Amaury Murgado is the creator of the blog. He has an extensive military and law enforcement background. He is a published author whose works have appeared in Black Belt Magazine, Tae Kwon Do Times, Inside Kung Fu Magazine, and various other police and security publications. He spent over 10 years as a columnist for Police Magazine.
Amaury Murgado started out as an entry level part-time armorer/builder in 2016 with Live Free Armory. He rose to Chief Operating Officer and left Live Free Armory on December 2021, to retire.