Nearly everyone has seen J. Howard Miller’s “We Can Do It!” poster at some point even if they didn’t realize it. It depicts a young woman wearing a red polka-dot bandana with the sleeve of her blue…

As an “old guy,” the first ARs I ever owned and operated were the original, full-sized rifles with fixed stock, fiberglass handguards and 20-inch barrels. I’ve always favored the original AR-15/M16A1…

Rocky Road: Texas Cyclists Defend Against Motorist Assault A Houston couple were riding bicycles when a driver pulled up and told them they could not be riding in that area. The motorist drove off…

Gun owners have been using it for over a century. Hoppe’s No. 9 is one of the most popular gun cleaning solvents in the United States. We are spoiled today, but there was a time when cleaning a…

I recently taught my last class of 2021: USCCA’s Women’s Basic Pistol. I absolutely love teaching this class, and it’s not because I wrote the curriculum. I love this class because it always teaches…

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…

In 1988, I became one of the few Ohio law enforcement instructors certified in both defensive tactics and firearms. This dual skill set allowed me to understand weapon retention vs. fast draw…

One of the latest teaching methods in college and university speech and communication departments is to videotape students while they’re giving speeches. The purpose is to show them what they did…

Editor’s note: The views expressed in the following article are that of attorney Anthony L. DeWitt and do not reflect an official stance from the USCCA.   If you watched any part of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, you know there were some tremendous takeaways for concealed carriers.

It’s less common these days to have 1911s built to an owner’s specifications. Ed Brown, Bill Wilson, Nighthawk and others now offer “factory custom” or high-end 1911s. The one-at-a-time hand-built…

As a full-time cop in Ohio, many years ago, I became dissatisfied with the six-round ammo capacity of my off-duty .38 Special Colt Agent snub-nosed revolver. Because of my youthful desire to have the…

Many students ask what is the single fundamental they should practice in order to improve marksmanship. Although there are many building blocks necessary to formulate a good shot, the one fundamental…

In a TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, actor Alec Baldwin said he never pulled the trigger of the gun that killed Rust’s director of photography and wounded the director. Here is visual…

I was recently introduced to an intriguing new product: AlphaShield electronic earplugs from TETRA Hearing. I was immediately interested in the technology, especially since the company was started by…

Although I had planned on starting my 7-year-old son’s journey into handguns — kept securely in my safe, of course — with a single-action .22 revolver, I hadn’t thought about getting him one yet. The…

When you hear the name SIG Sauer, it’s likely that you first think about firearms. Maybe you even think about small arms, specifically, since SIG is certainly well-known for manufacturing and selling…

One USCCA viewer wrote in asking us to answer this pressing question: “What happens if you shoot someone who has broken into your house, but they lie to authorities about what really happened?” Kevin…

U.S. Concealed Carry Association President and Founder Tim Schmidt hosted New York Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY22) for an online broadcast to speak about why she became such a staunch supporter of the…

In less than 30 years, Oscar F. Mossberg transformed his small three-person operation of manufacturing guns in his backyard barn to one of the most prominent firearms producers in the U.S. “O.F. was…

The M&P 9 Shield Plus is the latest variation in a long line of Smith & Wesson pistols aiming to be the “perfect” semi-automatic for concealment. And Smith & Wesson isn’t the only firearms…