Somewhere, everyday in the USA, 2100+ people use a gun for self defense, to stop a crime or save the lives of themselves or their family. “We believe that the American public deserve to understand that on the average, guns save 2,191 lives and are used to thwart crimes every day,” says Alan Gottlieb of…
Category: Concealed and Open Carry Issues
In Texas, Second Amendment Friendly Businesses are Booming!
Another reason I am Proud to be a Texan!! -SF The award winning Texas BBQ place in Houston, Brooks Place, LLC, offered a 25% discount for open carriers on the first effective day of open carry reform. Brooks says that it is “not a political thing”. I suspect he is right. It is a…
Another Reason to Be Armed: CCW Holder Saves Police Officer’s Life
On February 5th 2016, an armed citizen saved an Upper Darby police officer who was under assault and encircled by a mob of onlookers. Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said “there is no doubt they would have attacked” the officer without the armed citizen’s intervention. According to Philly.com, the officer was breaking up a…
Training Scenarios: When the Intruder is a Cop
[Recently] at work I responded to an urgent call for backup. An armed homeowner pulled a gun on one of my fellow officers. In the end, everything turned out fine. No one got shot. By the time I arrived at the home, both officer and homeowner had secured their respective weapons and were talking peacefully….
Why are Americans Bringing Guns to the Airport?
At Security Executives we naturally believe in security. That includes both our personal security and the security of the modes of transportation that we use. All 50 states now allow people to carry concealed firearms; 45 states require a permit to do so and 5 do not even require a permit. A 2014 report from…
Thank You BHO for Yet another Year of Record Gun Sales!
When I read headlines like this it always makes me think of that quote from that Japanese General who was asked why it would be a bad ideal for Japan to invade the U.S. in 1941; “Because there would be a gun behind every blade of grass.” Yeah, for some reason that gives me comfort…
Another Reason to Be Armed: 92 Year Old WW2 Vet Shoots at Home Invader
This is one of those situations you have to ask yourself: What Would Have Happened if the 92 year old home owner DID NOT Have a Gun? I think the answer is quite clear: We Would be reading the home owners obituary versus this story. Being this man is a 92 year old Veteran of…
Another Reason to be Armed: NC Military Wife and Mom Shoots and Kills Home Intruder
LUMBER BRIDGE, NC (WBTW) – No charges have been filed against a Lumber Bridge mother who shot and killed a Fayetteville man who was reportedly burglarizing her home on Friday morning. The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to an alarm activation call at a home at 6106 NC 20 West on Friday…
CCW Holder with Epic “Stache” Saves Texas Deputy
Scott Perkins responded as I hope all of us would when he saw a deputy down and fighting for his life. Not thinking about his own life, a local Marine veteran jumped into action and stopped a man from reaching a Bastrop deputy’s gun as the suspect pummeled the officer during a struggle earlier this month….
Conneticut State Police and Open Carry: “Gotta Cover our Ass”
I typically do not post “protest” videos on my blog because often the video do not tell the whole story and are sometimes heavily edited and cut to show a certain “agenda”… but this video is different. The illegal actions of the cops are not just “inferred” in the video, they are plain and evident…