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Incident to Acquittal:
"The Prosecution Rests, Your Honor"
Marty Hayes, JD
Five simple words which will affect you for the rest of your life. If you are on trial for murder, attempted murder or assault, up until those words are spoken, you have been sitting at the defendant's table playing defense. You, through your attorney, have been trying to poke holes in the prosecution's case, trying to discredit their witnesses and perhaps even make the prosecution look like big bad bullies picking on a poor underdog member of society. The problem is that if the prosecution did any type of credible job, they have proven the elements of the crime of which you are charged. You see, the state, using the local prosecutor, has the burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you either . . . keep reading
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Sig Sauer Academy: Off Body Carry for the Responsible Citizen
George Harris
As we work our way through everyday life, we find ourselves having to be flexible with our concealed carry options simply due to the individual lives that we lead and our changing circumstances. Most firearms professionals like myself will be quick to tell you to be consistent with your carry options. This, of course, is to enhance your proficiency when an unexpected encounter causes the subconscious mind to take command of your response, and it increases the likelihood of your success in a given situation. However, the reality is that many of us lead . . . keep reading
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The Ordinary Guy: No Rest at THIS Stop!
Mark Walters
In August 2002, on a Wednesday evening approaching midnight, John K. walked out his front door on a business trip to Charlotte, North Carolina. Leaving his wife and kids, John would travel on a fairly regular basis and he was no stranger to nights away from home. This trip promised to be no different. "It was a normal trip to our dedicated fleet operation in Charlotte," John told me later. "Sometimes I would leave late to observe the crews on night shift, so leaving home between 11 and midnight for the ride to Charlotte was not out of the ordinary for me." This night held . . . keep reading
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Street Tactics: The Devil is in the Details
Gabe Suarez
Many CCW operators spend a great deal of time selecting their gear and a few even spend the same amount of time organizing their training to develop fast reflexes and accurate shooting. Very few, unfortunately, spend any time outside of this type of preparation. I would submit that the gunfight that is avoided is far better than the gunfight that is won. Why? Because gunfights primarily cost a good amount of money. Even in the most conservative and pro-CCW areas, a good guy who has won a gunfight would be foolish to not involve his lawyer, and as we all know, lawyers are not cheap. Moreover, gunfights are chaotic, and the simple fact that you might not win must always be considered. An old gunman once told me, "It is not the bullet with your name on it that should bother you; it is all those addressed 'To Whom It May Concern.'" Indeed. Now, avoidance does not mean . . . keep reading
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It Doesn't Have to Make Sense - It's Just the Law: Boobytrap Law
KL Jamison
An Iowa farmer spent ten years trying to prevent break-ins at an old farmhouse used for storage. Boards were nailed across windows and doors and "no trespassing" signs were put up to no avail. Tired of being tormented, the farmer set a 20-gauge shotgun to fire when an interior bedroom door was opened. On his wife's suggestion he lowered the barrel from stomach level to leg level. The gun was not visible from outside the building and no warning of the trap was given. On July 16, 1967, Marvin Katko broke into the old house to steal antique jars and similar items. He had broken into the house before without injury and seems to have considered this a precedent. Mr. Katko opened the bedroom door, triggering the shotgun. Time magazine, not a bastion of ballistic reliability, reported that the gun was loaded with buckshot. Whatever the load, the results were . . . keep reading
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Armed Senior Citizen: The Code of the Armed Senior
Bruce N. Eimer, PhD
Recently, at a Phillies baseball game in Philadelphia, an argument began between two groups of men over some spilled beer. The argument grew into a melee, and security guards threw everyone out. Afterwards, in the parking lot, three men from one of the groups jumped one man from the other group who was trying to leave the angry and violent scene. The three men beat, kicked and stomped the other man to death. By the time the police arrived, it was too late. The victim suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead right there by medics. All I could think of after reading this headline news story in the Philadelphia Inquirer was that if the victim had a gun on him, he might have been able to save his life. This would have been a clear case of the justifiable use of deadly force in self defense. The three murderers started the violence, escalated it, and had a marked disparity of force in numbers and size over their victim. . . . keep reading
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The Ordinary Guy: "Nothing Catches God By Surprise"
Mark Walters
"JORRICK!" The shotgun wielding thug moved to the rear passenger door, forced it open and slid into the back seat of the Landry family SUV. Sitting on the back seat was Zachias, seven years old, and now being forced over to the other side of the seat by a shotgun toting madman. "Kids? Let me see some mother%$& kids," yelled 18-year old Jabray Davias Jones from inside the vehicle. Sitting up front in the passenger seat was Jorrick Landry, and alongside him in the driver's seat was his wife Vernalise, cradling their two-year old daughter, Anaiyah. . . . keep reading
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Street Tactics: Notes from Five Years of Force on Force
Gabe Suarez
We have been running force on force training sessions for almost five years now, and in that time, we've put about a thousand students through the course and drills. Here are some issues that we keep noticing with almost boring regularity. If your training does not take these issues into account, then your training may be . . . keep reading
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It Doesn't Have to Make Sense - It's Just the Law: Victims' Rights
KL Jamison
The lady had been raped. She was interviewed by a very sympathetic female Kansas City, Missouri police officer. She was escorted to the hospital for a rape examination where she was met by her lawyer. The examination was delayed. The officer asked when she would be seen and was told to wait. The lawyer then asked the same question and she was immediately seen.[1] Because the lady had been taken into another jurisdiction she was required to repeat her story to another department. This report was taken by an obese sergeant who first protested that he could not possibly take a report because the victim had neglected to . . . keep reading
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Incident to Acquittal: Trial Day - It's Show Time!
