The Complete Combatant, aka Shelley Hill, walks us through many helpful tips for staying safe and free from interference from the “Grinch” this Christmas.

Are you mentally prepared to take on holiday shopping, including personal defense if necessary? Michelle Cerino runs through helpful resources that will make you think, prepare and shop confidently this season.

Michelle Cerino learns why three females chose to protect themselves, especially since they carry, with CCW Safe memberships.

The Complete Combatant, Shelley Hill, gives us common-sense tips for thwarting property crime in our homes.

Courtney Nicolson gives excellent advice for traveling in the U.S. with a firearm.

Michelle Cerino is always on the lookout for training to advance her firearms skills and personal defense methods. She recently attended a class, sponsored by WOFT and XINSURANCE. She walked away with confidence and even more skills.

Michelle Cerino delves into the benefits of a CCW Safe membership. Find out why she will join, and why others have.

What is EDC? We discuss everyday carry items you should keep on you at all times, as well as concealed carrying for women with firearm recommendations.

Michelle Cerino recommends that concealed carry holders take things a step further and add training that includes shopping scenarios and returning home afterward to their practice regimes.

Morgan Rogue gives you a run-down on Project ChildSafe’s resources for parents, educators and law enforcement.

Do you have a plan in place should you need legal defense and emotional support following a personal defense happening in your life? Michelle Cerino explores the many benefits of CCW Safe.

The Complete Combatant Shelley Hill gives us several helpful de-escalation techniques, along with ways to recognize heightened hostilities from others.

With the holidays around the corner, Michelle Cerino gives you lots of tips for situational awareness and proper concealed-carry options.

Michelle Cerino gives you a great list of back-to-school GTM purses and bags to carry, without a firearm.

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill delves into the various types of smiles and why you can’t trust all of them. Learn when to run away and when to relax in the company of someone, based on a smile.

The Complete Combatant’s Shelley Hill asks four top decision and “mindset” people in the field to tell us their perspectives regarding mindset, and how it relates to personal defense. She then lays out how we can employ mindset in daily routines and tasks.

Avery Skipalis kicks off a new series called “Women Who Carry.” In this first installment, she walks us through how she incorporates safety into her profession as a REALTOR®. 

Former Olympian biathlete Lanny Barnes shares her story of learning the importance of safe storage, and passing along that information to others.

Shelley Hill instructs us on how to recognize a potential imminent attack, by watching how someone is staring at you.

In honor of the NSSF’s inaugural Gun Storage Check Week, we’ve compiled a list of past posts on the subject, written by Team WON.

It’s time to check those safes and lockboxes to make sure they are present and complementing your life and safety, not hindering it.

Michelle Cerino describes several ways to store your firearm if you carry it off-body. Since this is the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s “Gun Storage Week,” we thought it is important. Gun Tote’n Mamas includes information in its manual on this topic, as well.

The Complete Combatant, aka Shelley Hill, gives us tips on how predators select their victims, according to how people walk – their gaits tell a lot!

Michelle Cerino walks you through 6 steps to fit a concealed-carry purse to your body.

Shelley Hill gives us several examples of why it’s important to follow our intuitions

New columnist Shelley Hill walks you through 5 visual cues that might indicate pre-violence on an attacker’s part. Learn these and stay frosty.

Morgan Rogue tell us, “The key to talking to children about guns and gun safety is to take away the stigma that guns are bad, while also teaching them that guns aren’t to be feared, nor that they are a mystery.”

Michelle Cerino revisits the wealth of information and knowledge in 12 posts sponsored by Gun Tote’n Mamas last year.

Nancy Keaton talks to Girls with Guns’ CEO, Jen O’Hara, who also represents Ruger in the concealed-carry world of firearms.

Have you ever been curious about what car thieves are actually looking for when they choose a car to steal? Shelley Hill did some research and shared it with The WON.

Michelle Cerino talked to some female gun pros about why revolvers can work well for personal protection.