• Defensive Gun Use While Protecting Family

    The easiest way for my family to go Christmas shopping is if we all go to the mall at the same time, split up, and convene back at a set time. This gives the kids an opportunity to fan out and pick out gifts for their friends at school and sports. As a concealed carrier,…

  • Clerk Will Not Face Charges After Shooting Robbery Suspect

    OAK PARK, IL — A store employee who shot one of three men who attempted to rob a local 7-Eleven store will not be charged for his action, the Chicago Tribune reports. The employee was licensed, and prepared to engage the robbers when the time came. As the Chicago Tribune reports: Officers were called to…

  • Clerk, Unarmed, Grabs Gun From Robber And Uses It Against Him

    GLENPOOL, OK — There’s nothing like having a firearm put in your face when you don’t have any defensive tool with which to respond. For one Oklahoma clerk, it was entirely too much. He just had to have that gun. As News on 6 reports: Police say it happened at the H&Z Mart at 141st…

  • Thank God For Illinois Carry: Armed Robber Shot In Parking Lot By Intended Victim

    CHICAGO, IL — In another powerful testament to the blessings of concealed carry in Chicago, a responsibly-armed citizen shot and killed a would-be robber in the parking lot of a Target store. Look at that — for all of Target’s requesting their customers to not be armed, turns out guns are still needed after all.…

  • [OP-ED] Counter-point: .25 ACP Is Dead

    Recently, one of Guns.com’s writers, Terril James Herbert, wrote a very good article detailing three basic reasons why the .25 ACP caliber is pretty much dead in the water. No modern pistol manufacturers are prioritizing it and there’s very little attention on this small caliber pistol round. Why did the .25 ACP die and was it…

  • What To Do If You Get Called Out By Another Gun Owner

    What you don’t know can hurt you. It’s a simple truth that we gun owners can become hardened to. The toughest pill to swallow is when someone calls you out for something and they’re right. In the interest of saying I’m not immune, I’ll relay a little story. One time I was taking an AR-15…

  • Man Killed By Gun Range Employee Due To Negligent Discharge

    By Dan Zimmerman via The Truth About Guns A customer of a Cypress, Texas shooting range was shot and killed this morning when a range employee, who was reportedly working on a hunting rifle, discharged the gun, sending a round through a building wall and striking the unidentified customer as he was walking across the parking lot. As click2houston.com reports, this morning’s pre-Christmas tragedy happened at…

  • Why Should You Never Say ‘Gun’ While Interacting With Police — Reader Questions And Answers

    Recently we got an email from a long time reader concerning a police interaction he had while carrying concealed. The matter concerned less of the interaction with law enforcement and more of the proper way to address the fact that he was carrying a concealed handgun. I just picked up a car at the car…

  • WATCH: Store Owner Shoots At Armed Robbers, Sends One To The Ground

    WHITEHAVEN, TN — When a pair of thugs entered a phone store looking to make some cash, they were soundly beaten by the store’s owner. They were already brandishing their guns, and that was all the warning the owner needed to counter the attack. As FOX 13 reports: A Whitehaven store owner fought back when…