Oklahoma Prison Escapee Charges Cop With Crowbar, Gets Shot Down [VIDEO]
An Oklahoma Department of Corrections escapee reportedly beat a homeless man over the head with a baseball bat before he met his match in an Oklahoma City police officer. When Kirk Dustin Shields charged...
When Should a Concealed Carrier Intervene in an Unknown Situation?
By Jim Barrett
When you make the decision to carry a gun, you've taken responsibility for the safety of yourself and your loved ones back from the agents of the State. The decision to use...
6 Ways To Avoid Getting Shot By Police After A Defensive Gun Use
No one wants to have to defend themselves or their family with a gun. At the same time, as gun owners, we're prepared to do that if circumstances demand it. For many of us,...
Lyman’s A-ZOOM StrikerCaps Don’t Eject During Dry Fire Practice
Do you do dry fire practice at home in your spare time? If not, why not? It's one of the best, easiest ways to improve your shooting. One of the problems some shooters have with...
Trigger Reset – Understanding the Process and Practicing the Right Sequence
There are a variety of individual aspects that to shooting a gun which, when practiced and mastered, result in improved handgun accuracy. One of the most misunderstood and sometimes misused is trigger reset.
The Basics
Trigger...
Some Proven Strategies For a Successful Church Safety Team
Ultimately, when seconds count, help is just minutes away. This applies for police emergencies, as well as fire and medical. And in places with large numbers of people, those present become first responders, whether...
3 Common Handgun Failures and How to Clear Them
Shoot a semi-automatic pistol often enough -- any brand or model -- and it will eventually fail to fire. It may be the gun's fault (you bought a jam-o-matic), the magazine's fault (a frequent...
Training Review: Professional Development with Jeff Gonzales
“If I knew I was going to have a gunfight, I wouldn’t go.” - Jeff Gonzales
The Professional Development class with Jeff Gonzales is a one to two-hour seminar tied directly to the monthly Gunfighter Matches at the Range...
Competition: You Have to Go Through Failure On The Path to Success
I need to preface this piece by stating that up until two months ago, I had only shot a handful of carbine competitions with my good old friend MC, whose interviews you’ve all seen...
10 Self-Defense Lessons From Illinois’ Version of the George Zimmerman Trial
Thankfully, jury trials in legitimate self-defense cases don't happen very often. Unfortunately, we just had one of those cases here in America's heartland with the Illinois murder trial of James Love. The entire affair...
Interview With an Operator: Why I Prefer a Revolver for Personal Defense
Greetings TTAGers. This is the last part of my interview with Male Concubine (see earlier posts here), who has persistently and consistently irritated TTAG readers with his love of guns and shooting. No doubt...
My First Pistol And Why I Bought It: The Beretta 92
Back about a million years ago, after graduating college, I decided I needed a handgun. At the same time, I didn't even know what I didn't know about guns and shooting. However, I had...