Home Defense

I had handled Canik pistols a couple of years ago at the SHOT show and have a couple of friends that shoot them but was a bit skeptical of how the Century Arms imports were going to perform; after all, they have an MSRP below $325, how good of a gun should you expect at that price point?

Let’s take a closer look at the most common home defense guns – handguns, shotguns and the AR-15 – and compare them. At least this should help make the choice a little easier and may give you solid reasons for choosing a particular gun, other than that’s the gun someone told you is the best.

An important question is seldom asked: What does it take for an opponent to jam my gun? In this context, we do not mean a firing jam or malfunction but knocking the gun out of battery or causing it not to fire when it is needed.

There are a few basic steps you can take to better your chances of successfully responding to a late-night emergency in your home.

I’m not a cop. Never been one. Never played one on TV. And while I fully understand why this new G45 model from Glock, dubbed their “Crossover” pistol, is exactly what some departments have wanted, and what I predict more and more will adopt, I think they’ve struck handgun gold here for the civilian market as well. This baby is a shooter!

Accurate and very comfortable in the hand, the Defiant STOCK 1 clearly has many uses beyond competition, including home defense, hunting, law enforcement use, open carry, and just plinking. It strikes me as a little large for concealed carry, but there are people who no doubt would find this full-sized handgun just right for that purpose, too.

Keep in mind that you must always be flexible, and you must always adapt to your situation, because the situation will never adapt to your plans.

Walther Arms is breaking into new ground with their latest striker-fired 9mm handgun, the Q5 Match Steel Frame 9mm competition pistol.

A 55-year-old woman shot and killed a man who attacked her, her daughter, and another 75-year-old woman while they were leaving for church, Detroit local media reported earlier this month. In what police are describing as a self-defense incident, the man approached the women in their driveway, forced them back inside the house, and refused to leave. The 55-year-old fired two rounds into the man’s chest, and he died at the scene.