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
10 Things to Think About AFTER You Decide to Carry Every Day
Whether you live in a constitutional carry state or a state that requires navigating multiple layers of bureaucracy before you can get a concealed carry permit, you need to think about more than just […]
Continue Reading →Coming Home to Beretta: Many Soldiers Choose Familiarity After Service
It is only natural that military men and women cling to their service pistols. » THERE ARE MANY implements of war. The halberd is long gone, but the rocket launcher and line-of-sight range finders are[…]
Continue Reading →Lasers for Low-Light Shooting
Lasers are great tools, but they are not perfect. Even the best products on the market will have their downsides. When choosing a laser, consider those downsides and remember that you must train until[…]
Continue Reading →The Summer Job
In Miami, Florida on March 10 this year, Gwendolyn Jenrette, a 54-year-old property-owner who lived south of 79th Street near I-95, shot and killed a burglar. The burglar, an unarmed 17-year-old teena[…]
Continue Reading →Holding Your Flashlight While Fighting with a Gun
The debate about how one should hold a flashlight while fighting with a pistol has been going on as long as there have been flashlights. Some say keeping the light near the pistol lets the bad guys si[…]
Continue Reading →We Just Keep Moving Forward
As you might imagine, the USCCA is simply abuzz with activity all the time. Teams throughout the company are constantly working to provide more and better benefits for our members, reaching out to res[…]
Continue Reading →Granny’s Got a Gun: More Mothers and Grandmothers are Carrying
Carrying a firearm is not just about prolonging a feeling of self-reliance, it’s also about providing an opportunity for self-defense. » I RECENTLY ATTENDED A Girl and a Gun meeting at the Range of Ri[…]
Continue Reading →Fighting in the Dark
Bad things happen in the dark. Use your flashlight to give you an advantage in a fight. Training to search by blipping your flashlight and then moving gives you the most tactical advantage. When you f[…]
Continue Reading →Can You Name the Two Most Important Gun Safety Practices?
We can argue about gun safety all day. Are there four cardinal gun safety rules or are there 10 Commandments of gun safety? Should you treat every gun as if it is loaded at all times or should you kno[…]
Continue Reading →Isolating Your Trigger Finger
If I say the word “squeeze,” what do you start to think about? Maybe you imagine giving your child a quick hug before he runs off to class. You might think about getting all of the toothpa[…]
Continue Reading →Some Threats Have More Than Two Legs…
Like many of you, I carry my gun just about every waking moment. It is so much a part of my routine that on those rare occasions when I can’t carry (air travel, a trip to the doctor’s offi[…]
Continue Reading →Do You Look Like a Victim?
Predators seek out the weakest prey, avoiding conflict when they do not know for certain they have an absolute advantage. They search for their prey and learn very quickly the indicators that show the[…]
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