Tag: Massad Ayoob

The Kyle Rittenhouse case brings self defense and the law to center stage.

Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Raises Questions About Self-Defense and the Law

The highly publicized – and highly politicized – trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin began November 1. The motions in ...

3 Cases When a Good Guy With a Gun Was Mistaken for a Bad Guy

An impartial review of the dynamics of stopping mass murder shows that the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre was right when he ...

8 Real Cases That Illustrate Why You Should Be Carrying a Gun at Home

A few years ago at an IDPA match, the chief range officer read off the scenario description of one stage ...

4 Cases That Highlight the Thorny Subject of Concealed Carry at Work

You work in a place of business that may be prone to armed robberies, but the employer insists that all ...

9 Cases That Prove Why We Need AR-15-Style Carbines and Pistols

Though no military on the planet has ever adopted the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle for its armed services, anti-gun forces disparage ...

4 Cases That Examine if a Shot in the Back Is Murder or Self-Defense

It is a prevalent myth that anyone shot in the back must obviously be the victim of a cowardly murderer. ...

Everything You Need to Know About Pistol Concealment

To make a long story short, I was born into an armed household in 1948. I started carrying a gun ...

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The Case For Arming Teachers and the Reality of How It Works

I began writing this article the morning after the county school commission where I live approved a program to arm ...

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How Gun Decorations Can Send the Wrong Message to a Jury

Editor's note: We at Personal Defense World know full well that a gun’s paint job, engraving and the like have no ...

M&P340 Review: Mas Ayoob Examines His Go-To Backup Gun

Since 1950, Smith & Wesson’s snub-nose J-Frame revolver series has just about defined its own genre. Of its many variations, ...

Ayoob: 5 Cases That Show the Dangers of a Hair Trigger

Police instructors and attorneys with experience often warn that using a gun with a "hair trigger" can be quicksand in ...

Ayoob: Making Long-Range Shots With Short-Barreled Guns

I must have missed the treaty the bad guys signed that promised they’d allow the good guys to get closer ...

Ayoob: Myths & Missteps That Lose Justifiable Homicide Cases

Fact: Lawyers make mistakes. Certain courtroom strategies that have become conventional wisdom in typical assault/homicide defense cases tend to have poor ...

7 Cases That Show Why Warning Shots Are a Bad Idea

In the first quarter of 2017, the prestigious International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) announced a new recommended policy ...

6 Times an Armed Homeowner Answered the Door & Paid the Price

At some ungodly hour, you hear an unexpected knock on the door, or your doorbell rings. Do you go to ...

5 Deadly Force Cases with Heavy Legal Consequences for the Good Guy

After decades in the criminal justice system and 30-some years of working on federal- and state-level lawsuits related to deadly force, ...

9mm vs .40 vs .45: Which Chambering Has More ‘Stopping Power’?

From the six-shooter days of the Western frontier onward, conventional wisdom has held that at typical handgun velocities, bigger bullets are better. Around ...