Chicago – A man with a concealed carry license investigated a loud argument coming from his neighbor’s house, and ended up shooting a man in the leg. The incident happened this past Tuesday between 10:30 and 11:00 pm. Police were dispatched to the 1500 block of West Juneway Terrace to look into what was phoned […]
5 Controversial Handgun Skills You Should Still Practice
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 […]
New Pistol Red Dots From Shield Sights
We’re still continuing our SHOT Show 2022 coverage, even though we’ve been home for nearly two weeks, and have fully recovered from the illnesses we’ve gotten. This time we’re going to showcase the new pistol red dots from Shield Sights. Shield RMSX: First up, we have the new RMSX red dot. This is a pistol […]
30 Super Carry Ballistics And Other Info
One of the most talked about new products of SHOT Show 2022 is Federal Premium’s new self-defense cartridge called 30 Super Carry. What is the 30 Super Carry? The 30 Super Carry is a 31 caliber self-defense cartridge designed to work in semi-automatic firearms. The slimmer cartridge profile allows the defender to carry more ammo […]
Pistol Training for Self Defense-Phase 3
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 […]
Defender’s Gun Jams After First Shot
Yesterday I shared an article that was a defensive gun use. The accompanying video is excellent in more ways than one. You can see the moment the defender pulled his gun and fired the shot. From the other angle you can see the bullet impacting the glass as it whizzes right past the alleged robber’s […]