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Sheriff Jim Wilson talks about why you should regularly check, service and maintain your everyday carry gear, from handguns to holsters. 

Where's the best place to keep a firearm for home defense purposes? Sheriff Jim Wilson talks about some of the different ways you can prepare for an armed encounter in the home. 

Adding a security camera you can monitor from your smartphone can help create a layered defense system for your home and provide advanced notice of a potential threat.

Sheriff Jim Wilson talks about how body language is a huge ingredient to personal defense. 

The stress and confusion of a violent criminal attack is not the place to try to work up a system of communication.

Being prepared for what comes after a defensive shooting is an important part of armed defense training. 

When the fight comes, it's probably going to be in your face, which means you have split seconds to respond to a personal defense situation. 

Like the revolver and the lever-action carbine, the shotgun is still around because it gets the job done and gets it done quite well.

You can say what you want to about your favorite defensive school or those advanced-fighting techniques you learned, but the greatest defensive skill that a person can develop is simply awareness. I will freely admit that developing effective awareness is anything but simple, but being able to spot trouble before it is close enough to get in your face will certainly save you from a lot of trouble and possibly even some pain and grief.