Joshua Gillem

True Empowerment For Women Means Guns For Them All

By Joshua Gillem / September 21, 2020

Last week as I sat at my desk and wrote a story about a brave young woman who used her gun to stop a suspected murderer armed with a knife,…

85 Year Old Man Fatally Stabbed, Attacker Held At Gunpoint by Female Customer

By Joshua Gillem / September 18, 2020

Adrian, MI — This past Wednesday at about 12:30 pm an 85 year old man was stabbed to death by a 29 year old suspect inside a Meijer store. Police were…

The Importance Of Retaining Control Of Your Firearm

By Joshua Gillem / September 15, 2020

It should go without saying that retaining control of your firearm during an actual fight is important. That is not what this is about (even though our lead picture is…

Know Your Physical Limits To Self-Defense

By Joshua Gillem / September 14, 2020

There are numerous reasons why you might not want to, or simply cannot, shoot your attacker. Just some of these reasons are as follows: Maybe your gun has had a…

Remington Receives Bid for Ammo Line

By Joshua Gillem / September 10, 2020

The parent company for Palmetto State Armory, JJE Capital Holdings, has placed a bid to buy Remington’s Ammunition line. The bid, if finalized, will cost the South Carolina Company 65…

What About A Truck (or Car) Gun For Self-Defense?

By Joshua Gillem / September 9, 2020

We’ve long said that a handgun is the obvious choice for concealed carry because you can actually fit a pistol on your body much better than you can a long…

Self-Defense in The Great Outdoors

By Joshua Gillem / September 8, 2020

Every so often, we hear stories of folks who had to defend themselves against the four-legged predators most of us do not think about for our everyday carry gun options.…

Apex Tactical Springfield Hellcat Trigger Review

By Joshua Gillem / September 3, 2020

The Springfield Armory Hellcat has received a mostly positive reception from the industry. Boasting very large capacity in a very small form with the elimination of the infamous grip safety,…

How To Retain Your Shooting Skills During AmmoPocalypse 2020

By Joshua Gillem / September 2, 2020

Defensive shooting skills are perishable if they’re not used and practiced on a regular basis. What this means, is that if you don’t practice what you’ve learned your skills will…

When Talking About Buying Gear, Let’s Not Forget Gun Parts

By Joshua Gillem / September 1, 2020

We are all so busy focusing on guns and ammo and trying to purchase as much as we can before who knows what happens next, that we forget a few…

August 2020 Recap

By Joshua Gillem / August 31, 2020

Time is flying for me. I feel like we just entered this month, heck even January seems like yesterday, and here we are getting ready to start September. Before we…

Our Best Online Gun Training Courses Available

By Joshua Gillem / August 28, 2020

There’s no time like the present to take an online gun course. And, if you didn’t know, we just happen to have a few that are excellent and taught by…

Still Getting Worse — How Far Can It Go?

By Joshua Gillem / August 26, 2020

Certain cities within the United States are an absolute mess right now with little to no coverage of the incidents taking place. This is going to be a bit of…

All About Isolation of the Trigger Finger

By Joshua Gillem / August 25, 2020

I watched a video of someone who was clearly a new shooter this past weekend who had a serious case of over-gripping her gun. It was so bad I was…

Glock’s 43X and 48 Get the MOS Treatment

By Joshua Gillem / August 24, 2020

Furthering our suspicion that utilizing a red dot on your carry gun is a thing of the future and here to stay, Glock has announced the addition of the MOS…