Survival

Concealed carry students aiming pistols during firearms training class with the words 'Dangerous But Good' overlayed across the image.

Be “Dangerous But Good” Because The World Is Still a Good Place

By Mitch Goerdt / December 9, 2025

Every time I say the world is a good place filled with mostly good people, someone fires back with negativity. But this is exactly why a dangerous but good mindset…

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There Are Monsters Among Us, and That’s Why I Carry

By Mitch Goerdt / November 21, 2025

There are stories you read once and stick with you forever. Stories that knock the wind out of you and leave you staring at the wall, hands shaking a little,…

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You Don’t Get to Fight Anymore: Lessons for the Armed Citizen

By Mitch Goerdt / July 3, 2025

Recently, a new concealed carrier asked a question on Reddit that caught my eye: It was the kind of question that’s easy to dismiss or clown on, but if we’re…

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The Boulder Firebomb Attack: A Reminder That Evil Finds a Way

By Jacob Paulsen / June 9, 2025

A would-be mass killer in Boulder was denied a gun due to immigration status, not red flags. The attack still happened. This case shows background checks rarely stop evil—only slow it down.

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National Park Week and the Importance of Preparedness

By Jacob Paulsen / April 23, 2025

Celebrate National Park Week by staying safe outdoors—carry a trauma kit, use reliable comms like ham radios or Garmin inReach, and know your rights to carry a firearm in national parks.

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How Dangerous Is Your Holster? [VIDEO]

By Matthew Maruster / January 14, 2025

I want to make sure whenever we make decisions on anything in life, that we make them with as much factual information as possible. In this video, I discuss two incidents in which a firearm owner had a negligent discharge due at least in some part to the holster they were using. Don’t worry, in both incidents, the subject survived and did not sustain any serious injury.

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What is CPTED, And How Can It Make Your Family Safer?

By Matthew Maruster / January 8, 2025

Practice and implement the principles of CPTED because they are great for reducing the appeal of your home to criminals. But, while we are at it, I want to mention a couple of other things that you should be doing in addition to the aforementioned practices.

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North Carolina High School Stabbing: The Ugly Truth of Self Defense

By Mitch Goerdt / November 30, 2023

I have been seeing a lot of posts about a stabbing that happened at Southeast Raleigh High School, when I watched the video what I saw is a stark reminder…

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6 Principles For Talking to the Police After a Self-Defense Shooting

By Matthew Maruster / October 25, 2023

Personal safety is paramount, so understanding the intricacies of self-defense is crucial. It’s not just about stopping the attacker with well-aimed shots. I mean, of course, that comes first, but…

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Surviving the Storm: A Gun Owner’s Guide to Disaster Preparedness

By Mitch Goerdt / September 5, 2023

In a world of unpredictability, where nature’s fury can strike without warning, I cannot overstate the importance of being prepared for natural disasters. For gun owners, this readiness takes on…

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National Preparedness Month: The Gun Owners Role

By Mitch Goerdt / August 31, 2023

It seems like each month is ‘national this or that month,’ and it’s pretty hard to keep track, even if you wanted to. So, in case you weren’t aware, September…

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Rugby Team Jumps into Action, Improvises to Help Save 2 People’s Lives

By Matthew Maruster / August 21, 2023

Players from the Women’s Trowbridge Rugby team in England paused their practice to intervene and help save the lives of people injured in a serious traffic collision. There are some…

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VIDEO—Lunatic Car Thief and Heroic Bystander

By Matthew Maruster / August 1, 2023

I recently came across this video of an incident that went down in a parking lot. A female degenerate tried to steal a purse away from an elderly woman. When…

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If You Draw The Gun, Be Prepared to Use it—Video

By Matthew Maruster / June 14, 2023

This video has tons of lessons we can learn from. I just want to mention one of the more obvious take-aways and encourage you to study the clip to extract…

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A Lot Can Happen in 9 Seconds—Armed Robbery Caught on Video

By Matthew Maruster / May 7, 2023

I think anyone who carries a firearm as a defensive tool has thought sometime about what they would do if this or that scenario took place. I think these “what…

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