survival

How Dangerous Is Your Holster? [VIDEO]

By Matthew Maruster / January 14, 2025

I want to make sure whenever we make decisions on anything in life, that we make them with as much factual information as possible. In this video, I discuss two incidents in which a firearm owner had a negligent discharge due at least in some part to the holster they were using. Don’t worry, in both incidents, the subject survived and did not sustain any serious injury.

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Coordinated Attack On Man at Gas Station Caught on Video

By Matthew Maruster / August 2, 2023

Although numbers vary, a conservative estimate is that video cameras capture the average person in America on video around 30-70 times a day. From a privacy standpoint, I’m not a…

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If You Draw The Gun, Be Prepared to Use it—Video

By Matthew Maruster / June 14, 2023

This video has tons of lessons we can learn from. I just want to mention one of the more obvious take-aways and encourage you to study the clip to extract…

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Delivery Driver Kidnapped and Assaulted—Strategies to Stay Safe as a Food Delivery Driver

By Matthew Maruster / April 24, 2023

Pizza delivery and taxi drivers used to be the target of criminals who wanted fast cash. Now, that people mostly pay electronically, drivers aren’t carrying cash. However, that doesn’t mean…

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Victim Uses Awareness And a Gun to End Armed Attacker

By Matthew Maruster / February 28, 2023

A video from a ring doorbell camera captured a deadly encounter between two men. One of the two men involved walked away, the other is dead. Looking at the brief…

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This Person Demonstrates A Dangerous Way to Carry A Gun

By Matthew Maruster / November 2, 2022

I came across a picture of someone open carrying a handgun in an online gun forum. As you might guess, the people in the forum mercilessly ripped the person in…

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VIDEO: Man Knocked Unconscious as People Stand and Watch

By Matthew Maruster / August 24, 2022

I just came across this surveillance video that shows a man being knocked unconscious from a single punch. We’re not masochists, and I don’t enjoy seeing anyone harmed. So, we…

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What You Don’t See Can Kill You

By Matthew Maruster / July 15, 2022

** We originally published this post August 29, 2017 ** I have wanted to address this topic for quite some time. I hope the accompanying video is a visual of…

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VIDEO | Man Fights For His Life Against 2 Armed Criminals—And Wins

By Matthew Maruster / July 13, 2022

Most people know that lethal acts of violence happen all over the country. But knowing about violent crime differs from understanding the nature of a violent attack. Surveillance videos like…

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Aftermath – Surviving a Home Invasion , Now What?

By Matthew Maruster / April 1, 2022

The home invader is dead—the coroner loads into a van the lifeless human body of the attacker you killed. The responding Police have asked their questions, documented the scene, and…

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Don’t Go In: Arriving Home to Forced Entry

By Matthew Maruster / December 9, 2021

I hope it never happens to anyone, but reality says someone reading this post will arrive home to find signs that someone broke into their house. I know I’ll get…

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Complacency and Firearms, a Dangerous Combination

By Matthew Maruster / December 3, 2021

Chances are, you have heard someone say, ‘complacency kills!’ But this statement isn’t meant for us to take literally… right? Well, I actually think complacency can lead to tragic outcomes.…

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Cover VS Concealment: 30,000 Incidents Expose The Myth

By Jacob Paulsen / April 30, 2021

Cover VS Concealment is the wrong way to approach tactics. Thinking one is good and the other is bad is unwise. Both are good, one is better. Here are the stats and paradigms that best serve you in the gunfight.

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Be Prepared For Tomorrow

By Joshua Gillem / November 2, 2020

Tomorrow is election day in case you weren’t sure. While I’m not going to tell you who to vote for, I will say that you should vote if you can…

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9 Essential Items To Keep In Your Safe Room For a Home Invasion

By Jacob Paulsen / June 3, 2020

During a home invasion circumstances might lead you to isolate your family and defend a safe room. Considering that home defense strategy I want to discuss some of the essential things you will need with you in that safe room if you are going to successfully defend it.

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