Stop Being a Soft Target Criminals don’t choose random people to criminalize in most cases. Sure, the occasional psycho who is out of their mind is going to do whatever they want. A criminal with a working prefrontal cortex is going to use victim targeting. Today, we are going to try to help you avoid…
Category: Arms and Ammo
The Concealed Carry Advice that Sounds Smart — Until Stress Hits
The Concealed Carry advice that sounds smart — until stress hits Concealed carry culture is full of confident advice that sounds airtight in a calm classroom or on a sunny range. Under real stress, though, some of those “rules” fall apart, colliding with human physiology, legal reality, and the messy way violence actually unfolds….
2A News: SB 1071 – The Public Defense and Provisioning Act
Rifle Corner: Here’s Why the Maximum-Point-Blank-Range Aiming System Is Flawed
Here’s Why the Maximum-Point-Blank-Range Aiming System Is Flawed This decades old method for shooting at longer distances is preached as gospel — but it’s not very reliable Before laser rangefinders and FFP MRAD-turreted riflescopes maximum-point-blank-range, or MPBR, was the best way that you could set up for success while shooting at longer distances. It’s…
AK Corner: 7.62x39mm Gel Test – 7 Loads Put to the Test
7.62x39mm Gel Test – 7 Loads Put to the Test This article originally appeared in Firearms News August 2020 Issue 16. Pick up a copy to read more articles like this one. While the AR-15 is undeniably America’s darling, there are now more AKs in circulation in this country than ever before, and most…
Armed Citizen Corner: Jim Cirillo, Modern Day Gunfighter, Master Class (12 Part Video Series)
Jim Cirillo: Modern-Day Gunfighter In his book, “Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights”, NYPD veteran Jim Cirillo revealed the hard-won knowledge he gained in more than a dozen gunfights with some of New York City’s most vicious criminals. Now he brings his words to life in this 12-part video series. In his own unique style, Cirillo gives…
Know Your Ammo: 9mm Luger vs 9×19 vs Parabellum – What’s the Difference?
9mm Luger vs 9×19 vs Parabellum: What’s the Difference? Even if you know very little about guns, perhaps just what you’ve picked up from watching TV and movies, you’ve probably gathered there’s a round called 9mm. As you learn more, you probably discover it’s a pistol round, but you’ll soon hear other terms like…
The Guns of Faction: Part One
The Guns of Faction: Part One My 2019 novel, Faction, was recognized by many readers as having weapons which seemed at first glance exotic, but were, in fact, rather straightforward, off-the-shelf weapons with slight modifications to make them more useful in urban operations. Let’s examine them in this series, one by one. The criteria for…
When the Law Failed, Citizens Turned to Colts for Frontier Justice
When the Law Failed, Citizens Turned to Colts for Frontier Justice Minnesota lay many saddle hours away, so Frank and Jesse James, with the Younger boys and three others, traveled from Missouri by rail. They bought horses for the final leg – fine animals, new to Northfield on September 7, 1876. The men’s dusters…
Armed Citizen Corner: Shooting at Moving Vehicles
Shooting at moving vehicles To shoot or not to shoot is the decades-old question when confronted with the decision to shoot the driver of a vehicle you perceive as intending to run you over. Some departments strictly forbid their officers from shooting at moving vehicles. As with any use of force, there are many…