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I don’t usually volunteer the fact that I am carrying concealed, but if the conversation goes there…

I’ve got really good reasons to choose a 1911 for concealed carry. Here are my top five.

Loading up snap caps and starting from a self-induced malfunction allows you to get a feel for handling your gun when something goes wrong.

I hunted up some off-body carry solutions meeting those criteria. Here are my top five ways to carry off-body, with all kinds of caveats and warnings.

A folding knife is a convenience. A fixed blade is a tool you can bet on. There is no lock to fail, no pivot to pack with mud and nothing to fiddle with when your hands are cold, wet or shaking. That does not mean every fixed blade is worth carrying. The gun show special [...]

Since life-threatening encounters occur in broad daylight as well as in pitch blackness and everywhere in between, it behooves us to be able to follow the “know your target” rule not only by being able to see a target but also by being able to aim properly.

In a pinch, a keychain can become a self-defense tool: grasp the keychain in your fist while the keys stick out through each finger, attach a sturdy lanyard and create some kind of strike weapon, and so on.

To prove the point that the new and cool don’t always have to come with an eye-popping price tag, I set out to find five great, new items under $100.