LEAPS: A Simple Technique You Can Use to Deescalate a Bad Situation
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The anti-gun crowd would love to believe that people who carry for personal defense are blood-thirsty killers, or people who “wish a motherf— would”. But, in the words of Harold Fish, a man who got run through the criminal justice meatgrinder in Arizona a few years ago, “It’s not the ultimate big game tag” to shoot a fellow human being.
Armed Self-Defense is More Effective When You Have Thought About it and Practiced it in Advance
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Every situation is different. This week we reported on several violent attacks and each had their own motivation. One was a robbery of personal jewelry. One was drug-related. This story was an ex-boyfriend who was hunting for the victim in her home. Domestic abuse is common enough, but it becomes particularly dangerous when the victim ends […]
Gun Controllers Strangely Silent as GVA Data Show Reduction in Violent Crime While Permitless Carry Expanded
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Data posted at the Gun Violence Archive website shows 2023 produced fewer homicides, suicides, and gun-related injuries than in 2022, which indicates the expansion of permitless carry laws, allowing more people to carry firearms for personal protection, did not result in more bloodshed as anti-gunners predicted. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep […]
Florida Makes Another Push to Legalize Open Carry
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“The majority of states in the union have open carry and the current law in Florida puts us in the company of states like New York and California and Illinois,” [State Representative Mike] Beltran said. The legislation would apply to all firearms, not just handguns. … “When we look at the text of the […]