I don’t I don’t watch a lot of TV, because it is typically so glib and intelligence-insulting, I can’t abide it! But, lately I’ve been watching several of the ‘new’ LEO dramas…
Self Defense
Don’t Worry, You’re Safe Here!
Taking cover in a building and then naively waiting for “help” proved a poor plan in this case…
Vehicle Defense Training
This is training for real fighting, the kind of desperate fighting we’re going to see more of as our civilization continues to decline…
Law Of Self Defense Q&A: With No Safe Retreat, What Actions Are My Best Legal Defense
If I’m somewhere that I have a duty to retreat, but no safe avenue of retreat is possible, what actions can I take to put myself on the best legal ground???
Vikings & ‘Walkers’ Maybe, But You Cannot Fight Tyranny With A Sharp Stick
Modern firearms save the day, sort-of. I have knives and swords and clubs and fighting shovels and axes. Most were picked up at gun shows or garage sale over the past thirty years for very little money…
Firearm Safety & Self Defense Class – April 12th 2014 – Missoula, MT
A course entitled “Gun Safety for Personal Protection and Concealed Weapon Permits” will be hosted in Missoula by the Montana Shooting Sports Association on Saturday, April 12th 2014, instructed by Gary Marbut…
Defending Yourself Against Knockout Gang Criminals With A Gun in Virginia
In some corners of the Earth, this activity is also known as “attempted murder.” Here, for some teenagers, it’s a hobby, like collecting baseball cards…
Protecting Our Students & Teachers Training Faces Opposition from Kentucky School Boards
Soon after the Sandy Hook massacre, reports emerged that in the opening moments of the attack, school officials had died attempting to rush the killer…empty handed. It was a truly heroic act, & it was also completely unnecessary…
Understanding Mixed Verdicts in ‘Loud Music’ Murder Trial – Law of Self Defense Question of the Week
This week’s Law of Self Defense: Question of the Week comes from, I’m afraid, from just about everybody. What’ the heck happened with the verdict in the Michael Dunn “loud music” murder trial???
Chicago Citgo Gas Station Defensive Shooting: Some Tactical Observations
Recent Defensive Shooting Incident At Chicago Gas Station Is A Useful Case Study On Personal Protection…
Will Prior Training In Firearms Be Held Against You After A Self Defense Event?
This question actually comes in a million flavors. Among the most common I hear is “will taking a tactical shooting class be held against me in court???
Mexicans Vigilantes with Guns Taking Back Their Towns, No Mention by the Mainstream Media
They have finally reached the point where they are fed up and understand that only guns in their own hands will secure their peace and safety…
Florida Carry Lawsuit Spurs Eastern Florida State College To Comply With State Firearms Law
Today Eastern Florida State published a revised policy that brings them in to compliance with state defensive firearms and weapons laws…
Second Amendment Foundation Involving The U.S Supreme Court To Fight For Our Gun Rights
It is time for the high court to clarify that the right to bear arms does not stop at someone’s front door. What other constitutional right is confined to one’s house???
Numerically Challenged Journalist Michael Allen Wages Weak Attack on NRA, Kleck
Journalist Michael Allen, who, recently, took advantage of the fact that anyone with a computer and an internet connection can write just about anything for the entire online world to see…
Florida Carry Files Lawsuit Against Eastern Florida State College
On Thursday January 30th 2014 there was an apparent self-defense incident in the parking lot at the Palm Bay campus of Eastern Florida State College…
Can You Safely Call A Time-Out During A Home Invasion Of Your Residence?
A failure to be ready can carry dire consequences because you can’t call a time-out during a home invasion to retrieve, load, and ready your defensive firearm. Or can you???
Restoring Public Employee’s Ability To Defend Themselves is a Growing Trend
A trend is growing across the nation to restore the ability of public employees to protect themselves…
Armed Pizza Delivery
Pizza delivery people have a very dangerous job. They are held up, beat up, or killed by robbers, in what seems to be a regular occurrence…
General Washington’s Pistol
Just suppose some bad guy used this electronically acquired information and was waiting in a parking lot with a Taser in hand planning on zapping my relative and stealing the Washington pistol…
Mississippi’s Leaf River Cellulose Sued Over Termination of Employee for Storing His Firearm in Parked Car
Mr. Parker was terminated on December 13, 2013, for having a firearm in his locked, private vehicle parked in an open employee lot without a gate, security station or other means of restricting public access onto the property…
Much Confusion Around Both Stand-Your-Ground & Castle Doctrine
Much of the confusion stems from the fact that although both of these terms have a narrow, technically-correct meaning they have also been commonly used to refer to other aspects of self-defense law beyond these core meanings…
Van Harl on the Redline Select Flashlight
The Redline Select is a compact, extremely efficient lighting unit I could only have dreamed of having 30 plus years ago as a new Air Force cop…
Legal Issues Around Weapon Retention: Law of Self Defense Question of the Week
I’m clumsy with my little gun, keep it with me at home, but worry that carrying it an attacker would take it???
AL: Customer Defends Self and Others from Threatened Mass Murder
An armed aggressor herding people into a back room is always a bad sign. It often precedes a mass murder…
Armed Citizen: Alabama Store – CCW Neutralizes Gunman
The gunman held a cashier & customer at gunpoint, forcing them toward a break room area. It was at this point that the customer reportedly drew his firearm & shot the suspect one time in the chest…
No Liability for NJ Officials in Short Hills Mall Murder ~ Video
The recorded 911 call from the desperate and traumatized wife of NJ Attorney Dustin Friedland, who was murdered just before Christmas in the parking structure of the Short Hills Mall were released.
AZ:61-Year-Old Ex-Marine Fires at Suspect who Threatens Him & Security Guard
This story in Arizona follows a classic defense of others scenario. A suspect pulls a gun and points it at an unarmed security officer…
Opinion: Florida Theater Shooting – Avoid Confrontations If You Have Poor People Skills
If you see a person engaging in what you perceive to be bad behavior, think twice before you go over there and start telling them how to behave…
FL:Thoughts on Warning Shots From a Police Firearms Instructor
Florida is moving toward a “Defensive Display” law that includes the possibility of a warning shot or shots being acceptable as a part of self defense, if no innocents are injured…