5 Tips for concealed carry
There are lots of little things you can do to make carrying concealed easier on a day to day basis. When I first started out carrying, there were quite a few th...
Category: self defense
Self defense is about choices
I choose to carry a gun to defend myself. I choose to exercise. I choose to not always eat like a 20 year old. All of these are choices. Self defense is all abo...
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
Those words of wisdom come from former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, and while he in later life may have encountered some struggles, he is 100% correc...
When did “Krav Maga” become a code word for derp?
Today in “musings on self-defense” I want to talk about unarmed self-defense. Right now, the hotness for unarmed self-defense are techniques derived...
Self-defense: not everyone is out to get you
The internet is a funny place. This morning, I read an article on Jezebel, a site I normally only read if I want to pressure test my cerebral arteries. The arti...
Animals and deadly force
If you follow my Facebook page, you’ll know that I recently added a new member to the team. He’s a boxer/pitbull mix that we named Ruger, because th...
The Law of Self Defense Seminar – An excellent investment
A little while ago I got ticked off about annoying gunstore lawyers, people who have no real understanding of the laws or jurisprudence governing the use of for...
Lethal response to an “unarmed” attack
Some time ago I wrote a bit about The Danger of Fists in response to some of the nonsense that I saw in media coverage of the Zimmerman incident. In that articl...
Interacting With Icebergs
Human beings are very complex creatures. Our function in day to day life is a blend of learning, life experience, social convention, deductive thinking, inducti...
Lessons From the Real World – Chicago Gas Station Shooting
In my time writing for Gun Nuts I’ve tried to use video footage to illustrate points about self defense not for the sake of sensationalism, but to illustr...