On this page is a collection of articles, from multiple online sources, that offer helpful shooting information, whether you’re just getting started learning about firearms and armed self-defense, or you’re well acquainted with the shooting arts. Return often as new links to articles are added to the directory as appropriate.
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 topics pertaining to self-defense.
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One such resource is its Situational Awareness: Stay Ready, Stay Safe 9-part short video series presented by retired Oklahoma City police officer Cris Cunningham, CCW Safe Critical Response Specialist. During her 31-year career, she spent 17 years in the Homicide Unit as an investigator.
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The topics of the 9 episodes are as follows:
Part 1: What is Situational Awareness?
Part 2: Situational Awareness Basics
Part 3: What Role Does Intuition Play?
Part 4: Safety Tips while Traveling
Part 5: Parking Lots/Garages and Large Gatherings
Part 6: Public Event Safety Tips and Confrontations
Part 7: Improve Your Situational Awareness
Part 8: Simple Daily Habits
Part 9: Final Thoughts
Pepper (OC) spray is one of the cheapest, most effective, and easiest-to-conceal non-lethal self-defense tools available. It provides a critical “reactionary gap” by temporarily blinding and incapacitating an attacker from a distance, allowing you to escape to safety.
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But this GAT Daily article says “there’s a lot of mixed information and misinformation concerning this handheld defense weapon.” It has identified the following 6 myths you should be aware of:
SemperVerus interviewed Ed Monk, retired Army officer, former schoolteacher, law enforcement officer and firearms trainer, and author of First 30 Seconds: The Active Shooter Problem.
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What led you to conduct your extensive research and write the book, First 30 Seconds?
I started researching the Active Shooter problem because of my transition from the Army to public education. In August of 2007, I retired from the Army after 24 years of active duty and 15 months after returning from duty in Iraq. I was an Armor officer, so I served mostly in units with tanks. Planning for, analyzing, and wargaming violence was my job.
The print and digital magazine Personal Defense World describes itself as “your go-to site for everything essential to serious self-defense.” One of its feature productions is the Everyday Carry Video Series offering brief instructional videos on a variety of EDC topics.
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Below is the EDC 7-minute video explaining the importance of being situationally aware as a self-defense tool while walking to your vehicle. Following that is the list of, and links to, other videos in the series.