Archive for ' Firearms & Self Defense'

Rev Up Your Shooting Skills with IDPA Posted:May 08, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Rev Up Your Shooting Skills with IDPA

Guest post by Kelly P. Many women enjoy target shooting, but I have found something even better – a fun and practical shooting sport called IDPA. IDPA stands for International Defensive Pistol Association and is a [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Free reading, Dead or Alive! Posted:January 13, 2012 By:John A. Heatherly

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Free reading, Dead or Alive!

Article by John A. Heatherly, Author of The Survival Template One of the easiest and cheapest ways to prepare is to read, and if you can find books for free on survival topics, that’s even better. [...]

The Best Way I Know to Defend My Family – My TASER C2 Posted:December 11, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

The Best Way I Know to Defend My Family – My TASER C2

Guest post by Pamela Metivier, a marketing consultant for TASER International Inc. As a single mother of a five-year-old son, I’m always aware at some level that, along with all of the typical responsibilities, household security [...]

Handgun Reviews for Women, Part 2: the Sig Mosquito Posted:November 26, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Handgun Reviews for Women, Part 2: the Sig Mosquito

Prepare to fall in love with almost everything about the Sig Mosquito.  Sig Sauer is my favorite gun manufacturer, second to none, so it was natural that I would begin longing for a Mosquito of my [...]

Just for women: 23 Truths about Firearms Posted:October 10, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Just for women: 23 Truths about Firearms

You can never have too much ammo.  It’s amazing how quickly one or two people can shoot through 100 rounds or more in a single target practice. If you’re smart, your firearms will be common calibers.  [...]

Review: The Flashbang Holster Posted:September 22, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Review: The Flashbang Holster

Guest post by Liz Long.  You can read more information about the Flashbang Holster here.   I have had my concealed carry permit for years now but I have never used it. Ankle holster? Not an [...]

Posted:August 10, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Could the craziest holster ever be the one you’re looking for?

How to carry a concealed handgun is a real dilemma for women.  A specially designed purse isn’t the answer because all too often that purse isn’t under our direct control.  It’s sitting in a shopping cart [...]

Do You Need a Gun to Garden? Posted:February 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Do You Need a Gun to Garden?

Article reprinted with permission from author Marjory Wildcraft of Backyard Food Production. Well guns aren’t really that useful for digging or anything like that.  But do you need a gun if you are becoming self-reliant?  Let [...]

10 Ways Cloth Diapers are Like Pistols Posted:September 16, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

10 Ways Cloth Diapers are Like Pistols

Guest post by Bon Crowder who blogs at Idearella. While assembling diapers the other morning I noticed I was stacking them next to my Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun. Strangely intrigued by this, it occurred to [...]

A Woman’s Perspective on Personal Self Defense Posted:September 01, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

A Woman’s Perspective on Personal Self Defense

Guest post by Roxanne Griswold of Ready Made Resources. For the better part of half my life, I was, to a perpetrator, the perfect, unsuspecting victim. I had all the key elements for an easy take [...]