Personal Defense

First-Time Gun Buyer’s Guide, Fall 2020 Edition: NOW What Should I Buy?

Nick Leghorn for TTAG Rumor has it that “may you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse, and these are definitely interesting times. Between the civil unrest currently happening in various parts of…



Civil Liability: Even If Your Defensive Gun Use Was Ruled Justified, It May Not Be Over

Shutterstock By Rob Geiger You’ve survived the scariest moment of your life, successfully defending yourself against an attacker. You’ve also made it through an exhaustive criminal investigation, where you were exonerated after asserting that you…


Woman With a Gun Stops Deadly Knife Attack in Michigan Meijer Store

Shutterstock As we’re constantly told by some of the nation’s smartest minds (here, here, here and here), the idea of a “good guy with a gun” stopping violence and saving lives is a silly fantasy…


Why Do Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns Continue to Embrace Extremist Violence?

A mostly peaceful rioter tosses a Molotov cocktail in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) By Larry Keane Sorry, Mayors Against Illegal Guns. We didn’t know you were still here. Mea culpa. It’s just that no…


Woman With a Gun Holds Would-Be Oregon Arsonist Until Police Arrive

Courtesy Kat Cast and Facebook You’ve probably been reading about the plague of fires throughout the west that are due to — what else? — climate change. Well it turns out that plenty of the…


3 Lessons Every Gun Owners Needs to Know to Avoid Legal Trouble

Shutterstock By Edwin Walker As an attorney, I’ve had a lot of experience dealing with what gun owners have done to make their situations more complicated and difficult before, during, and after using force or…


Gun Review: Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum

Virgil Caldwell for TTAG Several thoughts come to mine when you examine the Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum. The old truism, ‘carried much and fired little’ is one of them. A gun for…


Personal Defense: Rioters are Damaging My Car…What Can I Legally Do?

Shutterstock By Emily Taylor You’re walking out of the grocery store and heading toward your car. To your surprise, you see that a violent mob has descended on the parking lot and is vandalizing vehicles….