Within the Honorable Mention section, I have long published articles detailing defensive gun uses that go beyond the usual average. A specific set of cases are interventions by armed civilians against active killers, of which the column has detailed 54 to date. This article presents an analysis of key aspects of these cases. Opening picture: […]
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Practicalities of concealed carry and militia training in the Czech Republic (II/II)
Second part of Freetom‘s interview with Czech gun owners focuses on practicalities of concealed carry and also touches on the issue of government supported training of armed civilians in order to strengthen internal security. Background Freetom is an Italian youtuber who visited the Czech Republic in order to learn about laws and practicalities of firearm […]
Italian Youtuber interviews Czech gun owners about concealed carry (I/II)
Italian Youtuber Freetom that focuses on issues of liberty and freedom interviews Czech gun owners about local laws and practice of concealed carry. Background Back in April 2022 I was contacted by an Italian Youtuber, who wanted to make video about firearms in the Czech Republic. The request was rather specific – he wanted to […]
Interview – Shane Jones: South Carolina church armed security volunteer
After an increasing number of armed attacks on civilian targets (“soft targets”) many American organizations have decided to take responsibility for their safety in their own hands. One very specific category are churches, prayer rooms and congregations. They have chosen to go the most effective way. The police cannot be everywhere, all the time. And […]
Analysis of selected armed civilians’ engagements against active killers
Mainstream media often mock the idea of armed civilians going up against active killers. Zbrojnice.com has an entire category of articles that are dedicated to describing engagements of individual armed civilians against wannabe mass murderers. This analysis summarizes the most important data that we can gain from these cases. This article is from 2019. Updated […]
Firearms & Callum Long-Collins, English gun rights activist
In the second part of exclusive interview with zbrojnice.com, Callum talks more about his personal relationship to firearms. Rozhovor v češtině si můžete přečíst zde: Zbraně & Callum Long-Collins, anglický zbraňový aktivista Zbrojnice.com is a Czech language website that deals with practical, legal, cultural and social issues of civilian firearms ownership. This interview was conducted […]
Interview – Callum Long-Collins: A man whose guns were confiscated for committing a thought-crime
Today, Callum is probably the second most famous UK gun rights activist who had his firearms confiscated after Phillip A. Luty. Luty was grinded by the system after he set to prove that gun bans don’t work as anyone can make a firearm with parts and tools available in any hobby shop. Callum, meanwhile, faced […]
Firearms & Tomasz W. Stępień, president of Firearms United Network
Tomasz W. Stępień is a president of Firearms United Network (FUN), a pan-European movement aimed at preservation and promotion of civil rights in the area of firearms possession. FUN rose to prominence after 2015 when the European Commission introduced restrictions and bans on law-abiding citizens as its answer to terrorist attacks committed with illegal firearms. […]
Interview – Tomasz W. Stępień: Poles still believe the communist indoctrination that only criminals need guns
Tomasz W. Stępień is a president of Firearms United Network (FUN), a pan-European movement aimed at preservation and promotion of civil rights in the area of firearms possession. FUN rose to prominence after 2015 when the European Commission introduced a proposal for restrictions and bans on law-abiding citizens as its answer to terrorist attacks committed […]
Interview – Tomasz W. Stępień: In Firearms United we expect the EU to go hard after legal gun owners in 2020
Tomasz W. Stępień is a president of Firearms United Network (FUN), a pan-European movement aimed at preservation and promotion of civil rights in the area of firearms possession. FUN rose to prominence after 2015 when the European Commission introduced a proposal for restrictions and bans on law-abiding citizens as its answer to terrorist attacks committed […]