WPS FIELD GUIDE

3 Reasons Everyone Should Own a .22 Handgun

This often-underrated and underappreciated round is usually relegated to the status of plinking and barn varmints, but I (John Lovell) pretty much don’t go anywhere...

read more
Should Tactical Lights Be Handheld or Gun-Mounted?

There’s no question that a high-lumen and versatile light should be in every defender’s toolkit. About 80 percent of violent encounters happen during hours...

read more
Five Reasons You Should Own a Shotgun

At Warrior Poet Society, it is our firm belief that everyone should own a shotgun. Surprisingly enough, not everyone agrees with this sentiment, so...

read more
How to Build a Home Defense Plan

Keeping your home and your loved ones safe from bad guys is a multi-faceted, multi-tiered, and highly-contextualized enterprise, but there's a number of nearly-universal...

read more
Why You Should Open Carry

I (John Lovell) have adjusted my thinking about open carry. While I haven't yet embraced it for myself, I've come to believe that when...

read more
Review: The Newly-Designed WPS Belt-Mounted Medical Kit

The John Lovell-designed medical kit provides a securely-fixed trauma kit easy to access from the belt-line or elsewhere without impeding movement. Finding everything you...

read more
How Do You Measure Up as a Man? Some Thoughts in Time for Father’s Day.

Your legacy is written in your children and their children's children's lives. What will your legacy be to the third and fourth generation of...

read more
Shooters vs Operators: Know the Difference

Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.”...

read more
Why Victim Culture is Taking Over the World

Victim mentality and victim culture have been a human tendency and temptation since Cain blamed Abel for bringing God a better offering. We've all...

read more
How to Become Courageous - A Conversation with Jeff Struecker

Nobody is born brave. Not even former Army Ranger Jeff Struecker. Courageous men and women are made, not born. I (John Lovell) sat down...

read more
How To See Your Red Dot Every Time

I (John Lovell) have talked to people so frustrated by their red dot that they've been tempted to get rid of it. This is...

read more
John Lovell's EDC for 2023 (recently updated)

Tweaking and refining your Everyday Carry is a wise exercise on occasion as skills and needs change, technologies improve, and circumstances require up- or...

read more