Gun rights are under attack and continuously face trial in the court of public opinion. You are their defender, and the gun-control crowd is looking to poke holes in your credibility to make us all…

Girls compete with each other. Women empower one another. I really love that quote. There’s a powerful truth to those words that a good many of my female friends (now that we are “older and wiser”)…

When the Smoke Clears: Texas Concealed Carry Permit Holder Stops Barbecue Robbery A Dallas man was at a late-night barbecue when several armed men attempted a hold-up on the house party. The legally…

Ed McGivern, “Jelly” Bryce, Annie Oakley and “Wild Bill” Hickok are legendary names in the world of marksmen. But what about other great shooters who aren’t household names? “The names of Adam…

I have never been a big fan of earplugs for shooting hearing protection. They just never seem to provide the same level of protection that plain earmuffs do. My attitude has changed significantly…

Ever dream of training with an Olympic gold medalist? How about an Olympic skeet shooter? Wonderful news: The USCCA can make that fantasy become a reality with the Train Like an Olympian Experience.…

Everyone has hot buttons. As an attorney, I frequently have to deal with people with whom I disagree. Usually, the disagreements are of a professional nature: what a particular statute says or what a…

Let me begin by admitting that I have never really been one for the beach. I don’t like the scorching temperatures. I certainly don’t like being hot and sweaty in said scorching temperatures. Having almost drowned twice in my life, I don’t really do big bodies of water much either.

While I’m not a huge fan of using a knife for personal defense, there is one time when I think it really is the best option. That is when you are defending yourself against something like a rear…

COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented number of Americans to adopt face masks as part of their daily lives. This has complicated things quite a bit for concealed carriers. Due to widespread…

A while back, I evaluated a pair of CCW Breakaways unique concealed carry khaki dress trousers and really liked them. They allow the wearer to carry up to a full-sized pistol — such as a Glock 17 —…

July is an important month in American history. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the armies of Gen. George G. Meade and…

During my law enforcement career, I had the opportunity to train with countless revolvers, pistols, rifles, submachine guns and shotguns. After I retired and became a freelance writer, I continued to…

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…

The SIG Sauer TREAD series of AR-15s is advertised as being “easily customizable, with a full line of purpose-built accessories, designed and built in the USA.” That ability to customize their rifles…

A primary goal for any firearms instructor is improving a student’s performance. One of the best — but, unfortunately, often overlooked — ways to improve that performance is to fit the gun to the…

I’ve been watching my two younger children play a “murder mystery” video game in which a random person from a pool of online players is deemed a murderer, one is selected to be the sheriff, and the…

Now that states are beginning to open back up, it is time to step back and assess what responsibly armed Americans can learn from the COVID-19 shutdown. I am not here to discuss “how bad it was” or…

No other time in my memory has more called for carrying the 20+1-shot-capacity Ruger 57 as a primary, secondary or “get-home” gun. This remarkable, lightweight and accurate pistol can deliver…

Like most of life’s journeys, the evolution from concealed carry newbie to confident daily carrier is marked by countless concealed carry milestones. While no two armed Americans travel identical…