There is a reason why military recruits and police cadets learn to shoot a 9mm handgun during boot camp and police academy – and it is the same reason the 9mm is such a popular handgun with all kinds of ...
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Cover vs. Concealment
If you are ever put in a position where you have to duck from firing bullets—let’s say that an intruder breaks in and there is a confrontation—where are you going to hide so you don’t get shot? Are you looking ...
Read More »It Is Not Enough to Just Own a Gun
I have been a gun owner for as long as I can remember. Being raised in the environment that I was it was just a way of life for my family. Some of my earliest memories are of me hunting ...
Read More »Defending Yourself and Your Family: Safety Tips for the College Student
As a parent, it can be one of the hardest things to do – sending your son or daughter off to college. This can be especially hard if you read some of the staggering statistics on crimes committed against college ...
Read More »Defending Yourself and Your Family: Safety Tips for Parents and Teens
Although our children have not hit the “teen world” yet, as a youth pastor I get to deal with this stage pretty much each and every day of my life. Some of my worst nightmares occur when my wife and ...
Read More »Defending Yourself and Your Family: Safety Tips for Parents and the Pre-Teen
This is the second part of a series on how to defend yourself and your family. In the first article we focused on how to protect your younger children – around 10 and under. Now we are going to focus ...
Read More »Non-Lethal Self-Defense
According to the F.B.I. Bureau of Crime Statistics, there are over 1,300,000 violent crimes reported every year in this country, and these include over 800,000 aggravated assaults, over 88,000 forcible rapes, and over 400,000 robberies. People often feel uneasy in ...
Read More »Twisting the Barrel
by Tim McKnight The United States and Australia share many similarities. We speak the same language though with interestingly different accents, our nations both began as British colonies, and our cultures, political systems and laws are based on the same ...
Read More »The Mossberg 12-gauge Shotgun
Turkey season is coming soon in the Deep South, and hunters are gearing up by practicing turkey calls, working their squawk boxes, and making sure their shotguns are ready for the hunt. Whether you prefer the ambiance of the sound ...
Read More »How to Identify an Agent Provocateur
As governments around the world, including our own, face more and more popular resistance, we’re witnessing a revival of the use of agent provocateurs. An agent provocateur is the well-used tactic of using undercover military or police to join a dissenting group or protest in order to provoke others in the group to carry out illegal actions and violence. The goal is to discredit the group from the inside. Sometimes the group gets discredited with those outside. Other times the group is ...
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