Category: Gun Culture 2.0
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Snake Oil, Talismans, and Quick Fixes: Why Women’s Self-Defense Products Suck Part II

Welcome, friends. This blog post is the follow-up to my recent commentary on the marketing of bullshido and gadgets to women for personal defense. We’ll take a look at the categories those gadgets fall into, a few specific examples from each, how they work (or don’t), and some legal considerations.…
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Peer Pressure, Pandering, and Placebos: Why Women’s Self-Defense Products Suck Part I

Welcome, friends. This blog post is the first installment in a two-part series on a topic I touched upon briefly in my review of Calling The Shots by Jenna Meek: the fact that women’s self-defense products suck. Part 1 will go over the inherent problems with the way that these…
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Feminine Firepower: Review of Calling the Shots by Jenna Meek

Welcome, friends. As the title suggests, today I’ll be reviewing Calling the Shots: Self-Protection And Firearm Choices That Work For You by Jenna Meek. As I recall, I first heard about this book on Greg Ellifritz’s Active Response Training blog. While I can’t remember the exact post, I suspect it…