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Door Check: Toledo Man Credits USCCA Videos and Mental Preparation in Helping Him Rescue Neighbor from Violent Attacker
Marcus Everett leaned back in his living room chair and yawned. The 28-year-old Toledo REALTOR® was winding down his Saturday with a post-midnight screening of Lethal Weapon. The ’80s “buddy cop”…
Continue Reading →True Stories — August/September 2022
Market Crash: Pennsylvania Customer Shoots Armed Robber Two men, one armed, entered a north Philadelphia food market shortly after noon. They accosted and pistol-whipped a customer who was waiting…
Continue Reading →Never Do This as a Witness
Warning: The video above includes strong language. This video of a gunfight between police and a criminal involved in a car crash can be very useful in pointing out what not to do. Before director of…
Continue Reading →‘Gun Violence’: Manipulating the Numbers
The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, unleashed a torrent of public outrage and offered politicians a platform for their progressive stances on gun control. Many politicians have shown their…
Continue Reading →True Stories — July 2022
Hammer Down: Wisconsin Man Breaks Into Home, Pretends to be a Cop A man used a sledgehammer to break into a home early one morning and shouted, “Police! Search warrant!” Once inside, he went to the…
Continue Reading →Gun Ownership: Why Mainstream Media Has It All Wrong
With millions of new gun owners joining the 2A community over the last few years alone, many people in the media are trying to discover and expose the reasons why people buy firearms. Unfortunately,…
Continue Reading →True Stories — May/June 2022
Game Over: Michigan Senior Citizen Defends Against Armed Robber A 69-year-old man and his son met a stranger outside an apartment to sell a video game. The sale turned into a robbery when the buyer…
Continue Reading →Teachers and Violence: Early Intervention in Schools
When it comes to self-defense, it is commonly understood that an ounce of prevention is worth pounds of cure. The earliest form of prevention in the school shooting threat is children’s development.…
Continue Reading →A Look Back: F.W. Klever, Dr. Helmut Klever and Ballistol
Ballistol has been a household name in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for more than 100 years. It’s less recognized in the U.S., but that’s not because of its lack of effectiveness as an all-purpose cleaning solution. The company didn’t begin to market it to consumers living abroad until the 1980s.
Continue Reading →Managing the Threat: How to Handle a Mugging
Editor’s Note: This is the final article of a three-part series revealing what robbers look for when targeting victims and what you can do to avoid becoming one. Part 1 | Part 2 At the end of the…
Continue Reading →Active Threat Events: More Than Run, Hide, Fight
A few years ago, I had a former student reach out to me to share an experience she had. She was at a local shopping mall and started to feel uncertain and uncomfortable. Remembering our training…
Continue Reading →The Battle of Puebla, Cinco de Mayo, and the Mexican and French Guns
There’s a common misconception in the United States that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s independence day. Rather, it commemorates the Mexican victory against the French at the city of Puebla on May 5,…
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