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Blinded by the Beam: Why Lasers Should Be Treated as a Serious Use-of-Force Concern
Discover why lasers should be treated as a serious use-of-force concern. Learn how lasers pose a threat and how to protect against them.

Brad Parker
Jul 24 min read
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What is Mechanical Offset on My Rifle and Why Does It Matter?
Why do I need to know the mechanical offset on my rifle? Find out what it is and why it affects shooting close range and barricades.

Brad Parker
Jun 53 min read
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Self-Defense: Recognizing the Escalation of Force
For self-defense, we are all naturally attuned to certain behaviors and body language cues. Over time, our instincts allow us to recognize when someone is shifting from a neutral stance to one of aggression or potential harm.

Brad Parker
Jun 54 min read
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How to Respond to an Active Shooter: What you Need to Know
How can we prepare ourselves to respond to an Active Shooter scenario?

Brad Parker
Jun 54 min read
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Review: Cirillo’s Gunfighting Secrets for Armed Citizens
We review Jim Cirillo's book on gunfighting and post the seven secrets to winning a gunfight.

Brad Parker
Jun 33 min read
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It's About Fighting, Not Just Shooting
We have to think hard about our training. At first we need to focus on the mechanical part of shooting. But our training can't end there.

Brad Parker
Jun 26 min read
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The Growing Risk of Civil War: A Warning for Personal Protection
A professor at King's College London, argues that civil war is increasingly likely to become the primary security concern for Western nations. He challenges the prevailing notion that affluent democracies are immune to internal conflict, highlighting that such societies are now exhibiting conditions conducive to civil war.

Brad Parker
Jun 25 min read
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Context Demands Compromise: Why Situation Shapes Self-Defense Strategy
In protection work and concealed carry alike, the circumstances constantly change. Where you are, who you’re with, what you’re wearing, what the threat looks like, what the law allows—all of it becomes part of the decision-making matrix. Context shifts the equation. And when the equation shifts, your optimal choice shifts with it.

Brad Parker
May 174 min read
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7 Ways Good Guys Screw Up in Armed Self-Defense Situations
We own and carry guns to make us harder to kill. Get educated on the legal ways to stay safe for self-defense.

Brad Parker
Feb 201 min read
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Self-Defense and the Everywhere Battlefield in 2025
We are seeing innocent people put in harms way of international tensions and with increasingly violent circumstances in the civilian world.

Brad Parker
Jan 14 min read
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Self-Defense and the Daniel Penny Subway Incident
The NYC confrontation involving Daniel Penny and Jordan Neely has become a focal point in discussions about public safety and self-defense.

Brad Parker
Nov 27, 20244 min read
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Street Takeovers to Morph Into Mass Robberies?
Last weekend in Cleveland criminals shut down and entire freeway for more than an hour. Roving bands of criminals took advantage of citizens

Brad Parker
Oct 15, 20243 min read
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Naked and Unafraid for Self-Defense?
You're in the shower and a home invader armed with a knife breaks in. Is your self-defense training up to par?

Brad Parker
Sep 14, 20244 min read
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The Importance of Innocence in Self- Defense Tactics
You've survived an assault. But what you do and say can hurt you in court.

Brad Parker
Oct 19, 20234 min read
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Start Here: Determine Your Self-Defense Mission
Think about what you are trying to do in your self-defense and personal security plan.

Brad Parker
Oct 2, 20234 min read
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Video of Pistol vs. Rifle: Fargo Cop Takes Down Terrorist
Can we defend ourselves against a rifle with just our handgun? Video of the Fargo shootout with a terrorist shows some points.

Brad Parker
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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Highly-Trained Protection Dogs in Demand Due to Rising Crime
Crime has gotten to the point where people are willing to spend $150,000 on a dog which can protect them and their family.

Brad Parker
Jul 15, 20232 min read
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NY Man Shoots Robber; Goes to Jail
Should we be outraged or is there more to this self-defense story? What can we learn from this attack?

Brad Parker
Jun 2, 20236 min read
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Watch: Untrained Knife vs Multiple Attackers
Take a look at this video from South Africa where one lone defender armed with a knife drives off an attack by multiple attackers.

Brad Parker
May 21, 20231 min read
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How to Gain & Maintain Tactical Superiority in a Shooting
If we are caught in a lethal force encounter, we need to gain and maintain tactical superiority.

Brad Parker
May 9, 20235 min read
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