Survival
If You Draw The Gun, Be Prepared to Use it—Video
This video has tons of lessons we can learn from. I just want to mention one of the obvious take-aways and encourage you to study the clip to extract all you can. Now the main point I want to focus on, taken the wrong way, leads to some bad advice on defensive handgun tactics…
Read MoreA Lot Can Happen in 9 Seconds—Armed Robbery Caught on Video
I think anyone who carries a firearm as a defensive tool has thought sometime about what they would do if this or that scenario to place. I think these “what if” scenarios are valuable mental exercises, provided we keep some things in mind. “What If” Exercises— First, it’s important that when we run our “what…
Read More2 Videos | When the Weapon is a Vehicle
I pulled two videos off the internet which are similar in the sense that they show someone using their vehicle as a weapon. There are many similar videos you could easily find, but I just included these two. I think these two videos have similarities, yet are different enough to illustrate the point from a…
Read MoreHomeowner Survives Home Invasion Attempt-What’s Your Home Security Plan?
A thoughtful, tactically sound approach to how, when and to whom you open the door to your home is important to a proper home defense strategy. We’ve seen a variety of incidents that document this principle in different ways. Below are links to a couple of these types of incidents where homeowners responded to an…
Read MoreI’m Shooting Anyone Who Trespasses on My Property
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read on social media, or heard people say something like: It’s my property, I’m shooting anyone who comes on my property uninvited. Not only is this mentality morally and ethically wrong, it also can lead to an unjustified use of deadly force. I’ve included two recent…
Read MoreIf you can’t call 911, who can you call? Man Bleeds to Death Waiting on Hold With 911
A young husband and father bled to death after sustaining an accidental gunshot wound while driving home from work. As if that isn’t sad enough, the man called 911 but never got through to a dispatcher. This tragic story illustrates some very important lessons that we would be wise to learn. I came across a…
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