Wild Card: Illinois Armed Citizen Defends Against Murderer A Chicago card game turned violent when one of the players objected to another player spitting while playing. When the spitting player took…

What Are the Basics to Prevent a Carjacking? Step one will be to keep all doors and hatches locked at all times. Do not open them for anyone who isn’t uniformed law enforcement. I cannot stress this…

Partnering with the Croatian firearms manufacturer HS Produkt has allowed Springfield Armory to break into the high-capacity polymer pistol market with the XD series. Continuing with that proven…

One of the most prevalent challenges for those involved in firearms education and training is addressing flinching among students — especially new shooters. Defining what a “flinch” is (and is not)…

Nearly 300 gun or weapons bills have been introduced in state legislatures in 2022 or carried over from last year. Dozens have passed both the House/Assembly and Senate in their respective states and…

They say two minds are better than one. That seems to be the case for Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. They revolutionized the gun industry in the mid-19th century with the introduction of their…

Many new products from the 2022 SHOT Show were pleasantly surprising. Federal Ammunition introduced a brand-new self-defense pistol cartridge — the 30 Super Carry — along with Smith & Wesson handguns…

Armed intruders have broken into your home. Your children are in their rooms down the hall. How can you best help them? If only there were a way to test your skills, increase your self-defense knowledge and improve your ability to respond under pressure before something like this happens.

An excerpt from the USCCA’s Concealed Carry Guide. Few decisions are as personal as selecting your sidearm. Whether you go revolver or semi-auto, remember to focus on what’s best for you. As an…

With millions in service, the SIG Sauer P226 and Beretta 92 have become icons in the pistol world. They both have reputations of reliability and have been used in institutional and military…

MSRP: $320 Diamondback Sidekick Diamondback Sidekick Whether it’s for recreation, pest control, hunting or instructing brand-new shooters, the .22 is easy to love. Affordable and American-made, this…

So you’ve committed to defending your home, and a firearm seems like the best choice. There is a lot to consider. First off, make sure that if you are considering a firearm for home defense, you are…

The 221B Tactical line continues to grow with innovative, new products. Those I’ve been privileged to work with have exhibited first-rate workmanship and a high degree of design thought. Tactical…

I hate using films and TV as a reference, but there are so many mistakes and oversights made when it comes to firearms that it is hard to resist. In one drama, a cop, injured in an accident, was…

Smith & Wesson departed from the current 9mm lineup in a number of ways with the new 9mm CSX single-action. Based on the first pictures I saw, I thought it might be what amounted to an M&P or Shield…

This will come as a shock I’m sure, but lawyers are not always the most punctual people in the world. Over the course of the last 25 years, I have worked with hundreds of lawyers. And almost none of…

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…

I’ve been using Crimson Trace gear — particularly their first product: Crimson Trace Lasergrip — since around 1998. In those days, many considered them a novelty or even a “toy” and not a serious…

As the old saying goes, “We all have to start somewhere.” Every firearms instructor who has been teaching for any length of time can remember the person or incident that inspired him or her to go…

After witnessing a deadly collision seven years ago involving a semi that caught fire, I made two resolutions. First, I would always have a quality fire extinguisher in an emergency box in my…