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Ohio Woman May Face Charges After Shooting Carjacker

By Matthew Maruster / May 7, 2021

On May 1st, a woman was sitting alone in her car parked in the 1400 block of Oakland Park Avenue in Columbus. It was around 9:30 PM when a man…

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Man Shot in Head, Then Arrested!

By Matthew Maruster / May 3, 2021

An incident in Colorado Springs, Colorado, shows that it isn’t only good guys who stop bad guys. In the early morning of April 30th, 2021, a man called the Colorado…

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Episode 496 – Are Guns A Deterrent Against Crime?

By Jacob Paulsen / April 16, 2021

Matthew and Jacob go into a deeper than normal analysis on an incident (DGU) from Fairbanks Alaska that has a lot of lessons to offer.

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Episode 495 – Victim Charged With Homicide

By Jacob Paulsen / April 14, 2021

Jacob and Matthew cover DGU news stories. One startling where a serious misstep causes the victim of the crime to be charged with homicide for their attempt to defend themselves.

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Top Concealed Carry Errors Explained

By Matthew Maruster / April 12, 2021

In studying citizen defensive gun uses (DGU’s) over the years, I’ve noticed some commonalities. Below is a list of the most frequent errors or “poor decisions” citizen defenders make when…

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Episode 485: JUSTIFIED SAVES – 12-year-old Boy Saves His Grandma

By Riley Bowman / March 9, 2021

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster bring to you the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE stories from around the nation, incidents where regular people like you and me successfully save themselves and/or others through the use of deadly force. And we also share some stories where things didn’t go quite right with many lessons for us to learn. Tune in!

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Suspect and Homeowner Shoot Each Other During Attempted Burglary

By Joshua Gillem / March 2, 2021

St Charles, MO — A pair of men are both recovering from gunshot wounds after an attempted burglary. The incident took place at about 3 in the morning at the Cedarbrook…

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Naked Man Shot Outside Florida Home, And Watch What You Say

By Joshua Gillem / February 26, 2021

Okay so this is another one of those two part articles meant to teach us something. First we have the news as it has been reported by someone who is…

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Episode 478: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Even Rural America Can Be Violent

By Jacob Paulsen / February 11, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen go back to our roots and break down a simple topic about different handgun trigger types and what’s relevant for gun carriers to know about them. Tune in!

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Tennessee Man Killed by CCWer After Robbery Prank

By Joshua Gillem / February 8, 2021

I’ve been seeing these videos where pranksters seemingly do all they can to get a reaction, usually on camera, of some unsuspecting person who just wanted to go about their…

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Episode 470: JUSTIFIED SAVES – A Wild Month in DGU’s

By Riley Bowman / January 14, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE news stories from around the nation, and boy, has the last month been an interesting one. Several stories are not like your typical defensive gun use (DGU) incidents, so you won’t want to miss this one! Tune in!

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What We Learn From This Texas Church Shooting

By Joshua Gillem / January 4, 2021

Shootings in church seem to be on the rise a lot more lately, which is all the more reason to carry a gun to begin with. However, there is a…

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Man Defends Self From Paintball Attack, Thinking It Was A Real Gun

By Joshua Gillem / October 29, 2020

Michigan City, Indiana — A man drew his concealed carry firearm and opened fire at a vehicle after being shot with a paintball gun, thinking it was a real gun.…

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Florida Man Shoots Ground To Scare Armed Men

By Joshua Gillem / October 20, 2020

Melbourne, Florida — A Melbourne man said he feared for his safety after seeing two men approaching his house. The man said at least one of the men was armed…

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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…

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