The GunZee Range Manual

The GunZee Range Manual is a training resource library for
defensive shooters, law enforcement, military personnel, and firearms
instructors.

Articles cover shot placement on anatomical
targets, close-quarters battle and hostage scenario drills, use-of-force
decision-making, marksmanship fundamentals, situational awareness, and
training methodology. All content emphasizes realistic, scenario-based
instruction designed to translate range performance into operational
capability.

Buyer's GuidesWorkplace active threat response self-defense scenario shooting target, 24 by 36 inches

Self-Defense Shooting Targets: Train the Decision, Not Just the Shot

A defensive encounter is a decision problem with a shot attached — not the other way around. The four demands self-defense places on training, a four-rung realism ladder from bullseye to scenario p...

Buyer's GuidesBank lobby active robbery tactical scenario shooting target with multiple armed suspects, 24 by 36 inches

Tactical Shooting Targets: What Counts, What Doesn't, and How to Choose

"Tactical" is the most abused word on a target rack. A working three-part test — context, decision, geometry — for what makes a shooting target genuinely tactical, how to match scenario targets to ...

Decision Making DrillsLaw enforcement training target depicting a low-light plainclothes officer threat assessment scenario for police decision training

Law Enforcement Training Targets: From Qualification to Decision Training

Law enforcement training targets cover three jobs: qualification, skill development, and judgment. This guide maps all three layers — what the qualification course actually verifies, how to build a...

Decision Making DrillsShoot no shoot decision drill target depicting a nightclub exit hostage crowd crisis with one armed threat among bystanders

Shoot / No-Shoot Decision Drills: Building Judgment Under Stress

Shoot no shoot targets put the decision back into live fire: is this person a threat right now? This pillar covers the four-step decision ladder, a crawl-walk-run drill progression for any square r...

Armed SubjectUrban Street Two-Man Armed Confrontation scenario target showing weapon presentation under ambiguous conditions

Shoot or No-Shoot: Training to Identify Armed vs. Unarmed Subjects

The decision before the shot is the one most defensive shooters never train. Identifying an armed subject under stress, in low light, in a crowd, with the threat partially obscured — that read happ...

Anatomical Shooting TargetAnatomical Hostage Shield target with male threat behind smaller hostage figure

Female and Hostage-Shield Targets: Why Gender-Specific Scenarios Matter

A male threat holding a female hostage is the most common hostage geometry in real-world domestic, public, and home-invasion encounters — and the geometry most defensive training ignores. Female-ho...

CCW trainingBedroom doorway armed subject defensive shooting scenario target

10 Defensive Shooting Scenarios Every CCW Holder Should Train For

The ten defensive shooting scenarios that show up most often in concealed-carry case studies — bedroom doorway, deceptive familiarity, ATM ambush, café role reversal, bank lobby, grocery parking lo...

CQB & Home DefensePhotorealistic hostage shooting target with rear-control geometry — decision-making drill

Hostage Scenarios: The Decision-Making Drills Most Shooters Skip

A hostage scenario isn't a marksmanship problem. It's a judgment problem with a marksmanship requirement attached. Eight decision categories most shooters never train — and the targets that force y...