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Small, Medium, and Large Caliber Handguns
A study titled “The Association of Firearm Caliber With Likelihood of Death From Gunshot Injury in Criminal Assaults” was released in mid-2018. I’ll cite the article at the end and link to it. Unfortunately, the study is often presented as a rebuttal to the slogan “guns don’t kill people, people kill people.” This rebuttal is…
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Fast-Access Safes
I discuss safes a lot in my book. One type of safe homeowners use is a fast-access safe for firearms. These safes can be in several different configurations. Some open with a manual key, some have biometric (e.g., fingerprint) capability, some have keypads, and some have RFID. These safes allow faster access to a firearm…
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Speed vs. Safety
When I grew up, I did a lot of hunting. Firearm safety was paramount. My first two single-action revolvers had the transfer bar safety mechanism, allowing you to load six rounds safely. No matter; I loaded five rounds anyway. There was never a round underneath the hammer. When rifle hunting, it was rare that there…
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Bill of Sale
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…
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Understanding the Threat
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…
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Risk Assessment and Rights
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…
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Rape and the Male Victim
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…
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Varg Freeborn’s Helpful Mission Concept
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…
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The Dice Game
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…
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The Influence of Fiction
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…
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