Category Archives: Home Defense

Seeing Your Front Sights: It’s Really Important

The tendency in a gunfight – especially if a person doesn’t have good training – is to shoot as fast as the attacker is. The problem is that misses accomplish nothing, and peripheral hits often don’t either. Once a fight has … Continue reading

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Your Vehicle and Self Defense

I have heard some folks comment that if they were surrounded by a crowd of rioters, they would just step on the gas and drive right on through them, running over rioters if necessary, in order to make their getaway. … Continue reading

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Deadly Force Situations: Being Decisive Matters

I recently saw a post on social media in which a guy explained that you should just reason with a person who has just committed a home invasion by breaking into your house. At first, I thought it was a joke—and I … Continue reading

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Understanding the Defensive Double

Contrary to what one sees in the movies and television, defensive handgun cartridges rarely cause a dynamic physical reaction by those hit. I have seen men hit at fairly close range with the .45 ACP and with the .357 Mag. … Continue reading

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