While many in the firearms and preparedness community get fixated on rifles and plate carriers during times of heightened threat, I seek to draw the armed citizen back into this reality: you are most likely to face the monsters with your handgun, because the monsters strike in public locations where they anticipate little resistance. You... Continue Reading →
Strategies for Adding Extended Carry Gear
I regularly carry a Glock 26, spare magazine, light, knife, OC Spray, and a tourniquet as my standard EDC. These items go in my waistline or in my front pockets, along with keys and a phone, etc… Statistically speaking, this should be ample gear to resolve the kind of predatory violence that a common citizen... Continue Reading →
Revisiting the Minimum Defensive Firearms Collection
If you have not equipped yourself with the needed defensive firearms at this point, you are beyond late to the party. However, better late than never. Now would be the time, during a brief calm before the storm. The Covid experiment resulted in 10 million brand new gun owners in the United States. The globalist... Continue Reading →
The EDC Handgun as Part of your Personal Protection System
I have been outspoken in my opposition to the so-called “carry rotation” that a lot of concealed carriers seem to utilize. Now, most people probably need at least two different guns to stay armed at most times; if subscribing to “carry enough gun,” then you might have a full-size or compact auto of some kind,... Continue Reading →
Dressing Around the Gun: Is that Still a Thing?
For decades the mantra was “you need to dress around the gun.” Of course, most people who dressed around a gun had the luxury of being retired, or in a profession that allowed them to dress like a hobo, wearing the shoot-me-first vest, for example. But in this day and age of modern concealment gear,... Continue Reading →
Recommended Handguns
I tend to shy away from making recommendations unless directly asked as the number of good guns now on the market is legion, and the personal preferences of all individuals has no limit. However, if pressed to answer, I have a surprisingly short list of top recommendations, despite the great deal of available gear. My... Continue Reading →
Micro 380 Pistols: Reservations
This is going to ruffle some feathers, but please consider the following carefully. My reservations regarding small pocket autos chambered in 380 acp has never been due to the cartridge, but to the platform itself, and how they perform in the intended role for deep concealment or backup, carried in alternate concealment modes. Are tiny... Continue Reading →
Distances of Defensive Handgun Engagement and the Red Dot
Our world has changed considerably. Gone are the days that even the average concealed carrier presumes that the only threat possible will be within a few feet in a parking lot or dark ally. The majority of defensive gun uses still do happen within, typically, the length of a car or closer. However, there are... Continue Reading →
Personalizing the Phlster Enigma
I started utilizing belly band solutions for deep concealment carry many years ago. The primary role of the belly band was to conceal a small handgun under tucked shirts. During Covid, I also began utilizing belly bands to carry while wearing sweatpants and draw string shorts, as that bizarre era ushered in my full embracement... Continue Reading →
Ankle Carry: Sub-Optimal for the Primary, Ideal for the BUG
Ankle carry blows for carrying your only gun under most circumstances, although, while seated, it can work quite well. Otherwise, I don’t like it for carrying my primary on-person firearm. Years ago, I often ankle carried to accommodate deep concealment needs while in non-permissive dress, such as wearing a suit. I no longer bother with... Continue Reading →
