What goes bump in the night? This is a question I've oft-asked myself since I was a young boy, trying my best to go to sleep at 8:00 p.m. on a school night. As I lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, I'd inevitably hear something. Whether it was a car parking or an…
Today is the first day of the Shot Show so I'm sure we will be seeing and hearing about many new products that will be released this year. To kick things off we will start with some of the new products Crimson Trace is being to the market. Most of them seem to be available…
There is a staggering array of available sighting systems for handguns today. One variety, which have been around for some time, is night sights. These rely on small vials of tritium, a radioactive agent, that perpetually glow to illuminate the sights in dark environments. Night sights tend to be loved or dismissed depending on who…
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As I write this, SHOT 2017 is wrapping up and a lot of you are salivating over the latest whiz-bang tactical toys that you saw either in person or via the many folks covering the event. Some looking useful, some were pointless; we’ll talk about that in another article. For right now, I have a…
As a gun writer, you make some interesting friends. Over the last few months I’ve been chatting back and forth with the good folks at Best Light, an online vendor of some of the best flashlight, lanterns, batteries, and related accessories available. I’m a flashlight nerd myself, so this was a fun chance to talk…
The first gun by most people's bed is usually a handgun. And for concealed carriers, chances are pretty good that gun will be their everyday carry. How comfortable do you feel clearing doorways and corners in your own home? That's a loaded question. The true answer is: no one is ever 100% on it. That's…
Most people have an EDC rig of some kind. EDC—everyday carry, for those of you new to the idea—is just that: the collection of things you carry with you every day in order to make life run more smoothly. Keys. Your phone. Lip balm. A cigarette lighter. Your wallet. The miscellaneous contents of your handbag/satchel/briefcase/etc—you…
Dear faithful and constant readers, we talk a lot, you and I, and we tend to talk about guns. Given the nature of this site, that makes perfect sense; it's a forum for firearms discussion and the exchange of information related to CCW issues. I would postulate that most of you carry concealed on a…
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…
The majority of self-defense shootings occur during low-light or the night time. The exact statistics are all over the place, but I’ve most frequently seen them as saying 60% to 79% of shootings occur in these conditions. It’s for this very reason that I recommend you have a flashlight and carry it with you. At…
