Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Post Videos of Your Crib on the Internet
There are three basic types of bad guys: opportunists, professionals and psychos. Opportunists are generally stupid, drugged or drugged and stupid. Dangerous, but dumb. Professionals always have a plan. They're generally shy. Dangerous, but...
Armed Encounter: Allied Veterans Internet Café
So you're sitting at The Allied Veterans Internet Café, gambling on the Internet. Wait. What? "Allied Veterans says what it's doing is not gambling, because the winners are all pre-determined," wftv.com reported back in February...
Question of the Day: How Do We Get More Women Into Shooting?
This morning's surfing uncovered a rogue wave. Writing for pittsburghlive.com, columnist Eric Heyl ranted about the lack of women at NRA conventions (this year's confab is set to hit his hometown). Yada yada yada sexist...
New TASER X2
TASER's website proclaims the new X2 as "The Most Customer Driven TASER Device Ever Developed." So, does that mean that previous TASERs ignored customers' needs? Hardly; the last gen addressed the clothing penetration issue...
Self-Defense Tip: How Not to Shoot Your Own Children
"LaVar Burton, 33, testified that he ran upstairs in his Lansing home July 22, 2010 after seeing a man with a gun break through the living room screen late at night," lansingstatejournal.com reports. "Burton testified...
GoTimothy: I Will Mow Down Open Carry Gun Guys
This rant backs up a point I've made previously: gun control advocates seem to be the very type of people who'd benefit most from carrying a concealed weapon, to ease their obvious fears of...
Massad Ayoob Hails Armed Citizen Harlan Murray. Hmmm.
ARMED CITIZEN CAPTURES COP-KILLER. Like so much of what he does, gun guru Massad Ayoob's Tweet caught my full and immediate attention. The link took me to chattanoogan.com. Here's the meat of the matter. "Two...
Self Defense Tip: Know What a Gun Can and Cannot Do
Go to :31 in this video. Notice something? The slide's locked back. The gun is empty. This information might have been useful for the employee forced to fork over the contents of the cash...
Speer Gold Dot .22WMR Personal Protection Round
"The newest addition to the Gold Dot Short Barrel family is a .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire self defense round," Speer announces like a proud papa. "These hollow points provide reliable expansion, deep penetration and...
Self-Defense Tip: Keep Your Friends Close, Or Not
I've traveled the world, lived abroad and survived five decades of testosterone-fueled fun (including drive 204 miles per hour on the Autobahn in a Pagani Zonda). I've achieved financial security (fingers crossed) and spread my...
Three Things You Should Never Not Do With Your Gun
There's a lot of information about what not to do with a gun. The list starts with safety rules (don't point your gun at anything you're not ready to destroy), includes storage (don't leave...
Speaking of School Shootings . . .
It'll be extremely interesting to see how this influential tween and teen soap presents the shotgun-wielding Eli episode. Apparently, a break-up leading to homicidal rage is "the story line you've been waiting for." Well...