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Concealed Carry
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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Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — February 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 →Shot Over a Bag of Chips
Criminal defense attorney Tom Grieve and law enforcement expert Kevin Michalowski review security footage from a convenience store robbery. A man appears to be leaving a gas station with an armful of…
Continue Reading →The NEW Women of Firearms
If you didn’t already know, February 2, 2022, is the 36th annual celebration of “Girls & Women in Sports Day.” Since I’d never heard of this special observance before, I looked into it. And I…
Continue Reading →Addressing Bias: Holstering Your Firearm and Opening Your Mind
Responsible gun owners have a shared mission to end violence in our communities. Many of us take an active crucial step by holstering and carrying our firearms every day. But another equally…
Continue Reading →Two Gun Reports Firearms Owners Should Know About
Whether you’re trying to arm yourself so you can make a compelling case, educate your opposition or educate yourself to be a better informed gun owner, it is important for responsibly armed Americans…
Continue Reading →The Firearms Training Journey: Celebrate Your Why
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…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — December 2021
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 →Liberty Civil Defense Ammunition: Lighten the Load — Increase the Impact!
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…
Continue Reading →A Look Back: Oscar F. Mossberg and O.F. Mossberg & Sons
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…
Continue Reading →My ‘Divisive’ and ‘Controversial’ Second Amendment Shirt
A few weeks ago, when the autumn temperatures in Alabama finally dropped below 50 degrees, I threw on a hooded sweatshirt that reads, “I plead the 2nd.” Those four words are big and bold and…
Continue Reading →A Non-Runner’s Concealed Carry Holster Hunt
When I say I abhor running, I mean I’d rather listen to my three children scream non-stop for a week than run a mile. But about eight weeks ago, my wife was visiting the chiropractor for an…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — November 2021
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…
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