Monthly Archives: March 2023

Verbal Deescalation: The Best Defensive Tool Isn’t Always in Your Holster

Posted on 27 March 2023

If you think about it, we spend our entire lives using our voices to get what we want and to avoid what we don’t. It is interesting how some folks develop this into quite an art, while others don’t have … Continue reading →

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Lever Guns: Great For Self Defense

Posted on 20 March 2023

Some of the big news this week is Ruger’s acquisition of Marlin since the previous owner, Remington, is folding up. And that got me thinking about lever guns as defensive firearms.

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Securing Your Carry Gun

Posted on 6 March 2023

Quite a few years ago, I made a trip to visit my folks. Out of respect for my mother’s wishes, I took my Colt revolver off and put it on the shelf in the hall closet. That’s an old-time tradition in the … Continue reading →

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