This list unequivocally legitimizes why I end every article with the signature “Stay Armed”! Remember, an Armed Civilian is a CITIZEN, an UNARMED one is a SUBJECT! -SF This list was originally published by Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC and then by the Kentucky Concealed Carry Coalition. It has ceased to exist on those pages. …
Category: Street Smarts
Armed Citizen Corner: Never Have a “Favorite Weapon”
This short story reinforces the USMC Training mantra “One Mind, Any Weapon”. Never lock yourself into a box with your firearm training. Don’t get hung up on the Tool..Always Train to WIN THE FIGHT, REGARDLESS OF THE TOOL!-SF “Favorite” Weapons! by John Farnam | 23 May 2016 “Warriors should not have ‘favorite’ weapons.”…
Street Smarts: Top “10 Codes” Every CO Should Know
Stores, hospitals, entertainment venues, and other places where the public are together in large numbers, use secret codes to pass information between store employees. These are meant to be a secret as they don’t want to alarm the non-staff members or alert someone (like a thief) to the fact that they have been noticed. Many…
Traveling Armed Part 1: Know the Law and NEVER Assume
I travel a lot. Frequently I do so with a firearm. For the purposes of this article, I’m going to focus on just that: traveling (and flying) with a firearm (vs. how I carry, how I secure it, etc. — that will come in the future). As a retired LEO (that’s Law Enforcement Officer…
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…
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;…
Modern Crime: Yakuza vs Yakuza in a Sea of Blood
The schism in the Yamaguchi-gumi is generating one violent incident after another, but authorities believe the worst is yet to come. Beware the Ides of March. TOKYO — Molotov cocktails, beatings, shootings—the tempo of Yakuza on Yakuza violence is picking up in Japan, and there’s every reason to believe it’s just a little taste of…
Into the Fray: Left-Handed Operations
Learning to not only shoot, but also draw, load and clear malfunctions with your “Non-Dominant” Hand is essential to keep your firearms training realistic. -SF Read the Original Article at Ammo-Land To back this type of training up with real world data, look at a post I did recently What Armed Civilians Can Learn From…
Another Reason to be Armed: You Can Stop Mass Murder, February Report
Ordinary citizens stopped mass murder. Mass murder is defined as four or more victims killed in the same event. Many people were at risk in the stories this month. Armed citizens like you saved lives until the police could come and make an arrest. You did it, and the media never gave you credit. Let…