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17 Most Fun Guns To Own or Shoot

January 11, 2023 By Joshua Gillem

sniper rifle

I know you’ve heard of the whole bucket list thing, right? In case you haven’t, a bucket list is filled with things you want to do before you die. What follows here is a combination of my gun bucket list, as well as firearms that I’d suggest for someone else’s. I have fired a lot […]

Filed Under: Gun Info, Best Of Lists, Opinion, Rifles Tagged With: automatic, best, guns, list, rifles, self-defense lifestyle

Should I Shoot My Carry Gun?

December 20, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

Once again I came across a comment in a gun forum that’s got me scratching my head. This time around, the question is about whether or not other people shoot their carry gun. The guy posting the comment was buying a new-used carry pistol, and was informed by the seller that he had never shot […]

Filed Under: Defensive Gun, Training Tagged With: concealed carry, defensive gun, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle, training

Top 12 Best 9mm Handguns (2023)

December 3, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

Updated from November 2018 and April 2021. This list of the best 9mm pistols has been evolving over the past four or five years. It started out as a short list of seven or so pistols, grew to about 20 with the last iteration, and is being shortened back down again as I’m done trying […]

Filed Under: Best Of Lists, Concealed Carry, Gun Info, Handguns, Opinion Tagged With: 9mm, caliber, concealed carry, handgun, pistol, revolver, second amendment, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle

5 Industry-Wide Practices That Are False

November 3, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

There are a lot of practices that are industry-wide that many would have you believe are correct. Not only are they not correct, they’re sometimes dangerous. These are things that, as far as I can tell, need to go away completely, or at least be fixed. Some of these are based in merit and have […]

Filed Under: Gun Info, Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Opinion Tagged With: concealed carry, self-defense lifestyle, training

How To Be The Grey Man in a Crowd

July 11, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

A grey man is one who fits in. He doesn’t look tactical in any way and fits in like he is supposed to be there. Please know that when I say “man” I’m also including the better looking, not to mention smarter, of our species. Then again, women tend to fit in better than men […]

Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Gun Info, Opinion Tagged With: concealed carry, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle

Why Speaking To Anyone After Defensive Gun Use Is A Bad Idea

March 31, 2022 By Joshua Gillem

Defensive Gun Use

It’s never a good idea to speak your mind freely to the press after you’ve been involved in any kind of shooting, even if it’s a defensive gun use that is likely to be justifiable in a court of law. Of course, we cannot determine what is or is not justifiable, here, on our little […]

Filed Under: Gun Info, Industry News Tagged With: 357, defensive gun use, magnum, revolver, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle

Why You Should Get Trained, Even In a Constitutional Carry State

March 29, 2022 By Terry Nelson

All of us have an inherent right of self-defense. Concealed carry or open carry training be damned. Right? But is the trend towards constitutional carry without any training necessarily a good thing?   In all likelihood, no. Before you get a rope, please don’t get me wrong; I believe in your right to protect yourself and […]

Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Opinion, Training Tagged With: concealed carry, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle, training

Five Non-Gun Defense Techniques for Daily Living

March 14, 2022 By Terry Nelson

No doubt most folks reading this are students of defensive living. Many of you are advocates of concealed carry or open carry on a daily basis, and I couldn’t agree more with that lifestyle. However, living defensively begins with practices you should develop or hone on a constant basis and none of these mandate gun […]

Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Lady's Concealed Carry, Training Tagged With: concealed carry, guns, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle

5 Controversial Handgun Skills You Should Still Practice

February 8, 2022 By Terry Nelson

Having been a firearms and tactics trainer for decades now, you might imagine that many defensive firearms training topics and techniques have changed over the years; some are even downright controversial. In the last few weeks you may have read my articles concerning pistol training for self-defense, phase-1, phase-2, and phase-3. Interestingly there are a few concepts and […]

Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Gun Info, Handguns, Training Tagged With: concealed carry, guns, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle, training

Pistol Training for Self Defense-Phase 3

February 3, 2022 By Terry Nelson

In my last post I discussed pistol training for self-defense-Phase 2. In this, the last of a three-part series let’s move up the scale of training to Phase-3. Understand, this is a baseline formula for teaching progressive skills to students who are serious about dedicated pistol training. It may not be everyone’s approach, but it has […]

Filed Under: Concealed Carry, Defensive Gun, Handguns, Opinion, Training Tagged With: concealed carry, defensive gun use, self-defense, self-defense lifestyle, training

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