Like Your Gun, Fitness is an Important Part of Self Defense
“Fitness is an essential part of being tactical.” Those aren’t my words – they’re the words of my shooting instructor, Jeff Gonzales at the Range Austin, and part of how he introduces his weekend long pistol classes. Now, keep in mind that Jeff himself is an avid Crossfitter who can probably crush a handful of […]
Security Strategies For Your Church Safety Team
As I wrote almost a year ago, every church should have one or more good guys with guns protecting the flock. Every synagogue, temple and mosque. Anyplace people gather to worship should have a ballistic response ready for the worst case scenario. Does yours have one? It should to improve church safety. The first step […]
Good Guy With Gun Who Stopped Bar Shooting Shot and Killed by Responding Police Officers
Chicago’s south suburbs can be almost as rough as the city’s south side. A fight broke out in Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins early Sunday morning and a group of drunks were asked to leave. One of them then came back and opened fire in the bar. Four people were wounded. Security returned fire, […]
Gibson: My Son Was Dead. Did I Feel Better Holding a Gun?
“I think of the crowded school library in which my son died. I try to imagine a librarian drawing her Glock and returning fire.” “What if I’d been in that library in 1992, charged with keeping my son safe?” “I put the question to a man I know, a retired Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent […]
Ear Buds and a GLOCK: Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day
This pocket dump comes to us from Jeff in Texas. His daily carry includes a GLOCK 17 and a Victorinox Swiss Champ Pocket Knife. It also includes ear buds, something I’ve been seeing with increasing frequency. Question: do you guys wear ear buds while you’re out and about? Both buds in or do you leave […]
New York City Shop Owners Beg For Weapons as Gov. Cuomo Promises More Gun Control
As the New York Post blares, ‘Scared bodega owners want panic buttons, stun guns to help to stop crime.’ As if we needed to say it yet again, this is what happens to a disarmed populace. This latest demand for the means of personal defense comes after gang members pounded a yoot in a Bronx […]
Ask the FFL: What Does This Letter From ATF Mean?
[ED: This post is the second in a new series. If you have a question for an experienced federal firearms licensee, send it to [email protected] with ‘Ask the FFL’ in the subject field.] Here’s an interesting question that came in from a reader. The reader said their local firearm dealer had gotten an error letter […]
Many Californians Rushing to the Gun Store ‘Never Tell Their Friends They Own a Gun’
Following the Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar shooting last week, the truth about California gun owners is coming out. USA Today interviewed John Von Colln, the owner of the only gun store in Thousand Oaks. He describes a wholly unsurprising trend: Californians are arming themselves. Von Colln’s gun store, VC Defense, has been flooded with visitors ever since the shooting and […]
To Find the Right Holster for Exercise, Run With Your Gun
There are more and more companies these days offering ladies’ conceal carry options in forms such as belly bands, shorts with an inner thigh pocket, holsters that hook into a bra front, and so forth. Most of these options try to offer some versatility for a lady in terms of being easy to wear during […]
The Four Best Pistol Stabilizing Braces
Best is a strong word — often subjective — and you may notice some decent pistol stabilizing braces missing from this article. So, instead, let’s just call this Jeremy’s shortlist of my favorite pistol braces, whether that’s for an AR pistol or for other large-format pistols. In no particular order . . . SB Tactical […]
Esquire: American Gun Culture is Tyranny
Speaking as a die-hard yogi…yeah, I do manage to have a firearm within reach during yoga, actually. And no one in my classes knows or needs to know. “Should the women at that Tallahassee yoga studio have been strapped while they assumed the Downward Dog? Should the college kids at the Thousand Oaks’ Borderline Bar […]
Main Carry .380 ACP: Everyday Carry Pocket Dump of the Day
This pocket dump includes a Ruger LCP and a blade. Given the recent .380 ACP debate I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on using one as your main carry. And if you do carry one, is it only for non-permissive environments or is it your daily carry?
