Valley Defense

Just heard on the radio that Kamala Harris will be the first woman/south asian in history to be Vice President.... hmmm. Interesting twist. People have a keen sense of the obvious.

Over the years I have collected quotes and phrases that I felt had real meaning. I placed them between the pages of books I have read knowing that someday I will re-read these books and find a surprise inside. Here is a VERY important and TRUE quote that we would all be better off if we again embraced this philosophy: " In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes in here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be trea...ted on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing else but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.....and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is loyalty to the American people. Theodore Roosevelt-1907 Let that sink in. '

OUT OF STOCK seems to be everywhere when it comes to many gun related items/accessories, especially ammo. Recent searches found a "sale" on 9mm at $1.04 per round! Doesn't sound like a sale to me. Bargain basement price on 5.56 hovers around $0.95 per round. Taking this into consideration we will be modifying our round counts for most classes. Expense and availability of ammo is a concern to all shooters. We do not believe the quality of training is based upon the number of r...ounds fired. I have been to classes where we shot 800 round in one day (about 7 hrs)Most of the time was loading magazines. We believe a training class should emphasize that each round fired should have purpose. It should be a confirmation of correct application of basics. As teachers we know that under normal conditions most people are mentally and physically DONE at 300 rounds or 3 PM whichever comes first, 300 rounds is a lot of shooting in one day! With directed practice the same quality of training can be achieved with 100-150 rounds. This coupled with structured dry practice can develop and enhance a skill set without having to take out a loan. Our 2021 Defensive Performance Program membership group is up and ready for sign up. Please go to our website www.valleydefense.com for an application and instructions. This program offers you training opportunities in a small group setting throughout the course of the year. Training times and topics can be selected by the individual to fit their schedule. We will also have available times for private tutorials for small groups on specific topics. These courses will be short duration and on topics of customer request within our range capabilities. (no underwater repelling advanced carbine tactics!) Please contact us via [email protected] for further details. Also in 2021 all of our classes will be held at the range, so no more driving from classroom to the range. Our outdoor shooting facility (for those who have not been there) is clean, well kept and has FAR more ventilation than any indoor facility, making it much safer for you physically. We will have a enclosed structure for all classroom portions to keep us out of the weather. We are encountering many first time gun owners. We will be directing courses to those individuals who may not be ready for ccw but want to become more familiar with their new gun. These will be short duration/low round count venues to get people to the next level. We are also developing some new courses that will be of interest, so stay tuned.... If you want be notified of upcoming classes/events please go to our website www.valleydefense.com and join our mailing list. I promise we will not flood you with emails. Our best contact is email/phone NOT FB MESSENGER See you soon!

Next week, there will be a shipment of Glocks dropping at Shooter's Warehouse and Supply..929 Shepard Ct Oakdale. Dont call, don't email...get down there Tuesday! G19's and G17's plus a couple SW Shields....good price too! You snooze , you loose!

As 2020 comes to a close not ALL is bad news. It is only as bad a we make it for the most part. 2021 will present some exciting changes and challenges for us , but we are ready. In 2021 we will be moving our office combining the office/classroom to the range exclusively. So, no more driving from classroom to range.( although since the COVID ruckus we have not used the classroom)We will have an all weather ,environment controlled classroom at the range. We are also exploring ...some simulator training venues to get us through this ammo pandemic. Our 2021 schedule will be up soon as all the dates have been aquired and we are no assigning classes to them. As always we want to thank our students for putting their confidence and trust in us! Just because ammo is scarce does not excuse us from training, much can be accomplished through dry practice. Stay vigilant, stay safe, stay healthy and to the degree any of us can, command and control your environment! See more

Not sure where people find these things, but a good friend shipped this to me.....my other self!

Another issue that should be widely understood by CCW carriers that is not. Your California permit expires every 2 years. I realize that 2 years goes by very quickly and people are busy. But, please make this date a priority. Put an alert in your phone set at 100 days prior to your expiration. Put a handwritten note on the fridge, do whatever it takes do you can avoid the panic of renewal. We field dozens of calls weekly where people have allowed themselves to be in this posi...tion, then it becomes( in their minds) an emergency. This need not be a source of stress for anyone. We try to be a source of as much info as we can but remember your issuing agency has the final call on procedure so please check their websites or call them if you have specific questions. There is NO excuse not to train. Dry practice is FREE and yields great results. Stay after it! See more

