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CCW Safe Lessons: How, When, and Why to Use a Firearm Lawfully

CCW Safe is the self-defense legal coverage membership program that connects members with a criminal defense attorney and helps pay for legal expenses involved in a court case following a self-defense incident. It also provides educational resources on the topic of self-defense.

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One resource is The Armed Defender’s Dilemma. This 36-video-and-written series teaches legal and tactical lessons compiled from more than a decade of real-world court case analysis alongside criminal defense attorney Don West and firearms instructor Steve Moses.

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Released one a month for the next 36 months, the series emphasizes that self-defense includes understanding how, when, and why to use a firearm lawfully. The lessons encourage a mindset rooted in restraint, preparation, and the ability to disengage rather than escalate, exploring the judgment and split-second decisions that determine the eventual legal outcome.

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Developed by self-defense litigation expert Shawn Vincent, the debut episode shown below, titled, “The Goal of Self-Defense is to Break Contact,” explores why awareness, de-escalation, and less-lethal options give armed defenders more control. It’s a clear reminder that breaking contact isn’t weakness; it’s the smartest, most defensible strategy for surviving both the fight and its legal aftermath.

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Posted on 11/21/202511/21/2025

Exposing Lies on Child Gun Death Statistics

The following excerpted quotes are from an Op-Ed article by Dr. John R. Lott Jr., the president of the Crime Prevention Research Center. He served as the senior advisor for research and statistics in the Office of Justice Programs and the Office of Legal Policy in the US Department of Justice during 2020-21.

“Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among children — but that is false….Over the last couple of years, the media has continually pushed the assertion regarding children being at risk….What defines a child? For those under 18, vehicle deaths consistently outnumber firearm deaths.

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Posted on 11/15/202511/21/2025

Enroll in the Sheepdog Church Security Academy Safety Member Certification Program

Church security teams usually consist of every-day volunteers: men and women who are passionate about doing all they can to protect their congregation from natural and man-made threats, but who are not professionally trained in law enforcement, military defense, or medical emergency skills.

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SemperVerus highly recommends the Sheepdog Church Security Academy Safety Member Certification program as an excellent online training curriculum that prepares volunteers to handle the full spectrum of threats churches face today—emergency response, disruptive persons, violent intruders, and abuse. Students gain practical skills rooted in legal clarity, real-world tactics, and biblical values.

Head of the Arkansas State Police Supports 2nd Amendment Rights

The director of the Arkansas State Police says guns should be allowed to be carried in state parks by law-abiding citizens in the wake of a mother and father knifed to death at Devil’s Den State Park in July.

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“Unfortunately, we do deal with bad people who have weapons. The more good people we have with weapons, the better off we are,” Col. Hagar testified before the Game & Fish/State Police legislative subcommittee August 14, 2025.

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Col. Hagar made it clear that he supports the right of law-abiding citizens to carry firearms, even in places currently restricted under state law; for example, gun-free zones—public locations arbitrarily declared by politicians to be off-limits to guns, naively thinking criminals will abide by that legal declaration, when in fact, only law-abiding citizens will, thereby putting themselves in harm’s way without the ability to defend themselves against a criminal’s deadly threat.