We at JM4 have seen an uptick in the carrying of 22LR/22Magnum pistols in the holster purchases. While these fun little guns are not recommended for day-to-day against bad people with bad intent, there are some really good reasons to get and carry this caliber. For one they are versatile, being able to dispatch small […]
I was out and about all weekend and had a few interesting interactions that demonstrate exactly why we at JM4 Tactical repeatedly tell you about carrying your firearm. The first incident was a meetup I had with someone from an online marketplace to pick up some things that had piqued my interest that were in
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Why do you carry? Most people don’t do something unless they can answer a very simple question…. why? Why am I getting up at 5 am to work out before work/school? Why am I working hard at work when the lazy guy two down from me is getting paid the same way? Why do we
What happened to Self-defense? The world has obviously gone upside down, as anyone can tell from watching the news, the “mostly peaceful protests with fire in the background, or people defending themselves being charged with attempted murder. Yet that is exactly what happened in the most gun-friendly of places, New York City. A 57-year-old parking
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Buying a new handgun can be a daunting task. If you don’t know what to look for, or what your gun needs to have, you may end up with a sidearm that isn’t the best. The last thing you’d want to have happen is to spend the money on one of our holsters, only to
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What is the right caliber for XYZ One of the biggest debates we have is “what is the right caliber to do XYZ” within our community and the lines are staunchly drawn with no one budging. I wrote an article a few months ago that asked the question if the 45ACP was dead, and immediately
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Should you carry at home? It has come to my attention that there are many people within the 2A, prepper, and concealed carry communities that only carry when they are going out, or not at “home base”. This is a common practice, and I can see how that might make some sense as you are
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When thinking about the possibility of self-defense, and the potential of using a firearm to take a life, a lot of folks who are more left-leaning tend to make the false argument that “it’s just stuff, not worth killing someone over”. While that may be their personal view, I usually ask in return, “If it’s
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How many lives are saved by firearms? Gun grabbers love to say how many lives are taken each year by firearm violence, usually sitting trumped-up numbers that include suicides and accidents, however, few of them actually admit that the presence of a firearm can and does save lives. So why are those statistics so hard
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Layers of Defense – One of the first things you learn, when you get into the military, is that defense is not like the days of old where you have one or two means of defense, and if they get past that picket, welp, you are screwed. Today’s threats are everywhere, from online stalking on
Secure Your Perimeter – The recent shooting in Uvalde, TX, is an absolute tragedy and something that should never have happened. Unfortunately, it has been a regular occurrence since I was in school, and Columbine was in the news. This is an act of terrorism, in my opinion, and would fall in some of the
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Criminal Shot In Head With His Own Firearm – It has been re-iterated several times throughout my blogs that there are a few things you should focus on. First you need to have situational awareness to know what is going on, not lost in a phone or elsewhere. Second you need to have a means
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