Leave the Argument
Dry-Fire · At Home
No gun for the first part. The stores and roads are crowded this week and tempers are short. Say three sentences out loud that end an argument, such as you are right, go ahead, and I am leaving. Practice them until they come out easily. Then at home, verified clear, run fifteen presentations with a partner standing behind you calling either leave or threat. On leave, you step back and turn away without touching the gun.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Fifteen rounds on the scan strip at 7 yards, three per section, with the caller mixing leave and threat. Fire only on threat.
Service Pistol
Lowering the temperature is a professional skill. It works the same way off duty.
Concealed Carry
When you are carrying, you give up the parking space, the place in line, and the last word.
Carbine
Run the calls from low ready with the carbine.
AUX (when ready): ten straight calls answered correctly, with no hand on the gun for any leave call.
You can win an argument or you can go home. Choose going home.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
Walking away is harder for you than for anyone else. That is why you practice it.
You see it coming before most people do. Leave when you first see it.
Your family is watching how you handle the person who cut in line.
Decide your rule now: if you are armed, you do not argue.
Layer: the caller changes from leave to threat mid-rep.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.
Dry-fire: no ammunition in the room. Verify the firearm is clear — twice. Use a safe backstop. When you finish, say it out loud: “Dry fire is over.”
The Four Universal Safety Rules
Non-negotiable. Every drill, every rep, every time. This applies to live fire and dry fire.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.