What You Need To Think About If You Have Different Guns For Home Defense...
Defending yourself away from home and defending your castle are two different tasks, and for many people, that suggests different tools. But if you use different guns for home and personal defense out in...
Safety Tip: How to Survive a Public Shooting Range Session
By Nick Savery
When I first started shooting I began at a public indoor range. I wasn't a member of a club and I didn't have any guns of my own to shoot. I practiced...
The 5 Carry Conditions – How Do You Carry Your Handgun?
"Carry condition" isn't a subject as hotly debated in the gun community as, say, stopping power or GLOCK vs. 1911, but it's up there. What is a carry condition? It's the state of readiness...
This is Why You Really Should Rotate Your Carry Gun Ammunition Regularly
Many folks -- cops included -- load up their self-defense sidearm, and then those tools silently serve and protect their owners from bad people with evil in their hearts. Unfortunately, most of us don't...
Everyday Carry Chronicles: The Truth About ‘Israeli Carry’
For the most part, The People of the Gun have little time for “Israeli carry.” They scoff at the idea of carrying a pistol with an empty chamber. “Why add an extra step to...
Sinistromanual Pro Tip: If You’re a Lefty, Learn to Shoot Right-Handed
Reader Curtis in IL writes:
While we're well past Left Handers Day, if you’re a southpaw like me, you know the burdens we bear. Besides being smarter and better looking than everyone else, we’re constantly...
How To Become Proactive About Safety and Security at Your Kids’ or Grandkids’ School
Our children are priceless. There's literally nothing most parents won't do to ensure their health and safety. Mitigating risks to your kids and grandkids should be high on your priority list. This includes the...
Gun Tweet of the Day: The Four Rules Apply Always, Everywhere and to Everyone
Boss put a .32 in the cabinet. pic.twitter.com/UW70ezstWU
— Pancreas Thief (@PancreasThief) November 11, 2022
Oops. We assume no one was injured when that gun "went off." Let's hope so.
We've heard stories of retailers that have...
6 Ways Good Guys Screw Up in Self-Defense Situations
You have the right to use deadly force when faced with an imminent, credible threat of death or grievous bodily harm. This applies even in anti-gun, anti-self-defense jurisdictions with Soros-funded prosecutors (i.e. Houston, Los...
Thanks, Chicago!: Guns Save Life Trades Still More Clunkers For Cash to Fund Kids...
At Guns Save Life, the Illinois-based gun rights group, we've lost count of how many times we've traded broken down clunker firearms to the "do-gooders" in Chicago for perfectly good cash.
What makes it even...
CARJACKING DEFENSIVE TIPS: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim
Not long ago, Guns Save Life welcomed one of the best firearm instructors in the nation at our GSL meeting. During his visit, Brian Smith talked about strategies for dealing with the rampant carjackings...
Korean War Era Ammo: Even Stored Under Sub-Optimal Conditions, Every Round Fired Almost 70...
This past weekend, I had a chance to fire an M1 Carbine I recently found in the bottom of a lake. My diving crew friends also recovered some ammo with the gun. Uncle Sam's...