Hammer Down: Wisconsin Man Breaks Into Home, Pretends to be a Cop A man used a sledgehammer to break into a home early one morning and shouted, “Police! Search warrant!” Once inside, he went to the…

Do major disasters and times of civil unrest change the rules surrounding the legal use of deadly force? During these times, it’s likely law enforcement will be overwhelmed. Emergency response that…

Dry-fire training is an essential component of improving your skills as a shooter. Although not a replacement for live-fire, dry-fire is actually better than live-fire for the development and…

MSRP: $9.99 Ready Up Gear Earclip Ready Up Gear Earclip This is a simple and inexpensive solution to what to do with your hearing protection whenever you don’t want to be wearing it. It fits belts up…

For the last 20 years, courts analyzing Second Amendment issues worked a two-step inquiry. The first step looked at whether the govern­ment could justify its regulation by establishing that the law…

NOTE: USCCA Customer Engagement team members get a lot of questions, and they pass a good number of them along to Concealed Carry Magazine Senior Editor Ed Combs. If you have a question, you can…

More and more shooters are finding the fun in “Old West” .22 single-action revolvers. Despite the popularity of cowboy action shooting, interest in single-action (SA) shooting irons had been on the…

The evolution of carry guns during the past few decades has been astonishing. As a young cop, I carried a 4-inch-barreled revolver, later a “Wonder Nine” semi-automatic pistol, often a 1911, and a…

A gun can save your life, but does it guarantee your freedom? USCCA director of content Kevin Michalowski and attorney Tom Grieve discuss what a gun can and cannot do for your rights. Diving immediately into this deep question, Michalowski says no, owning a gun does not secure your freedom.

With millions of new gun owners joining the 2A community over the last few years alone, many people in the media are trying to discover and expose the reasons why people buy firearms. Unfortunately,…

“Independence is declared; it must be maintained.” – Sam Houston, American politician (1793–1863) Our Independence Day is a national holiday intended to celebrate America as Americans. Not as…

Kershaw’s new Allegory knife is a traditionally styled two-blade slip-joint, meaning it has a non-locking blade system. Users can open these by using the thumbnail to pry the blade open via a “nail…

On Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s strict “may-issue” gun law in a ruling that will impact at least six other states that also have such egregious laws in place. I could say that “gun-control advocates are up in arms,” but they hate guns.

As anti-gun politicians do their best to hammer another anti-gun bill into more anti-gun laws, there’s a ray of sunshine thanks to the SCOTUS decision on NYSRPA v. Bruen. Well, maybe that isn’t the…

As the third major ruling in a gun case since the Constitution was written, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down a 100-year-old law in New York. The law, known as “may-issue,” stipulates…

For the first time since its ruling in McDonald v. Chicago nearly 11 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a gun-rights case. Its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association…

Scenario-based training, in valid forms, could be considered “capstone” courses in firearms and self-defense education. Using simulated training scenarios should come after one is comfortable with…

Where once military and law enforcement dominated the firearms training scene, we now have a vast diversity of backgrounds and experiences represented in the world of firearms instruction. I believe…

Choosing a wardrobe to go along with the concealed carry lifestyle can seem challenging. Especially in warmer months, it can be hard to keep a low profile. However, the iconic polo shirt is a summer…

You’ve got your gun. You’ve got your permit (if you live in a state that requires one). You’ve even gotten some training. So now you are ready to go anywhere, right? Wrong. You can’t predict what…