The origins of pistol fast draw trace back to the Old West frontier when gunslingers’ speed and dexterity with their revolvers could mean the difference between life and death. Legends like Wild Bill Hickok and Doc Holliday became famous not just for marksmanship, but for their ability to rapidly draw, …

A pregnant woman in Houston, Texas, decided to take food to her husband at his work on June 27. But, after she’d parked her vehicle and gotten out, two armed men in an SUV that was parked nearby exited their vehicle. The two verbally accosted the woman, who called out …

A recent incident in Las Vegas proved once again that armed citizens save lives—and sometimes many, many lives. On June 23, a man wearing a helmet and armed with a rifle and other firearms charged into the Turnberry Towers luxury condominiums in Las Vegas and began firing shots in the …

While violent encounters in public spaces are rare, they can and do occur. If you should find yourself in the middle of such an event, the rationale behind the actor or actors is not important. What is important is that you are prepared, aware and capable. I have studied events …

Several anti-gun measures that were rejected by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year are back in play in a special session that convened on Aug. 21. Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) special session, ostensibly to address “public safety,” has quickly turned into an anti-gun barrage with proposals under consideration that …

The Turkish-manufactured Canik brand of polymer-frame, striker-fired semi-automatic handguns have developed a reputation for feature-laden pistols at an affordable price. For 2023, the company is adding a new micro-compact 9 mm Luger pistol to the line-up, the Mete MC9. The MC9 takes all of the features of the Canik Mete and puts …

When horrible events happen, people want to know why. Why was a random group of people targeted to have their innocent day destroyed by violence and terror? Why did the culprit choose that group of victims, that day on the calendar, that specific location? And who? Who was the mastermind behind the event? …

Celebrating one’s first-year wedding anniversary is typically meant to be a time of joy. To mark the occasion, my new spouse and I were planning to take a long weekend in a major city in Southeastern Virginia, sample plenty of the local cuisine and engage in one of my wife’s …

Appendix carry and I don’t get along that well. We folk with a little extra padding around the midsection weren’t really designed to have a holster at the 12- or 1-o’clock positions. Appendix carry, however, is all the rage these days—and for good reasons. First, accessing a handgun carried in …

There are many firearm companies with affordably priced, broadly marketed guns that have become almost ubiquitous, thanks to their popularity within the larger firearm community. FN America is not one of those companies. That’s not to say that it produces undesirable firearms. Quite the contrary, in fact. Who doesn’t want a SCAR? …