Reduce the chance of a deadly encounter with good information management. Defense works best in layers. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about home defense or digging in a fighting position and protecting an airbase. A layered defense involves a variety of different components. When we talk self-defense, we often involve defense in …
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What’s in your EDC? Do you have everything you need all the time? It may come as a surprise that everyday carry doesn’t just mean only carrying a firearm. In fact, even before legal carrying age, most young adults should have some form of “non-lethal” protection on them. If you remember nothing else from …
How to identify, hide behind, and shoot from barriers. If you’re ever in a gunfight – and we sincerely hope that never happens, but we also hope you’re prepared if it ever does – you will need to get off the X and find cover or concealment. It’s a valuable life-saving skill that can …
They are very different and should be treated that way. In most states, concealed carry permit applicants must not only take a class ranging from as few as four to as many as 16 hours (yes, Illinois, we’re looking at you here), they also have to put rounds down range to demonstrate at least …
Concealed Carry Qualifying vs. Carrying for Real Read More »
If you stand in one spot during a gunfight, there’s a good chance you’ll die there. Gunfights are hardly ever one-sided. If you’re shooting at someone, chances are that someone is shooting at you, too. It doesn’t matter who started it, bullets are flying in both directions, and you want to avoid getting hit. …
Have you practiced changing mags and reloading your gun? It is committed to muscle memory? Despite what Hollywood tells us, sometimes guns run out of bullets. Yep, it’s true. Sorry to break it to you, but Hollywood lied to us…again. Go figure. Perhaps you’ve come across an infinite-fire gun some time in your life, …
