Self-Defense Tip: How to Draw from an OWB Holster Wearing a SMFV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MljdfngVTM
Some of us can't tolerate Inside-the-Waistband Holsters (IWB). So we pocket carry or wear an Outside-the-Waistband (OWB) holster. Come spring, temperature permitting, we have to lose the jacket and don a vest to conceal...
Another Reason to Home Carry: Workmen
Those of us fortunate to live in the bubble have a weakness in our home defense: workmen. We'd never think of inviting a total stranger into our homes. Someone well outside our social circle...
Firearms Confidential: A Tale of Three Cities. Pt. 1 New York
New York City is my “home town,” so I have to admit a bias, borne of knowledge gained through years and sometimes pain. When I was growing up here, it was a safe place....
Self-Defense Tip: Know What You Don’t Know
A member of TTAG's Armed Intelligentsia emailed a link to the now infamous McDonald's beat down video. "I fully realize that the general consensus is you walk away, run if needed, rather than enter an...
Eight Mesa, AZ Cops Open Fire on Rifle-Wielding Perp
I'm sympathetic to cops who open fire on anyone who points a gun at them. Whether or not the gun's real or fake, loaded or unloaded, aimed with malice aforethought or wielded with casual...
VPC Hearts FL Open Carry Smear Campaign
I have no friggin' clue why Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings is dead set against open carry. In fact, I have no idea why ANY police officer would be against open carry. A gun...
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...