Featured Legal Training Trending 5 Common Myths on How to Survive a Gunfight By Massad Ayoob • December 31, 2022 Sometimes, what seems like good advice at the time is proven later to be not so great. The record shows... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense How to Get Out of a Rear Choke Hold By Massad Ayoob • December 31, 2022 It's critical to know what to do instantly if you're ever in a rear choke hold, because it can happen... Read more »
Featured Legal Training Trending 10 Commandments of Concealed Carry By Massad Ayoob • November 14, 2022 Carrying a lethal weapon in public confers a grave power that carries with it great responsibilities. Here are the 10... Read more »
Featured Legal Personal Defense Trending We’re Here to Give You the FYI on Stand Your Ground Law Cases By Massad Ayoob • March 24, 2022 There are many misunderstandings in the media and public perception about the laws in the United States that govern the... Read more »
Guns Handguns Trending Dropped Gun Inertia Discharge By Massad Ayoob • March 9, 2022 Dangers of non-drop-safe handguns—four cases show what to avoid! Read more »
Accessories Featured Holsters Legal Personal Defense Trending To Flee, Or Not? Should You Leave the Scene After a Defensive Shooting? By Massad Ayoob • December 29, 2021 I don’t usually quote from the Bible in this column, but for this issue’s topic, about whether or not to... Read more »
Concealed Carry Featured Legal Personal Defense Trending How the Suicide by Cop Phenomenon Crosses Paths with Armed Citizens By Massad Ayoob • December 13, 2021 Some in the mental health profession used to call it “schizophrenic suicide”: involving others in one’s own deliberate self-destruction. It... Read more »
Featured History Personal Defense Trending A History of Self-Defense Shootings in Times of Widespread Emergency By Massad Ayoob • March 18, 2020 I’m writing this in the early stages of the COVID-19 virus panic. Schools are empty, theaters are shut down, many... Read more »
Concealed Carry Featured Legal Personal Defense Trending 6 Real-Life Cases That Highlight the Dangers of Open Carry By Massad Ayoob • October 18, 2019 Open carry, where you wear a handgun visibly, is a controversial issue among law-abiding armed citizens. The practice can deter... Read more »
Featured Personal Defense 3 Cases When a Good Guy With a Gun Was Mistaken for a Bad Guy By Massad Ayoob • July 1, 2019 An impartial review of the dynamics of stopping mass murder shows that the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre was right when he... Read more »