The title of my book is “Beyond Weapons,” indicating my book isn’t about how to use weapons. The subtitle of my book is “A Guide to Holistic Self-Defense.” What this subtitle means is “How to put yourself in a position to be successful.” You want to be in a position to be successful in dealing […]
Hello Everyone, The Uniform Crime Reporting program has been gradually moving to a new database called NIBRS. NIBRS promises a wealth of additional detail about crime reported to law enforcement. In 2023, NIBRS submissions covered approximately 80% of the United States. I felt that this coverage was sufficient to begin to analyze the data from […]
Here is an article on The Federalist talking about FBI Crime Data Distortions. https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/14/trumps-fbi-reforms-need-to-include-ending-its-data-distortions-on-crime
I’m currently working with a data scientist on parsing the 2023 NIBRS data and generating reports from that data. Using these reports, I’ll be able to directly compare NIBRS to the NCVS data I have in my book. In some instances, there will be new fields in NIBRS, which I hope sheds light on violent […]
In my book, I covered Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Asssaulted (LEOKA). I think now that 2020, 2021, and 2022 have passed, 2023 provides a good opportunity to get back to a certain type of normalcy. However, in talking to many customer-oriented businesses, they report a large increase of rudeness after the pandemic. It is […]
In this post, I expect my audience to be an ordinary civilian with no firearm experience. For whatever reason, you have decided to purchase a firearm for home defense and do not want to use a shotgun. What would I recommend? It may sound boring and old school, but I would recommend a large caliber […]
In my opinion, most ordinary civilians would be best served with a large-caliber (https://clayeolsen.com/archives/222) double-action revolver or a shotgun as a home defense weapon. I talked about some previous home shotgun suggestions here: https://clayeolsen.com/archives/359. I want to discuss some more considerations for shotguns here. First, many ordinary civilians may want to purchase short tactical shotguns. […]
In the Guns & Ammo January 2025 issue, James Tarr has an important article on compensators and red dot sights. He indicates that compensators have become more popular because of the popularity of red dots. The reduction of muzzle flip allows for easier re-acquisition of the red dot. However, he also indicates that even pros […]
This information comes from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Here is the full report for Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Other Psychostimulant Offenses in Federal Courts, 2022 Unfortunately, the report seems to emphasize increases/decreases from FY2021 to FY2022 (FY = Fiscal Year). Since 2021 is still a “pandemic” year that suffers from a variety of governmental restrictions […]
