Sidearm Defense Coach

01/29/2026

Gun Ownership 101: when carrying a firearm your responsibility increases, and you do everything humanly possible to avoid conflict.

Your friends are screeching about what happened to Alex Pretti because they don't understand the BASICS of responsible firearm ownership. Show them this video:

Everyone keeps repeating the same two claims about the Pretti shooting:“He had a right to carry.”“He had a right to film.”Both statements are true.And both a...

12/11/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/177swaiEtb/

11/23/2025

08/22/2025

Here's an Op-Ed I wrote that was recently published by a think tank in Colorado. Enjoy!

When listening to assault victims’ experiences, a pattern common to most violent crime emerges.

03/19/2025

"In non-gun-free zones, where civilians are legally able to carry guns, concealed carry permit holders stopped 51.5 percent of active shootings, compared to 44.6 percent stopped by police, CPRC found in a deep dive into active shooter scenarios between 2014 and 2023."

https://crimeresearch.org/2025/02/a-deep-dive-into-cases-where-civilians-stopped-active-shooters-did-they-accidentally-shoot-bystanders-get-in-the-way-of-police-get-their-gun-taken-away-or-more/

06/07/2024

THE NUMBERS ARE IN: There are 22.3 million more first time gun owners since 2020. What are you waiting for?

In a major shift since 2020, a population the size of Florida has become first-time, brand-new gun owners.

03/08/2024

Propaganda: “the mass suggestion or influence through the manipulation of the psychology of the individual… with the ultimate goal of having the recipient of the appeal come to “voluntarily” accept propagandists’ position as if it were his or her own”

Josh Sugarman, Violence Policy Center 1988 on creating the term “Assault Weapon”:

“The weapons’ menacing looks, coupled with the public’s confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons - anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun - can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons.”

America today:

02/29/2024

Shhh… don’t tell them or they’ll want to ban shoulders and thumbs
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02/21/2024

This is adorable…

02/20/2024

Tell us you’re new to the gun control debate without admitting you’re new to the gun control debate…

“jUsT mAKe iT iMpoSsiBle tO bUy GuNs”

02/19/2024

This is the kind of B.S. that could lead women into harm.

In the vast majority of case studies women who use fi****ms in self-defense survive:
1) Without the assailant obtaining possession of the gun
2) Without firing a shot

Pepper spray and tasers are okay, but depending on the state the attacker is in (hard drugs or just prone to outrage) it could just make the assailant angrier.

02/12/2024

This is Miley Cyrus at the Grammys. Best known for wearing t-shirts that say "Protect kids not guns" and performing at The March for Our Lives, she prefers her bodyguards to carry a firearm disguised as an umbrella.