Training and Tactics: I Am the Bullet
I am the bullet—and I have no conscience. You will treat me with respect because, once I leave,…
Street Smarts: Suicide Isn’t Painless
Are you going to kill yourself? That abrupt query is not our usual attention-grabber meant to draw the…
Frontline Debriefs: Newhall Incident Revisited
Virtually from my first day in the LAPD Academy in 1976, I was instructed in all matters relative…
Good Guys Win!: Second Amendment in Action
Shootability” and magazine capacity of a duty-size auto, like this FN 509, can provide an added cushion of…
Enemy at the Gate: ATF Reverses “Sig Brace” Rule
Back in 2013, shooters were installing stabilizing braces on AR-15 pistols and other so-called “assault weapon”-based pistols. The…
Good Guys Win! Second Amendment in Action
Just after two o'clock in the morning, an Indianapolis, Indiana man was awakened by the sound of breaking glass. He grabbed his handgun and moved to investigate the noise. Arriving in his living room, he saw that a shadowy figure had broken out a side window in his home and was advancing toward him.
Briefing Room: Warning Shots
Recently my attention was brought to a paper published by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)…
Enemy at the Gate: Repeal the Hughes Amendment
Many gun rights advocates and organizations have greeted the election of Donald Trump as President and the Republicans’…
Good Guys Win: Second Amendment in Action
On a Monday morning in early March, a man entered a Subway restaurant in Acworth, Georgia and vaulted the counter, brandishing a gun and demanding money. There were no customers in the dining room, and one of the two employees in the store defended himself by drawing a handgun of his own.
Enemy at the Gate: Suppressors and the Lie of Gun Safety
The forcible citizen disarmament lobby, realizing that the term “gun control” has become toxic in the eyes of…