Search Results: Home defense tactics

Safety with Weapon Mounted Lights

For light use inside the home, Rob Pincus advocates using a light that is separate from your gun. If you’re using a handgun, it’s relatively simple. But when employing a long gun, things become more complicated as, for example, both your hands will be on the gun.

Home Defense Handgun Drills at a TIR

If you’re stuck in a static position inside a booth at an indoor range, this drill is useful for practicing home defense handgun tactics. PDN Contributor Andy Loeffler demonstrates the lock-box drill, in which the shooter pictures himself being under attack in the confines of his home. The shooter must take the gun out of…

Prepare & Defend 7-DVD Set

Description 7-DVD Set: Prepare & Defend Prepare for many situations and defend yourself with more confidence! Within this significant selection of 7 DVDs, Rob Pincus will teach you about a variety of personal defense techniques and tactics, from shooting in realistic environments to scenario training and more. With over 7 hours of content you’ll learn…

“Importance of Defensive Firearms Training” Essay Contest

Everyone has their own reasons for seeking out defensive training. PDN asked members of the Professional Outdoor Media Association to write a short essay explaining why they think it’s important. Here are the top five essays from these professional communicators… I think they’re great! While you may not need to be motivated to train, you…

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Tactical Shooting Drill with Red Stitch Hexstar Target

To get the most value from shooting steel targets, modify your steel target training or practice session so it applies to a defensive encounter. PDN Contributors Deryck Poole of Echo-5 Training Group and Don Edwards of Greenline Tactical demonstrate with a Red Stitch Targets Hexstar. SHOOTING STEEL TARGETS They’ve modified the target plates by adding…

Streamlight ProTac HL-X Tactical Flashlight

A tactical flashlight is one of the most useful pieces of defensive gear we can have, and in fact it’s a good idea to have several—for the vehicle, work, everyday carry, and a few staged in different parts of the home. PDN’s Deryck Poole of Echo 5 Training has a powerful, reliable, and economical tactical…

What’s in Your Tactical Walls Common Area? – SPONSORED

The Tactical Walls RFID unit that you place in an entryway or common area in your home will probably not contain the same items that the unit in a more secure area such as a barricade room will contain. If you take your preparation for armed home defense seriously, you already understand the importance of…

Safe At Home

When most people think about personal protection, they mainly think about how to stay safe outside their homes. While the vast majority of crime against citizens occurs outside the home, home invasion robberies and worse DO occur. Crime statistics are difficult to track down specific to “home invasion,” but “property-related crimes” (robbery or burglary) have…

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Training with a Virtual Target System

How can you train your defensive firearms skills without going to the range? The iMarksman training system gives you the opportunity to train personal defense tactics inside your own home. It’s an inexpensive, flexible and very efficient system to use and allows you to do some things better than you can against paper targets at…

A Defensive Handgun, Two Magazines, and $1000

What’s next? Many people who buy a handgun fall into one or more categories: recreation, competition, or self-defense. Normally I find those who buy a gun for recreation or competition understand the budget required to manage their new hobby. But people who buy a handgun for self-defense often aren’t knowledgeable about the associated expenses of…

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