A GREAT POLICEMAN AND TRAINER LEAVES US
We lost Keith Jones on January 21.
Keith Jones experienced heavy combat in Vietnam, and came home to a law enforcement career in a major Midwestern city. In the course of his decades there, Keith...
REFRESHERS
Twenty-plus years ago in the pages of Backwoods Home magazine I wrote a series of “refresher” articles on the safe and efficient handling of rifles, shotguns, and handguns. Safety is always worth reviewing. Here’s...
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
It surprises some people that I’m not a fan of the death penalty, given my line of work. It was part of my line of work that showed me wrongful convictions do happen. In...
UNARMED PARENTS STOP SERIAL KILLER, SAVE YOUNG DAUGHTER
Here’s a horror story for you, with as happy an ending as the horrendous circumstances allowed.
In retrospect, I can say it probably would have ended better if the parents had been able to access...
SHARING AN EXPERT’S THOUGHTS ON THE MANUAL SAFETY
Paul Howe is one of the nation’s recognized experts on the use of firearms in life-threating stress situations. Here he talks about the importance of using the manual safety on powerful weapons deployed under...