• [VIDEO] Unintentional Double Tap: Know Your Gun And How To Handle It

    Dan posted a great video a few days ago about an unintentional double tap that made it’s way to the interwebs. He talks about an unintentional double tap that he once experienced, and also what went wrong in the example video. Long story short, the shooter’s finger remained tight on the trigger, depressing it again during…

  • Sex Offender Finds Armed Father When Trying To Enter Teen’s Room

    KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE — A 26-year-old man is in jail after a father and mother do what they have to do in order to protect their 13-year-old daughter from a predator. The man, Justin Phelps, pretended to be a teenager while talking with the girl online. According to the complaint, Phelps created a Facebook account pretending to…

  • Uber Driver Shot By Drunk Passenger Who Was Moving Gun From One Pocket To The Other

    UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — An intoxicated Uber passenger thought it’d be a good idea to A) carry his firearm while drunk, and B) try to move that firearm’s location from one pocket to another while in the car… and drunk. It ended with the Uber driver being shot in the back. Authorities have charged…

  • Here Is What Can Happen If You Forget To Call The Police During A Home Invasion

    By Robert Farago via The Truth About Guns “The deadly confrontation happened just before 8 a.m. Saturday when the owner arrived to do some work for his business,” Seattle’s komonews.com reports. “He noticed a window screen out in the yard and someone had forced open the front door.” Should he have called the cops then? Well…

  • Your Bond With Your Carry Gun Should Look Something Like This

    Loving the firearm that you carry is great. Knowing the firearm that you carry is essential. There should be a bond between firearm and concealed carrier, and it should remain strong at all times. Sound funny? It’s not meant to. Knowing how you interact with your firearm, and how it interacts with you, is an…

  • Reader Writes: Bad Info Leads To Denied Permit

    Reader Crystal sends us this message about concealed carry permits. It’s a hassle when wrong information is provided, and it seems to me that the instructor should provide a refund. Thoughts? But there’s more to the story… I will have to say one thing that really ticks me off about concealed carrying permits.. First off I…

  • Police Interactions While Carrying Concealed – One Officer’s Perspective

    Republished with permission from SPFSolutions Unless you’re new to conceal carrying you’ve no doubt discussed, or experienced first hand, how to interact with police when you’re strapped. The general consensus is, if you keep your hands in view at all times, relax, and respectfully comply, you’ll be fine. And coming from a Police Officer who routinely…

  • The Best Self-Defense Ammo, Voted by You, and One Takes Home 45% of the Vote

    Choosing self-defense ammo for your carry firearm is always a personal choice, but it’s good to know what others are carrying as well. You know, to weigh the different options and see what’s available. And… what people are actually buying and standing behind (literally). We posted the above and received a list of your favorite self-defense…

  • Teen Shoots Himself When Reaching For Gun In Waistband: Your Idiot Of The Day

    The teen, while loitering and asked to leave, decided that pulling his firearm out of his waistband was the appropriate response. Of course the 16-year-old wasn’t supposed to have the firearm in the first place, but it didn’t stop him from making his stupid even more stupid. A short news clip says that while he…