Personal Defense Strategies

12/18/2025

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05/07/2025

So the scenery has changed living in the Southwest, but PDS is back. Here’s what we’ve been up to.

04/24/2025

12/20/2017

Some great info here!

Gunfights are awesome to watch on TV. The good guy wins, and bad guys go flying through the air in a spray of blood. Unfortunately, these types of images we see on the silver screen rarely have much in common with reality. This can lead us as armed professionals, and concerned citizens, to make some...

12/11/2017

A Christmas proposal done right!

12/06/2017

House Republicans on Wednesday voted in favor of making concealed-carry permits valid across state lines, scoring a major victory for gun-rights supporters.

12/05/2017

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11/30/2017

National reciprocity for concealed carry passed the House Judiciary Committee and should receive a floor vote before the end of the year.

11/11/2017

Thank you to all who served.

11/03/2017

Great article!

This article is going to be an in-depth look at the statistics related to some of the worst criminals, cop killers. Every five years or so the FBI compiles a list of all cases where a criminal kills a cop in the line of duty, and publishes a report detailing their findings. Let me say …

10/29/2017

Pretty good read.

Wednesday's shooting of a Milton man at his home, which prosecutors tentatively determined was in self-defense, led News 3 to take a deeper look at what goes into a successful self-defense claim.