Article first appeared at Americas 1st Freedom. Choosing a handgun is a subtle undertaking, at least the second time. This caveat acknowledges the simple fact that most first choices are at least partial mistakes, if not comparative disasters. There’s no mystery as to why. As a non-scientific poll recently conducted …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Many people who don’t have small children in the home have gotten into the practice of keeping a defensive firearm in a readily accessible gun safe somewhere in the house, immediately available in case of a home invasion or other violent crime. The key, …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. In 1966, a writer at the Palm Beach Post, in what is now a largely forgotten article, coined the term “comfort food” when they wrote “Adults, when under severe emotional stress, turn to what could be called ‘comfort food’- food associated with the security …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Statistics compiled by the FBI indicate that, during a self-defense situation where the victim’s gun must be fired, it takes an average of three rounds to survive the incident. That statistic is, no doubt, comforting to those who carry the ubiquitous five-shot .38 Special …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. The shooting world has exploded with the popularity of the AR-15 rifle, and rightfully so. The AR-15, based on a design by Eugene Stoner in 1956, has rapidly become America’s most popular rifle. Estimates on the number of AR-15s in civilian hands in the …

There was another mass shooting in a gun-free zone: this time in the Ft. Lauderdale airport in Florida. As I have said repeatedly, the most dangerous place in the world to be is in a gun-free zone. An example is the heavily gun-controlled city of Chicago. In a place where …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. They say beauty is only skin deep. That said, some people have difficulty looking past the surface. I think that is indeed the case with the recently leaked imagery of the new Taurus Spectrum pistol. Despite the jibes, perhaps rightly, Taurus has taken on …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. I have traveled throughout the world working with foreign militaries on firearms maintenance issues. I can say categorically that no military spends the money and takes weapons maintenance as seriously as the US military. Early in the war on terrorism, the US military made …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Steel targets are some of the best training tools you can buy. Steel saves you time, because you don’t have to walk downrange to assess your shooting. This is especially true of the steel that is static or does not fall over when hit. …

Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. Contrary to what you may see in a lot of the popular firearms media these days, the revolver as a self-defense tool is not dead. In fact, there are quite a few options available for those seeking a revolver for home defense, concealed …