Imagine you’re new to the world of personal protection and defensive firearms. Or perhaps you actually are new to the world of personal protection and defensive firearms. Either way, you know you want to keep yourself and the people you’re responsible for safe, but you don’t know where to start. You also happen to be under the age of 50. So, what do you do?
Chances are high that in today’s world, you’ll resort to social media to do at least some, if not all, of your research. Today, the fishing-vest-wearing, 1911-in-a-strongside-leather-holster-carrying gun writer of the ’80s and ’90s has been supplanted as the primary source of knowledge. In 2023, “influencers” wearing graphic T-shirts, carrying compensated polymer pistols — equipped with slide-mounted optics and weapon-mounted lights — forward of the hips are driving the bus.
This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, seeing as there are quite a few gun “influencers” giving rather practical self-defense advice away for free on social media. However, there’s a question that needs to be asked. Does the overall emphasis on Gucci-pistols and go-fast stupid human trick shooting performance found on
