Archive for Home defense

Preparing a Home Defense Plan

The time for developing a home-defense plan is long before you’re awakened by the sound of glass breaking. And everyone should be involved.

November 26, 2013

Break-In

When Guy Sagi heard someone trying to break into his home, he met the threat head on. However, he admits he could have handled the situation better.

July 19, 2013

Cover Location

In a recent home assault, a homeowner fought off two armed assailants without receiving an injury. According to the news report, the Lafayette, La., man stopped the attackers at the door by exchanging gunfire with the pair.

June 05, 2013

Rob Pincus and The Home Defense Concepts Seminar

Rob Pincus, managing editor of the Personal Defense Network, leads two seminars a day at this year's NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Houston. Pincus led the Home Defense Concepts seminar, where he talks about tactics, storage, how to respond and work with local authorities and much more. In his second seminar, Fundamental Defensive Shooting Skills, he focuses on the importance of developing a specialized skill set for defensive shooters.

May 04, 2013

A Sad Sacrifice

While I doubt many fathers would be unwilling to make this sacrifice, I can’t help but think that if this man would have had a gun and some training, he could have prevailed over the aggressors. It’s obvious that this Miami father had the courage, he fought with two armed assailants, but he didn’t have the tools.

February 13, 2013

Fundamentals Win Fights

The reason that experts are constantly training is that repetition builds fundamentals, and fundamentals are the foundation of good marksmanship. Not having to think about how to line up the sights, reload or clear a malfunction, allow users to be faster at responding to a deadly threat, and can be the difference between winning and losing a fight.

January 25, 2013

Cornering

While in most circumstances of a home invasion, your best bet is to arm yourself, gather the family in a locked room and call the police, there are times and situations where you might have to clear your home. In those situations, you may have to go around a corner or through a doorway, and it’s better to practice those moves beforehand.

December 18, 2012

Preparing For Home Defense

You should do more than just buy a gun for home defense.

December 03, 2012

Think Like a Criminal

One of the best ways to protect your home and family is by thinking like a criminal. Criminals don’t think like honest people; if they did, they wouldn’t be criminals. In most cases, they are looking for what they think is an easy way of life—living off the efforts of others—and they are usually quite lazy. They are looking for an easy way to make a quick buck, rather than working for it. The harder you make it for them, the more likely they will move on to the next victim.

August 15, 2012

Preparedness

With the recent storms knocking out power and causing general disruption of services throughout the Northeast, it made me think about how few people are prepared for disasters of any kind. In northern Virginia, many were out of power for up to a week, losing refrigerated food and having to deal with record temperatures without the benefit of air conditioning. Some areas even had water problems and in at least one county, 911 went down.

July 12, 2012

Home Defense Precision Shotgunning

Your tactical home-defense shotgun has more capabilities than you may think.

June 13, 2011

Include the Family

Quite often, I end up in discussions about both home- and self-defense with friends and even strangers because of where I work. This is obviously not a problem as these are passions of mine. Well, not long ago, I was discussing self-defense tactics with a friend and I asked him about his home-defense plan. The basic idea was: What would you do if?

October 22, 2010

Make a Plan

It’s a real simple question. What are you going to do if someone kicks down your door? The standard response of a gun owner is: I’m going to grab my gun and take care of the situation.

October 20, 2010

Weatherby PA-459 Shotgun Preview

Weatherby PA-459 Shotgun Preview

March 12, 2010

Stoeger Double Defense

They think side-by-sides are the way to go.

December 14, 2009