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A Home Invasion Lesson

Jason Hanson — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:17:03 +0000

Are you prepared to handle a home invasion? The truth is, many people aren’t, and luckily, the gentleman you’re about to hear from didn’t have to find out the hard way. Here’s the email he sent me: (We’ll call him “C” as he asked me not to reveal his name.) “Jason, here is a story [...]

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Self-Defense Shooting and Disparate Force

Col (Dr) Benjamin Findley — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:59:35 +0000

It is a terrible thing when anyone takes the life of another and this should only be as a last resort after you have done everything possible to avoid a firearm confrontation. However, to protect your life and the lives of your loved ones in specific deadly scenarios, you might be faced with using a [...]

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Executive Protection Lessons Every American Needs to Know

Jason Hanson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:55:58 +0000

When I was with the Agency, I did a good amount of executive protection work. And although you may think executive protection work has nothing to do with you, you’re about to see how it applies to your own life. The fact is, when it comes to this type of security work, the most important [...]

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If You’re Over 55, Please Hand in Your Guns

Jason Hanson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:20:46 +0000

This past week I got a letter in the mail from a gentleman named Kurt who lives in Florida. Kurt took my concealed carry course and wrote to me, “In April I will be 86 years old, just recently bought my first firearm… I appreciate what you’re doing and I wish you well.” I appreciated [...]

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Will YOU Get Arrested During a Home Burglary?

Jason Hanson — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:27:58 +0000

Unless you live in the state of Texas, I encourage you to pay attention to what happened to a homeowner in Utah. The homeowner arrived at his house to find a suspicious vehicle in his driveway and his front door wide open. He retrieved a gun from his car and attempted to hold the two [...]

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General Legal Considerations for Use of Firearms in Self-Defense

Col (Dr) Benjamin Findley — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:50:45 +0000

I write this article merely to give you some general information and concepts about using firearms and deadly force for self-defense, as a classroom firearms trainer and not as an attorney teaching legal definitions, concepts, doctrine, or strategies. Understand that I am not a licensed Lawyer and most certainly am not offering legal advice, legal [...]

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Understanding the Criminal Mindset for Your Personal Self-Defense Decisions

Col (Dr) Benjamin Findley — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:34:26 +0000

Last week an unspeakable, very terrible tragedy occurred… the second largest mass murder in U.S. history, second only to the Virginia Tech University killing of 33 in 2007. On December 14, 2012 a 20-year-old shooter, Adam Lanza, took 3 weapons (2 pistols and M4 short carbine rifle) and massacred 26 young children, teachers, staff, and [...]

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How to Test Your New Gun

Jason Hanson — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:31:17 +0000

Like a lot of gun owners, I get in certain “moods” where I feel like carrying one of my guns for a while, and when that mood wears off, I switch to another gun. For instance, I’ve been carrying my Glock 19 a lot lately and I’ve been neglecting my Springfield 1911. But not anymore. Last week I decided [...]

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Why Your Business Needs Firearms Training and Small Unit Tactics

Ron Danielowski — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:30:45 +0000

You are a business owner sitting in your office finishing up some paperwork when you hear somebody scream. The scream is immediately followed by a gunshot, and then all hell breaks loose with more screams as gunshots begin to ring out successively. As seconds tick by more lives are shattered, lost, and families destroyed. What [...]

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What Gun To Purchase: Consider the 9mm Pistol for Self-Defense?

Col (Dr) Benjamin Findley — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:37:24 +0000

Most of you have probably already made your decision about what gun and caliber to carry or to use for self defense, but for those of you who have not and for those of you wavering due to the high cost of ammo and other considerations, I want to offer my personal ideas about my [...]

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My 3 Favorite Tactical Flashlights

Jason Hanson — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:29:01 +0000

Last week I was in Tennessee. I didn’t have a car and the only restaurant close to me was McDonald’s. At night, I kept telling myself I was going to call a cab, but let’s just say I ate a lot of McDonald’s and never want to go there again. While I was walking to [...]

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Making Sure You’re Not Followed

Jason Hanson — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:55:42 +0000

This past weekend I taught my Spy Escape and Evasion course in Las Vegas. I had a great group of students who were among the fastest ever to escape from the trunk of a car after being handcuffed. Among the topics covered during the course were surveillance and counter surveillance. I talked about the story [...]

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Why I Carry a Concealed Firearm

Col (Dr) Benjamin Findley — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:15:02 +0000

Although I served 30 years in the military and am trained in proper use of guns, I do NOT have an aggressive, macho “commando complex” that influences me to seek out danger and confront others physically or with force, which would make me one of the worst kind of predators. Although trained and prepared, I [...]

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The Best Home Alarm System Money Can Buy

Adam Kane — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:12:08 +0000

It Is Always On. It Has Some Of The Most Highly Advanced Sensors On The Planet. It Is Highly Intelligent And Adaptive It Will Not Fail You Even If You Fail It. Can You Guess What It Is? I’m talking about dogs, of course. But not the warm, cuddly, lovable house pets from your local [...]

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Should He Have Shot this Homeless Man?

