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This guy is truly a hero. He took advantage of his right to not be a victim and used all tools legally available to him. We should all look up to Lance Thomas - a modern gunfighting legend.

1. In each of his gunfights, the bad guy already had a gun in his hand, proving that your action can beat the bad guy’s reaction … so be decisive in your action and make your first shot count!
2. Mindset and training trump equipment… Front Sight’s motto is “Any gun with do, if YOU will do.” Yes, some guns are better than others, but remember it is the man or woman who does the fighting, not the gun — and this man can fight!
3. Having a gun in close proximity to you is not as good as having a holstered gun on your person, with the ability (through training) to present it quickly and shoot it accurately.
4. Just because you get shot, does not mean you die. Even if you get shot, stay in the fight and finish your opponent!
5. Make your decision now on what you are willing to kill or die for, so that when the time comes there is no indecision in your mind.
6. Winning a gunfight when you are outnumbered or when your opponent already has a gun pointed at you is not just luck. It takes proper mindset, training, and practice to win time and time again… as this warrior demonstrates.

Good luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Bad luck is when lack of preparation meets adversity.

Make your own “good luck” by being prepared.

Here is a home invasion attempt caught on camera from two different angles. If this happened to you could you get to a firearm fast enough? Full story below.

A Tucson homeowner, alerted of an impending home invasion by his home security cameras, arms himself and takes matters into his hands last Thursday when four armed suspects attempt to break into his home.

You see a vehicle pull up, and four men run out. One of them is carrying what appears to be an AR-15 or M-16, a weapon which could be fully automatic.

The robbery happened in broad daylight at a home on West Vande Loo Street. All the action was caught by the homeowners outdoor surveillance system.

The victim was able to get back inside his house, close his door, semi barricade it, reach for a weapon that was easily accessible.

The homeowner shot at the suspects.
He even put a bullet through the windshield of the suspects car, which is also caught on camera.

The four men retreated and took off.
All of them remain on the run.

Sheriff’s officials say the homeowner has surveillance cameras installed all around his house.

Dep. Gieron says, “That was just for his own security.”

People living in the neighborhood heard all the gunshots, and saw the aftermath. Some stray bullets even hit a home across the street.

One man says, “I was asleep around noon Thursday, and heard gunshots.”

Lawrence Cruz lives down the street from where the attempted home invasion happened.

“I am very watchful where we live and I think everybody has right to defend their property,” says Cruz.

Detectives did find the suspect’s vehicle at a home near Cardinal and Valencia, but the four men are still on the run.

One of the suspects has been identified as 23-year-old Jesus Mendivil. It’s believed he was shot in the arm.

The three other men are all described as Hispanic males between 17 and 25-years-old.

The results of this FBI analysis really reinforces the importance of shot placement if you are ever forced to use your gun against an attacker. Police fired a total of 107 rounds at the single suspect and it took an M4 rifle to finally incapacitate him. The suspect was able to fire 26 rounds from his .45 caliber handgun and even reloaded from a box of loose rounds.

• 3 officers were involved in a shooting this week. An ambush was set up for the officers prior to their arrival, they took fire while still in their cruisers. One officer was hit in the forearm, another received wounds to his forehead from a ricochet, another was injured (NFI). The suspect was armed with a .45 handgun. The officers were armed with Glock 22’s (.40S&W) and SPEER 180 gr. Gold Dot Hollow Points.
• Officers fired on the subject and hit him in the left arm, completely shattering the bone. He was also hit five times in the chest and abdomen. All rounds penetrated less than 1″. All of the rounds expanded fully but did not cause incapacitation due to the lack of penetration. According to the Medical Examiner, none of the rounds caused any life threatening injuries. The subject also received one round into the front of his throat, it penetrated less than 1″ as well. The Medical Examiner stated that the recovered rounds were in pristine condition (still had rifling marks on them).
• The subject was wearing a down jacket at the time of the incident. He was finally taken down after receiving rounds from an M-4 .223, with Hornady Tap 55 gr ballistic tip rounds and Hornady Tap 72 gr. Hollow Points.
• The officer with the M-4 was able to shoot underneath a vehicle and hit the suspect in the ankle. The officer then flanked the subject, who continued to engage officers, and was eventually killed by the officer with the M-4.
• The subject had a trace amount of marijuana in his system.
• Range between subject and officers: 20 feet.
• Subject had a t-shirt on under his jacket.
• Subject received approximately sixteen .223 rounds, thirteen of these rounds went completely through. One round struck his hip and completely shattered it. Another .223 round struck his aorta and another pierced and collapsed his lung. Both of these rounds lodged themselves inside the subject. The Medical Examiner stated that the .223 rounds caused massive internal damage.
• This is the second shooting that the PD has experienced where they had to shoot a subject in excess of ten times with .40 S&W ammo to incapacitate or kill. There was another incident where a subject was shot inside of his vehicle. He was struck approximately ten times, all the while continuing to fire at officers. He was eventually killed after suffering a shot to the back of his head.
• In this same incident, the back of the subject’s seat was struck multiple times, the .40 S&W rounds never penetrated through the seat. In this incident, all shots had passed through either the windshield or rear window. Investigators assume that this was the reason for the poor ballistic performance.
• (The) PD is now considering replacing their Glock 22’s (.40S&W) with Glock 21’s (.45ACP).

Here is the FBI’s PowerPoint presentation on this incident.
*** WARNING: This PDF contains autopsy photos and gore, NSFW *** FBI Analysis PDF

Well, it has happened again. Somebody else decided “gun free” zones are safe places to commit mass shootings. Where will it happen next?

Two dead, 7 wounded in Tennessee church shooting

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A man opened fire with a shotgun in a church in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Sunday, killing two people, including a man called a hero for shielding others from a shotgun blast, police and local media reported.

