Training & Technique

This is Why You Really Should Rotate Your Carry Gun Ammunition Regularly

Many folks — cops included — load up their self-defense sidearm, and then those tools silently serve and protect their owners from bad people with evil in their hearts. Unfortunately, most of us don’t think…



Sinistromanual Pro Tip: If You’re a Lefty, Learn to Shoot Right-Handed

Reader Curtis in IL writes: While we’re well past Left Handers Day, if you’re a southpaw like me, you know the burdens we bear. Besides being smarter and better looking than everyone else, we’re constantly…


How To Become Proactive About Safety and Security at Your Kids’ or Grandkids’ School

Our children are priceless. There’s literally nothing most parents won’t do to ensure their health and safety. Mitigating risks to your kids and grandkids should be high on your priority list. This includes the time…


Gun Tweet of the Day: The Four Rules Apply Always, Everywhere and to Everyone

Boss put a .32 in the cabinet. pic.twitter.com/UW70ezstWU — Pancreas Thief (@PancreasThief) November 11, 2022 Oops. We assume no one was injured when that gun “went off.” Let’s hope so. We’ve heard stories of retailers…


6 Ways Good Guys Screw Up in Self-Defense Situations

You have the right to use deadly force when faced with an imminent, credible threat of death or grievous bodily harm. This applies even in anti-gun, anti-self-defense jurisdictions with Soros-funded prosecutors (i.e. Houston, Los Angles,…


Thanks, Chicago!: Guns Save Life Trades Still More Clunkers For Cash to Fund Kids Shooting Programs

  At Guns Save Life, the Illinois-based gun rights group, we’ve lost count of how many times we’ve traded broken down clunker firearms to the “do-gooders” in Chicago for perfectly good cash. What makes it…


CARJACKING DEFENSIVE TIPS: How to Avoid Becoming a Victim

Not long ago, Guns Save Life welcomed one of the best firearm instructors in the nation at our GSL meeting. During his visit, Brian Smith talked about strategies for dealing with the rampant carjackings taking…


Korean War Era Ammo: Even Stored Under Sub-Optimal Conditions, Every Round Fired Almost 70 Years Later

This past weekend, I had a chance to fire an M1 Carbine I recently found in the bottom of a lake. My diving crew friends also recovered some ammo with the gun. Uncle Sam’s Lake…


Personal Preparedness: Are You Ready For More ‘Societal Change’?

Some days it feels like the Biden administration is at war with Western Civilization. It’s almost as if they want to take Americans down a few pegs in terms of our standard of living. They’re…