How to Use Cover: Tactics for Self-Defense COVER=LIFE Cover is a gift from the heavens if someone tries to kill you with a long-range, portable hole puncher. Cover projects a literal blanket of security that sits between you and certain death. I guarantee anyone reading this owns a gun for self-protection and likely carries…
Category: Constitutional Carry
A Midnight Home Invasion Nightmare
A good friend of mine I served with sent me this footage from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The male homeowner who got shot was the nephew of his girlfriend. There are a lot of variables at play here, but at the end of the day the Lesson to learn is when…
No Clips on Pockets
No Clips on Pockets Concealed weapons offer a two-fold advantage: they provide force multiplying capability, and they provide the element of surprise. I make no bones about the fact that I think open carry of a pistol is ill advised, most of the time. If there is a choice to conceal the handgun, that is…
Tactical Saturday: The Shooting People in the Face Drill, Revisited*
While training the other day I put in my customary 20 rounds on the tried and true Mozambique or “Failure to Stop” Drill. After I ran through the drill I realized something: I had been training myself to PAUSE between the transition from the two shots to Center of Mass to the shot to…
Texas News: Another Reminder to Always Stay Armed at Home
Unknown man wearing satanic mask, holding sign with apocalyptic Bible verse stuns North Texas neighbors Not sure how this stupid SOB is still alive going around a Texas neighborhood knocking on doors dressed like that. In my neck of the woods he would already be on a slab at the morgue. We take Property…
Jeff Cooper vs. Terrorism
Colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC (Ret.) Originally published in the Guns & Ammo 1975 Annual Issue. So here we are in the “Age of Extortion!” Our local friendly felons have finally discovered what has long been taken for granted in what we used to call “more backward countries” — that crime does pay, in millions….
Keeping it Concealed
8 Things You May Do That Give Away The Fact You’re Carrying A Firearm Let’s face it, even the most seasoned concealed carrier will sometimes find him or herself drawing a little attention to themselves and their firearms once in a while. After some time, the instances will become less frequent, but it’s good…
Follow the Silence
Via: DTI “When people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news-sources accordingly” –Thomas Sowell What the media doesn’t tell you: Last week, an Islamic domestic terrorist forcibly…
Armed Citizen Corner: Lethal Dangers in ECQ Defense
Via: The Armory Life Lethal Dangers in Extreme Close Quarters Defense Outside of military conflict, it is an indisputable fact that most violent encounters unfold inside of conversational distance. This is true of fights with the schoolyard bully back in the 6th grade, an attempted mugging on the street, or gun play in an…
Armed Citizen Corner: Reasons for Concealed Carry – My Interview with a Psychopath
Reasons for Concealed Carry: My Interview with a Psychopath In this article, Dr. Will Dabbs discusses why he carries a firearm for self-defense. The article includes discussing a real person with a serious mental illness. Real names have not been used. Nothing in this narrative is intended to disparage or stigmatize those who might…