We own and carry guns to make us harder to kill. Get educated on the legal ways to stay safe for self-defense.

We are seeing innocent people put in harms way of international tensions and with increasingly violent circumstances in the civilian world.

What's something that I can do on my own to help me get to a point where I can start improving my shooting?

Progress in defensive handgun shooting comes in incremental steps. Initially, we may struggle to add these basic skills.

If you are wondering if you really have the aptitude to defend yourself with a firearm, the info below should give you some confidence.

Think about what you are trying to do in your self-defense and personal security plan.

Can we defend ourselves against a rifle with just our handgun? Video of the Fargo shootout with a terrorist shows some points.

We've discussed before the potential second and third order of effects from inattention to details.

Behind the Wyatt Earp legend is the real man who trained diligently to master the craft of gunfighting.

Take a look at this video from South Africa where one lone defender armed with a knife drives off an attack by multiple attackers.

If we are caught in a lethal force encounter, we need to gain and maintain tactical superiority.

We are on our own for self-defense and personal protection. Police can't protect us. What can we do?

We continually preach being able to wield any weapon with any hand and to fight from any stance.

Don Carmignani, a former fire commissioner, was attacked on the streets of San Francisco's Marina District.

Tech executive Bob Lee walked up an empty San Francisco street in the early hours of Tuesday after being mortally stabbed.

Three Marines received awards on Thursday for disarming a juvenile who pulled a knife on another kid during a dispute at a Chick-fil-A.

It's a catch phrase in the defensive tactics community, "The only fight we can win is the one we avoid."

It's the challenge that pretty much starts every fight in every bar you've been in. When the challenge is directed at you it can be tricky.

Profound thinking here regarding the 21-foot rule that most firearms instructors and self-defense instructors have advocated for decades.

Let's take a look at a simple drill in the video on this page which can help set us up on the path for pistol skills success.