Self-Defense

Retired U.S. Army Airborne Ranger Paul Lemke founded the company now known as Inceptor Ammunition in 2012. Lemke’s goal was to create innovative frangible ammunition with a twist to differentiate their products from the...

I've written a number of posts on training, including classes that use force-on-force, which elaborated on some of the most effective forms of self-defense training available to civilians today. In response, there always seems...

In a perfect world, everyone would know not to fire warning shots. Unfortunately, Hollywood has made them almost part of our cultural lexicon. But don’t fall for Hollywood "training" on self-defense when it comes...

  https://youtu.be/2Rgq45MJ-Og?si=Ov63qFJhLcF3kWq3 Cover is any object that protects you from gunfire. Concealment is an object that hides you from an aggressor. Question: if you were in the Stop 'N Rob in the video above, where is...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2hn6AVCVro Movement is a topic that's mostly misunderstood and rarely practiced. As a foundational skill, it should be part of every competent gunman's skill set. Why is movement so important? Because a moving target is...

As a recent Pew poll revealed, almost three-quarters of people who own guns own them primarily for personal protection. But no matter how "operator" you may be, you probably don't sleep with your gun. Still,...

By Warren Lind More than one-third of all U.S. homes have at least one firearm. But there is another weapon that is in 100 percent of all homes: bladed weapons. Knives are the most common, but...

By Dr. Latebloomer Some gun colleagues and I were having a conversation recently and someone mentioned a “SHTF Office Gun.”  I remember laughing to myself, saying something like, 'Sheesh, can you imagine having a pediatric...

A few years back, a coworker awoke to a guy climbing through his bathroom window. Not surprising, considering that he lived on the ground floor of a building in an area of town that...

Never throw the first punch and Fire only if fired upon are two pieces of pseudo-tactical advice that are thrown out so often that most people now parrot the phrases without ever thinking about...

If you haven't thought about what to do and say after a use of force incident, you really should. After all, you don't want to avoid victimization by a criminal attacker only to be...

By Brad Fitzpatrick Ronald Kronon, noticed a man steal­ing a vehicle from the parking lot of his business. When he confronted the man, the thief attempted to run Kronon over. As the vehicle bore down...