Featured Legal News Personal Defense We’re Here to Give You the FYI on Stand Your Ground Law Cases By Massad Ayoob There are many misunderstandings in the media and public perception about the laws in the United States that govern the... Read more »
Guns Handguns News Dropped Gun Inertia Discharge By Massad Ayoob Dangers of non-drop-safe handguns—four cases show what to avoid! Read more »
Accessories Featured Holsters Legal News Personal Defense To Flee, Or Not? Should You Leave the Scene After a Defensive Shooting? By Massad Ayoob 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 News Personal Defense How the Suicide by Cop Phenomenon Crosses Paths with Armed Citizens By Massad Ayoob 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 News Personal Defense A History of Self-Defense Shootings in Times of Widespread Emergency By Massad Ayoob 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 News Personal Defense 6 Real-Life Cases That Highlight the Dangers of Open Carry By Massad Ayoob 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 An impartial review of the dynamics of stopping mass murder shows that the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre was right when he... Read more »
Featured Guns News Personal Defense 8 Real Cases That Illustrate Why You Should Be Carrying a Gun at Home By Massad Ayoob A few years ago at an IDPA match, the chief range officer read off the scenario description of one stage... Read more »
Concealed Carry Featured News 4 Cases That Highlight the Thorny Subject of Concealed Carry at Work By Massad Ayoob You work in a place of business that may be prone to armed robberies, but the employer insists that all... Read more »
Featured Guns Legal News Personal Defense Politics 9 Cases That Prove Why We Need AR-15-Style Carbines and Pistols By Massad Ayoob Though no military on the planet has ever adopted the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle for its armed services, anti-gun forces disparage... Read more »