Somewhere, somebody is spreading information that is incorrect, I believe it is the usual "they"! In our classes we DO NOT prohibit IWB holsters. We want you to practice/train with the holster you carry (exception coming soon) for it makes no sense not too. Now if you are in the place that you are not sure how you want to carry, we get that. There are some out there who discourage IWB carry because it is dangerous. Carrying/handling/training with guns IS dangerous if common s...ense and logic are not applied. A gun in an IWB is no more dangerous than one in an OWB. From the standpoint ,if you get a finger too early or too late on the trigger during exit or approach to the holster and you fire a shot...you might get hit. So selection of a holster is a big process and sometimes takes many attempts to get it right for you. So IWB/OWB is your choice on belt mounted holsters. Now here is the exception. We do not allow "appendix carry" in class. The gun is worn directly in front of the body. I will not say this is not a viable/popular way to carry but it IS potentially more dangerous than a side mounted holster in the event of the too early/too late finger on the trigger situation. A projectile in the groin is going to significantly impact your day and we don't want that to occur on our facility. So if you have an IWB please bring it to class without reservation. If you only have an "appendix" holster just move it to the side, simple fix. Hopefully, this will answer this question, finally, VDC Inc. DOES NOT PROHIBIT IWB HOLSTERS in class! See more

Just a general question, not really requiring an answer. Maybe an observation more than a question. Why, is it in this time of COVID concerns do people drive to the post office, with their 5 kids and spouse, mask everyone up, go inside, stand in line to hand the postal worker a stamped envelope to "drop" in the mail. They drove/walked past at least 3 drop boxes. Is this some sort of "outing" for people. I see this nearly every day. It is mind boggling. One day while separatin...g my trash mail for the shred box I watched a guy and 3 kids walk in stand in front of the 3 mail boxes in the lobby and looked as if he was contemplating what to do. After nearly a minute, he took the ONE stamped letter he had in his hand and his 3 masked kids into the post office and took his place in line. Is this really that complicated and bewildering? Have they not made it obvious that this is a place where mail goes? There are numerous places within the building, well marked I may add , with directions for depositing mail all locations are marked in more than English. I then thought to myself, I hope this guy can't vote. I guess the government needs to do something! (joke) See more

While it comes as no surprise to anyone, ammunition is very difficult to find let alone purchase. Last week I saw a company in Minden, NV selling 1000 round cases of 9mm for $754. I received an ad from GunBroker today claiming that they had "millions" of boxes of ammo for sale. When you go look at the site, they are selling it by bid, like eBay! So unfortunately the scalpers are staying busy. We receive calls daily wanting to know if we know where the ammo is, I do not, sadly, and my crystal ball is not functioning. The same situation, as many of you know ,is following the firearm supply too. This is another example of staying prepared this has hit us like the toilet paper issue, who would have thought! Stay focused, do not panic it only makes it worse but use this as future reference as can anyone ever have "too much" ammo?

Over the last three months we have traveled widely across the west, Oregon/Idaho/Montana/Wyoming and most recently Nevada.There is very little ammo to be found in both small and large stores. If there was a quantity anywhere you were limited on purchase. So it is not just California! Last weekend we conducted a 3 day pistol/carbine/shotgun course in Carson City, Nevada. The students had to scrounge for ammo and could find no shotgun ammo (other than steel shot hunting shells)... We had to raid a store here to get the ammo they needed, we got lucky! For us shooters this situation is dire. My contact in the business can't get straight or satisfactory answers from suppliers. I have inquired with a couple of distributors and get varied answers ranging from COVID induced production slow down to raw material shortfalls. I wonder where raw materials come from? We have experienced this before, however this time it seems worse, maybe because it is stacked on top of everything else! So now my suggestion of buying $5-10 thousand in ammo doesn't sound so excessive does it? Remember when this clears up, plan ahead, way ahead as this WILL happen again and often. In the mean time consider you still have things to do: dry practice, never let up! Consider an airsoft/bb replica pistol. If you are a reloader you best go on the hunt for powder/primers/pellets(projectiles). I try not to believe there is a design in all of this but it is hard not to believe this is just chance. If you look at the industry ,large companies of unknown backing are buying these manufactures, combining product lines and could very easily just quit manufacturing guns/ammo altogether. Currently , for example a company called the Freedom Group owns Remington and about 7 other firearm companies like Marlin and DPMS. So while everyone in the industry says the Freedom Group's main owner the Cerebus Group is run by sportsmen and industry folks, who is to say at what price they would sell and to whom? Any business is about profit (or politics). So remember when this turns around, make the adjustments you need and get a quantity of ammo and don't wait. Unfortunately history often repeats itself. See more

We are still getting questions about wearing a mask and carrying a gun. If you are wearing a mask to comply with the law/mandate/suggestion/requirement for COVID-19 suppression/prevention and carrying a gun per your permit you ARE NOT in violation of the law in Kalifornia. Please read Kalifornia Penal Code sections 25300(a) and 185. Both require that you be attempting to hide your identity or evade capture by wearing a disguise or mask. Go read it and carry on!

