Your Defensive Gun Should Be Boring
The firearms industry is very good at selling us things. There is always a new trigger, barrel, compensator, optic, grip, spring, magazine extension or other im...
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When Should You Replace Your Carry Ammo?
People who carry a firearm for personal protection tend to spend a great deal of time thinking about ammunition when they first choose it. They research manufac...
Your Gun Is Not a Plan
One of the stranger things about the firearms world is how much time many spend preparing our equipment and how little time they spend preparing themselves. Man...
What a Firearm Background Check Is Designed to Verify
A firearm background check is a legal eligibility screening, not a test of someone’s experience, judgment, or ability to handle a firearm safely. Understandin...
The First Shot Matters
Spend enough time around serious shooters and eventually someone will start talking about numbers. Draw times, split times, reload times, transition times, we h...
Confidence Is Quiet
Spend enough time around firearms, and you’ll begin to notice an interesting pattern. The people who know the least often feel compelled to tell you the m...
Your Gear Doesn’t Rise to the Occasion—You Do
Walk into any gun store, scroll through social media, or spend a few minutes on a firearms forum, and you’ll quickly notice something. We love gear. The l...
The Difference Between Shooting and Fighting
Spend enough time at a gun range and you’ll see plenty of people who can shoot. Spend enough time studying real violence, and you begin to realize that sh...
The Tueller Principle: A Reality Check for Concealed Carry
For many people, carrying a firearm creates a sense of security. That is understandable. A firearm can absolutely be an important defensive tool. But one of the...