Halfway Through December
Dry-Fire · At Home
Twenty easy reps of whatever felt worst this week. Then go over the storage in your house before the holiday visitors arrive: every gun is either on you or locked up, and the keys or combinations are not where a child could find them. Ten minutes and then stop.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Optional twenty rounds of slow fire on the squares. Dry practice alone is a complete day.
Service Pistol
Check where your duty gun goes when you come home and whether that still works with guests in the house.
Concealed Carry
Check your carry rig for wear from the heavier clothing.
Carbine
Check that the rifle is locked up and the ammunition is stored separately.
No standards today. Ten light minutes and a storage check is the whole job.
Safe storage is a routine you repeat, and it needs checking like any other routine.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
Do the ten minutes and stop.
Read back through the week in your log and look for the pattern.
The house is about to fill up with people you love. Lock it all up now.
Run the same storage check before every visit and it becomes automatic.
Light by design. Consistency beats heroics.
- 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.