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Keep Your Apartment Safe with These Safety and Security Tips.

Apartment Safety and Security Tips

What Do Your Bumper Stickers Tell the World About You?

Real Talk: Are Your Bumper Stickers Giving the World Too Much Info?

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Your Guide to Situational Awareness, Threat Assessment & Response

One of many blockaded intersections and entrances to what “protesters” declared to be the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) in Seattle, Washington during protests in 2020. The only way in or out was on foot.
Personal Defense World April/May 2021

Surviving Civil Unrest is an Unfortunate and Necessary Skill These Days

The Pepperball pistol is a safe means for self-defense at a distance.
Personal Defense World August/September 2021

Ready, Aim, Burn, With the Less Than Lethal PepperBall Pistol Family

Beth Alcazar says, “Statistics show that one in four women is attacked by an intimate partner, a spouse or an unknown assailant, and that 40 percent of U.S. women are in abusive relationships.”
Personal Defense World

Beth Alcazar Has the Answers About Women’s Safety and Awareness

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Concealed Carry Practice can lead to better situational awareness

Concealed Carry Practice: Where Should You Sit in This Photo and Why?

Situational awareness, such as concealed carry practice on where to sit in a public place, can keep you much more alert to your surroundings.

Escaping a Knife Attack, UF PRO

VIDEO: 4 Tactics for Avoiding & Escaping a Knife Attack

A gun trumps a knife, but sometimes situations happen when you can't carry your CCP; here are four tactics for fighting back and escaping a knife attack.

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The “Best” Handguns for Women.
Best Handguns for Women [2022]
Store Guns Without a Safe
8 Ways to Store Guns Without a Safe and Avoid Unauthorized Access
The BLADE Show Exclusive Microtech.
Commemorate BLADE Show with the Exclusive Microtech Hera Auto
The Best Firearm Training Advice You’ve Ever Received.
Real Talk: What Is the Best Firearm Training Advice You’ve Ever Received?
Des Moines Father Stops Car Thief

Des Moines Father Saves 10-Year-Old Son From Alleged Car Thief

A Des Moines father saw a man trying to get inside his truck where his son was sitting in the passenger seat, so he drew his CCW and held him...

Alabama Store Manager Thwarts Robbery

VIDEO: Alabama Store Manager Thwarts Robbery by Woman in Elephant Hat

When a woman in an elephant hat walked in to rob his gas station, an Alabama store manager read the situation before grabbing the gun.

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Argument in Florida Leads to Shooting

Argument In Florida Forces One Neighbor to Shoot, Kill Another

An argument in Florida between neighbors led to threats and an assault, eventually forcing one to shoot the other to stop an attack.

Virginia Gas Station Customer Shoots Robber

Gas Station Customer Wins Shootout With Alleged Armed Robber

A pair of armed thugs tried to rob a gas station customer in Virginia, but he was prepared, drawing his own gun and shooting one of the robbers in the...

Officers Used Training and Awareness to Defeat Attackers

VIDEO: How Effective Training and Awareness Can Be on the Street

A military police officer in Brazil defeated multiple attackers, and while he was also wounded, it shows the importance of training and awareness.

Knife vs Gun, UF PRO

Knife vs Gun: At What Distance Could You Defeat a Knife Attack?

The UF PRO Research Department pitted two experts against one another in various knife vs gun situations to determine the realities of these attacks.

Pennsylvania Permit Holder Thwarts Robbery

Pennsylvania Permit Holder With Gun Thwarts Coatesville Robbery

A Pennsylvania permit holder noticed a robbery in progress via situational awareness, so he thwarted the attempt with a few well-placed shots.

Armed Store Employee Shoots Robber, shooting

VIDEO: Armed Store Employee Drops Robber as He Grabs for Gun

An armed store employee used situational awareness to notice pre-attack cues, which allowed him to shoot an armed robber as he tried to draw his gun.

Transitional Zones

Why You Should Raise Your Awareness Level in Transitional Zones

Transitional zones are areas where there is a higher chance of an attack, and include any place that provides an element of surprise and escape.

Armed Chicago Driver Shoots, Kills Alleged Carjacker

Armed Chicago Driver Shoots, Kills Alleged Carjacker on Loop

After being rear ended and pulling over to check the damage, an armed Chicago driver had to defend himself against an alleged carjacker on the South Side.

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