Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we talked about jackets that were specifically designed for concealed carry and their validity. If you missed the article last week, be sure to check it out with the link here. This week, we will take a closer look at the trend of customizing carry guns and if they make a massive difference when it comes to self-defense. The aftermarket sector of the gun industry is a massive part of the market and there’s a reason there are so many products for various defensive handguns. Does it make a huge…
Author: Samuel Griffin
https://youtu.be/L1zJHCErUD0 Every time the Robinson Armament XCR reenters the chat sphere, this time with Mike Jones, I have to think about what could have been had this little company been able to compete with what the Belgians can produce. That isn’t a comment on the rifle design, it is a comment on sheer production capacity and the random things that can get you disqualified from a government contract. The Blank Firing Adapter did the XCR in from the SCAR competition back in the early 00’s. But that is what it is and the FN SCAR has been a sturdy rifle…
At the aggregate level, shotgun slugs are nothing more than plastic encased Minié balls that happen to be fired out of modern muskets. Besides buckshot or birdshot, shotgun slugs are another common type of shotgun ammunition and are typically used for hunting or protection from dangerous animals. Due to their penetration and accuracy potential, slugs also have a role in tactical and self defense shotgun use. Huge Chunks of Lead Unlike birdshot or buckshot with their payloads of several smaller pellets, a shotgun slug consists of a single and heavier projectile in front of a wad. The wads may separate…
Carrying a defensive knife and knowing the basics of knife defense work hand in hand against hand-to-hand attacks. One of the recurring features of the weekly “I Carry” video series here at Shooting Illustrated is spotlighting some other piece of gear besides a defensive pistol and a holster. More often than not, that other piece of gear is a knife of some kind, because knives are useful for so many things, especially self defense. However, opportunities to learn how to use a knife as a part of the concealed carry lifestyle are few and far between. Most knife defense classes are taught…
Laurie Smith’s decades-long tenure as the sheriff in Santa Clara County, California came to an ignominious end on Monday afternoon when she suddenly announced her resignation from office before a jury could remove her by convicting her in a civil trial on corruption charges. Smith was accused of using her position to rake in thousands of dollars in campaign donations in exchange for granting rarely-issued concealed carry permits in the county, and jurors in her civil trial had heard from a number of witnesses over the past few weeks; some detailing how they received their carry permit despite not meeting all of…
Last month, John Murphy of FPF Training invited me to Dallas to take his “Street Encounters Skills and Tactics” course. I’ve been friends with John for a long while and he has been hosting me at his Virginia facility for about seven years. I have taken several of his classes at conferences like Rangemaster Tac Con, but I had never taken his flagship two day course. I wanted to remedy that. The description of the course on John’s website is as follows: Concealed Carry: Street Encounter Skills and Tactics prepares citizens for personal security challenges by equipping them with a comprehensive suite of “soft”…
A look at a medical expert’s perspective on ammunition and lethality in relation to bullet caliber, weight, velocity and projectile type. “Kids in school are learning boater safety and not bleeding control.” I chuckled a bit as I listened to Lindsay Gietzen explain the absurdity of today’s education system which often emphasizes denial and shameless propaganda. “They act like we live in a world without two, maybe three guns per individual. Violence rarely waits for politics, and the fact is education is politicizing the need for emergency care by way of denying reality. People get shot, and wishful thinking won’t stitch up…
I’ve seen some recent articles on the internet talking about citizens with CCW permits carrying more than one gun in public. While I carry two pistols in uniform every day, I rarely carry a second pistol when I am off duty and on my own time. I have nothing against the practice, I just don’t feel the need to carry a second pistol very often in my personal life. If you are going to carry a second gun for CCW, it’s important to recognize the gun’s proper role. Most of the articles I’ve seen advocating the practice have called these…
Janet wasn’t really paying that much attention. She’d been down this street a thousand times before. And furthermore, she was running late, her three-year-old in the back seat was kicking up a fuss again, and as long as she wasn’t going to get in a car wreck, she could sort of drive on autopilot. So, while she was half-heartedly watching the road as she made the next turn, she was too focused on trying to get her daughter to calm down to notice the crowd on the street ahead. At least, until she had to hit the brakes hard to keep…
https://youtu.be/EZ21RTjZ9oA We are currently living in a world that could be said to be experiencing a period of Economic, Social and cultural dark age. A period of economic, social and cultural crisis. A lot has changed and is still changing. To be able to survive in this era, you need certain life skills or hacks. These are resources that would help you to overcome the challenges that come along with this new age. For clarity, there are two categories of people that would thrive well in this era. They are; The Wealthy people and the hyper-flexible ones. The wealthy people…