While anecdotal evidence is not a reliable indication of trends, at some point, when everyone is seeing the same anecdotes, it is time to compare notes. The very low crime neighborhood, and county in general, in which I have now lived for over a decade has seen a massive uptick in violent crime in the... Continue Reading →
Last week we had John Murphy, founder of FPF Training, on the USA Carry podcast. We had John on several times in years past on the CCX2 show. This time around, we deep dive the curriculum behind his Street Encounter Skills and Tactics class, which I recently attended. This is a course that I highly... Continue Reading →
I have written and spoken about a given number of skillsets that the capable self-defender should have, among them being skill with a handgun, but that is just one. There are other considerations beyond your shooting skills that are of paramount importance. On this Survival Dispatch show I delve into eight particularly important skillsets to... Continue Reading →
Under the American system of law you cannot use lethal force, or potentially lethal force, to protect property, period. The most common form of this seems to be in connection with automobile theft. Thug tries to steel a citizen’s vehicle, citizen intervenes, thug ends up dead. Well, even if found and ruled justified after the... Continue Reading →
The concept of limiting who you are willing to protect by inserting yourself into a violent confrontation is nothing new. Well over twenty years ago the instructor for my concealed carry course (in a state that mandated a full day course that primarily focused on legalities) suggested that the concealed carrier “keep it close to... Continue Reading →
I am a podcast fanatic and I listen to many different shows every week. For those invested in self-defense and preparedness there are some excellent resources in the podcast world. Obviously, and shamelessly, I would suggest that you routinely listen to the CCX2 podcast, on which I am a host. Beyond that, though, here are... Continue Reading →
Another great discussion on the CCX2 podcast this past Thursday. We discussed eight recent incidents and some of them are very bizarre, ranging from road rage incidents to cougar attacks. In the year 2020 people and furry creatures alike are losing their minds. Tune in to hear some good discussion on this variety of self-defense... Continue Reading →
Had a great discussion with USA Carry and Concealed Nation on the CCX2 show about justified force concerning some recent incidents, and a whole lot more. If interested, check it out here.
Having written well over two hundred articles in the past two years for this blog and elsewhere I looked back through this catalog recently in an effort to deduce what I consider “the best,” or at least what I would rank as my better contributions to the knowledge base of self-defense, firearms, and Second Amendment... Continue Reading →
In a recent shooting in Florida, an armed citizen named Michael Drejka shot and killed a man named Markeis McGlockton following an altercation in a parking lot. The incident was caught on video so we can see it transpire. Everyone is talking about stand your ground laws and how they are “racist,” but stand your... Continue Reading →
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