For anyone interested in using a shotgun as part of their home defense plan, I typically recommend loading that shotgun with buckshot. A lot of people have asked about using slugs as an alternative, or maybe keeping a couple of slugs handy on a sidesaddle to complement the buckshot. So today I’m going to take
Read MoreAs a cop, I gave this topic a lot of thought over the years and I’ve picked up a few techniques that actually work. I’ve been in dozens of fights and without a single exception every fight eventually went to the ground. Of course, for a cop, you aren’t interested in hurting the suspect (some
Read MoreTop 5 Self Defense Strikes Palm Heel Strike: You’re gonna be leading with the bottom part of your palm. Your target area is the nose. When you throw it just thrust your arm towards the nose leading with the bottom part of your palm. Elbow Strike: First pick your back elbow up Take the point
Read MoreSteve says: This Guest Post was submitted by Laura Cromwell of Cabela’s. We hope this will be useful for TFB readers from California. I will keep this post updated if the situation changes due to legislation or legal challenges. Please note: this is a legal article, not a political article. Election 2016 brought about sweeping changes
Read MoreThis liveleak.com video shows an irate customer at the last neighborhood store Michael Brown ever visited. The thing to notice: all the people standing around, either waiting for something to happen or doing their shopping. They’re violating the first rule of self-defense, armed or otherwise: avoid stupid people in stupid places doing stupid things. The
Read MoreUSA –-(Ammoland.com)- If you carry a gun for personal defense or keep one at home for the same reason, you really ought to consider investing in a paid self defense insurance or protection plan. Here’s why. If you ever have to draw or use your gun (or another weapon) in self-defense, you can be legally
Read More“FBI admits unauthorized program against American gun owners,” attorney and policy analyst Paloma Capanna charged in an update on Robinson vs. Sessions, a lawsuit on civil rights violations resulting from matches on the “No-Fly List.” “The US DOJ Attorneys admitted in their Answering Brief that the FBI screens ‘all’ Americans seeking to lawfully purchase a firearm against the
Read MoreCan you be charged with crime for wounding or killing a home intruder? The law may surprise you.
Read MoreFor defensive shooting, there’s no question that a good athletic stance, generally squared off to the target, is the better way to go. One of the most important things in defensive shooting is recoil management, so you can fire fast follow-up shots and get the threat stopped quickly.
Read MoreThe owner of Holdheide Academy in Woodstock, Georgia, is defending a recent parent-approved preschool field trip to a gun range. School owner Tammy Dorsten said the students were studying Annie Oakley, and the gun range — High Caliber Firearms — has a 1984 version of the very kind of rifle Oakley would have used. WSBTV reported that “parents
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