WE’VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED the imperatives of safe gun handling as well as how to properly draw from and recover to the holster. Although there are a variety of ways to accomplish these tasks, it always comes down to muzzle management and trigger-finger discipline; there just isn’t any way around it.

One of the safety rules we focus on in every firearms class and safety briefing is keeping your finger off the trigger and outstretched along the side of the gun until you are ready to shoot. It’s a…

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…

In an opening scene of the old television show Gunsmoke, Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) delivers fatally on his fast draw. That, of course, was fiction, though the Minnesota native apparently was…

Very early on in my self-defense journey, an instructor said to me, “Use a handgun of the largest caliber you can fire accurately.” That statement seemed to make sense until I realized I was a pretty…

If you do a lot of driving, the Gozenta from Hawg Holsters might be the product for you. This little laser-cut multi-tool secures your holstered handgun to the receiver end of a seatbelt buckle in…

Without a doubt, the single most common reason an armed self-defense claim loses in court is what the defendant did leading up to the event. One of the long-standing common-law requirements of a…

Do you want to be involved in a deadly force incident today? All of us should answer, “No!” However, in some sense, self-defense is not a choice. The requirement for self-defense is often thrust upon…

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…

I conducted a skills improvement class this past weekend for a group of people who have been legally carrying for between one and four years. As a result, I had instructed them to come to the class…

There’s probably no greater responsibility or greater reward than taking your loved ones, especially your kids, to the shooting range. Teaching the people you love about safe, responsible gun…

This video leaves us with so much to debate that I do not even know where to start. What is clear is that one round was fired from the pistol. That round passed through the man’s leg, and he is lucky…