Home & Personal Security
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3:52With gun safety in mind, Rob Pincus explores the options for staging a defensive handgun in a clandestine storage unit or quick-access safe in the home. HOME-DEFENSE SCENARIO During the stress of a home-defense incident, it’s easy to press the trigger on a handgun as you try to retrieve it from its storage area. The
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4:57The 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
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2:45Ken Crawford of Reno Guns & Range discusses an important home defense concept: how to move through your home with a handgun without endangering your family. Bump in the Night Whether you hear the proverbial bump in the night or for any reason believe you need to get your handgun because a lethal threat may
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1:33In all our fundamentals of home defense tactics, we talk about communicating with 911, calling emergency services, and letting law enforcement know something bad is happening in our home. Home Invasion Scenario If you’re barricaded in your staging area with your family — and whether you have a firearm or not — calling 911 is
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3:54What should you do if your gun is stolen? This is a question that responsible firearms owners ask, as well as those who are anti-gun or neutral but curious on the issue of guns. By the very nature of its theft, a stolen firearm is now in the wrong hands — it’s in the hands
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4:45One of the fundamental principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and great home self-defense techniques is establishing boundaries, which get people to go where we want them to and keep them out of areas we don’t want them in. Boundaries include everything from a row of statues to a waist-high hedgerow, chest-high hedgerow, fences,
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6:27If someone you don’t know knocks on your door when you’re not expecting anyone, what should you do? Kelly Muir, founder of “Be the Wrong Woman,” starts by addressing the security of the door itself and moves on to the question of “stay or go,” maintaining a secure room, problems with hiding places, and fighting
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4:05During a lethal-force encounter inside your home with home defense weapons, you don’t want to hit a family member or other innocent people. It’s important to learn which objects in your home make safe backstops and which will not stop a round that’s been fired. Rob Pincus fires a pistol, carbine and shotgun at a
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2:13Gander Mountain Academy instructor Randy Lilly offers valuable tips for what should be included in your family emergency plan for your home. The most important things are to have a plan that all family members are part of and that you practice together. Plan components include calling 911, assembling in a designated spot inside or
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