The SIG Sauer P210 Carry Review
The SIG Sauer P210 Target and the new P210 Carry are direct descendants of the legendary Swiss P210 Military pistol in use by the Swiss Army since 1949. SIG P210s are chambered in 9mm, and their…
Continue Reading →The SIG Sauer P210 Carry Review
The SIG Sauer P210 Target and the new P210 Carry are direct descendants of the legendary Swiss P210 Military pistol in use by the Swiss Army since 1949. SIG P210s are chambered in 9mm, and their…
Continue Reading →Ruger’s 22 Charger: A Versatile .22 LR Fun Gun for Young and Old
My 8-year-old son Owen is becoming quite the firearms aficionado and enjoys watching the videos Ruger includes on its website. He has learned a lot about Ruger firearms and was particularly…
Continue Reading →Evil on the Doorstep: Police Ambush Scheme Lands Attacker on Florida USCCA Member’s Back Porch
Wayne Pert woke to a sharp nudge to his ribs. “Did you hear that?” his girlfriend, Sandra Kaye Murr, whispered. Blinking his eyes awake, Pert lifted his head and listened. “I don’t hear anything,” he…
Continue Reading →Pros and Cons of Popular Defense Cartridges
Popular cartridges have become so due to good performance. For more than 100 years, the standard self-defense cartridges have been .38 Special, 9mm and .45 ACP. Concealed carriers are looking for…
Continue Reading →Mexico Sues U.S. Gun Manufacturers
*This post was originally published on August 28, 2021. Read the latest updates in the case. On August 4, Mexico filed a lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers with the U.S. District Court for the…
Continue Reading →A School Shooting Study by Purdue Homeland Security Institute
No person or organization has a single solution to end school shootings. But five scholars from the Purdue Homeland Security Institute (PHSI) might have an answer to mitigate casualties. Their 2022…
Continue Reading →The Springfield Armory Ronin 10mm 1911
Polymer-framed pistols with nearly indestructible finishes seem to be the universal standard for defensive and sporting handguns at the moment. But Springfield Armory’s Ronin line 1911 pistols with…
Continue Reading →True Stories — October 2022
Carjacking: Arizona Woman Defends Against Car Thief A Tempe, Arizona, woman heard a car alarm going off at around 4 a.m. Taking up a pistol when she went outside to investigate, the woman encountered…
Continue Reading →‘Assault Weapons’ Licensing Bill Introduced in Congress
On September 19, Congressman Chris Jacobs (D-New York) introduced legislation that would require a license to own some of the most popular semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15 and AK-47, that…
Continue Reading →Situational Awareness: Using and Recognizing Nonverbal Cues
Research shows us that we can usually get a realistic “first impression” of someone within the first eight seconds, thanks, mostly, to nonverbal communication, like eye contact, gestures and facial…
Continue Reading →Legislative Update — October 2022
California: Major Data Leak On June 27, California Attorney General Robert Bonta announced that the California Department of Justice was releasing a 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal that listed 242,727…
Continue Reading →States React to NYSRPA v. Bruen: New York
On October 6, 2022, a federal judge ordered a temporary injunction on a portion of the new laws passed in July. The latest updates have been added. *Read the latest updates. New York has some of the…
Continue Reading →Versacarry Compound Holster
I recently reviewed Versacarry’s Trooper holster. I liked the Trooper enough that I requested another Versacarry model: the Compound, an outside-the-waistband, optics-compatible holster. My 9mm Springfield Armory SA-35 will pair with the Compound. It’s one of the guns I use to provide security at my church.
Continue Reading →Accurate Defender: The ‘3-RSquared Drill’
In the world of firearms training and defensive shooting, we often talk about how many rounds it might take to stop a threat. We don’t really know. Sure, we can look at the research and study the…
Continue Reading →Not-so-Heavy Metal: The Evolution of Lightweight Guns
In the earliest days of concealed carry, it was easy to understand the materials from which firearms were made. A handgun was simply an iron tube into which powder and shot were packed, and this iron…
Continue Reading →How to Debate Gun Control
Kevin Michalowski, content director for the USCCA, answers an interesting question from a viewer: “How can I convince my friends on the left that guns are not the enemy but provide help?” Read the…
Continue Reading →When to Reload: The Debate Rages On
There’s a lot of discussion about reloads in the world of firearms. Tactical reloads, speed reloads, reloads with retention, emergency (slide-lock) reloads…. And I saw a post on social media the…
Continue Reading →The Tourniquet: An Important Everyday Carry Item
Uncontrolled bleeding is the number one cause of preventable death from trauma. Approximately 20 percent of people who have died from traumatic injuries could have survived with quick bleeding…
Continue Reading →Ruger Mini-14 Review: Classic Ranch Rifle Tested
Ruger introduced its Mini-14 in 1972 and advertised it as “the smallest of powerful small arms.” With its 20-round magazine, it took the shooting world by storm for 32 years before the AR-15 became…
Continue Reading →YouTube University: Video Education vs. Instructor-Led Training
Almost any skill you need for daily living, from how to remove a broken light bulb from a socket to how to solder a copper pipe into an antenna, can be learned online. In my family, we refer to…
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