Where Should You Wear Your Gun?

By Kellene Bishop The other day I was on my way up to Salt Lake City to work a “self-reliance conference.”  My car has the entire back window taken up by a vinyl sign for Women of Caliber, mentioning the firearm and physical self-defense classes I offer. Being in a bit of a hurry, I [...]

Ladies, Put Them on Notice

I was encouraged today to read of an 89 year-old Iowa woman who fired on a would-be burglar at her home. Yup. She hit him and he was injured.  She attempted to warn him that he had the wrong house but his alternate haze wouldn’t permit him to heed the warning. So, she did exactly [...]

Media Hype or Firearm Facts—You Decide

by Kellene Bishop  Fact: 100% of ALL firearm “accidents” occur as a result of someone violating one of the four most critical safety rules in the ownership and use of a firearm.  Firearms don’t kill people as the media would have us believe, any more than pencils are responsible for making spelling mistakes.  Your ability [...]

A True Best Friend

By Kellene Bishop Will Rogers once said that strangers were friends he hadn’t met yet. With this in mind, I can’t help but wonder why it is so foreign for women to handle a firearm. Mine is definitely one of my best friends. Why? I can trust this best friend to be reliable—to never flake [...]

The Bourne Self-Defense

By Kellene Bishop I have to admit it. I love the Jason Bourne movies. There’s one scene in one of Bourne movies in which Jason Bourne rolls up a magazine and uses it to beat the crud out of someone. There’s another in which he uses a simple pen to cause pain and agony. Implausible [...]

My Wish – 100,000 Women Strong

By Kellene Bishop Owning a handgun does not offer women any benefit for self-defense.  KNOWLEDGE, on the other hand, of how to use a firearm for self-defense is the ultimate equalizer.  And to me it’s the ultimate sign of freedom and liberty.  There are a great many female gun owners in the U.S. at present. [...]

An Indulgence Worth Dying For?

By Kellene Bishop We’ve all heard of individuals who have “die hard” hobbies, but does anyone have a hobby, or an indulgence that’s really worth dying for? Indulge me for a moment here, as I do have a point. I love books.  Can’t get enough of them.  I love shopping for shoes.  No matter what [...]

Multiple Attacker Self Defense

By Kellene Bishop Recently one of my readers sent me a real life sexual assault scenario involving multiple attackers and asked me for my advice.  I feel that understanding the necessary defense skills and mindset against multiple attackers is a valid subject to address.  And so I’m going to share her question with you as [...]

Permission vs. Skill

By Kellene Bishop When I ask various people if they feel they are capable of stopping a charging drug-crazed assailant, or prevent a break-in attempt into their home by a lawless gang, or to save the life of a person being mugged, the response I hear all too often from both men and women is, [...]

Are You Prey for a Rapist? Part II of II

By Kellene Bishop Continuation from Are You Prey for a Rapist Part I from yesterday… If you do have to encounter an assailant up close and personal, make your hits count.  Most women go for the groin first and foremost, but understand that every would-be rapist is very familiar with this “knee-jerk reaction” and prepared [...]