Personal Defense

7 Affordable Defensive Handguns You Would Actually Want to Own

Image by Boch Cheap handguns used to mean junk. Thirty or fifty years ago, cheap meant anemic calibers, lousy triggers, poor quality construction and malfunctions galore. No more. Thanks to a number of improvements in…


Shootout Between California Home Owner and Attacker Caught on Video

Courtesy foxla.com An early morning home invasion attempt was stopped by an armed homeowner early Monday morning in Hesperia, California. And this one was caught on video by the homeowner’s door cam. From FoxLA.com ….


Lyft Fires a Cleveland Driver After She Defended Herself With a Gun From Carjackers

Shutterstock By Brandon Curtis A rideshare employee is looking for a new job after being fired by Lyft. The company decided to sever ties after the driver, Cynthia Norman, picked up two men in their…


Chicago Carjacker Calls 9-1-1 Because His Victim Pulled Gun on Him

Bigstock Go ahead, read that headline again. That’s right, Elliott Scott carjacked a tow truck in Chicago Tuesday. However, the truck’s rightful owner tracked down the flatbed thanks to GPS, whereupon the owner found Mr….


Rep. Thomas Massie: ‘Several of Us Were Glad to Be Armed While Barricaded’

Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky). AP image. Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) continues to boldly advocate for the proven benefits of firearm ownership and concealed carry. In the days after last week’s lockdown, he tweeted that “The next…



Vehicles As Weapons: Phoenix Police Shoot Man Attempting to Run Down His Girlfriend [VIDEO]

Image via Youtube from Phoenix PD. Capture by Boch. Some people just don’t have the Christmas spirit. Others can get downright surly – or homicidal during the holidays. Just such a thing happened early on…


Houston Home Owner Shoots, Kills a Man he Caught Breaking Into His Vehicle

Bigstock We highlight defensive gun uses here because they happen so often. According to the CDC, people use firearms to defend themselves in this country anywhere from 60,000 to 2.5 million times every year, depending…



Gun Store Burglars Meet the Owner During After Hours Break-In…It Went Poorly

Galesburg Guns. Image capture via Googlemaps. Americans use guns to protect their lives and families at home every day. Plenty more use guns to defend innocent life in the workplace as well. Facing multiple intruders,…