Seven others were wounded, four critically, police said.

The gunman was tackled by church-goers and taken into custody by police. He was charged later with first-degree murder, but police declined to give a motive for the shooting and the Tennessean newspaper said his motive remained unknown.

Jim D. Adkisson, 58, of Powell, Tennessee, was being held on a $1 million bond at the Knox County Detention Center, said Randall Kenner, communications coordinator for the city of Knoxville.

The gunman apparently concealed a 12-gauge shotgun until he entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and then fired several shots before being subdued, police said.

Four people were listed in critical condition and one in serious condition at the University of Tennessee Medical Center suffering from gunshot wounds, hospital spokeswoman Becky Thompson said.

One other person was treated for gunshot wounds and released, she said, declining to identify the patients.

Another church-goer was treated at Fort Saunders Regional Medical Center for a non-gunshot injury and then released, hospital spokeswoman Kimberly O’Neal said.

The attack happened as children were singing for the congregation, and police are reviewing video recordings made by church members to see if they captured the assault, Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen told reporters.

No children were harmed in the attack.

There was no evidence he had been to the church before and he had apparently said nothing before firing, Owen said. The FBI is assisting in the investigation, he said.

Owen identified the man who was killed as he stood in front of the shooter as Greg McKendry, 60, a church member who apparently was the first person the gunman encountered. The Tennessean said McKendry stood in front of the gunman and shielded others from a shotgun blast.

Linda Kraeger, 61, died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center a few hours after the shooting.

The shooting was reported to police at 10:18 a.m. EDT and the first officer arrived at the church within minutes, taking the gunman into custody from the congregants, Owen said.

Here is an interesting video on the topic. The church in the video, located within a state that does not ban church carry, actually encourages its members to carry during service. The media and others responding to the story seemed highly against it. Obviously filmed before the many shootings in churches recently.

Out of the 48 states that allow concealed carry, only 22 allow carry within places of worship. The other states specifically prohibit it just as they do within K-12 schools. What do you think? Feel free to tell me why you voted a certain way in the comments.

We all know how important reaction time is when carrying concealed. Less than a single second can mean life or death if you are forced to use your gun to defend yourself. It also becomes critical if you are forced to disarm an attacker.

Try out this test to record and train your reaction time:

Source: Postworthy

I’ve heard this topic discussed a lot with the open carry community (and anti-open carry). The argument is that having your gun out in the open gives a criminal the opportunity to disarm you. If you are truly carrying concealed, you should have little to worry about. However, if a criminal sees any type of printing, you are just as at risk at being disarmed.

Worst case, what can we do if we are disarmed? Hopefully this video can give us an idea on what we can do as a last resort. Remember, this is a last resort tactic, and your reaction time will play a key role in its success. In any case, it’s important to not get disarmed in the first place.

Also, keep in mind these disarming tactics can be used against us, too. If you are forced to draw on an attacker, the first thing you should do is gain ground away from them.

Source: Postworthy

There are many reasons I could list, but this video explains it all:

WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: In a jailhouse interview, James Broadnax admits to fatally shooting two men outside a Christian music studio in Garland. Before breaking down in tears, the 19-year-old cussed the families of the deceased.

Video

Here are some statistics of California concealed carry holders (2006):

San Francisco County– population 793,600, 8 permits, 0.001% issuance (!!!)
Santa Clara County–population 1,719,600, 180 permits, 0.01% issuance
Alameda County–population 1,486,000, 194 permits, 0.013% issuance
Los Angeles County–population 9,824,800, 1289 permits, 0.013% issuance
Santa Cruz County–population 260,200, 37 permits, 0.014% issuance
San Benito County–population 55,900, 9 permits, 0.016% issuance
Marin County–population 249,900, 55 permits, 0.022% issuance
Monterey County–population 409,600, 114 permits, 0.028% issuance
San Mateo County–population 717,000, 214 permits, 0.03% issuance
Sonoma County–population 471,000, 144 permits, 0.03% issuance
Solano County–population 405,800, 140 permits, 0.034% issuance
Contra Costa County –population 982,000, 399 permits, 0.04% issuance
Santa Barbara County–population 407,900, 167 permits, 0.041% issuance
Riverside County–population 1,644,300, 726 permits, 0.044% issuance
San Diego County–population 2,918,300, 1540 permits, 0.052% issuance
San Joaquin County –population 596,000, 525 permits, 0.088% issuance
Ventura County–population 781,100, 715 permits, 0.091% issuance

Are you sick yet? Compare this to outdated (1998) stats from the rest of the free world:

Percent of Adults with a License to Carry in each Shall Issue State
7.45% South Dakota
6.79% Indiana
6.76% Pennsylvania
5.23% Connecticut
5.12% Washington
4.34% Idaho
4.10% Utah
3.86% Oregon
3.45% Tennessee
3.15% Alabama
2.72% Florida
2.71% Kentucky
2.67% Wyoming
2.41% Maine
2.18% Arkansas
2.11% Virginia
1.94% West Virginia
1.76% Arizona
1.75% Oklahoma
1.70% Montana
1.70% Michigan
1.62% Texas
1.39% South Carolina
1.34% North Dakota
1.00% North Carolina
0.86% Mississippi
0.62% Louisiana
0.58% Nevada
0.45% Minnesota
0.36% Missouri
0.33% Ohio
0.20% Colorado
0.17% New Mexico

I guess only the rich and famous are privileged enough to defend themselves in the state of California. Please help me understand why any American that values freedom willingly lives there.

Sources: California CCW Issuances, Blogostuff

I thought this was an interesting picture. This approach is used by the New York City Police department to train their officers to spot concealed handguns. Keep in mind concealed carry in NYC is limited to only the famous, rich, and powerful.