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Truckers and Self-Defense: Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 4 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
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Truckers and Self-Defense: On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 3 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
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Truckers and Self-Defense: Protection on the Road
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 2 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
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Truckers and Self-Defense: The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 1 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
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Mychael Waller’s True Story, Part 2 | Training With Your Gun
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on Mychael Waller’s self-defense incident. Part 1, which details everything that led up to the self-defense incident that Mychael and his son MJ…
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Fight for Permitless Carry: A Story of Fabric and Plastic
It’s been quite a few busy, crazy years since I became more active in politics and government through the DC Project and BamaCarry. With DC Project, I first became a delegate, representing my state…
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The Sword of Damocles: Living Under the Dangling Blade of Uncertainty
Molly and Robert Duncan were returning from breakfast one Wednesday morning in Grinnell, Ohio, with no reason to suspect trouble on a bright spring day. But trouble came anyway. Cheryl, Robert’s…
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The Mychael Waller Story: Father Survives Chicago Shooting
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Mychael Waller’s self-defense incident. Part 2, which details what happened to Mychael and his son MJ after this incident, appeared in the…
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Tracing Back: Prior Relationships Cloud Self-Defense Cases
Recently, an individual posted a question about a “clear case of self-defense” on the question-and-answer website Quora. After examining posts in gun groups on Facebook and elsewhere, I’ve determined…
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Deadly Blows: One Man’s Story of Survival
James Ott could have shot him, and investigating sheriff’s deputies wondered why he hadn’t. After all, James had been assaulted in his own home by a stranger. He was bleeding copiously from wounds to…
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True Stories — February/March 2021
Something in the Air: Utah Bar Employee Stops Shooting Spree A downtown Salt Lake City nightclub was the scene of a harrowing experience for all concerned. It started when a man left the club at…
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Gun Rights: The Steps You Can Take Today
You hear it all the time: “What can I do today to help further gun rights?” Well, one concrete step you can take — today — is to vote for Concealed Carry Magazine in the American Society of Magazine…
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