Category: self-defense

If you CCF, I recommend carrying the bill of sale of your concealed firearm with your identification. This bill of sale needs to have the serial number of your firearm on it. In addition, you need to be identified as the purchaser. As I discussed in my book, you should keep your identification separate from…

Self-defense methods are difficult to evaluate unless the threat is adequately understood. The first part of my book showcase how most Americans misunderstand their most likely violent crime threat. More specifically, they assume their violent crime threat is a stranger who is an armed violent criminal who will confront them in a public location, such…

My book is about a practical assessment of civilian threats, an assessment of CCF as a civilian self-defense method, and a practical guide to other civilian self-defense methods. However, I suspect there may be people who use aspects of my book to attack gun rights. For example, someone may say: This type of argument confuses…

It is instructive to read an interview about Jani Lane from Bobbi Brown, who was his ex-wife. Jani Lane fronted the rock band Warrant during their most successful period in the late 1980s. In short, two men raped Jani Lane before he became famous. Here is a quote from the interview (language warning).: “At the…

I discussed Varg Freeborn’s concept of a mission, which he outlines in the book Violence of the Mind. I want to expand on it briefly here with a Storytime concerning your mission and being armed. Storytime Your mission as a father is to protect your daughter, who is all of twelve years old while allowing…

I quote from Varg Freeborn’s book Violence of the Mind in my book. One of my favorite concepts from his book is his mission concept. I try to put it to good use. Understanding what your mission is when carrying a firearm, what situations you are going to get involved in, and, importantly, what situations…

I grew up in rural Arizona. My dad and his brother ran a farm at about 500 acres, which I worked on in my youth. My dad’s dad (Grandpa Olsen) ran a small cattle ranch, which I also helped out on in my youth. In addition, his dad (Great-Grandpa Olsen) ran a freighter between two…

How much firearm training does an ordinary civilian need? Ask ten instructors, and you’ll probably get ten different answers. Some of them might even say, “You can never get enough training,” yet military boot camps and police academies seem to have figured out the right amount.  One way to determine how much training we need…

“Where there is risk, there must be choice.” – by someone I don’t know! There is much to like in this quote. However, we should also try to  promote “street-smart” critical thinking, and a street-smart critical thinker may have some follow-up questions when seeing this quote: Who is responsible for determining risk?Who is responsible for…