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Episode 434: Behind the Scenes of a Self Defense Trial – Don West

By Riley Bowman / July 30, 2020

Riley Bowman interviews Don West from CCW Safe to get a behind the scenes look at what goes into a self-defense case. Mr. West was the lead attorney on the George Zimmerman case, this nation’s highest-profile self-defense case featuring a successful affirmative defense. We’re going to get into the nitty-gritty of what really goes on behind the scenes in a self-defense case like that. What sort of things should you know ahead of time to prepare yourself in the event you find yourself in a situation you cannot get out of…physically or legally.

Live Fire Training With Drills That Use Less Ammo

By Joshua Gillem / July 29, 2020

Right now, training is hard to do. We should all likely have the goal of preserving our ammunition as much as possible but we still need to make sure we’re…

Chicago, Austin, and the NFAC

By Joshua Gillem / July 27, 2020

I like to go over some of the more interesting news stories as they relate to guns to make sure we’re all kept up to date on what is going…

Episode 432: 5 Things The Gun Industry Has Changed Its Mind About

By Jacob Paulsen / July 23, 2020

Matthew and Jacob discuss some of the major changes of opinion the gun industry has experienced in the last few decades. Many shooters today who first learned to shoot 10, 20, and 30 years ago bring with them ideas and techniques that have been broadly dismissed and replaced with a new best practice. We discuss 5 of those in today’s show.

Bloomberg’s Battle For Virginia’s Guns, and 8 Other States

By Joshua Gillem / July 23, 2020

The gun control debate rages on, even if it’s not front and center in our brains right now due to all the other stuff taking place in the world. There…

I Have To Wait How Long For My Concealed Carry Permit???

By Joshua Gillem / July 21, 2020

All of the recent background check news for new firearm purchases along with a fantastically large number of new gun owners flooding the market has had unforeseen consequences for those…

Distance, How Close is Too Close? Lessons Learned From Self-Defense Encounters Caught on Camera

By Matthew Maruster / July 21, 2020

With nearly every officer in the country wearing body-worn cameras, we have an opportunity to analyze deadly-force encounters. From looking at the videos we can better understand how these violent…

Shooting Outdoors and Cleaning Up Afterwards

By Joshua Gillem / July 20, 2020

The Great Outdoors, Mother Nature, or, as I like to call it, God’s Creation … no matter what you call it it’s a great place to be. And, to be…

Stalker Kills Woman On Date, While Samaritan Engages Suspect

By Joshua Gillem / July 15, 2020

Hummels Wharf, PA — A man named Christopher Fernanders stalked a woman named Heather Sue Campbell and even wrote a letter that he addressed to police about how he was…

The Future Is a Shaky One, For Sure

By Joshua Gillem / July 13, 2020

The future is shaky, for sure. What future? Well a lot of it. All of it? Maybe everything as I’m about to point out. In a strange turn of events,…

3 Skills to Focus on RIGHT NOW to Get Better At Defensive Shooting

By Joshua Gillem / July 9, 2020

If you’re here reading this blog or shopping our online store for any of the goodies we sell, chances are good that you’d consider yourself to be a good guy…

Things You Can Learn From Watching Yourself Train

By Joshua Gillem / July 8, 2020

One way that sports teams get better when they’re training for a championship game or something similar, is to pull out the old footage of the team playing and practicing.…

Gun News From Around This Crazy Country

By Joshua Gillem / July 6, 2020

We live in crazy times, fur sure. Tensions across the entire United States seem to be higher than they’ve ever been in recent times. During this time, seemingly even looking…

Episode 430: Camping, Hiking, and Carrying a Gun

By Jacob Paulsen / July 4, 2020

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen tackle a very valid question: what are the best practices for defending oneself or one’s campsite, tent, RV, etc. when out enjoying the great outdoors? How can we limit our risk from both human and animal threats?

June Was a Record Setting Month For Gun Sales, and Training

By Joshua Gillem / July 2, 2020

The gun industry is booming right now across the board. And, while it’s kind of a pain in the you know what because nobody can find ammo right now, this…