Thanksgiving: Five Reps and a Locked Box
Dry-Fire · At Home
Today is short on purpose. Before the guests arrive, check that every gun in the house is either on your body or locked up, including the ones you do not think about. Then, verified clear and in a room alone, run five careful draws to a verified sight picture. That is the whole day.
Live-Fire · At the Range
No range today. If shooting on Thanksgiving morning is a family tradition, fire ten slow rounds on the Bull and go home.
Service Pistol
If you are working today, thank you. Keep your routine the same as any other shift.
Concealed Carry
If you carry at the table, nobody should know. If you are drinking, the gun is locked up first.
Carbine
The carbine stays locked up today.
No standard today. Five reps and a confirmed lock is a complete day.
A house full of guests and children is the reason safe storage exists.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
Five reps and then stop. Go be with your family.
Walk through the house once as if you were a curious eight-year-old and see what you can reach.
Everyone you train for is in the same house today. Lock up the guns and enjoy them.
Checking the storage takes two minutes and removes the worst thing that could happen today.
Short by design. Showing up is the 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.