Personal Defense




Detroit Jewelry Store Owner Shoots Robber 4 Times after Being Stabbed by Stickup Man

Courtesy Fox2Detroit Detroit suburb Hamtramck apparently isn’t a place where jewelry thieves should feel safe. “‘I don’t know of any of our jewelry stores where they’re not armed, so it’s very foolish for someone to…


Caliber Comparison: 9mm vs. .38 Special

When we look at different cartridges there is often a focus on the disembodied numbers that describe them. All too often there’s a mental disconnect between the numbers and reality, and in many cases the…


How to Use a Flashlight for Armed Self-Defense

Courtesy Jeff Gonzales At a recent class, a student asked me about using a flashlight for self-defense while carrying concealed. My first response: are you carrying a good handheld light? My second: do you understand its…



Following Indictment, Missouri Governor Parson Again Vows to Pardon the McCloskeys if Convicted

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) After St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner had sent police to confiscate the guns that Michael and Patricia McCloskey used in their much-photographed defense of their St. Louis…


BREAKING: McCloskeys Indicted on Charges of Displaying Weapons, Tampering With Evidence

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, stand in front their house along Portland Place confronting protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house in the Central West End of St. Louis. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson told…