A violent crime occurred in the United States, on average, every 25.9 seconds in 2024, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program of over 14 million criminal offenses reported by more than 16,000 participating law enforcement agencies and
Shortly before 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 27, 2025, as faculty and elementary- and middle-school students of Annunciation Catholic School gathered for their first all-school Mass of the year, gunfire suddenly ripped through the stained-glass windows of the sanctuary at the
The director of the Arkansas State Police says guns should be allowed to be carried in state parks by law-abiding citizens in the wake of a mother and father knifed to death at Devil’s Den State Park in July. [
Jesus gave his disciples what is commonly known as “The Lord’s Prayer” as a model for how they (and we) should pray (Jesus’ personal prayer is found in John 17). It can be outlined in four parts: God’s Supremacy, Physical
SemperVerus interviewed Bob Chauncey, CPP, CISM, LEO (Ret.), founder of Church Security Institute Network. [ Read the SemperVerus article, New Website Address for Church Security Institute Network ] What prompted you to enter a career in the fields of law
Family Research Council (FRC) has released the newest edition of its report, Hostility Against Churches in the United States: Analyzing Incidents from 2024, which records 415 hostile incidents across 383 churches, including vandalism (284), arson (55), bomb threats (14), armed
Active Self Protection‘s mission is to help others develop the Attitude, Skills, and Plan to better protect themselves and their loved ones from harm. Its founder and owner, John Correia, posts online real defensive encounters that are recorded on camera
LaSorsa & Associates is a global source for security consulting, private investigations, technical surveillance counter-measures, and executive protection services and training. Its primary focus is on business and political security, but it also offers training for church security teams. [
Fewer than half (44%) of US adults say clear and absolute standards exist for determining moral decisions of what is right and what is wrong. A majority (55%) believe in circumstantial ethics, saying that whether something is right or wrong
US President Donald Trump has issued a Presidential Message celebrating August as National Shooting Sports Month®. NSSF®—The Firearm Industry Trade Association—celebrates President Trump’s commitment to preserving Second Amendment rights and is enthusiastically encouraged by his pledge to keep alive the
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