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Mass Pike Road Rage like no other!

February 11, 2019 By Staff & filed under Blog.

Road rage caught on camera, with twists and turns that you do not see every day! A 65 year old man was caught on camera holding on for dear life after a fender bender resulted in road rage unlike anything we’ve seen this year so far. The incident in Massachusetts ended up with a man…

Anytime, anywhere, even at 6:30AM on the way to work!

January 18, 2019 By Staff & filed under Blog.

The last thing you'd expect is for a hard working person to have to face. Up and ready to catch the bus before the light of day, many people feel safe in their cities due to their personal values, great situational awareness, and a firearm by their side with a concealed carry permit. Even in…

Irresponsible off duty US Border Patrol Agent causes 47,000 acre wildfire

December 11, 2018 By Staff & filed under Blog.

The newly released video from 2017 was featured on INSIDE EDITION recently and shows the shot that started it all during a baby announcement gone very, very wrong. Gender reveal parties have become the norm in America for many expecting families. Popping balloons to reveal confetti is one thing. Shooting binary explosives to reveal your…

Five Fundamentals of Home Defense Training

December 12, 2017 By Jamie Onion & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Home Defense.

As a law enforcement officer, I have a front-row seat for watching crime trends grow or decline. I use that experience to my advantage as a firearms trainer for both law enforcement and the private citizen. HOME INVASION An area of increasing concern is the occupied home invasion, which can be defined as an incident…

Pistol Caliber Carbines: the Rodney Dangerfield of defensive firearms

April 25, 2017 By Grant Cunningham & filed under Blog, Long Guns, Self Defense Firearms.

“I don’t get no respect, no respect at all!” — Rodney Dangerfield If there ever was a gun which “experts” delighted in ridiculing, it’s the pistol caliber carbine or PCC. “No use for them”; “inferior to a rifle”; “why bother?”; these are some of the predictable comments made by shooting enthusiasts and tactical training hobbyists…

Gift of Personal Safety and other Holiday Security Tips

December 22, 2015 By Grant Cunningham & filed under Blog.

This is a wonderful time of year, full of joy and good cheer. (Hey, I could write greeting cards!) Yet not everyone looks at the holiday season in the same spirit; for some, this is an invitation to larceny — or worse. How do you keep yourself and your family safe from harm yet still…

Auditory Exclusion: Will It Happen Every Time?

June 26, 2013 By Daniel Watson & filed under All Articles, Defensive Training Concepts.

How important is your hearing? It’s something I value highly. The ability to hear a bad guy sneaking up on me in a parking lot is high on my list of reasons why, but so are the rustle of the wind through the trees, the sound of donkeys braying in the pasture, the call of…

Defensive Detour: Coping With Limited Mobility

February 22, 2013 By Andy Loeffler & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Personal Defense.

Life throws us the occasional curveball. Circumstances beyond our control can compel us to change the way we do things, and these changes can manifest themselves in any aspect of our day-to-day activities, including our self-defense strategies.My family and I recently encountered one of these curveballs. Although it was a relatively minor and temporary situation,…

Safety in Rural Environments

September 12, 2012 By Mike Riter & filed under All Articles, Defensive Issues, Family Self Defense.

I’ve talked to numerous friends, coworkers, students, family, and others about their perception of security in rural environments. The majority assume that living outside of heavily urban or suburban areas decreases the likelihood of their encountering a situation in which they would have to defend themselves or their loved ones from a lethal threat. I…