LESSONS FROM A FAMOUS OLD HOMICIDE CASE

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This article appeared last year in my long-running series Ayoob Files in American Handgunner magazine.  It explores many issues in self-defense use of lethal force. There are lessons in every such case, and several in this one....

HAVE A SAFE WEEKEND

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Major cities are bracing for trouble this weekend, with military on the ground there. Plan your weekend accordingly and carefully. As the “No Kings” demonstrations unfold, there is unpleasantness in the air, to put it...

TALK TO POLICE AFTER SHOOTING?

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Countless people advise never speaking to the police immediately after a self-defense shooting. I don’t think that’s the best advice, and I may have been the first advocate of what is now known as...

THE PAIR AND THE SPARE

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This article appears in my long-running Handguns column in the current issue of GUNS magazine, now on the newsstands. It’s the serious (read: high round count) shooter who really needs the pair and the spare....

LETHAL PREY

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I recently read John Sandford’s newest novel, “Lethal Prey,” while taking my turn in the passenger seat on a long drive.  I’m a bit conflicted with Sandford, because on the one hand over the series...