Be prepared with a variety of concealed carry and firearms tips and tactics that can help keep you and your family safe both inside and outside of your home. Find helpful articles and videos, including the Into the Fray training series, that cover everything from situational awareness and conflict avoidance to cover vs. concealment and the use of force in a critical encounter.
Fitting Room: Zero in on the Right Gun
THE MAJORITY OF FIREARMS TRAINERS and educators do not supply firearms for their students to use. They have to work with what each student brings to class. For a seasoned student, this usually isn’t…
Continue Reading →Self-Defense? Well, Maybe Not…
An incident in my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago illustrates what can happen when emotion overrides common sense. As is often the case in such a situation, only when the details are uncovered…
Continue Reading →My $50 Charter Arms Revolver
Yep. I bought a $50 revolver. It’s a Charter Arms Undercover made in about 1969. Does that mean I think my life is worth $50? Nope. That means some crackhead might think my life is worth the $50 I…
Continue Reading →The SCCY Finale
Enough is enough. The SCCY wins. We could continue to abuse the pistol, but why? We have tormented and tortured the SCCY CPX-2 quite enough. We dunked it in mud, buried it in dirt, froze it in a…
Continue Reading →My Lone Wolf Glock
If you like all the good things about Glock pistols but want to make your Glock pistol even better, check out Lone Wolf Distributors. It has everything you need to make your Glock truly custom. The…
Continue Reading →Shotgun vs. Interior Door
Spoiler alert! Shotgun wins! When people tell you to use a shotgun with birdshot for home defense because it is safer, show them this. The hole in the door that you see here comes from No. 8…
Continue Reading →Getting What You Want
The irony is not lost on me that I am using a social media video service to tell you how to circumvent the censorship of social media video services. This outlet and other outlets are actively…
Continue Reading →Bullet Basics
I wish I could take credit for the old saying, “Don’t agonize over ammo,” because many people, especially those new to carrying a firearm, experience a certain amount of confusion and even anxiety…
Continue Reading →Working from the Holster: Essentials of Handgun Handling While Carrying on Your Person
IN THE PREVIOUS ISSUE, we discussed the essentials of handling a pistol or revolver for purposes of personal protection: how to put it into operation as well as how to visually and physically verify…
Continue Reading →Bang for Your Buck
I own a lot of guns. Many of you do too. We own them not just for personal protection, but also for a variety of purposes. But let’s face it. Whether someone owns one gun or a dozen, in the deepest…
Continue Reading →Benelli Nova H20 12-Gauge Tactical Pump Shotgun
Even though new models of shotguns continue to be released, several factors have put the tactical shotgun in a less favorable status. The AR-15 still reigns supreme as the king of the long gun…
Continue Reading →Effective Firearms Stopping Power Calculator — Smartphone App
By the time I started my law enforcement career in 1980 with the Licking County Ohio Sheriff’s Office, I already had a healthy interest in guns and shooting, ignited by my father and fueled by many…
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