Just spent a few minutes reading CA SB 118. Amidst the pharmacy type regulations and other stuff is gun items, more prohibitions of course. Starting in 2023 gun dealers are now the only way to get "gun parts" and it will involve a background process like the ammo thing currently in place. I found nothing there surprising or unexpected, except this...: a semiautomatic firearm that is NOT a pistol, rifle, or a shotgun". If someone could explain please what this means or what this device would be to me I would appreciate it

Depending on where you look the states that "require" masks number between 26 and 40. Also 27 states have democrat governors and oddly enough each one with the "D" as governor requires masks. Go figure. Just got back from a Idaho/Montana/Wyoming/Nevada/Oregon..guess which ones have masks requirements? Its not Wyoming or Idaho,I guess because their republican governors are willing to let the citizens figure out "the science"and live their lives free! Everyone I talked to in Montana said, they require it but they they can't make me! Seems this type of "governing" was rebuked about 244 years ago.

Cops SHOULD NOT be enforcing mask violations or responding to calls from businesses about customers not wearing them.

So how about this for a solution..lets make a law that equally applies to ALL people regardless of race/gender/religious belief, and it would read "don't break the law and you won't have an encounter with law enforcement"...I think we already have a bunch of those, I think. Maybe not that plainly worded but kind of the same.

Well here we go again..mask/no mask/re-mask. So for anyone considering or coming to class for the near future ,the mask (in my opinion) is your option. With the amount of information and misinformation we have had about this from the beginning, it is impossible to know what is right. Do what is right for you! Ammo is at a premium folks, so get it when/where you can. Now is the time to again consider that credit union loan for 5-10k to buy ammo. Many shops still operating on m...odified hours and little to no product availability, so this does not help either. We get many requests from new potential gun owners about what to buy. We recommend a short list of guns, any Glock, Smith&Wesson Shield in 9mm and Kahr PM9. Ok I understand there are other guns out there, some of good quality and while not trying to offend anyone's favorite gun here is why we suggest the above pistols. Gun shops tend to want to sell you what they have in stock, not always what you want, or need. In the nearly 30 years of doing ,this the above guns WORK! We see every gun out there and these 3 are without question the most reliable and user friendly, and usually available. While many gun "problems" are shooter related, these 3 are forgiving to some degree for even shooter errors. If you look around you see people doing reviews of "great" guns but.....they are not available in Kalifornia. So what is the point of detailing how great a gun that you can't buy is? No matter what you decide ,especially if buying multiple guns try to stay at least with in the same caliber. This makes your life much less complicated when considering ammo supply. Bare minimum to have on hand, 2000 rounds. As soon as you deplete 500, replace it. We also want to thank all of our students old and new that have trusted us with their safety and allowed us to provide their training needs. We know everyone has choices, and we and our staff appreciate the confidence you have in us. During these times of turmoil, and unpredictability remember that a gun won't save you and no one is coming to your rescue. YOU must be you own security detail! Stay vigilant, do not let others dictate what you do to accomplish that safety. A gun and the ability/knowledge of how and when to use it can be of great comfort. We are local, we never shut down, our staff and training facilities and partners want to continue to provide the best training available in the area. We offer a broad selection of classes and will be adding more classes soon. Look for our specialty classes and even some out of state ventures we are working on. Stay safe, stay vigilant..AWARENESS and AVOIDANCE!

As was predictable with current events,George Floyd has become lost in the fray. While it may seem all of this is because of Mr. Floyd's death it was only a spring board for those who wish our society harm. All of this has caused me to do some honest research about the premise of the complaint and validity of the claims that are made by groups that are promoting this "response" Here is a name no one has heard of, Kelly Stephens, Juneau AK. Unarmed white man killed by police 1...Continue reading

Folks who are looking to get Initial CCW or renewing, PLEASE read your issuing agency's online info. It is all there! We still have people confused about the required hours, what qualification needs to be done etc. It is all on the agency website. We still have numerous folks showing up without their gear to renew classes. (No hat/glasses/belt/holster/yes, sometimes no gun) This doesn't have to be a stressful ordeal. get your things in order, give yourself the 90 day window t...o renew, relax. I think one of the biggest issue folks are having is locating ammo. A situation that is not likely to get better anytime soon. As most of you can now see with ALL that is going on, and we also have our state government working against us this is going to continue to be an issue. For the last 4 years I have been ringing that bell about buying ammo. Going to the credit union and getting a loan if need be of $5-10K and buy ammo. That suggestion seemed excessive to many, but how about now? Even if you decide to do it now, you will have an extremely difficult time finding any substantial quantity of ammo, anywhere. We have very short memories as this happens every few years during political seasons or civil discord as we are now seeing. People wait until it's too late, thus the lines outside of gun shops. Hopefully this will subside soon , but in about in about 5 months another event will most likely create another panic. So get some AMMO...and train/practice/shoot.