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Knife-wielding bad guys are dangerous.  They can cover significant distances in a very, very short amount of time - faster than they can be incapacitated with handgun rounds.  Watch this video to see who quickly this man advances on this cop in an attempt to get at an EMT he…

  [caption id="attachment_20626" align="alignnone" width="480"] Shirley Hopkins of Davis Moms Demand Action.   She's no astrophysicist.[/caption] Mississippi passed a "Constitutional Carry" measure today in their Senate by 36-14. That's not all!  The bill also includes a measure to allow armed security in churches (along with criminal and civil protections for those…

  CHICAGO (New York Times) — Late at night this month, the pastor’s phone beeped with a text message from an anguished parishioner. Andre Taylor, the church member’s great-nephew, had been shot and killed. “Dre had just turned 16,” the message on the Rev. Ira Acree’s phone read. “I think…

Pope Clueless is at it again. Muslim terrorists kidnapped a priest and made good on their pledge to crucify him on Good Friday. (Daily Mail) - The Indian Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS-linked terrorists in Yemen earlier this month was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed. Father Thomas Uzhunnalil,…

Well now, here's a piece of news you didn't her about on the CBS Evening News or CNN, and most certainly not on MSNBC:  Idaho's Governor "Butch" Otter signed Constitutional Carry into law for Idaho residents on Thursday, March 24th. The passage of the new law makes Idaho the 9th…

A superlative article by Greg Ellifritz from Armed Response Training.   Armed Citizen Response to the Terrorist Bomber   Written by Greg Ellifritz Active Response Training * I’m reposting this one in response to the terrorist bombings in Belgium today.  It’s important for folks to have a plan to deal…

by John Boch At the Rangemaster Tactical Training Conference, some of my fellow GSL Defense Training instructors attended a seminar by nationally-known instructor Massad Ayoob titled "Lessons from Recent Trials". In that session, Mr. Ayoob counseled against automatically asking responding officers for an ambulance ride to the hospital to get…

Yes, Drudge has forwarded a report on how radical Muslims have sent 400 trained goat romancers to the Western World to continue their Muslim jihad against civilization. My bad.  They aren't trained in the art of goat romancing (hat tip to a GSL contributor for that colorful description), but in…

  Fears and emotions:  they are the fuel that run the gun-phobic machine in our society.   People who fear good guys with guns can't see the irrationality of their fears. KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Many Kalamazoo-area parents are outraged after a father legally brought his handgun to his toddler’s music…

“Self-preservation is the first law of nature” – Samuel Butler by Frank Sharpe Fortress Defense Consultants For decades there has been controversy in the defense community with regard to the notion of asking for medical aid when one is involved in a shooting. In the category of ‘Defensive gun use…