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Pandemic Preparedness: Is Your Home-Defense Plan Ready?

When more of us are at home on a regular basis now than ever before,...

Solid Tools: The Les Baer Gunsite & Black Baer 1911s

Two models in the Les Baer lineup—a full-size Gunsite 1911 and a Commander-size Black Baer—prove...

4 Tips for Responsible Concealed Carry

For most citizens the decision to start carrying a defensive handgun can be a life-changing...

CCW Gun Maintenance: 7 Must-Know Tips

Maintaining your self-defense gun is a critical part of your self-defense plan. Here are a...

The 21-Foot Rule: What Does It Really Mean?

Most people in the defensive-shooting world have heard of the "21-Foot Rule," often practiced as...

5 CCW Tips for Older Armed Citizens

As we get older, we must keep in mind that we can still be a...

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Fight Smart: Study Attacks & Build Your Self-Defense Skills

While it's important to build your defensive-shooting skills at the range, Sheriff Jim also highlights...

Sheriff’s Tips: The Good Samaritan

A person needs to keep in mind that there is a darker element in our...

Sheriff's Tips: Winter Carry

For those of us who are serious about personal defense, cooler weather means that we...

By the Decade: Wiley Clapp's Favorite Handgun—2010s

The "By the Decade" series concludes with the handgun—or handguns—Wiley Clapp considers his favorite.

Sheriff's Tips: Watch This Amazon Prime Video

In this documentary, gun writer Richard Mann gets "Up Close" with Sheriff Jim—writer, singer, gunslinger...

The Ruger Model 77 Rifle Turns 50

A half-century on, it’s no coincidence that the upstart bolt-action that took on the big...

Sheriff's Tips: Don't Drop Your Guard

Sheriff Jim Wilson's perennial tip is always be alert and never, ever drop your guard.

Sheriff's Tips: Some Actually Listen

Instructors should keep right on preaching the need for more training, more practice, and continuing...

A Fighter and a Hunter: Standout Pistols from Les Baer

A veteran lawman, the author has always found Les Baer M1911s to be accurate and...

“Don’t Buy Expensive Defense Guns?” Revisited

American Rifleman's Joe Kurtenbach has his own commentary regarding the practice of purchasing and carrying...

Sheriff's Tips: Understanding Condition Red

We don’t know that we will have to fight for our life, but the potential...

Sheriff's Tips: The Failure Drill Revisited

The justification for the exercise is the fact that we have applied two hits to...

Sheriff's Tips: Don’t Buy Expensive Defense Guns?

The defensive shooter needs defensive handguns that he can depend on when/if the day ever...

Lever-Actions for Personal Defense

Lever-action rifles and carbines were originally designed as fighting guns and they still serve that...

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