We got a chance to talk to the amazing Gabby Franco at SHOT Show, and I love her insights into the 2nd Amendment as a woman who became a US Citizen as an adult!

We got a great chance to interview TacTissy! She's awesome and we had a blast. I love why she shoots 3 gun and what she does for fun. Enjoy meeting Krystie!

(GRAPHIC) Do you think there was any way for this woman to protect herself and prevent this assault? If she practiced some Active Self Protection, there was probably a chance she could have prevented this assault.

Details from the news here: get-asp.com/hhwc

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Do you know when to use your tools and when to win the fight with your empty-handed skills? Whether you’re a Detention Officer or not, this fight between an inmate and DOs in Maricopa County, AZ teaches us why at Active Self Protection we believe that we are the weapon; all else are just tools.

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To paraphrase the late, great Col. Jeff Cooper, owning a gun doesn’t make you a gunfighter anymore than owning a guitar makes you a musician. You must know how to use it and here, most importantly, WHEN to use it. Do you have the skills to get to your gun in a gunfight?

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Do you have the skills to win a fight that gets this close? Do you have the will not to be taken by surprise so that it gets here? You’ve got to practice Active Self Protection before and during the encounter so that you can survive a robbery attempt like this.

Details on the story from the loca...

Are you ready for the speed, surprise, and violence of a real-life knife attack? This officer got very lucky that his vest stopped most of this attack, and he got off the line of attack just enough not to be seriously injured by a suspect intent on killing him. I am glad he practiced Active Self ...

Would you have tried to stop this thief, or do you think this Good Samaritan was unwise? Practicing Active Self Protection means deciding in advance where you will step in and where you won’t, and also means evaluating whether your attitude, skills, and plan are enough to win this kind of fight.
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(NSFW Language) Body-cam videos of Officer Involved Shootings give us a unique first-person perspective into deadly force encounters. There are lots of Active Self Protection lessons to be learned here. Could you have solved the firearm malfunction that quickly?

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What does it mean to you to “win” a gunfight? This certainly isn’t it, though I applaud the store owner’s willingness to fight armed robbers armed with rifles. This kind of robbery teaches us several Active Self Protection lessons to bring into our ethic of self-defense.

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It amazes me how fast this encounter goes from verbal to physical to deadly. How would you have practiced Active Self Protection if you were the intended victim?

News story with details and the decision of the DA: http://get-asp.com/7a86

What lessons do we learn from this encounter?

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Are you ready to protect your family from a real-life carjacking? This is what they look like! This off-duty Brazilian officer practiced excellent Active Self Protection, and shows us all how it is done!

News story on the shooting (Google Translate from Portuguese required): http://get-asp.com/i...

Would you have been able to protect yourself in this situation? Be honest! Deadly force encounters don’t announce themselves, and the ability to transition from talking to shooting is a critical component of Active Self Protection. Sgt Green and Officer Griffin both did a fine job here, and their...

Could you have protected yourself as well as this self-defender did? We love posting videos of the good guy winning at Active Self Protection, and the lessons in this carjacking (or perhaps armed robbery) are many! What do you take away from this incident?

Original video: http://get-asp.com/wa06...

There's been quite a donnybrook about FireCLEAN being canola oil and Froglube gumming up guns when it's cold. So I decided to test them and see what happened when they were cold! Most importantly to me, I took a Taurus TCP that I had treated with Froglube according to their specs (completely stri...

We talk a lot at Active Self Protection about the idea that we shoot until the threat stops. This is why. Are you mentally ready to continue to put shots on target after you’ve already gotten good hits?

UPDATE: News story on this shooting indicating the defender died: https://get-asp.com/pl1m
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No matter how nice you are, or how much verbal judo you practice, sometimes you just gotta win a fight to survive. These officers practiced Active Self Protection in coming out alive from this one!

Original video and news story of the officer involved shooting: https://get-asp.com/slix there is...

There are TWO significant parts to this video, one about the lessons from the car full of people, and another set about what happens in the gunfight. Practicing Active Self Protection can help you in either case.

What does this gunfight teach us about protecting ourselves against an attack?

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If you’re going to use a firearm for personal protection, you MUST learn the lessons that this man’s death teaches. We teach these at Active Self Protection constantly and for this reason. Please don’t ignore them or think that you’re somehow immune!

Original video and news story with details: h...

Man, I feel terrible for the Thai police…their Rules of Engagement are terrible! Even with that, there are some significant Active Self Protection lessons that flow from this video that we should be aware of.

What does this knife attacking maniac us about protecting ourselves during an attack?

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How do you honestly think you would have responded to these attacks? If you read the news story of the emotional and psychological impact of these attacks on the victims, you’ll really see why having your Active Self Protection sharp to protect yourself from stuff like this is important.

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I think that Officer Joshua Hilling did a pretty phenomenal job here of both stopping the threat (and protecting himself from a deadly force knife attack) AND showing remarkable restraint in how he gave the perp (who is facing murder charges in another attack) every chance in the world to comply....

What would you have done in his shoes? Though you can’t win every fight, you train and prepare to give yourself the best chance possible and hone your Active Self Protection so that if the balloon ever goes up, you’re ready!

Original video and significant details of the events: https://get-asp.c...

When would you have taken action in this scenario? This off duty cop handled his business, though it cost him dearly! We want our Active Self Protection to give us as great an advantage as humanly possible in any defensive encounter for sure.

What does this off duty cop teach us about protecting...