self-defense
Is It Ever Okay To Bring Your Concealed Carry Gun To New York City?
In a growing trend of what can only be explained like this: “The Second Amendment is my concealed carry permit and I’ll bring my gun anywhere I choose,” gun owners…
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Caught Off Guard: 12 Situations for Self Defense Without a Gun
There are some situations that are more tactical or necessary, due to circumstance, to have the knowledge of how to defend yourself without a gun.
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Will VHS Tapes Stop A Bullet?
What is one of the first things you’d likely do if ever fired upon and needed to use your weapon in self-defense? Personally speaking, getting to an area where I…
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40 S&W: Is It Dead?
After speaking to many local gun store owners over the course of the last year, they all seemed to share a similar sentiment: The once popular 40 S&W self-defense cartridge…
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This EDC Trauma Device Will Save Lives
There most well known is a windless style of tourniquet that uses a handle to lever that when twisted causes the device to constrict around the limb. There are also ratcheting tourniquets that work just as you would expect, a ratcheting device allows the tourniquet to be tightened and stay secure around the limb.
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Don’t Overlook The Cammer Hammer For Your 1911
The Cammer Hammer is an aftermarket 1911 hammer that has a different shape than that of your traditional 1911 hammers.
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Holiday Crime Rates- Should you Prepare for the Worst?
The holiday season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but that is not always the case. In fact, more often than not, these silent nights are filled with criminality at a higher rate than at any other point of the year.
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The Concealed Carry Lifestyle is Noble
As I am sure most of you are aware, there are plenty people and publications that take a look at concealed carriers and the CCW lifestyle with a very negative eye. Perhaps the most well known anti-CCW piece in recent memory is this one from the New Yorker.
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How Many Repetitions Does it Take?
We recently did an experiment internally. We asked interested employees and trainers to practice a specific holster draw drill 30 times per day or 7 days… or just a total of 210 repetitions over 7 days. These 210 repetitions made a…
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What to do if Your Gun is Taken From You in a Fight
As with holster retention, having to fight for your firearm while it is in your hand can be avoided by maintaining impeccable awareness. A situation of actual hand to hand combat can be avoided altogether if you are covering someone with a firearm and not get too close or never allow the target to approach close enough to…
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Episode 66: Is .22LR Good for Self-Defense?
Much time is spent debating the merits of 9mm vs. .45ACP and other calibers, but what about the good ol’ .22 Long Rifle? Is there any reason why someone would use it as a self-defense load? Or is it ridiculous to even consider such a thought?! Listen in to hear what Riley and Jacob have to say….
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9mm vs 45 Has The Marine Corps Settled It?
After two decades where MARSOC operators were allowed to carry a custom-built Colt 1911 chambered in .45ACP, in early 2015 the door was cracked open allowing for them to choose Glock 19’s (chambered in 9mm) instead of their larger counterpart. Well that door has now been opened and shut, and it has been shut for good on John M. Browning’s classic 1911 design. This recent policy and operational change means the U.S. Marine Corps’ own special arm of SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command) have also come to terms with the age old debate of 9mm vs. .45ACP.
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Episode 58: Training With OODA Loop in Mind
What is the OODA Loop? What applications does the concept have to self-defense situations? What impact should understanding it have on your training? Listen in to find out!!…
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Episode 56: Defending Yourself Without a Gun Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
You’ve heard us talk about it before, and just last week we talked about air travel with a firearm. But what about when you are on the actual plane, and you cannot have a weapon on your person, or what about any situation where you cannot have your gun or even situations where a gun is not warranted? What are you going to do? Do hand-to-hand tactics need to be difficult or complicated? Can anyone learn them?? Listen in to find out!!…
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Episode 48: Self-Defense Situations In Which You Should NOT Use Your Gun
Sometimes due to tactical response, sometimes due to circumstances; there are a number of situations in which you should not or cannot respond to a threat with your firearm. We review those situations today referencing a recent article published on this topic on our website
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