Tag: video

Using the Sureshot HD Video Game Review

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This Sureshot HD game is so easy to hook up, and it pushed the wife over the edge so I could buy a new TV – of course our old one is from the 90s so it was time.

To hook this up, plug it into the wall and take the hdmi cable from the device and plug it into the tv. There are also some velcro tape in the package to help stick it to your tv – but that may not be necessary for you.

All that is left is to turn the SureShot HD shooting game on and follow the instructions on the screen to set up your guns.

I would suggest you set up the guns from where you are going to be standing. My son likes trying to get up close to the tv so he can cheat – but he can’t figure out why he misses. The game setup tells the game where the gun is located, move too far from that spot and your gun will be misaligned to the tv.

The game comes with two bluetooth guns and two games (two hard games) – but if you sign up for a profile you can get a credit for a third game – we got a single player shoot’em up “army” game.

My son and I both like the single player shoot’em game the best, but the two gun hunting games are more fun with groups.

This wasn’t a Christmas present, I got these games around Thanksgiving to do a review on, but it has gotten the most use of all my son’s presents. He loves this game, and did not want to stop playing it to talk about it on camera.

I try to use this to teach some gun handling rules, but let him have fun and haven’t started to work on his cross dominant eye issue yet – but this game helped me notice his issue, so for me its not all fun and games, but this is a fun game and I am happy I got the chance to use it. I really like this game and think its a great deal.

December 29, 2017
Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill

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There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence.

Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora: We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on?

According to the authors of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called “murder trainers” by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios–the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day.

Authors Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent–and unaware of the consequences of that violence–but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America’s youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved.

In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy who stole a gun from a neighbor’s house, brought it to school and fired eight shots at a student prayer group as they were breaking up. Prior to this event, he had never shot a real gun before. Of the eight shots he fired, he had eight hits on eight different kids. Five were head shots, the other three upper torso. The result was three dead, one paralyzed for life. The FBI says that the average, experienced, qualified law enforcement officer, in the average shootout, at an average range of seven yards, hits with less than one bullet in five. How does a child acquire such killing ability? What would lead him to go out and commit such a horrific act?

Colonel Grossman is a favorite author of mine, I have all of his books, and I think that every parent, teacher, politician, game designer, media head – heck everybody ought to read Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill.

February 23, 2017
Advanced Carbine Tactics DVD

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Its exceptional accuracy, controllability, and wide array of accessories make the carbine an essential tool for modern warriors.

In this exclusive video from Paladin Press, WARTAC founder Rich Nance and WARTAC instructor Aaron Peachman teach combat techniques and tactics designed to help you deploy the carbine under real-world conditions.

In Advanced Carbine Tactics they first they reveal the mindset needed to master the fundamentals of marksmanship, proper weapon handling and shooting positions, malfunction clearing and reloads, and shooting in low-light situations.

Then step-by-step instruction in one- and two-man room entry and the use of cover provide you with the advanced tools needed to maximize the carbine’s advantages in a firefight.

Ultimately, the will to win and expert training in sound combat tactics are what help you prevail in any violent encounter. This video delivers both.

Rich Nance is a black belt martial artist, with over 25 years of experience. Nance has been a police officer for 13 years and a SWAT team member for six years. He is a firearms instructor, patrol rifle instructor, less-lethal munitions instructor and his department’s lead defensive tactics instructor. In 2004 Nance and David Hallford founded WARTAC CQC , a company specializing in tactical training for law enforcement and military personnel. Aaron Peachman has 20 years of experience in the martial arts. He has been a police officer for four years and is a member of his department’s SWAT team. Aaron is an instructor for WARTAC CQC.

July 3, 2015
Contour Camera Review

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I recently purchased a contour +2 action camera to use in my video production. I bought it because it was small, durable, had an external mic jack, streamed wireless to my phone, was water proof, and had a built in GPS. So it only figures that I would do a post on a Contour Camera Review

When I got it, I found that it was oversold just a little bit – it has an HDMI out port – which they say allows it to be used as a webcam to apple computers – but the laptop I have is HDMI out only, so it will not work to tape my classes.

The video is a little jump as it has a low frame rate, and the lens makes everything look a little walleyed.

However, it comes with a waterproof case for scuba and snorkeling activities, and a bunch of different mounts – if I was using this solely as a gun cam, I would be very happy, as it is smaller and has more features than the go-pro.

Because I wanted a good quality camera with an external mic jack and I wanted to stay under $1000.00 I allowed myself to be taken by all the hoopla around this camera. I guess sionce I have a waterproof case I can finannyl start working on shooting the Glock underwater…

March 5, 2013
Handgun Ammunition Considerations Course Video

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I am not posting a full article with his handgun ammo video.

This is an experiment making videos using my class PowerPoint presentations. I did feel the need to be a little more brief in my explanations of the slides than I normally am in class, but that’s because in class, with me jumping around and passing around training aids it takes me about 45 minutes to an hour to describe the concepts I posted here. I don’t think I can keep a YouTube Audience interested for an hour long handgun ammunition video.

As always, these videos do not take the place of live interaction with a qualified instructor. This is just another attempt to use a new medium to help give a new shooter a starting point in their training so they may feel a little more comfortable in a formal class.

I enjoyed the process of taking presentations I use in my handgun classes and turning them into YouTube videos – however, it is hard taking slides that are for a 8, 11, or 17 hour class and cutting them down to 3o minutes or so.

I left out a lot, and since I have no way to gauge understanding, then there is no way this video (or any like it) takes the place of a real class.

August 27, 2012