Tactical and Optics Suggests: Shooters Ear Protection

                                     

It has become very important to those in law enforcement and the military to protect their hearing with the use of shooters ear protection devices.  In days gone by no one even thought about the dangers of loud noises and the resulting hearing loss that we were sustaining without shooters ear protection.  If it was going to be loud someone just hollered hold your ears and open your mouth and that was that for safety.  Even the use of cotton balls, cloths or towels as shooters ear protection only reduces the noise intensity by about 7dB.

When should the enforcer wear shooters ear protection devices:  if you need to shout over the noise to be heard, if there is a ringing in your ears, if the noise causes pain, if the noise is over 90 dB (gun fire) or if you experience hearing loss for several hours after extreme intensity of noise.  Be advised that there is no cure for hearing loss from intense noise without shooters ear protection once it has happened.  Many different instances can arise in the field of tactical and law enforcement that would require you to have on hand shooters ear protection.  A noise does not have to be repetitive to do damage if you choose not to wear shooters ear protection, a sound of enough intensity can cause hearing loss.

Tactical and Optics Encourages Knife Training

                                           

My daughter recently announced that she needed a knife for protection.  She works around criminal prisoners from a local jail facility who often come on her company’s property.

My first response was,  “do you know how to use a knife?”  I explained to her that the very person she would be trying to defend herself against would probably be unarmed.  That means that the prisoner would be bent on taking her knife away from her.  Which in turn would leave her wide open for being the one wounded, disfigured, disabled or even killed with her own knife  The best suggestion, for anyone wanting to protect them self with a knife, would be to learn how to use a knife.  A pretty pink knife from Gerber Knives or K Bar Knives won’t do any good; if you are not the one holding the knife or with the knowledge of how to use the knife.

Cold Steel makes an excellent video on how to protect your self from an assailant with a knife.  A long range knife technique is employed throughout the video using rhythm, footing steps, timing the opponents strikes as well as yours, speed in response as well as evasion, all delivered via superior tactics and strategy.    Watching this three-part knife training video might just be the thing that saves your life one day.  The knowledge gained from watching this knife training can well equip you to protect your loved ones or even your self.

Tactical and Optics Flash Light

                                                     


As a child didn’t you always want to get your hands on a flash light.  It didn’t even have to be a very good one.  It was fun to get under the covers and turn it on and just look at the light.  You really didn’t have to be looking at anything.  Then you would let your imagination run wild and enter the world of pretend. Whenever anyone wanted to know what to get a hard to buy for child something for Christmas, I always remarked, “you can’t go wrong with a flash light”.  Later on in life, you noticed the great flash lights carried by Scully and Moulder on the Xfiles.  They had the best distance and intensity of any flash light seen before, and I think in every episode they used these flash lights. 

Now as a grown up enforcer, whether it be with law enforcement, military, special ops, etc. you now rely on having a really good flash light.  You look for different things available on your flash light.  How many batteries?   What kind of batteries do I need? How long will your flash light provide light?  How heavy is the flash light?  Is the flash light waterproof?   Can I attach flashers to my flash light when emergency lighting is needed?  Is the flash light rechargeable?  Can I get headlamps instead of carrying a flash light?  All of these questions can be answered on our website under the different flash lights descriptions.  We strive to maintain a selection of flash lights based on your individual needs.  You never know when your life can depend on having just the right flash light.