Christmas Eve: Five Minutes
Dry-Fire · At Home
Today is short on purpose. Check that every gun in the house is on you or locked up, and check that any firearm that is going to be a gift is unloaded, cased, and has a lock with it. Then, verified clear and in a room alone, run five draws to a verified sight picture.
Live-Fire · At the Range
No range today.
Service Pistol
If you are working tonight, thank you. Stay sharp on the quiet shifts.
Concealed Carry
The house is full and the children are awake early tomorrow. Confirm the storage twice.
Carbine
The carbine stays locked up today.
No standard today. Five reps and a confirmed lock is a complete day.
A gun given as a gift should come with a lock and a conversation about safety.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
Five reps and then you are done. Go be present with your family.
Walk through the house once and look at it the way a visiting child would.
Tonight the people you train for are all asleep under your roof.
Two minutes of checking tonight means nothing to worry about tomorrow.
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.