Personal Defense

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...

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Most 1911s are built using what gunsmiths semi-affectionately call "bucket manufacturing." All the pistol's various parts---frame, grips, barrel, trigger assembly, etc.---are identical. Pull any part out of the proverbial bucket and it will fit...

As a graphic artist, I've long been fascinated with targets. And as we know from heading out to the range, they can get pricey. Add to that, the fact that oft-times the range may...

Good News, campers! The Massad Ayoob LiveBlog has been rescheduled, for Thursday, February 24th. Massad will be joining RF and me from his temporary HQ in the Windy City to field your questions, and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQz3JB1fkE Yesterday, I trained with Adam Deciccio at The American Firearms School. It started off as a lesson on how to shoot a revolver. After I hit what I was aiming at with our Testing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1ydywk4nMo I have belonged to an indoor range for about two years now. I practice every week or two. The range runs “Action Handgun Pin Shooting” on Tuesday nights. I gave it a try this...