A 19-year-old suspect in Johnston County, NC was shot during an attempted robbery when his intended victim, who was legally armed, acted in self-defense. The suspect was later arrested and faces multiple charges including attempted robbery and possession of a stolen firearm. LISTEN TO THIS ARTICLE SMITHFIELD, NC (3-minute read) — A young man from Garner learned the hard way ...

CCI Ammunition has now begun to ship its Uppercut defensive rimfire ammunition chambered for .22 WMR. These days, the viability of using a .22 caliber rimfire firearm for self-defense is gaining more acceptance. The firearms industry is also responding in kind by selling more defensive-oriented firearms in these rimfire chamberings. To meet this new crop of interest, CCI originally launched ...

Nostalgia is a powerful thing, and while the gun industry has an ongoing desire to integrate the latest and greatest materials into firearms to create guns that are lighter, stronger, more accurate and less expensive. This is a good thing, because we are seeing firearms which cost less yet do significantly more than the guns of yesteryear, but it also ...

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How do you know if you can trust your handgun with your life? Here we discuss some methods for testing and evaluating defensive pistols. I’m often asked how I evaluate new pistols sent to me for review. The short answer is that I have a standard protocol I use. It starts with a familiarization of the pistol and any new ...

Editor’s note: While we may talk about PTSD and veteran suicide a lot in the shooting community, it seems like we rarely take the time to understand the accounts of those it directly affects.  Here’s one of those stories. If you or a loved one are suffering the effects of deployments, loss, or separation from the life that we knew, ...

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Metal-injection molding (MIM) creates complex, durable and reliable metal parts in things we use daily. Its ability to churn out high volumes at reduced cost endeared it to the firearm industry decades ago. Despite that fact, gun companies we asked about the process were tight lipped. Read the full article here ...

I have been a serious student of defensive pistolcraft for just about all of my adult life, with the major focus of my law enforcement career being keeping the good guys and gals safe. As a full-time trainer, at least half of my time was devoted to hands-on training, writing lesson plans, and dealing with the various administrative details in ...

Most people labor under the misconception that, in the battle between a firearm and a knife, the gun always wins. While under most circumstances this is true, it’s not always so—and thinking it is can be detrimental to survival. What are the do’s and don’ts of bringing a gun to a knife fight? As with all personal combat, it boils ...