In some cases, officers allowed perpetrators holding edged weapons to close to 10 to 12 feet before drawing. Some were injured. Their rationale? They feared the shooting would be ruled unjustified if they fired on a felon at too great a distance.
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The Distance Your Holstered Gun Is Useless Against A Knife-Wielding Attacker
BY Administrator Published: May 21, 2019 { 9 comments }Five Reasons A Chris Reeve Sebenza is NOT Worth the Money
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: April 12, 2017 { 76 comments }Is a Chris Reeve Sebenza worth it?
Ammo Test: Winchester PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug
BY Tom McHale Published: March 1, 2017 { 8 comments }What do you do if you don’t feel that a 12-gauge slug doesn’t have enough stopping power? OK, so maybe if you ever feel under gunned with a shottie slug you’re fighting Godzilla, but, hey, it could happen. You could try to stuff a 40mm grenade in there, but that requires all sorts of complicated licensing. A more realistic option might be to use a fragmenting projectile design. That’s exactly what Winchester Ammunition has done with their PDX1 Defender Segmenting Slug.
Ep. 41 Should I Shoot? Do You Carry in the Home? Do You Know the J.A.M. Calculation?
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: February 7, 2017 { 44 comments }Assuming you’re been issuing strong verbal commands that he cease all hostile activity from the moment the kicking started, what happens next?
Ep. 34 Should I Shoot? ‘The Drop’
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: December 13, 2016 { 14 comments }Almost all defensive training of any kind — armed or unarmed — stresses that, “There’s no room for a fair fight when your life is on the line.”
Ep. 33 Should I Shoot? The Late Night Prowler
BY S.H. Blannelberry Published: December 9, 2016 { 16 comments }Most home invaders are usually either silent or dynamic in their entries. They usually either sneak in and have you overwhelmed before waking you or they smash in like a natural gas explosion and overcome the residents with violence of action.
Kids and Guns: Take Your Children Hunting!
BY Becky Yackley Published: November 17, 2016 { 6 comments }Fall is here, your kids are back in school, and many of you are getting ready to hunt, and while you might enjoy that quiet time in the woods by yourself, I’m going to suggest that you shake things up a bit this year and let the kids come along to hunting camp.
KORWIN: The Police-Would-Never-Confiscate-Guns Myth
BY Alan Korwin Published: June 6, 2016 { 69 comments }Sorry folks, it don’t work that way. Despite the bluster, when New York State decides you can only have a seven-round magazine, every other magazine you own becomes contraband…