While a substantial carry gun is certainly capable of home defense, I am of the belief that most people are served well by having a dedicated home defense pistol that is not a carry gun, but stays in a quick-access safe ready for the specific role of home defense. The most likely location for this... Continue Reading →
I have penned a few articles in various places denouncing the concept of a “carry rotation” which involves switching carry guns on a daily basis. Such a practice diminishes proficiency as switching between platforms for no other purpose than the variety detracts from familiarization with your defensive tool. With that said, most concealed carriers need... Continue Reading →
The handgun remains the primary defensive firearm for the civilian invested in personal protection. A dedicated defensive long gun, or several, belong in the arsenal, but the handgun is the tool that provides the most immediate access and fastest deployment in the face of an emergency. Even for home defense, where a staged long gun... Continue Reading →
You really need to practice your draw stroke, from concealment, and do it often. It is, perhaps, the most essential skill related to the defensive handgun. However, there are a number of variations on this draw stroke, and I am referring here only to the draw from a single carry mode. Even if you wear... Continue Reading →
I wrote a review some time ago on the Crossbreed Modular Belly Band, which I bought for use with my Ruger LCR. I use a belly band almost exclusively as my deep concealment option as I have found it the best way to carry under tucked-in clothing, or while wearing gym cloths. I found that... Continue Reading →
A while back I moved to appendix carry exclusively. The benefits of wearing your gun forward of your hips are numerous. Likewise, having a knife forward of the hips, accessible to the support hand, also makes good sense. The mechanics of the human body clearly function best when we conduct tasks in front of us... Continue Reading →
Being able to mitigate a heated situation before it turns violent is a skill you should have, especially if you go armed. This seems to be of ever-more pressing importance in modern society. It is also of great concern currently, in the midst of this pandemic, where we find seemingly normal people getting irate over... Continue Reading →
I have a love-hate relationship with the small-frame revolver: I love it because it is the gun I can carry when I need to dress in a way that does not facilitate concealment of my double-stack auto loader. I hate it because I would far prefer to have my auto on me should I actually... Continue Reading →
I have been carrying the Ka Bar TDI knife for a couple of years now, on an almost daily basis. As I have trained more in hand-to-hand/weapons integration skills I have come to embrace the obvious benefits of a center-line carried fixed blade. Since I believe in always carrying a knife anyway, as an essential... Continue Reading →
As a nation, we might come out of this pandemic with several million new gun owners. Does this offer me hope that we will have several million new gun voters who consider the 2A when going to the polls? Nope. The sort of person who has never armed themselves before, and now only buys a... Continue Reading →
