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…
Category: Self-Defense Issues
Another Reason To Be Armed: WHATABULLET. Armed Robbers Target Wrong Man at TX Burger Joint
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…
ERMAHGERD! Phone Gun!
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…
Practical Skill-Sets: Brussels Attack Highlights Need For Civilian Trauma Training
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…
Another Reason to Be Armed: Sexual Assault Survivor Advocates for 2nd Amendment
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…
Another Reason To Be Armed: Hatchet Wielding Robber Stopped by Armed Citizen
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…
Smart Guns: An Unproven Technology
An Interview with Wayne Weber, President of Heckler and Koch USA. The trend of making conventional objects “smart” is continuing unabated, and now even firearms are beginning to have computers integrated into them. The Cipher Brief spoke to Wayne Weber, President of Heckler & Koch USA, about the rise of smart guns. He says that…
Another Reason to be Armed: Mississippi Father and Mother Shoot and Kill Home Invader after Being Stabbed
A Happy Ending ONLY because the homeowners were armed and had the CHANCE to get to their GUN. This incident goes to show why you and your spouse should go out and shoot together REGULARLY and why you should go armed 24/7, even in your own home. A Gun does you NO GOOD if you…
Without Warning!
Without Warning! by John Farnam Personal Preparedness in our Exciting age: “Now remember, when things look bad, and it looks as if you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. Because, when you lose your head, and you give up, then you ain’t gonna win, and your ain’t…
Another Reason to be Armed: Hero Woman Shoots Her Stalker in the Throat
Too bad her aim was a tad off, an inch more to the right and she would have hit his carotid and subtracted one more turd from the gene pool. Oh Well, he will have to breathe through a tube for the rest of his pitiful life..a nice reminder to all the TURDS out there;…