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Constitutional Carry and the Art of Skinning Cats

Posted on 1 April 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

On Friday, March 25, Governor Butch Otter signed SB 1389, making Idaho the ninth state to adopt constitutional carry (aka unrestricted carry or permitless carry). Back in the day, we knew this as Vermont carry, after the one-and-only state whose residents were legally free to tuck guns in their pockets or purses or under their…

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Examining Terrorist Tactics: Soft Targets of Terror

Posted on 29 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

ISIS has “upgraded”the Al Qaeda playbook and determined that several teams of shooters and bombers or suicide bombers working together and attacking multiple SOFT targets simultaneously is much more effective than one big operation against a hard target. Tactically, attacking multiple targets in unison let’s the terrorist take advantage of the mass confusion and the…

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A “Shockingly” Good Decision: MA Stun Gun Ban Reversed

Posted on 26 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Boy the Supreme Court are on a tear…first the decision at the beginning of the week about the 2A  applies to ALL BEARABLE ARMS and now this! All True Patriots Rejoice! -SF Antonin Scalia would have been pleased. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an anti-gun decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and upheld…

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Tune Out the Noise and Tune in To Your Priorities

Posted on 24 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

By Hammerhead The world is becoming louder and “noisier” than ever before. This year seems like one of the noisiest ever simply because it is an election year, and that by default means you are going to have a whole lot of people talking but a majority of them not really saying anything worth remembering….

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Open Carry or Exposed Carry?

Posted on 23 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

As is typical of Mr. John Farnam, his feelings mirror mine exactly on the subject of “Open (ie Exposed) Carry”. Keep it Concealed. Fly below the Radar. -SF The State of TX has recently authorized “open” (exposed) carry of guns within the state. Lots of details yet to be worked-out, but the legislation has gone…

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Another Reason To Be Armed: WHATABULLET. Armed Robbers Target Wrong Man at TX Burger Joint

Posted on 23 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Two thugs thought they had an easy score when they saw a single man eating in his car in a Whataburger parking lot in Dallas, Texas. They were very, very wrong. Two armed robbers picked the wrong victim in northwest Dallas. Police said they approached a man eating his dinner in the parking lot of…

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ERMAHGERD! Phone Gun!

Posted on 22 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I was ROLMAO as I read this….still am actually. Great Concept, but No thanks. -SF   All the usual suspects are having a hissy fit because a company called Ideal Conceal has created a two-shot derringer that looks an awful lot like a smart phone. Oh noes!!! A concealed carry gun is coming out this year…

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Practical Skill-Sets: Brussels Attack Highlights Need For Civilian Trauma Training

Posted on 22 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Muslim terrorists attacked the Belgian capital of Brussels today in a series of attacks that seem to have used IEDs and may have used firearms as well. The attacks took place four days after the primary suspect in the November terrorist attacks in Paris, France was arrested in the city. News media are reporting at…

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Another Reason to Be Armed: Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates for 2nd Amendment

Posted on 21 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Another Reason I am strong advocate for Campus Carry to be made Legal Nationwide. -SF When Kimberly Corban was a 20-year-old student at the University of Northern Colorado, a man broke into her Greeley, Colo., apartment and sexually assaulted her for nearly two hours. Now, nearly 10 years later, Corban not only works with other…

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Another Reason To Be Armed: Hatchet Wielding Robber Stopped by Armed Citizen

Posted on 16 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

A customer with a concealed-carry permit shot and killed a man who was allegedly swinging a hatchet at customers and a store clerk in a Seattle-area 7-Eleven. According to Q13 Fox, the “store clerk says the masked man entered the store and immediately started swinging a hatchet toward a customer — then he turned his sights on…

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