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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…

Descending Further Into Chaos With “Peaceful Protesting,” Double Standards

By Joshua Gillem / August 10, 2020

As I sit back and try to not consume any news because it’s utterly depressing, I realize that it’s my job to do just that and deliver at least some…

Tips To Achieve Ultimate Comfort In Concealed Carry

By Joshua Gillem / August 5, 2020

I’ve been carrying a concealed gun just about every single day for quite a few years now. Because I’ve been carrying for a while and have been given a plethora…

Do I Really Need Self-Defense Insurance?

By Joshua Gillem / July 30, 2020

Do you really need self-defense, sometimes called concealed carry insurance? If you take your self-defense lifestyle seriously, my answer would be a resounding yes. I’d go one step further than…

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…