Be prepared with a variety of concealed carry and firearms tips and tactics that can help keep you and your family safe both inside and outside of your home. Find helpful articles and videos, including the Into the Fray training series, that cover everything from situational awareness and conflict avoidance to cover vs. concealment and the use of force in a critical encounter.
The Failure-to-Fire Drill (Simulation Featuring BarrelBlok)
This week’s video is a little different than our normal Tactical Tuesday training segment. Instead of focusing on a specific set of skills, we look at a new dry-fire training tool, the BarrelBlok. We…
Continue Reading →The 1 to 5 Drill
The Drill: This week, we are joined on the range by Jason Speller, Chief Instructor of the law enforcement D.R.A.W School. Jason shared a great new drill with us that he uses to train law enforcement…
Continue Reading →Is Your Barrel Blocked?
We here at the USCCA continue to promote dry-fire training and we always stress safety when training without ammo. It takes just a second for an unloaded gun to become a loaded gun and that’s when…
Continue Reading →Clipless Holsters Stay Put!
When carrying a gun in a clipless inside-the-waistband holster, you can be relatively confident that it will stay in place, even during rough physical activity. As you can see from this video, the…
Continue Reading →The Seated Shooting Drill
The Drill: The Seated Shooting Drill is a dry-fire drill that incorporates a simulation of normal life. Since we find ourselves in a seated position at some point during the day, it is important to…
Continue Reading →How to Use the Clipless IWB Holster
If you are making your holster choice based on you reholstering, you might be making the wrong choice. For simplicity and versatility, the clipless IWB holster has a lot to offer. The Mainstay, from…
Continue Reading →Focus on the Front Sight? Maybe. Maybe Not.
I did some shooting over the Memorial Day weekend and came away shaking my head. The reason for the headshake was that, over the course of about six hours, I figured out that, at ranges up to about…
Continue Reading →Meet Mike Janich, Learn About Knives…
Because so many of our readers carry knives and because we believe that training is the backbone to any sort of self-defense, we have added noted knife defense trainer Mike Janich to our list of…
Continue Reading →More Words to Live By…
I just love old sayings. This is one of my favorites: If guns are involved, one had better be yours. Think about this for a minute. These words go right along with what some people call The First…
Continue Reading →Controlled vs. Hammer Pairs Shooting Drill
The Drill: For this drill, Steve and I will walk you through and highlight the differences between a controlled pair and a hammer pair. The goal is to get you out of the mindset that many range…
Continue Reading →You Have to Start Somewhere
Do you know what’s wrong with most gun owners? We think we know everything. Yes, many of us have had lots of training and some of us actually have some real-world experience. Now, don’t get me wrong,…
Continue Reading →If You’re Standing Still, You’re Moving Backwards
One year, when I was getting ready for our high school basketball season to begin, I remember looking around and noticing that all the players were sporting the same kind of basketball shoes. Beyond…
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