home defense
S12E15: Defense at the Door – What Gun Owners Get Wrong
Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss 4 recent events with both good and bad outcomes dealing with defense at the doorway of the home. What are the legal issues you need to know and understand? How can you make the best decisions about potential threats at the doorway when all you have is split seconds to decide? Tune in to learn more!
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There Are Monsters Among Us, and That’s Why I Carry
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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What Four Recent Doorway Shootings Teach Armed Homeowners
Real-world analysis of four recent doorway shootings and the critical lessons for armed homeowners. Learn when deadly force is justified, why you shouldn’t shoot through doors, and how our Door Ambush and Complete Home Defense courses can help you make the right decisions.
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Should I Carry? The Best Answer About 24/7 Firearm Carry
That’s a comment I saw recently. It sounds reasonable on the surface. Rational. Measured. But it reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of violence and what it means to be prepared. The…
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S11E5: Mom Defends Against Multiple Intruders…WITH BABY IN HER ARMS!
In this episode of the Concealed Carry Podcast, we discuss a series of justified self-defense stories in our “Justified Saves” segment. We delve into critical self-defense incidents, including a mom defending her children in their home against armed intruders and a road rage situation.
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What is CPTED, And How Can It Make Your Family Safer?
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.
Read MoreMan Fires 13 Rounds Through Door At Men Trying to Break Into His Apartment-DGU Video
Police arrested one of two suspects involved in an attempted home invasion robbery that included bullets flying in both directions. On August 19th, two men targeted an apartment in the…
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A Bad Shoot—30 Rounds, 90 Seconds, Zero Hits, and Poor Judgement
In this story from Florida, once again we see the importance of identifying what we shoot at. It all went down around 9 PM on June 22, at a home…
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Homeowner 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…
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I’m Shooting Anyone Who Trespasses on My Property
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read comments on social media, or heard people say something like: It’s my property, I’m shooting anyone who comes on my property…
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Nothing in This House is Worth Dying For
Part of a good home security strategy involves making your house look uninviting to criminals. Posting signs that display surveillance or monitoring services like ADT, Brinks, Vivint, Lorex, etc. is…
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Man Shot and Killed by Police Responding to Wrong Home
According to a statement from New Mexico Department Public Safety, a terrible series of events led to police shooting and killing of a homeowner in Farmington, New Mexico. The incident…
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Memphis Man Uses Deadly Force Against Repair Man
Memphis Police Department (MPD) investigated a shooting that resulted in the death of a maintenance worker. Unfortunately, we don’t know specifics of the shooting. However, police confirmed an interesting connection…
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Father Shoots Son He Believed was an Intruder—Why We Don’t Shoot at Shapes, Shadows or Sounds
Earlier this month, a father shot his 17-year-old son with a shotgun inside the family home. The father wasn’t defending himself of another family member against a deadly threat. The…
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5 Home Defense Carbine Handling Tips
Five tips to equip and handle the home defense carbine If you use an AR15 or another carbine for home defense here are here are five suggestions to equip and…
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