Crime doesn’t pay, unless your bank accepts lead deposits… An armed robber made the mistake of trying to rob a Missouri concealed carrier, who used speed of draw to put at least three rounds in the suspect. Read the rest: Missouri Concealed Carrier Hits Would-Be Robber With 3 Shots
Self-Defense Shooting: What To Do When Police Arrive
Early one Sunday morning in November, 2018, police responding to reports of gunfire at Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins, Illinois shot and killed an armed security guard. As with most violent encounters, facts remain murky to this day. Not because of a conspiracy or cover-up, but because things happen fast in the heat of […]
Four Questions to Ask in Your Next Gun Control Debate
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. Last month we talked about how to win the gun control debate. You can read it here, but the Cliff notes are as follows: Calling the other side stupid doesn’t work, nor does spouting off facts at high volume. Listening is key, no matter how much you disagree with […]
How to Win the Gun Control Debate
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s been a big political debate about gun control in the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas attack. This event set the record for fewest minutes to politicize once the news hit. That got me thinking. Why the mad dash to policy “solutions?” No, […]
Do You Need A Self-Defense Protection Plan?
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. If you carry a gun for personal defense or keep one at home for the same reason, you really ought to consider investing in a paid self defense insurance or protection plan. Here’s why. If you ever have to draw or use your gun (or another weapon) in self-defense, […]
CCRKBA Rips Media For Telling Only Part Of Story About Mall Hero
BELLEVUE, WA – The “mainstream press” is once again trying to spin away from positive coverage about armed citizens and the fallacy of so-called “gun-free zones” in its reports about the St. Cloud, Minnesota mall shooting and the hero shooter, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “There have […]
The Gun Crime Epidemic
This article originally appeared at AmmoLand. By Tom McHale USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Epidemic [ep-i-dem-ik] noun – a rapid spread or increase in the occurrence of something What do you call a “rapid un-spread or decrease in the occurrence of something?” Well, if it was the decrease of a bad thing, like crime for instance, I might […]
The Real Deal About School And Other Mass Shootings
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. By Tom McHale USA –-(Ammoland.com)- What if I told you that all of the mass and school shootings over the past 20 years or so could have been done, to equal effect, by a murderer using a 150-year old lever action rifle? You know, the same kind that was […]
The Great Maryland Gun Law Secession
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. By Tom McHale USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Are you allowed to secede from the state in which you grew up? I know “secede” is a scary word that you normally hear from extremists, but I’m not going to make my secession that big a deal. I mean, it’s not like I’m […]
What Media Bias? There Will Be No Robbing of the Waffle House!
“Armed robbery and shooting at North Charleston Waffle House” If you read this headline, as I did this morning, what would you think happened? The robber shot someone? More “gun violence?” Yet another example of the evils of gun ownership? Here in Charleston, that’s how WCBD News 2 reported an attempted armed robbery where a […]