Every armed citizen needs to understand the risks of civil liability after a self-defense shooting.Criminal acquittal or prosecutorial decision not to prosecute is not the conclusion of legal exposure following a self-defense shooting. The criminal and civil justice systems operate under fundamentally different rules and apply different standards of proof. A person can emerge from criminal proceedings without a formal charge and still face years of costly civil litigation. Understanding this distinction is a practical necessity for any citizen who carries a firearm.Two Parallel Systems, Two Different StandardsIn a criminal proceeding, the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,…
Your Kid’s Phone Is the Most Dangerous Room in the HouseHere’s the math most parents never run: your kid has more unsupervised contact with strangers right now, tonight, in their bedroom, than they will walking through any unfamiliar city alone. A game invite, a chat request, a “friend” who just followed them back — that’s a door into your house, and most parents have no idea how many of those doors are sitting wide open.The danger isn’t a website anymore. It’s a pipeline right into your home.It starts somewhere that looks completely harmless — a game, a group chat, a…
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We certainly don’t choose the cream of the crop when looking for candidates for this column, but every now and then you find something interesting for the right price and people will inquire about carrying it as a woods or backup gun. So, on a visit to the local Cabela’s gun library, a trade came in that wasn’t exactly on our wish list: a single-action M1895 Nagant revolver made in 1902 in Imperial Russia. With a finish in about 80 percent condition and with no pitting, it looked quite a few steps up from the later Commie revolvers made after…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The landscape of federal firearm restrictions has been profoundly reshaped by the nation’s highest court. Delivering the opinion for a unanimous bench, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch struck down a critical provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, marking a monumental victory for cannabis consumers and the broader Second Amendment community. The ruling represents a stinging defeat for the federal government’s attempt to maintain categorical restrictions on a demographic that now encompasses tens of millions of Americans living in states where cannabis has been fully integrated into local commerce. “Whatever one thinks of these developments, the…
My very first handgun was a Springfield Armory XD in 9mm. It was around 2007, I was shopping for a home-defense solution and I’d read positive reviews about the XD line in American Rifleman and Guns & Ammo magazines. At decision time, it wasn’t much of a competition. The XD I acquired was sold in a package with extra magazines, a loading tool, a holster and dual magazine pouch. It was range-ready, right out of the box, and seemed to come with everything except the ammo. For a new shooter just starting their firearms journey, it was exactly what I needed. The SAINT Gear…
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Shreveport police have neutralized a suspect following a horrific domestic-related mass murder that left eight children dead in the Cedar Grove neighborhood early Sunday morning. The victims, ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years, were found across four separate crime scenes before the suspect was killed by officers during a carjacking attempt. SHREVEPORT, LA — A northwestern Louisiana community is reeling from what local officials are calling the most tragic event in recent memory. Early Sunday morning, April 19, 2026, a violent rampage unfolded across at least four separate locations in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, resulting…
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Handgun-mounted red dot sights have been around for a long time. I was first exposed to them in the late ’90s mounted on USPSA Open guns. These flat-shooting, compensated, red dot-adorned pistols ran fast when they were running, and Open shooters were most often at the top of the list at the end of the match. While this might seem like an odd addition to your EDC system, it does have its place. Image: Shutterstock/AlexLMX And an interesting thing began to happen. The speed and precision of the dot-mounted guns got the attention of defensive shooters. Bit by bit, over the…
