Legal Issues

  1. Are There Holes In Your Training Resume?

    A person needs to attend formal firearms training courses for at least one, if not two, very good reasons. The first reason is, of course, to learn how to use the firearm safely and competently for self-defense. The second reason is one you may not have thought very much about, but which could prove equally important. Read More »

  2. The Reasonable Man Doctrine

    At first I intended to write about one of the sexier aspects of self-defense as it pertains to the legal arena, perhaps something about the 21-foot rule or maybe why shooting someone in the back isn t necessarily murder. Read More »

  3. Problem Two: Legal Issues in Self-Defense

    The late, great Col. Jeff Cooper, founder of the famous firearms school Gunsite, first called the issue of dealing with the criminal justice system after a self-defense shooting "problem two." Specifically, he opined that surviving the deadly force encounter was "problem one," and everything that occurred afterward (the emotional, societal and legal issues) was "problem two." Read More »

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