Massad Ayoob

It is a prevalent myth that anyone shot in the back must obviously be the victim of a cowardly murderer....

To make a long story short, I was born into an armed household in 1948. I started carrying a gun...

I began writing this article the morning after the county school commission where I live approved a program to arm...

Editor’s note: We at Personal Defense World know full well that a gun’s paint job, engraving and the like have no...

Since 1950, Smith & Wesson’s snub-nose J-Frame revolver series has just about defined its own genre. Of its many variations,...

Police instructors and attorneys with experience often warn that using a gun with a “hair trigger” can be quicksand in...

I must have missed the treaty the bad guys signed that promised they’d allow the good guys to get closer...

Fact: Lawyers make mistakes. Certain courtroom strategies that have become conventional wisdom in typical assault/homicide defense cases tend to have poor...

History shows that when good guys are shooting it out with bad guys, the gunfire often gets hot and heavy....

In the first quarter of 2017, the prestigious International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) announced a new recommended policy...