A student showed up to a recent basics class with her husband’s Glock 19 stuffed in her range bag, and by the second magazine, her hand hurt from racking the slide. That’s not unusual. It’s the single most common physical barrier I see with new shooters, especially women with smaller hands or anyone dealing with […]

A student showed up to my beginner class in Boynton Beach carrying her husband’s 1911 in .45 ACP, a gun she’d never fired, because he figured “bigger is better.” She flinched on round three, missed the berm on round five, and by round fifteen she was gripping the pistol like it might bite her. We

A student showed up to my last Protector Level 1 class with a 15-ounce single-stack .380 she’d bought because it fit her purse. Good carry gun, eventually. Terrible first gun to actually learn on. She flinched through her first fifty rounds, blamed herself for a bad grip, and almost quit shooting altogether before we swapped

Published August 23, 2026. Last updated: August 23, 2026. This post reflects the status of the NFA suppressor case as of that date. Firearm law is moving fast right now, and stays, appeals, and effective dates can change on short notice. This is education, not legal advice — talk to a Florida firearms attorney about

A student showed up to a private lesson last week with a Ruger LCP Max riding in her jacket pocket, no holster, just loose in the fabric. She’d bought it because a friend recommended it and it disappeared into a small purse. That’s the appeal of this gun in one sentence, and it’s also exactly

A woman came into a Saturday class last month and told me she’d bought a .380 pocket pistol because it fit her purse. She’d never fired it. Her hands hurt after eight rounds, and she flinched on every one after that. That gun wasn’t wrong, exactly, but it wasn’t right for her either, and she’d

Every few weeks a student in one of my classes asks the same question during the lunch break: Sig P365 or Glock 43X, which one should I actually buy? It’s a fair question, and it’s the most common carry-gun matchup I hear about in Palm Beach County right now. Both guns show up on hip

Every Tuesday night at my range in Boynton Beach, somebody walks in who just bought their first gun the day before, still has the receipt in their pocket, and asks me the same question: did I buy the right one? Most of the time the answer is close enough. Sometimes it’s a $300 mistake sitting

Last updated August 20, 2026. This reflects the law as of that date and is not legal advice. Suppressor and NFA law is moving fast right now — talk to a Florida firearms attorney before you act on anything in this post, and reach out to us if you want to talk through what it

Published August 20, 2026. Last updated: August 20, 2026. Firearm law changes fast — this reflects the state of the law as of the date above, and it is education, not legal advice. Talk to a Florida firearms attorney about your own situation before you act on anything here. A student texted me the morning