Marty Hayes, JD
So far in this series "Incident to Acquittal," we have discussed the expense of defending your actions in court; how to behave when the police show up to investigate the incident; what happens if you are arrested; and the roles of the police, experts and investigators in the case. What is left to discuss in this series is the court procedure itself: the role of the jury, the burden of proof and how to defend the case, along with what occurs after the verdict is read. With that in mind, let's discuss what will happen the day of trial. After the opening gavel falls, there will be jury selection. Here, both attorneys (along with the judge) will have the ability to . . . keep reading
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SIG SAUER Academy: Working the Gun with the Non-Dominant Hand
George Harris
Last time, we took a look at working the gun with one hand only, and how beneficial that could be from a multitude of perspectives. In this segment we are going to focus on the non-dominant hand, and considerations critical to the successful use of that hand to run the gun. In addition, we will open the subject of multiple weapons introduced simultaneously or as a follow-on into the conflict resolution process. Most of us think of the non-dominant hand as our left hand. Depending on whose data you believe, somewhere between seven and thirty percent of the population have a different view point. Being primarily left hand oriented, they view the right hand as being . . . keep reading
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Armed Senior: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
Bruce N. Eimer, PhD
The world doesn't seem to be getting any safer. In addition to the usual crimes, we now have an American city that is the number two kidnapping capital in the world, plus a real threat of middle east-style domestic terrorism. Our law enforcement departments are the thin blue line that protects Americans. At fifty-five, I may be too old to start a new career as a cop, but I can still serve by becoming a Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor. I've been a firearms and shooting enthusiast for more than seventeen years, I've attended numerous shooting schools, and as an NRA instructor for more than five years I've taught classes and coached police and members of the public to learn to shoot and prevail in a fight. But I can . . . keep reading
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The Ordinary Guy Looks at Dangerous Political Times
Mark Walters
The political climate in today's America can't be overlooked. Everything is a "crisis" and the news is almost unbearable to watch if you happen to have a level head, some common sense and anything left of a brain. Gun owners are scared to death about this administration and are making it very clear that they mean business. Let's take a look at a few things that we can do to remain somewhat sane in these trying times. . . . keep reading
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Street Tactics:
Modern Force on Force
Gabe Suarez
I get a great number of email inquiries about force on force. The word is out, so to speak, and everyone seems to be curious about it, how it can benefit them, and finally, how they can get on board. In this column I will try to address some of the questions which seem the most prevalent. The first time force on force (with firearms) was ever written about was by a man named Pepe Lulla. He was a very accomplished duelist and trainer of duelists, who was operational in the antebellum south. He was known to train with wooden bullets in the stand-and-deliver dueling format. Later in that century, we read of a British officer in India arming his servants with sticks and various . . . keep reading
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It Doesn't Have to Make Sense - It's Just the Law:
The Law and Manners
KL Jamison
Mark Moritz, a commentator on personal protection advises: There are five books which should be required reading for anyone who carries a gun for self-defense. They are: Cooper on Handguns by Jeff Cooper; Principles of Personal Defense, also by Cooper; Combat Handgunning by Chuck Taylor; In the Gravest Extreme by Massad Ayoob; and Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior by Judith Martin. . . . keep reading
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