Hearth and Home

Mini Shells For Home Defense: Just Say No
Mini shells don't suck, but they shouldn't be trusted for home defense. Just say no to minishells for home defense!

Home defense magazines: reloading at home
Home defense magazines. Are they different than other mag choices? Are considerations for home invasion defense different than other- and elsewhere?

166 – The Defensive Shooting: What Do You Do AFTER?
You’ve been involved in a defensive shooting — ideally a shooting and not a gunfight. What comes after? What should you do post-engagement? Here’s a hint: it’s not just flipping your head around dramatically in a theatric scan-and-assess. In today’s episode, we discuss what to do after. Though important, situational awareness is necessarily different in every […]

Home Invasion: Tactical Decision Games for home defense
You run fire drills with the kids, talk through handling severe weather, but have you considered Tactical Decision Games for a home invasion or burglar? Does everyone know what to do if things go sideways, or if you're in proximity to urban unrest?

Considerations for Home Defense
Many misunderstand the topic of home defense. Here are a few basic concepts as Varg Freeborn sees them; Layout, Area of Denial, Penetration, and SetUp.