self defense

When it comes to survival tools, few things are as good to have on hand like a knife. You can use a knife for many…

Office buildings, shopping malls, schools, and other public buildings have become primary targets for active shooters in the United States and around the world in…

The cost of a Dashcam starts very reasonable, under $100, and go up from there depending on the recording time offered and whether or not…

As we become rooted completely in the digital age, we have become incredibly reliant on technology.  Whether it is our smartphone, tablet or computer, the…

  Many professionals in the self-defense and home security businesses are often asked what works better, pepper spray or a stun gun. And while there…

Unfortunately, society as a whole has had to accept acts of Terrorism as a “New Norm.”  Whether it’s a fellow countryman acting as a lone…

It is so easy to become comfortable in our daily lives, but you never do know when a threat might appear, and it is as…

There is so much we can learn from law enforcement officials about the kind of nitty-gritty fighting we just might have to face once we…

Don’t try this at home! Or…anywhere else someone might be coming at you with a knife. In this video, a real-life, movie-style knife disarm maneuver…

These days, carjacking is a simple reality of life in crime-ridden America (we won’t even get started on other countries like Brazil). It is a…

Zip ties are a frightening way to be restrained. Not only are they a common choice of restraint for police officers these days, but also,…

In self-defense, a bigger weapon is of no use to you unless you can use it smartly. In this video, a would-be robber with a…

Many people who consider themselves preppers and survivors know what to do in many emergency situations. They know how and when to bug out. They…

When a shooting happens, it dominates the news cycle for days. But often, brave men and women are able to stop active shooters before there…

While a handgun can save your life, it’s not a magical force field that protects you from attackers. It’s useless, and potentially highly dangerous, if…

How good of a shot are you, really? You might be an ace at the range, and you might have some tight groupings. That’s a…

There’s a common misconception out there that women shouldn’t use semi-automatic handguns as their concealed carry weapons of choice because they’re too difficult to rack.…

Ideally, you’ll always have a firearm or knife when stranded in the wilderness or stuck in a precarious situation in which we had to defend…

A lot of people think of a Mad Max-type survival when they imagine a world after mass destruction or nuclear holocaust. Cruising around a desolate…

I thought this was a really insightful and important video to make, about bugging out in the city, and sleeping under a bridge at night.…

There are many guns available on the market, both for sport, home defense, and concealment, and it might be a bit overwhelming when you’re new…

A number of cities in the country are actually very dangerous. If the world were thrust into a survival situation, you have to imagine that…

Self-defense is a huge element of survival, not just in a world after the SHTF, but in today’s very dangerous society. To make things clear…

A lot of people who end up attacked and injured say they never saw the attack coming, or that they saw it at the last…

  This video contains the surveillance footage from multiple cameras at a convenience store that gets held up.  Luckily, despite the use of a firearm,…

I have repeatedly said that a distance weapon such as pepper spray, or even a high lumen flashlight, can be combined with a knife to…

  When endeavoring to protect ourselves we need to make sure that we are taking into account what threats we are most likely to face,…

  In this video, we see a failed car-jacking from a gas station in which, thankfully, and surprisingly, no one was hurt.  But the would-be…

  This video from West Virginia is a reminder that armed robberies don’t only occur at gas stations and liquor stores.  Everything turned out fine…

  This video shows how important weapons safety is, not only when storing firearms but when handling them.  In the video we see an armed…

  Many people that are relatively unfamiliar with less than lethal self-defense tools think of stun guns and tasers and virtually the same thing.  But…

  I just wrote about the importance of being armed, even if you know how to defend yourself in a one on one unarmed attack. …

  Self-defense is a factor of survival that everyone needs to think about.  But when some think about self-defense, they think about learning a martial…

Kidnapping is not the most likely event that you will need to survive, but it isn’t always something that happens to other people.  It isn’t…

  Carrying a knife is a pretty common thing to do.  Though most people only ever use their knives to open packages or cut their…

  This video is of a brazen daytime home invasion.  It shows two men with knives in hand enter a home and search it room…

This CCTV footage is reportedly from Brazil and shows what appears to be an off-duty cop fighting off two “armed” robbers.  The video description says…

The purpose of a “get home bag” is, as the name implies, to carry the items you would want if the worst case scenario took…

  As I’ve confessed before, I have a slight addiction to CCTV footage.  It’s a little morbid, but not without its benefits.  A lot can…

  This video is of an attempted armed robber at a gas pump.  “Attempted” because of the would-be victims was armed and put an end…