Personal Preparedness: Are You Ready For More ‘Societal Change’?

Some days it feels like the Biden administration is at war with Western Civilization. It’s almost as if they want to take Americans down a few pegs in terms of our standard of living. They’re actively working to decriminalize crime while restricting and criminalizing gun ownership. Those who run government will always live large, of … Read more

The Indiana Mall Shooting Proves You Can’t Rely On Luck and a Gun

If you look at the word “disaster,” there are clues about what the word means to us. The beginning part, “dis-” is a Latin root for “bad” or “negative”. The “aster” part means “star”. So it literally means bad star, or a “bad sign”. Or, in other words, ancient superstitious people thought of disasters as … Read more

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: Dashcam Video Shows Cabbie Thwart Armed Carjackers

Here at TTAG, we’ve covered the great utility of dashcams for evidentiary value as well as for self-improvement. Now comes a dashcam video from a taxi driver in Chile who narrowly escaped a robbery and carjacking late one night. The taxi driver’s response to the attempted attack looks to be virtually textbook perfect. The incident … Read more

Reminder: Good Guys Don’t Always Win Gunfights

The best way to win a gunfight remains to avoid one. We would all do well to remember that good guys sometimes don’t come out on top when the lead flies. Such was the case in Louisville where Jason Spencer, 30, was walking with his new bride after returning from their honeymoon back in 2017.  … Read more

Situational Awareness Pays Off at the Comp-U-Dopt Clay Shoot Fundraiser

By LKB As previously reported, a TTAG contingent was at the Comp-U-Dopt annual sporting clay shoot fundraiser at the Blackwood Gun Club north of Houston on Saturday. For sporting clay fans, this is an exceptional facility, with 24 sporting clay stations set amidst a thick pine forest, which can make for many interesting and challenging … Read more

Nashville Bombing Lesson: Beware of Normalcy Bias

The Nashville, Tennessee Christmas morning bombing just keeps getting stranger, it’s transpired police were called to reports of shots fired, upon arrival a truck was blaring a 15min warning from speakers that it would explode, before doing just that, surreal. #nashvilleexplosion pic.twitter.com/PVcJIt3FBn — DK (@Counterpart2DK) December 25, 2020 By now you’re aware of the bombing … Read more

Holiday Season Pro Tip: Pay Attention to Your Surroundings

The first thing my mainstream media alert feed was filled with this morning was reports of shootings. CNN reported that in Henderson, Nevada it seems some suspects drove around randomly shooting at people, leaving a trail of injured and one dead in their wake: Five people were shot, one fatally, and two suspects were arrested … Read more

California Active Shooter Situation: ‘We Just Ran’

There was a shooting at a gas station in Nipomo, California yesterday that ended with law enforcement officer killing the shooter. Sounds simple, right? In some ways it was, but there’s something else to take away from the report by the mainstream media. According to KSBY news it went down something like this: A suspected … Read more

Here Come The Holidays, When Situational Awareness Is Even More Important

Thanksgiving is in a few days, folks. As if you didn’t know. And the day after, the dreaded (or perhaps welcomed, depending on your POV) holiday shopping blitz officially begins. The holiday season presents a particular challenge in terms of self-defense. It’s common for home and car robberies and assaults to go up by a … Read more