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The Lessons Of Tim Gramins

January 5, 2016, 4:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: Backup is racing to help you as you shoot it out with a heavily armed bank robber, but you’re alone for now and running low on ammo. Lesson: What’s on your person may be all...

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A Cop-Killer’s Last Run

September 5, 2017, 5:00 pm

Situation: You’re coming up against a thug who’s known for skill at arms, hates armed citizens and cops, and has murdered the latter. This time, though, you’re ready for him. Lesson: It’s like the old...

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Hi-Power Shootings

July 6, 2017, 5:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: Designed by and for good guys, the masterpiece jointly created by John Moses Browning and Dieudonne Saive continues to serve to this day. Lesson: Firepower counts. Ballistic...

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Gang Leader Versus Pistol Master

May 4, 2017, 5:00 pm

By Ayoob Massad Situation: The armed robber turns on you with his gun coming up, obviously intending to shoot. The only chance left is to shoot first. Lesson: Use enough gun. Understand intervening...

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The Pin Shoot: Meeting Gunfight Survivors

March 9, 2017, 4:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: A prize-rich shooting match sponsored by a successful armed citizen brings many violence survivors together, allowing them to share the lessons they’ve learned. Lesson: Being...

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Killer At A Distance: The Scott Bramhall Incident

January 5, 2017, 4:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: In a bullet-pocked chase, the gunman has killed one victim and tried to murder many more. Now, 80 or more yards away, you’re the only one positioned to stop him … and all you...

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Home Invader: The John Daub Incident

October 26, 2016, 5:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: A family’s morning is shattered when a big, enraged man kicks in the front door and violently enters the home. The man of the family grabs his pistol, and … Lesson: Danger...

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Death of a Cop-Killer

August 31, 2016, 5:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: You watch in horror as a routine arrest turns into a cop-killing. The police are all down or out of ammo … but there’s a dropped gun where you can reach it. Lesson: This...

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Lessons From Ken Howard

July 5, 2016, 5:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: One brother officer is badly wounded and down, the other is reloading, and you’re out of ammo … and the bad guy isn’t. Lesson: There are reasons police went to guns with more...

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Lessons From A Gunfighting General

May 3, 2016, 5:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: A senior officer personally kills 30 of the enemy on the battlefield … and some more people elsewhere. Lesson: Great men often have great strengths and great weaknesses … and...

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Lessons From Attorney Mitch Vilos

March 3, 2016, 4:00 pm

By Massad Ayoob Situation: About a hundred different people who’ve gotten in trouble with guns come to you to solve their problem. Lesson: Naturally, you write a book on it to help keep other people...

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The FBI Dadeland Shootout: Hero Agent Ed Mireles Speaks

September 6, 2018, 8:56 am

Situation: The deadliest shootout in FBI’s history teaches eternal lessons, some only coming to light now in detail. Lesson: Tactics, training, mindset and equipment all come together in complicated...

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“You’re F—ed”: A Shooting in Mesa

July 6, 2018, 6:06 am

By Massad Ayoob Situation: The shooting of a suspect who turns out to be unarmed raises angry questions, and teaches lessons for both police and armed citizens. Lesson: It’s critical for us all to...

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Shooter Beats Gunmen: The Bryan Lee Incident

May 4, 2018, 8:48 am

By Massad Ayoob Situation: The armed robbery team comes in shooting, and one wounds your mother. Shooting the SOB in the face with a .45, and putting a couple of bullets in his accomplice, solves the...

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The Gunfights of General Douglas MacArthur

March 6, 2018, 10:22 am

By Massad Ayoob Situation: Derided behind his back as “Dugout Doug” for leading from behind the lines in World War II, General MacArthur “shot for blood,” sometimes against overwhelming odds. Lesson:...

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Shot 15 Times: The Brian Murphy Story

January 8, 2018, 8:24 am

By Massad Ayoob Situation: Shot 15 times by a mass murderer, you survive to become a role model and helper for other shooting incident survivors. Lesson: There are no guarantees of routine, easy days....

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Death In The Stairwell: The Peter Liang/Akai Gurley Shooting

November 2, 2017, 10:22 am

By Massad Ayoob Situation: An unintended discharge due to startle response results in tragedy. Lesson: Hand-on-holstered-weapon is better than drawn gun for some danger levels. “Finger outside...

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