And So It Begins
The first good rainstorm in two months is pelting the outside of my home right now, reminding me that hurricane season starts here tomorrow. I wrote about the experience of having Hurricane Irma roar over my home over here, and for…
New Class: Intro To Home Defense
There are 2.5 million burglaries annually in the United States. Only one in eight are ever solved. In just over two hours, you’ll learn proven methods of protecting your home against burglary, robbery and home invasion. There is also an…
The Heretical Alternative
A lot of my fellow gun writers / applied violence nerds went pie-eyed over the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield 380 EZ (Geez, guys could you have made that name a little longer? I digress...). On paper, it has all…
No Assumptions
There was a bad accident in my town, where a little girl on her bicycle tangled with an SUV. The girl was dragged by vehicle for a short way, and the driver of the SUV (a woman in her 20’s)…
The Spaces Between The Shots*
Update on this post. Rather than saying "Just buying a gun doesn't turn you into a gunfighter anymore than buying a musical instrument turns you into *insert name of musician here*," we should be saying, "Just buying a gun doesn't…
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.
There's a concept that's been percolating inside my skull for a bit: Therapeutic Moralistic Self-Defense. This is the idea that people a) Need to feel safe and b) Don't want to actually permanently injure or kill somebody in order to…
New Class – Concealed Carry Jumpstart
"If we are satisfied in our own minds that our capacity for action is capable of going from 0 to 11 in the blink of an eye, we become profoundly dangerous to the criminal element.” - John Murphy Greg Ellifritz is…
New Class – Florida Concealed Carry
Concealed carry classes here in Florida tend to fall into one of two categories: "Pump and dump" classes that typically cost around $50 and are around two hours long. Florida law requires that a concealed carry student must "demonstrate competency…
… And Let’s Be Particularly Careful Out There.
If you feel that 2020 felt a little violent, you're right, it was. "The year 2020 likely saw the largest percentage increase in homicides in American history. Murder was up nearly 37% in a sample of 57 large and medium-size…
Upcoming Event: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Guns (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Interest in gun ownership is at an all-time high. You need good information to make good decisions about your safety. That's why on February 11th at 7pm EST, I'll be hosting a free online / in-person Q&A seminar, designed to…