Charges Dropped Against Paul Lathrop – His Story (click on above title link to be re-directed to source page) This is one of those stories EVERY Armed Civilian needs to hear frequently. The “Second Fight” for your life as an Armed Citizen is the legal battle involved proving your innocence. In this case, another person…
Category: Armed Citizen Corner
Civilian Operator 101: Vehicle Awareness
A lot of times when we get in our vehicles we tend to “zone out” for whatever reason. Maybe we are tired from work, personal issues on our minds or maybe we are just really liking the song on the radio. In this day and age however, we cannot afford to not being paying attention…
Urban Warfare: Anatomy of the Room
ANATOMY OF THE ROOM PART 1 ANATOMY OF THE ROOM PART 2 This is great information not just for the civilian squad using Small Unit Tactics but for the individual civilian homeowner who may have to “Clear” his own home or other structure because time is of the essence and you cannot wait 30 minutes…
Armed Citizen Corner: Beware of the “Excited Utterance”
Beware the “excited utterance” when talking to law enforcement Buckeye Firearms Association is a great resource for the Armed Citizen, subscribe to their newsletter and put them in your Favorites. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Armed Citizen Corner: What To Do What Your Car is Surrounded by Protestors
What Should You Do If Protestors Surround Your Car? (click on above title to be re-directed to Original Page) In 2014 I wrote about Violent Mob Defense Tactics. The motivation for the article came from an incident that happened in New York in 2013 now called the Hollywood Stuntz Motorcycle Gang Assault. This…
Civilian Operator 101: Attitude is the Only Difference Between an ‘Ordeal’ and an Adventure!
“Every day is ‘ordinary,’ until it isn’t!” – Bernard Cornwell From a friend in NY: “While driving last evening, I saw a massive pillar of smoke erupting from neighboring Lockport. A large fire had broken-out at a tire-recycling plant. It was massive and resulted in emergency evacuations of hundreds of surrounding homes for several blocks…
Armed Citizen Corner: A Very Questionable Home Defense Shooting in North Carolina
Tonight I wanted to talk to you guys about the Home Defense Shooting that occurred in Raleigh, North Carolina this past Sunday involving home owner, 39-year-old Chad Copley and the alleged intruder (deceased) 20-year-old Kouren-Rodney Bernard Thomas. I first read about this case Monday Morning and actually was going to put up a decent write-up…
Armed Citizen Corner Video: The Reality of Extreme Close Contact Shooting
When you are talking about Close Quarters Shooting, there are always varying degrees of close. We have all heard the terms “Reach out and touch someone close”, “Bad Breath Distance close”, but this video shows a whole different kind of close: EXTREME CLOSE CONTACT CLOSE, which is basically around a foot (12 inches) or less. This…
Civilian Operator 101: How to Shoot and Fight From Your Back
Something to chew on this weekend as you set up your Shoting drills. As CO’s We always need to be cognizant of positions we may find ourselves in a street fight that are not exactly convenient, but are all the same, reality. This is also a great time to drill on firing from OTHER non-conventional…
Armed Citizen Corner: British Pistol Use During World War I
Here’s an interesting piece of research, done in 2010 by one David Thomas as part of a degree in British First World War Studies: The Pistol in British Military Service During the Great War (pdf) This is a well-footnoted 38 pages, covering the British procurement of handguns, the different types of handguns use, and the training…