Jason Hanson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:08:29 +0000

A close friend of mine is a police officer who recently took a second job as a security guard to earn extra money. He works for a large department store and last week was his very first day on the job. After his first shift he called me and said, “you’re never going to believe [...]

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Do You have a Personal Safety Plan?

Matt Schlueter — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:36:15 +0000

I was recently talking to a fellow shooter and he told me what he thought of a recent shooting that resulted in a murder locally. He thought the victim should have practicing their ABC’s and this may have ended differently. I was surprised by this and asked what the heck the alphabet had to do [...]

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Inadequate Words for September 11th

Jason Hanson — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:51:16 +0000

I’ve been sitting here for the last 30 minutes trying to write about September 11 th. But it’s one of those rare topics where words will not do it justice. Like me, you know doubt remember exactly what you were doing when the planes hit the towers that day. And you probably frantically called loved [...]

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Learning from the NYPD Shooting

Jason Hanson — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:42:30 +0000

You’ve probably heard about the shooting that took place on August 24, 2012 in New York City. In short, a former employee killed his co-worker and was then killed by two New York City Police Officers. One officer fired his gun 7 times and the other officer fired his gun 9 times. During this hail [...]

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2 Drills for the Advanced Gun Fighter

Jason Hanson — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:59:07 +0000

This past Saturday I taught one of my Advanced Defensive Pistol courses. I had a really great group of students – one of those special classes – special in a good way, not in a bad way, if you know what I mean. I can truthfully say there isn’t a person who attended the class [...]

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Fend for Yourself?

Daryl Dempsey — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:22:19 +0000

It seems that all too often these days’ cities are going bankrupt. In some cases, and to alleviate the pressure of bankruptcy, cities and small towns are cutting back budgets for public safety. Police and Fire Departments enduring the most of the cuts. Naturally, the citizens of these cities and towns are having massive whine [...]

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Quick Draw vs. Slow Draw

Jason Hanson — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:12:58 +0000

Today’s article is actually being written for my father-in-law, but I thought you’d find it interesting. Let me explain: My father-in-law is a computer wizard. All I can really tell you is that he builds super computers for Oracle, and after about the first 30 seconds of explaining his job to me I had no [...]

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When do Home Invasions Occur?

Jason Hanson — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:51:49 +0000

Do you know what time of day the majority of home invasions occur? Well, it isn’t during the night when you’re home asleep. Instead, most home invasions occur during the day while people are at work. I bring this up because this morning I got a call from my brother who lives in Salt Lake [...]

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What’s In Your Holster?

Matt Schlueter — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:01:37 +0000

Every citizen who chooses to carry a firearm for self-defense should have the right tools for the job. The concealed carry handgun is no different than choosing the right tool for the right job. When making the decision to purchase that handgun for self defense remember the accessories and training that go along with the [...]

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Snake Charmers and Guns

Jason Hanson — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:29:54 +0000

Last week, the Washington Post ran an article about a serpent-handling pastor who died of a snakebite. The pastor, Mack Wolford, believed that Christians were supposed to handle poisonous snakes to test their faith in God. And if, by chance, they were bitten by one of the snakes, they trusted in God that he would [...]

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Defending Against Attacking Animals

Matt Schlueter — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:11:14 +0000

The numbers of news stories about people who have been attacked by wild and domestic animals are very shocking. I also noted instances in these stories where people have defended themselves with their concealed carry pistols. While I was reading the news articles on animal attacks; I started thinking most people who learn to use [...]

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Shooting Accuracy – As We Age

Van Phillips — Thu, 31 May 2012 19:08:42 +0000

I don’t know about you, but as I age my biggest frustration is not being putting tight groups together on target with a pistol’s metal sights. I “was” damn good! Who knows about Top Shot as it wasn’t around when I was 30. But, I was good both with pistol and rifles. I wore glasses [...]

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Tips for Defensive Pistol Shooting

Matt Schlueter — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:16:32 +0000

I want to share a story from hunting season’s gone by. On opening day the rifle my friend was using had been dropped, unknown to us at the time the scope had been damaged causing its point of aim to be thrown way off. As our day continued my hunting partner, several other friends and [...]

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The Zombies Have Arrived

Jason Hanson — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:25:10 +0000

It’s a good thing ammunition companies started making Zombie ammo with green tips, a few months ago… And it’s a good thing there’s the Zombie Apocalypse store in Las Vegas… because they’ve finally arrived. By now, you’ve probably heard how a fellow named Larry Vega was going for a relaxing bike ride in Miami when [...]

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The 2nd Biggest Mistake Gun Owners Make?

Jason Hanson — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:50:19 +0000

The biggest mistake gun owners make is violating one of the four safety rules. Those are obviously non-negotiable and breaking the rules costs many people their lives and limbs. But, I believe the second biggest mistake gun owners make is not carrying their firearm often enough. Yesterday, I got a call from my brother who [...]

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Getting Out of Dodge

Johnathan Celso — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:04:02 +0000

It has been said that the greatest question you will ever ask when searching for the meaning of life is, “Why am I here?” It can also be said that the worst question you could ever ask when faced with a lethal encounter is, “Why am I here?” All too often though this is precisely [...]

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