Featured History Trending Industry Spotlight: Meet Bleecker & Athlon Outdoors’ Emily Long By Massad Ayoob For what we believe to be the first time in the history of firearms journalism, the boss of a firearm... Read more »
Featured Legal News Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: Firearm Pranks Gone Wrong By Massad Ayoob The “fight or flight” response is triggered by fear. Some people enjoy creating fear in others for fun and profit.... Read more »
Featured Legal News Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: Common Mistakes that Make a Good Shoot Look Bad By Massad Ayoob I’ve been an expert witness for the courts in weapons-related cases, mostly shootings, since 1979. Whenever I hear some naïve... Read more »
Legal News Self-Defense and the Law: Armed School Teachers Thwart Mass Murders By Massad Ayoob The 1999 atrocity at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, triggered a trend of mass murders committed by hate-filled losers.... Read more »
Featured Legal Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: Bad Advice—Debunking Self-Defense Case Myths By Massad Ayoob Perhaps the most prevalent myth, or advice, you find in discussions of self-defense shooting aftermaths is “a good shoot is... Read more »
Featured Legal Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: Don’t Let a Bad Lawyer Fumble the Defense By Massad Ayoob For decades, I’ve tried to impress upon my students the importance of having a defense lawyer who isn’t just good... Read more »
Featured Legal News Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: When is it Okay to Use Deadly Force Against Carjackers? By Massad Ayoob The use of deadly force is always ugly. Likewise, it can upset people so greatly that even trained legal minds... Read more »
Legal News Self-Defense and the Law: 6 Cases that Illustrate Liabilities of a Hair Trigger By Massad Ayoob Shooters who think “light trigger equals good trigger” – often because they’ve been jerking their trigger and the lighter pull... Read more »
Featured Legal News Personal Defense Self-Defense and the Law: An Examination of the Justified Use of Lethal Force By Massad Ayoob Welcome to the digital edition of Personal Defense World magazine. By way of introduction to new readers, my name is... Read more »
Featured History News Trending Jennifer Crumbley, Mother of Oxford Shooter, Found Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter By Massad Ayoob I was in the car listening to the radio news on the afternoon of February 6, 2024, when the verdict... Read more »