Preliminary crime statistics for 2011 released today by the FBI show a 4 percent decrease in violent crime–a continuation of a long-term downward trend nationwide. The report highlights that all four violent crime categories–murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault–declined in the country’s four major geographical regions and in all city …
By Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer There’s a lot of crossfire about guns these days. The Obama administration is under siege over Fast and Furious, a federal sting operation that allowed firearms to go to Mexican drug traffickers and was linked to the slaying of a Border Patrol agent. 1 Around Christmas 1928, Ernest Hemingway …
It is absolutely amazing the way some myths about self-defense continue to get passed around year after year and generation after generation. By Sheriff Jim Wilson (RSS) Just about the time it appears they have been proven false and dismissed, the same stuff pops up again. Part of this is probably due to the fact there are …
We have gone through several successive years of intense development of concealed-carry handguns, the vast majority of which were semi-automatic pistols. You are a mighty picky handgunner if you can’t find a subcompact 9 mm or .380 ACP to suit your needs and preferences. In the past, I have been assigned to review these new …
Lethal Force Institute’s Massad Ayoob gives Host Tom Gresham some essential tips for safely interacting with police when carrying a firearm while driving your vehicle. [youtube]http://youtu.be/dT-nePQuT-s[/youtube]
If you want to learn how to shoot a pistol faster and more accurately, shooting drills are a great place to start, whether you carry a pistol for a living, or carry concealed for self defense or personal protection. Shooting drills for practice 1. Dry Firing Practice: The use of dummy cartridges, dummy weapons and/or …
