Have you ever operated so hard…
You needed to spin your flashlight like a boss? If so, the new SwitchBack Ring is for you! If I can be serious for a moment, I can actually see the practical ap...
Category: self defense
Simple EDC
I am going to do one of those obnoxious “this is my EDC kit” posts. Because I want to talk about the desire some people have in the community to car...
Private Citizens stop 16% of mass shootings
On the 24th, the FBI released one of the most fascinating and simultaneously frustratingly incomplete studies in recent memory: Active Shooter Events from 2000 ...
Quote of the day: 9mm NATO
From someone who would know: “I’m not convinced the ball ammo in use by our troops is necessarily “crappy”. Graveyards have been built over the last 12+ y...
Cold weather defensive training
You may have seen on your Facebook news feed that the majority of the midwest is currently colder than the surface of Mars. According to Siri, it’s -6 in ...
Let’s Talk Terminal Ballistics: Bullets do strange things
A while ago in a post about head shots I wrote the following: “People think of head shots as being instantly fatal, but if you look around you’ll find ple...
Criminal Case Study – Bad guys do not hesitate
In the last couple of weeks we’ve been trying to use the Ballistic Radio interview of Justin Schnieders to learn some things about the behavior of crimina...
When to draw your gun?
One of the questions raised in our Guns are for Killing post is when it’s appropriate to draw your gun. Make no mistake about this: guns are absolutely le...
Self-Defense tip: guns are for killing
While the title of the post is a bit inflammatory, it does serve the central purpose of this post: if you carry a gun for self-defense, you must be willing to u...
Do you know your fear response
Last week, after one of my posts, I made a comment that started a conversation. The comment was something to the affect of, I’m not sure I could ever poin...