Personal Defense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl4WnxcSmbs Take a gander at this: a 360 degree shoot, no-shoot sim for self-defense-minded gun owners. Or non-gun owners. While the training benefits of Gander Mountain's Virtual Shooting Range are obvious, its drawbacks are equally...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLrJBYSYsok When was the last time you saw a picture of a shooter using a one-handed grip? On most firearms-related websites, advertisements, TV show and movies, shooters are shown using a two-handed grip. Thumb position...

According to icc-ccs.org, here's where we stand in terms of piracy on the open seas off the coast of Somalia, as of March 1 . . . Incidents Reported for Somalia: Total Incidents: 61 Total Hijackings:13 Total Hostages: 243 Total...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-5k6pYrHt8 I reckon self-defense has three main elements. First, detect. I can't say it enough (although God knows I'm trying): it's the bus you don't see that kills you. Second, escape and evade. Sun Tzu...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMb5UwML32k Yes, I know: competitions like these are NOT about training for self-defense. In fact, they often provide excellent insight in what not to do in an armed self-defense situation. In this case, we have...

Do you carry a back-up firearm? Most people would answer quite reasonably, “Dude, I’m not Rambo; and I wouldn’t want a jury to think that I thought I was either.” Most gun owners have...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzAyDSD98Y "A Nevada sheriff says a deputy wounded five times in a shootout with a man firing a rifle from the roof of a home in Wells is improving after surgery at a Salt Lake...

Yesterday, I surfed past a story about a negligent discharge at the Egyptian Collector's Association Gun and Knife Show in Bloomington, Illinois. I thought about blogging it as an Irresponsible Gun Owner of the Day. Other...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngYwlwxMWwM I find it odd that law enforcement officials don't support the idea of open carry. If I were snorting---I mean patrolling the thin blue line, my firearm fear would focus on concealed carry. To...

Field Use/Suspect Applications:           1,216,476 ± 2% Training/Voluntary Applications:          1,192,531 ± 7% Total:                                                   2.4 million+ (as of Jan 31, 2010) SALES GROWTH OF TASER ECDs at law enforcement, correctional, private security and military agencies 2000 - 2010: 2000:    500...

"The three men who broke into a house Wednesday evening and assaulted the 66-year-old homeowner were intent on stealing his guns, according to police. Police Chief John R. Desmarais said the three suspects had targeted...

Do you carry a spare magazine? A lot of concealed carriers don't. They consider it too much of burden, too uncomfortable or too "paranoid." And yet you can shoot even the highest capacity magazines...