2014 Year in Review

2014 was another great year for I.C.E. Training Company! We set records for class attendance during the Personal Defense Network Training Tour, offered more classes in more locations than any previous year and dramatically expanded our Instructor Development Programs. It was also a great year for me, professionally and personally, with plenty of new challenges …

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Armed Citizen Stops Potential Lethal Attack without Shooting… Should he have gotten involved?

When I’m scheduled to be a guest on Armed American Radio and don’t have anything in particular to talk about, Mark Walters often sends me links to current event type stories that he’d like to discuss or get my opinion on. Late yesterday afternoon, he did just that. The link he sent me was to the …

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The Best of 2014 from Personal Defense Network

Every year, as Managing Editor of Personal Defense Network, I have the pleasure of recapping our content highlights. The process works like this: I have one of our tech- and data-savvy team members (in this year’s case, Patrick) collect lists of the most popular articles and videos posted in the preceding year. Then I go …

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Rob Pincus speaks on Self Defense Training At Fire Chiefs’ Symposium

  Naples, Florida – Rob Pincus of I.C.E. Training Company recently spoke on Counter Ambush and Self Defense Training at the sold out Volunteer and Combination Officer’s Section of the International Fire Chief’s Association Symposium in Clearwater Beach, FL. Pincus’ curriculum included how first responders should train for personal defense, as well as including armed options. …

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I.C.E. Training Company at 2014 SWAT Round-Up International

I.C.E. Training Company Trains Full House at 2014 SWAT Round-Up International Orlando, Florida – I.C.E. Training Company sent a team of instructors to the 2014 SWAT Round-Up International competition and training event in Orlando, FL November 9-14th to teach both pistol and rifle sessions. SWAT Round-Up is an opportunity for operators across the globe to …

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Let your kids get comfortable with guns so that they have the option of Armed Defense as adults.

  Quite often, I have discussions with adults who have recently accepted the need to be responsible for their own personal defense. Many times, they have intellectually acknowledged that owning and knowing how to use a firearm would be prudent, but they are emotionally uncomfortable with the idea of guns. This never happens with someone …

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Ancient City Shooting Range in St Augustine, FL partners with I.C.E. Training Company!

St. Augustine, FL – For the first time since 2007, Rob Pincus, owner of I.C.E. Training Company and the developer of the Combat Focus Shooting Program, is pleased to announce that I.C.E. Training Company will have a consistent presence at Ancient City Shooting Range. Since the shut down of Valhalla Training Center in late 2007, I.C.E. …

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Is Chronological Age a good gauge for the appropriateness of firearms training?

I didn’t say too much about this when it happened… but, Human Events asked me for my thoughts in the aftermath of the “9yr Old Girl with an Uzi” Tragedy:   After Arizona gun instructor is accidently shot and killed by 9-year old student last month, a leading firearms and self-defense expert and trainer told Guns …

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Radical shift in Washington, DC Gun Laws is a Huge Victory for RKBA Movement

Today is a pretty amazing day for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. In a shift that few saw coming and took place quickly over a summer weekend, what was arguably one of the most restrictive places that one could actually own a handgun on the planet, our Nation’s Capitol, has become a virtually …

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