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Infographic: Understanding eminent domain
Brian Wallace Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityOne of the basic understandings of the American dream is having a house and land. What if the government then came along and tried to take your land? If you own land, you need to know your rights when it pertains to eminent domain. This is happening across the nation. Eminent domain has roots based on the Fifth Amendment, and grants the government the rights to seize private property without the owner's consent — with two main points: as long as the government provides just compensation and claims for public use, it is permissible. Find out more with this visual deep dive.
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What types of knowledge can a law firm marketing agency provide?
Christina Drobney MarketingMarketing your law firm means that you want to attract clients to your firm. Often, this includes blogging, digital marketing, billboard ads, SEO, and many other strategies. However, doing this takes a lot of time and knowledge. A law marketing firm can do this for you and give you a lot of knowledge on how to do it. It's a delicate balance to invest money in marketing and run your law firm at the same time. Knowledge is the key to success. You need to know which methods are most effective for your law firm.
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Making the switch to a pistol red dot instantly and effortlessly
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityRed dot sights on pistols, also called micro red dots or micro red dot sights (MDRS), are all the rage right now for defensive use after proving their effectiveness in the shooting sports for the last several years. They are almost as big of a game-changer on pistols as they were on long guns. On most targets, you can keep your focus on your target, put the red dot where you want your bullet to go, and the bullet will go there. They negate many of the aiming advantages of a longer slide, make shooting easier for shooters with visual confusion and they can be easier to track in recoil than iron sights.
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Self-defense shooting with corrective lenses
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityA lot of times, the techniques that we use for plinking and having fun with guns don’t necessarily carry over to self-defense shooting. Take shooting with glasses or contacts as an example. The fact is, we may or may not have our corrective lenses handy when we need to defend ourselves. It may be bifocals, trifocals, correcting astigmatism, monovision, progressives or readers, but roughly three-quarters of Americans wear corrective lenses of one sort or another. That can pose some interesting challenges with shooting … particularly self-defense shooting using traditional iron sights.
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What is the best way to simulate ‘stress shooting?’
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityI got a great question recently: What is the best way to simulate "stress shooting?" It’s an important question, and one that most people get wrong. When most people think of stress shooting, they think of trying to shoot in high stress shooting conditions that are usually overwhelming. Force on force; a dark range with flashing lights and heavy metal or screaming; immersive scenarios and/or time constraints that are beyond the shooter’s ability. This type of training does not help shooters improve quickly…it mainly serves to highlight shortcomings and gets the shooter to focus on what not to do.
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Seattle, Salt Lake City, Boston top list of best cities for construction
Justin Gitelman Construction & Building MaterialsWith high business failure rates, long payment delays, safety risks, and complex regulatory requirements, U.S. construction companies operate in a challenging environment. But every city is not created equally; location makes a big difference in a construction company’s opportunity for success. In a review of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, Levelset compared cities on a variety of construction-related factors, including starts, employment, safety, salaries, weather, and lien security. Ten cities won top honors as the best places for construction businesses and laborers.
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Is your gun training perturbing enough?
Mike Ox Law Enforcement, Defense & Security"I’m very perturbed about that" was a relatively common saying when I was growing up. Today, when you say it, it elicits reminiscent smiles from those old enough to remember and confused scrunchy faces from most 20-somethings. But did you know that perturbation is vital for effective self-defense firearms training? How quickly we’re able to restabilize our balance, our vision, and our aim after being perturbed are some of the biggest differences between sterile range training and resilient self-defense training.
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Good news in your job search: Harry, Larry, and the bear
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat is North America’s No. 1 domestic issue of most concern to the average person? Politics? Coronavirus? Who will win Super Bowl LV? Nope! The thing that concerns most people is still jobs. Whether you are 18 or 80, you’ve likely never seen it more difficult to find a great job in your field of interest in your lifetime. Lockdowns in various regions of the country, overseas competition, and rapidly changing methods employers use to fill jobs have all made it difficult for good people to find good jobs.
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Are you training too much at one time?
Mike Ox Recreation & LeisureThere’s a natural assumption that if you want to get better at a skill, you should spend hours every day practicing it. After all, we hear stories all the time about the best athletes in the world showing up an hour or two early for practice and being the best because they simply outwork everyone else. But pros train different aspects of their skill than ordinary people. Pros are able to spend so much time practicing because they’ve already mastered the fundamentals. From a shooting perspective, when you push yourself too much mentally or physically while you’re trying to learn a skill, you’re not going to have as much mental bandwidth available for the actual skill.
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How will the new administration affect gun laws?
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe pro-gun lobby and its detractors each have strong opinions about the issue. America saw a massive spike in gun sales just before the elections. Americans have bought a record 17 million guns this year. Something is different about 2020, though. There has been an onslaught of new or first-time gun owners. They were more active before the elections, with plans to arm themselves if the elections got turbulent. Then there is the pandemic to blame as well.
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