Personal Defense







What I’m Carrying Now: A Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 and an IFAK

Courtesy Chris Whisler Chris Whisler writes . . . I recently switched from carrying a 9mm Colt LW 1911 Commander to a 4″ Smith & Wesson Model 19-4 .357 Magnum in a Galco Combat Master…


Why Americans are Buying Guns: Cops Getting Sick, Departments Stretched Thin

Detroit Police Chief James Craig has been diagnosed with COVID19. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) By Jake Bleiberg and Corey Williams, Associated Press More than a fifth of Detroit’s police force is quarantined; two officers have died…


Why Americans are Buying Guns: Red Cross Worries About COVID19 Urban Violence

(AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) Social unrest could erupt among the urban poor and marginalised in the West’s biggest cities as they lack sources of income amid the COVID-19 crisis, the head of the International Federation…


Blue Collar Prepping with Erin Palette

Stocking up on essentials before an issue arises doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. (Photo: Jacki Billings/Guns.com) Erin Palette may be the face of Operation Blazing Swords but she also knows a…