a certified firearm instructor, and studies European and Japanese fencing. He is married--the smartest thing he ever did--and is also a bicyclist and woodworker.
Liberty and Levels
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Why can’t gun control advocates and Second Amendment advocates talk? Why can’t they find common ground? In early April, Rand Richards Cooper published an op-ed piece on this topic in ... Read more

Dick Metcalf, Unforgiven
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  Back in the day, Dick Metcalf penned an article for Guns & Ammo advocating infringements on the Second Amendment. The Powers That Be fired Metcalf and the magazine’s editor. Anti-gun ... Read more

The Other Reason For School Concealed Carry
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I have long been an advocate of arming as many willing teachers as possible with concealed handguns, most recently on May 31 post here at TTAG with “School Shootings: A ... Read more

A Blanket Approach To School Safety
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In the aftermath of the murders of school children and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut , many have cried out to “do something,” to prevent future ... Read more

The Gun Culture Phantom
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It’s a rare day indeed that I don’t see multiple articles decrying the “gun culture” and the horrors for which it is responsible. Consider this article title from the New ... Read more

School Shootings: A Model Principle and Policy
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By: Mike McDaniel The Sandy Hook Elementary School attack has indeed changed America, but not the way anti-freedom advocates hoped (my three-part series on that attack is available here, here ... Read more

Bad Advice And Tactics
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I’ve written several times about the lunatic ravings of Vice President Joe, “Double-Barreled Shotgun, The Sheriff” Biden, who repeatedly suggested that the shotgun is a magical death-dealing device superior to ... Read more

A Semi-Automatic Pistol Primer
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By: Mike McDaniel This is the second article in a two-part series intended to inform those considering their first handgun purchase, and those needing basic information on handgun types. The ... Read more