Ammunition Finder Search Engines
Compare range and Every Day Carry (EDC) self-defense ammo prices using these links to ammunition search engines.
4 Common Ways Predators Test You
Stephen Mazzagatti is a retired New Jersey State Trooper, firearms instructor, founder and safety consultant of Martell Training Group, and author of Defend Confidently: Elevate Situational Awareness, Secure Your Personal Safety, and Master Concealed Carry. His police career included the specialties of Aviation, Computer Crime (Cyber and Internet Crimes Against Children), Firearms, Field Operations, Deployment Services (Homeland Security missions), Governmental Integrity Unit, and Business Integrity Unit.
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In the video below, he describes Compliance Testing: four common scripts predators with a plan to break down your guard might use to gauge how vulnerable you are and if you’re an easy potential victim.
Widener’s Reloading & Shooting Supply
Buying ammunition online is a convenient way to keep your range and self-defense supply stocked and up-to-date.
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One business you’ll want to consider buying from is Widener’s Reloading & Shooting Supply in Johnson City, Tennessee. Founded in 1978 by Stan Widener, the company aims to make it easy for customers to find the primers, powders, ammunition, and components they need, and to help new shooters and reloaders learn about their sport through resources like this handy Guide to Smokeless Gun Powder.
Counterterrorism: Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators
The US Violent Extremist Mobilization Indicators, 2025 Edition is a PDF pamphlet published by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to inform law enforcement, terrorism prevention practitioners, other first responders, community leaders, as well as the general public about both threats of violence and contextual behaviors that suggest an individual is mobilizing to violence.
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This is a helpful situational awareness resource for church security teams and self-defenders in general for identifying discernible pre-indicator signs of criminal and terrorist aggression.
Bible Verses Applicable to Self-Defense and Church Security
For thus the LORD said to me: “Go, set a watchman; let him announce what he sees. — Isaiah 21:6
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I will take my stand and keep watch. I will take my place on the tower. — Habakkuk 2:1
The Bible verses above are often referenced in establishing the importance of creating the ministry of a church security team. But actually the verses of Acts 20:28–29 could be considered the very foundation for church security directors and volunteers.
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While the Apostle Paul’s message charges church leaders to stay alert against spiritual heresy and sinful temptation—for themselves as well as for fellow believers—the Hebrew concepts and Greek words he uses also apply to oversight for physical protection. The terms “overseer” and “shepherd” are common biblical metaphors for leaders who provide for and protect—in all manner of speaking—God’s flock: the church.