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Why International Gun Control Comparisons Don’t Hold Up

By Jacob Paulsen / May 2, 2025

Think America leads the world in mass shootings? Think again. Ryan Petty and the Crime Prevention Research Center expose the misleading data behind global gun control claims—and why the U.S. isn’t the outlier you’ve been told it is.

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Highland Park Killer’s Father Indicted – ‘Helped Son Get Weapon of War’

By Matthew Maruster / February 17, 2023

Last year, a disturbed young man murdered 7 people and injured many other during a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Police arrested the 22-year-old murderer, and he…

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After 10 Days—What we Know About the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs

By Matthew Maruster / November 29, 2022

If you haven’t heard, a mentally damaged, evil man entered a Colorado Springs night club and indiscriminate fired rounds from his rifle at people inside. Unarmed citizens inside the club…

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Texas Supreme Court Rules on PLCAA Case Involving Store That Sold Gun Used In 2017 Sutherland Springs Shooting

By Matthew Maruster / July 2, 2021

The importance of the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was evident again in the Texas Supreme Court decision released this past Friday. Some surviving victims of…

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Background Checks and Mass Shooters, How Did They Get Their Guns?

By Matthew Maruster / April 19, 2021

How Did Mass Shooters Get Their Guns? Moreover, Did They Pass Background Checks? We looked at 26 mass shootings for roughly 12 years between 2009 through 2021, in which we…

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Untold Truths About Background Checks

By Matthew Maruster / April 16, 2021

How do criminals get their guns? Do background checks keep criminals from getting guns? What happens when someone lies on the application to buy a gun? We must have factual…

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5 Tips| Your Active Shooter Response

By Matthew Maruster / March 29, 2021

Statistically, it’s unlikely you will ever have to use a concealed handgun to defend yourself. However, if you are that person, the stakes couldn’t be greater. So we should focus…

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Episode 342: Surviving a Mass Shooting – Part 2

By Riley Bowman / August 22, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob continue the discussion about the recent mass shootings that happened in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. We talk about strategies for prevailing if you ever find yourself in one. And we also talk about how to avoid getting mistaken as a “bad guy” by cops in the chaos if you do indeed choose to respond with your own gun.

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Episode 340: Surviving a Mass Shooting

By Riley Bowman / August 13, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew talk about the recent mass shootings that happened in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. We talk about strategies for prevailing if you ever find yourself in one. And we also talk about how to avoid getting mistaken as a “bad guy” by cops in the chaos if you do indeed choose to respond with your own gun. Let us know what you think in the comments!!

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Episode 336: Is New Zealand Setting the Example for the U.S. to Follow?

By Riley Bowman / July 30, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. Today is our Industry News Edition and we’re talking about the downfall of the NRA, a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer, and how the ATF apparently gets to change the rules on a whim.

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Episode 325: Industry News – What About Lead Exposure??

By Riley Bowman / June 13, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. Today is our Industry News Edition and we’re talking about silencers being on the chopping block, how the myth of Australian-style gun control prevents mass shootings has just been busted, and also about the importance of having a discussion about lead exposure from shooting. Join in and listen!

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Active Shooter Medicine: Are Tourniquets as Important as Everyone Thinks?

By Brian McLaughlin / April 3, 2019

  The well-documented use of tourniquets on the battlefields of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) has saved countless lives, and their use has increased in popularity…

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Episode 303: Breaking Down the New Zealand Mosque Shooting

By Riley Bowman / March 21, 2019

Today, Riley and Matthew discuss the recent mass shooting that took place in New Zealand at a mosque. What can we learn from this? What can we do to better prepare? Is there anything we can do to prevent these from happening?

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12 Dead, Others Wounded in Thousand Oaks Shooting

By Brian McLaughlin / November 8, 2018

12 people are dead at a bar and grill in Thousand Oaks, California, after a gunman opened fire Wednesday night. Borderline Bar & Grill was hosting a college night when…

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Episode 271: Man Fought Back Against Active Shooter With a Broom

By Riley Bowman / November 6, 2018

Today Riley and Matthew cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. With legislative updates, general interest stories and analysis of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in one Seattle story where a CCWer attempts to save a woman from a stabbing but he’s too late. What lessons can we learn from this and these other stories? Join in and listen!

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