Budget Minded Guns for Home Defense
Concerned about home defense? A lot can happen at home. Here's a list of cheap guns with solid reputations--perfect for home defense.
A Woman’s Guide to Home Defense Firearm Accessories
When looking to purchase a firearm for home defense purposes, you need to consider which accessories can help you get the most out of your handgun.
How to Store Home Defense Weapons
Storing defensive firearms for home defense can be a complicated balance between accessibility and safety. This article explores the conditions of ready.
Why A 20-Gauge For Home Defense Might Be A Better Than 12
When picking a home defense shotgun, a 20-gauge might be a better choice than a 12-gauge. It might sound strange, but hear us out on this one.
Should You Pattern Your Home-Defense Shotgun?
Recently, I’ve received several letters from readers asking if they should “pattern” their home defense shotguns...
How to Clear Corners With Your Home-Defense Gun
Clearing the area obscured by a corner requires planning and careful technique in a home-defense situation, whether you are working alone or with a partner.
Choosing A Home Defense Gun: Pistol, Rifle Or Shotgun?
There are a great many out there to choose from, but do you pick a pistol, rifle or a shotgun as a home defense gun? A lot of people swear by one, the other or having all three at home in case of the very, very worst. The truth is that you should have what you're competent with, but each has benefits and drawbacks.
Ultimate Home Defense Round? : TAOFLEDERMAUS
We test out the War Wolf Ordnance OC pepper shells. These have a short effective range, as you would expect, but it's more than enough to provide protection in a home, etc. These would be good for people who do not want to use deadly-force, or used as a warning shot that would disable anything you blasted them at.
Gun Science: Should You Use Birdshot for Home Defense?
How much does birdshot spread and how deep does it penetrate at home defense distances? We put it to the test and came away with some interesting conclusions that might have you rethinking what you keep loaded in your home defense shotgun.
Which Self-Defense Tool Should You Choose?
Would you be able to handle a gun, or are you more comfortable with something nonlethal like pepper spray? Follow these guidelines to decide what kind of weapon you could use most effectively in a dan
Become Simple Minded About Gun Control
This country is filled with insanely complicated issues: taxes, healthcare, defense, trade, climate change, etc. All of them deserve lots and lots of discussion and data because there is no “…
How the Gun Industry Sells Self-Defense
Millions of Americans are licensed to carry a concealed weapon. Most say that they do so for self-defense.
The 3 Worst Arguments Against Gun Control
Guns don’t kill people. Making it hard for criminals to get guns makes it hard for everyone. Any gun law puts us on a slippery slope. We’ve heard it all before. It’s all wrong.
5 facts about guns in the United States
Americans have shown broad and consistent support for expanded background checks for gun purchasers, but this has proven more contentious in practice than in principle.
Should Your Doctor Ask If You Own Guns?
One expert argues that doctors can be more proactive about discussing gun safety with their patients
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer
Americans advance a lot of theories for why they have so many more gun deaths than other countries do. The answer is lying in plain sight.
How Often Do People Use Guns In Self-Defense?
Many gun owners say the primary reason they own a firearm is self-defense. But for years, experts have been starkly divided over how often people actually use guns for this purpose.
When Can You Legally Use a Gun in Self-Defense?
The majority of gun owners say they bought a gun for protection (despite evidence that gun owners are more likely to shoot another member of the household in the home than an armed intruder). And most of the people that...
When Self-Defense Use Of A Firearm Doesn't Get Reported
While a handful of people are known publicly to have used a gun in self-defense, here's why there are far more who no one has ever heard of.
Why There’s an Alarming Lack of Federal Funding for Gun Violence Research
It receives far less federal funding than any other major cause of death.
