Personal Defense

‘Smart Gun’ Fail: New LodeStar Works Not-So-Smart Pistol Couldn’t Fire Two Rounds Back-to-Back

Last week, we lambasted reports of a new “smart gun” that Reuters raved about in a glowing “exclusive.” Reuters reporter Daniel Trotta wrote that the third-generation prototype fired “without issue” during a live-fire demonstration for…


Not-So-Brotherly Love: Philly Notches 100 Carjackings in First Two Weeks of 2022 – VIDEO

Once upon a time, Philadelphia was better known for its brotherly love than for feral crime.  However, with Soros-funded prosecutor Larry Krasner putting criminals’ interests first and the people’s somewhere further down the list, along…


Random Thoughts On That First Home Defense Gun

As a firearms and personal defense instructor for just shy of 25 years, I’ve had countless people ask me what’s the best gun for home defense. If only it were so simple. That question is…


A Harsh Reminder: Mindset Matters More Than Marksmanship

A good concealed carry course should shock you a little bit. Many students go into a class thinking they’re getting training that could possibly make them a hero, and as TTAG and the NRA-ILA regularly…


Here We Go Again: Reuters Breathlessly Announces Another Revolutionary ‘Smart Gun’ That Will CHANGE EVERYTHING

The gun control industry coined the term “smart guns” many moons ago to describe what to date have been a series of flawed, unreliable firearms. Every few years since then, pretty much like clockwork, the…


UC Davis Study Reveals What Happens to a Disarmed Populace

By Lee Williams California is a violent place, despite having some of the most stringent anti-gun laws in the country. A new study by the University of California-Davis Firearm Violence Research Center is damning. It…


Home Defense in the UK: Singing the Praises of a .50 Cal. Air Pistol for Self-Defense

Here in America, we giggle at the muzzle energy and defensive performance of the .25 Auto round. In the land once known as Great Britain, where gun control long ago went from the stupid to…


Poor Victim Selection: Armed Merchant Shoots Back, Repeatedly [VIDEO]

Armed robbers are basically bullies, using a firearm as a tool to intimidate their victims into compliance. Like most bullies, when they face someone on an equal or superior playing field, they tend to retreat….


Chicago ‘Electronic Home Monitoring’ Program Gives Accused Criminals 48-Hour Free Passes

Criminal justice reform in Illinois has ensured that most violent criminals are back out on the street after an arrest with little or no bail. The worst of the arrestees get unbelieveably stringent requirement of…


Soon-To-Be Former Lyft Driver Shoots a Pair of Carjackers in the City of Brotherly Love

“Brotherly Love” surely seems to be a distant thing of the past in Philadelphia. Under the permissive policies of Philly DA Karry Krasner, and “bail reform” efforts, the city experienced a record number of shootings…