WHAT TO SAY AFTER A SELF-DEFENSE SHOOTING
Conventional wisdom has long held that after a self-defense shooting, the shooter should say nothing to police except, “I want a lawyer.” The problem with that is, it’s exactly what genuine bad guys say...
MANDATORY FIREARMS TRAINING?
In the comments section on the last entry here, regular commentator Liberal Dave posits the question of whether there should be mandatory safety training for those who own firearms.
If you had asked me enough...
KAPELSOHN ON CASTILE
I have known Manny Kapelsohn for decades. We have appeared together on numerous panels at national and international training seminars. We serve together on the advisory board of the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. ...
SCOTUS DENIES CERT IN PERUTA
Well, damn.
We’d all had hopes that the current Supreme Court of the United States would review and overturn the Peruta decision, in which the Ninth Circuit had upheld the right of California authorities to...
THE PROBLEM WITH HANDLOADS FOR DEFENSE
For years, I’ve warned people that there are a couple of serious concerns with using handloaded ammunition for personal or home defense. The big one is forensic replicability when the shooter is accused, and...