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You have just finished your CCW course and are ready to start carrying. Now what? Continuing your education and training is an essential part of your self-defense journey. That is why we have provided you with valuable content from professionals to make sure your transition is easy and you are carrying intelligently, legally and safely.
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The Best Glock Guns for Concealed Carry
Glock guns came about at the very beginning of the polymer pistol revolution. Despite the early negative attention the handguns received, Glocks became and remain a very popular choice of concealed…
Continue Reading →6 Degrees of Danger: When the Unthinkable Happens Close to Home
You’ve heard of the concept of six degrees of separation, right? The idea is that any person can be connected to any other person through a chain of five or less intermediaries. In other words, all…
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 →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 →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 →How to Influence Views of Firearms
Adjectives are interesting. These descriptive words can be very influential or informative. We use these words to provide details — to paint a picture — to fill in the gaps. But this gives the user…
Continue Reading →States React to NYSRPA v. Bruen: New Jersey
New Jersey was one of nine states that had some form of may-issue laws before the Supreme Court ruling in the Bruen case that struck down a centuries-old law in New York. May-issue means that…
Continue Reading →Not Everyone Should be a Firearms Instructor
Oh, I know I am going to get some very unhappy messages, angry posts and mean tweets because of this topic, but I feel it really needs to be said. So, if you didn’t read the title, I will say it…
Continue Reading →Online Skirmishes: Managing a Social Media Debate
Part of operating in a representative democracy is convincing other people to align with our policy stances. This has been true since the Romans debated in forums and founders debated in the public…
Continue Reading →Your Gear Isn’t Right for You
You have all of your gear ready to go. The important things you carry with you every day. How do you know all of this everyday carry (EDC) gear is right for you? Put It All On! Make sure you know how…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — July 2022
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…
Continue Reading →Supreme Court Ruling Rights a Historic Wrong
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.
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