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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.
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Single Stacks Are Back: Is the Trend Here To Stay?
Space and convenience of carry, in my opinion, are the primary reasons for the resurgence of single-stack semi-automatic pistols. » QUESTION: A few years ago, when I decided to join the ranks of…
Continue Reading →Training with Laser Ammo
No, you will not be teasing your dog or cat with a laser pointer. The Laser Ammo company offers their SureStrike Laser Cartridge and the Personal Electronic Target. Combined, these two products will…
Continue Reading →So, Vacation
Yippee! Vacation. We live in one of the most magnificent countries on Earth. We have wild mountains to climb and deserts, sugar sand beaches, world-class museums—all within driving distance of…
Continue Reading →Safety is NOT a Device … It’s an Ideology
Let’s talk about safety. Some people will point to that little lever on the side of a pistol and call that the safety. It is not. That is the safety lever. Big difference. Recently I had a long…
Continue Reading →Beware the “Shark Bump”
Most people don’t just ask for change. Nor do they ask for the time or directions. Very often, these seemingly innocuous questions are the setup to a robbery or other crime. Like a shark bumping its…
Continue Reading →Take Control of Your Personal Safety
The shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan will no doubt be the topic of conversation for quite some time. You can bet that the anti-gun crowd will use the actions of this killer as a reason to continue to…
Continue Reading →Jammed: How Can an Adversary Cause a Failure?
If your revolver isn’t able to operate — if your attacker either holds the cylinder or blocks the hammer strike — it won’t be loosing a defensive round in your favor. » IN STUDYING INTERPERSONAL…
Continue Reading →Rubber Bullets? Not For Me
A viewer wanted to know if he could be charged with a crime if, after firing two rubber bullets at an attacker, he killed the attacker with a live round. The clear implication here is that by loading…
Continue Reading →Fit to Fight?
I specifically waited until well after the New Year to talk about fitness. I didn’t want this column to be one of those “new year, new me” diatribes that appear every time December gives way to…
Continue Reading →Bark. Bite. Bang. Mad Dogs, Bad Dogs and Wild Animal Defense
» A RABID DOG APPEARS IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. The children know the dog and know the owner, but the dog no longer knows them. Atticus is summoned, not for his wisdom or legal expertise, but because…
Continue Reading →What Kind of Woman Buys a Gun?
A few weeks ago, I got involved in a conversation (if you can even call it that) about gun control. One of the participants in this verbal exchange, a guy who is vehemently against guns in the hands…
Continue Reading →Expanding Our Firearms Knowledge
I know this is the second week in a row I have talked about comments to Into the Fray videos, but I feel it is very important to point out that when it comes to defensive training, there is no ONE…
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