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
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[…]
Continue Reading →Interrupt the OODA Loop
Can the power of the Holy Spirit protect you during an armed robbery? The woman in this video was surely a believer. When a robber walked in demanding money, she responded, “In the name of Jesus[…]
Continue Reading →What Will Happen When the Police Arrive?
If you are involved in a deadly force incident, you can bet the police will eventually be on the scene. That’s because YOU should be the one to call them. If you used your gun in self-defense, even if[…]
Continue Reading →You Need EDC First-Aid Gear
You are much more likely to use first-aid gear than you are to use your gun. But those of us who carry a gun every day often overlook the need for a good trauma kit. I’m not talking about a R[…]
Continue Reading →Preventive Medicine … the Legal Kind
After an individual survives a violent physical confrontation in which he or she threatened or used lethal force, that individual is often faced with a bewildering array of legal issues, some of which[…]
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