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
Lucid L7 1-6×24 “Extended Perimeter” Rifle Scope
Living on a rural parcel of land—as I once did—presents some defensive challenges. While those who live in urban or suburban areas can generally provide for almost all of their personal protection nee[…]
Continue Reading →It’s Okay to Cry
Women are emotional creatures. It’s okay to admit that and to embrace that…even on the shooting range! In fact, a few tears while shooting is not all that uncommon, but it’s definitely an issue […]
Continue Reading →What Is Your Ammo Doing?
Terminal ballistics is a science all to itself and the brief tests we are capable of doing at the Concealed Carry Magazine offices only scratch the surface. But what we can find out is that not all am[…]
Continue Reading →Let’s Talk About Multiculturalism
We live in a multicultural nation. With more than 300 million people, there are bound to be plenty of differences. Yet, good, right-thinking people do what they can to live with others in relative har[…]
Continue Reading →Revolver Malfunctions
If all the spent rounds don’t eject properly from your revolver, you have trouble. Taking care to maintain your revolver properly will help prevent an ejector star overrun like the one shown here, but[…]
Continue Reading →How Much Do You Train?
My friend Dave Young has a very clear statement about firearms training: Every round you fire should have a training value attached to it. I love going shooting. I could just plink away all day long w[…]
Continue Reading →In the Dark
We lost electrical power during a thunderstorm the other day. Internet—gone. Lights and stove—off. Refrigerator—nope. Home alarm system—toast. The cell phone still worked. I checked the gas gauge in t[…]
Continue Reading →Predators & Pray: What Can We Do About Church Shootings?
» ON JUNE 17, 2015, one criminal’s lone-wolf attack on a prayer service in South Carolina became the latest killing spree to attract headlines — and fundraising pleas from gun control advocates. Altho[…]
Continue Reading →Point Shooting Basics
Point shooting. Shooting from the hip. Unsighted fire. Yes, it can be a viable self-defense shooting skill, but it must be practiced. Remember to index your shooting arm on the side of your body to he[…]
Continue Reading →The Ethics of Self-Defense: When is Violence Justified?
» THE ETHICS OF defending ourselves are usually only called into question when we think of physical defense. We defend ourselves in many other ways, and the ethics of those defensive measures are hard[…]
Continue Reading →Study and Master It: Deadly Force Training
If there is one thing I firmly believe everyone who carries a gun needs to study in training and, if possible, master, it is … wait for it … deadly force decision-making. Did you think I was going to […]
Continue Reading →Don’t Shoot Your Finger Off!
With so many safety violations in this video, it’s a wonder the only injury was the tip of a finger. One hardly knows where to begin, but the safety violations begin the minute the clerk reaches for t[…]
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