Understanding Crime

Introduction
- The Most Dangerous Place in the World
- About The Author
- Why Pink?
Firearms Safety
- The Four Rules
- How to Deal with a Found Gun
- Is It Empty?
- Building Good Habits
- The Other Three Rules
- Can You See Clearly Now?
- Securing Firearms in the Home
- Aiming for Lower Lead Exposure
Kids and Guns
- Childproof… Isn’t
- Childproof Locks?
- Safe Storage Around Children
- The First Lesson
- Disarming Kids’ Curiosity
- Is Your Child Ready for the Range?
- The First Trip to the Range
- Why a Mom Should Take Her Kids Shooting
- Having Fun With New Shooters
- Talking to Older Kids About Firearms
- The Way It Used To Be
- Shotguns and Rifles for Children and Petite Adults
Choosing Firearms
- Gun Store Miss Adventures
- Trying On a Handgun
- Semi-Auto or Revolver?
- A Handgun for Home Defense?
- A Long Gun for Home Defense?
Gun Care
- Gun Cleaning and the Four Rules
- Gun Cleaning 101
- Glock
The Shooting Basics
- Grip
- Stance
- Sight Alignment
Running the Gun
- Unload and Reload Revolvers
- Rack the Slide
- How to Win the Bullet Surprise
- Clear a Misfeed
- Clear a Doublefeed
Practice Time
- Dry Fire Safety
- Find a Safe Backstop
- Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect
Learning More
- Why Professional Training?
- Why Not Take a Class?
- Got Class?
- Context Matters
- The F Word
- "You Don’t Have to Learn"
- Less Than Perfect
Teaching Others
- Taking a New Shooter to the Range
- How to Become a Firearms Instructor
- The Parade of the Dancing Bears
- Letter to a New Instructor
Mindset: Determination
- Like a Cornered Cat
- Making the Decision
- Finding Your Reason
- Personal Boundaries
- Meditations on Paper Armour
- The Armed Woman’s Attitude Test
- Good Books
Mindset: Facing Fear
- Could You Really?
- Are You Paranoid?
- Turning Fear into Safety
- Nightmares and Dreams
- Lethal Force Aftermath
Ethical Questions
- Christianity and Pacifism
- Is Lethal Force a Sin?
- Trusting God and Self-Defense
- Does an Attacker Deserve to Die?
- Why the Gun is Civilization
- Saving the Life of a Stranger?
Out and About
- Would You Carry a Gun…
- __to the Doctor’s Office?
- __to Church?
- __to a Friend’s House?
- __While Shopping?
- __at Home?
- Oops, and Other Sticky Situations
- The Eleventh Commandment
Choosing Holsters
- How Do I Hide This Thing?
- Concealed Carry for the Fashionable Woman
- Straight Talk About Curves
- Should I Carry in my Purse?
- Concealed Carry Purses
- 8 Ways to Spot a Bad Self-Defense Product Before It Kills You
- The Real $64,000 Question
- Holster Talk
Using Holsters
- Holster Safety & The Four Rules
- How to Choose a Safe Holster
- Chambered or Not?
- Safety Matters: How to Use a Belt Holster
- Safety Matters: How to Use a Shoulder Holster
- Safety Matters: How to Use a Waist Pack Holster
- Strap It In
- Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Other Gear
- The Case for Lasers
- Practicing with Laser Grips
- All About Pepper Spray
Ammunition
- Caliber Confusion
- Are Hollowpoint Bullets More Dangerous?
For the Men
- What Gun for a Man?
- What Gun for a Woman?
- How to Make Your Wife Hate Guns
- Buying a Gun for your Wife
- Teach Your Wife to Shoot?
- Recurring Questions
Just for Fun
- Dear Gunhilda
- Pistol Shooting for Ladies
- Quotes
- The Embarrassing Questions Department
- Advice to a New Gun Owner
- Monoculture Haiku
- The Modern Gun Instructor-er
- The Female of the Species
Why a Gun?
- Why I Carry a Gun
- Why a Gun?
- Compensating for Something?
- Realtor Safety: And They Ask Me Why I Carry?
- The Day I Discovered That HCI Wants Me Dead
- A Woman’s Right to Choose
- Leap Day, 1988
- An Encounter at Wal-Mart
Legal Concerns
- Buying a Gun
- Carry Permits
- Ability, Opportunity, Jeopardy
- Myths About Self-Defense
- What About Rape?
- Buyer Beware
- Legal Resources
- Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground Laws
Understanding Crime
- Purse Snatching Is Violent
- How to Watch a Crime Video
- Dying of Embarrassment
- Parking Lot Safety
- How to be a Good Witness
Psychology and Physiology
- Awareness is Important
- Awareness is Impossible
- Superpower: Invisibility

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