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I live in Buffalo, NY. We got hammered with lake effect snow last night. As such, I figured I’d give my 5 mush-haves when you’re snowed in.

22plinkster shows what he can do with his trusty pistol and a flying peppermint.

Do you agree with self-defense expert Ryan Hoover that after disarming an armed attacker in a close quarters encounter, one shouldn’t attempt to shoot the suspect with the suspect’s handgun to neutralize the threat but instead should use the firearm as a blunt force implement?

When you think about it, we wear our guns a lot more than we shoot them, yet they are designed primarily for shooting. The new Taurus Curve fixes that. The grip on the gun is curved, so that when you were it on your hip or carry it in your pocket, the guns hugs the contour of your body. It is a 6+1 .380 ACP semi-automatic pistol with a consistent trigger pull for each shot. The MSRP for the introductory model is $392, and it will come with an integral LaserLyte light and laser combo built in. The Curve also comes with a Kydex pull-off trigger guard holster, and screwed onto the side of the gun is a steel clip for inside the waistband or inside a purse pocket carry.

Hickok45 reviews the new Springfield XD Mod. 2 Subcompact with “Grip Zone.” Remember, GunsAmerica is giving one of these away this month!

Bigger is sometimes better. That’s the philosphy behind the fixation with the AR-10. For a marginal increase in size and weight, you have a lot more punch on the terminal end of ballistic trajectory. CMMG’s Mk 3 .308 is a beast of a gun, and offers AR speed and ergonomics for those who want more than the 5.56 can provide.

The side drill with a dead leaf. Do you practice it?

From what I can tell, nobody is going to send me a Facebook notification 24 hours before Russia, China, “terrorists” (ie. our own shadow government), or the US under official license launches a nuke. Radiation is silent once you are outside the blast radius of a nuclear bomb, so unless news of the blast makes it onto Drudge, how would you even know that a blast has occurred? Up until now we have focused our attention on Geiger tube radiation meters, but I recently found out that those meters tend to BLANK OUT at radiation levels that aren’t even on the level of a CT scan. For this article I consulted with Shane Connor, owner of the famous radiation site KI4U.com. I bought potassium iodide from him and had him calibrate my Civil Defense meter back in the 90s. He is still doing it today, and he calibrated four meters for us for this article.

During a home invasion, should you shoot first or attempt to de-escalate the situation?