USCCA Firearms & Self-Defense Blog
Self-Defense
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.
Recent Self-Defense Articles
How to Improve Your Natural Point of Aim
The Drill: Looking for a cheap, easy drill you can do at home? Follow Mike and Steve through these simple steps to find and improve your natural point of aim and end up on target faster. With this “Po[…]
Continue Reading →Bullets Toward the Belt Buckle
It’s a good idea to carry spare ammo. How and where you place that ammo on your belt can mean the difference between a quick and smooth reload and a time-consuming disaster when you suddenly need ammo[…]
Continue Reading →The First Thing You Should Do After a Self-Defense Incident
No responsibly armed American or responsible gun owner ever hopes to be involved in a self-defense incident. However, it is important to not only be prepared for what happens during, but also for what[…]
Continue Reading →An Ounce of Prevention…
Regular readers know how often we at the USCCA stress the age-old truth that avoiding a bad situation is always preferable to dealing with the consequences of one. I spend a generous amount of time in[…]
Continue Reading →Where Do You Get Your Gun News?
It is becoming pretty popular (and pretty easy) these days to bash the media, especially when it comes to the coverage of guns. The mainstream outlets clearly just don’t get it. Not only do such outle[…]
Continue Reading →Security Theater: At Least You Think You’re Safe
Have you ever wondered if those stern-looking security features currently littering the American landscape really make you safer, especially the ones that deprive you of your right to keep and bear ar[…]
Continue Reading →A Bulletproof Briefcase!
Does your briefcase stop bullets? Does it put your gun right where you need it in a hurry? The PDG Slingshot Armor Carrier is a bulletproof messenger bag that will carry your laptop and your office su[…]
Continue Reading →Ask an Attorney: Can I Protect a Loved One?
In this week’s “Ask an Attorney” video, criminal defense attorney and former state prosecutor Tom Grieve answers a question responsibly armed Americans often ask: “Can I defend a loved one with […]
Continue Reading →Accuracy Is a Relative Concept
When it comes to choosing a defensive handgun, most experienced shooters and self-defense trainers agree on a hierarchy of must-haves. Reliability takes first place, with power (caliber), ammo capacit[…]
Continue Reading →Survive an Attack on a Crowd
While the chances of being involved in a mass shooting are relatively slim, the danger is still very real, and your best option for survival would be effective escape. When you enter an area, MAKE SUR[…]
Continue Reading →Ask an Attorney: What Is Self-Defense?
In this week’s “Ask an Attorney” video, attorney Tom Grieve discusses what, exactly, a self-defense incident is and how it gets raised as a defense in criminal court. What Is Actually Considered[…]
Continue Reading →Shooting With Your Eyes Closed?
Do you know what I like about George Harris? Everything! He is knowledgeable, articulate and backs up his words with proof. He has forgotten more about guns and firearms training than I will ever know[…]
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