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
So, Vacation
Yippee! Vacation. We live in one of the most magnificent countries on Earth. We have wild mountains to climb and deserts, sugar sand beaches, world-class museums—all within driving distance of thousan[…]
Continue Reading →Safety is NOT a Device … It’s an Ideology
Let’s talk about safety. Some people will point to that little lever on the side of a pistol and call that the safety. It is not. That is the safety lever. Big difference. Recently I had a long conver[…]
Continue Reading →Beware the “Shark Bump”
Most people don’t just ask for change. Nor do they ask for the time or directions. Very often, these seemingly innocuous questions are the setup to a robbery or other crime. Like a shark bumping its p[…]
Continue Reading →Take Control of Your Personal Safety
The shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan will no doubt be the topic of conversation for quite some time. You can bet that the anti-gun crowd will use the actions of this killer as a reason to continue to […]
Continue Reading →Jammed: How Can an Adversary Cause a Failure?
» IN STUDYING INTERPERSONAL COMBAT, there are many facets of the whole picture. Some considerations are too often overlooked or misunderstood. As an example, heft, feel and handfit mean more in a conc[…]
Continue Reading →Rubber Bullets? Not For Me
A viewer wanted to know if he could be charged with a crime if, after firing two rubber bullets at an attacker, he killed the attacker with a live round. The clear implication here is that by loading […]
Continue Reading →Fit to Fight?
I specifically waited until well after the New Year to talk about fitness. I didn’t want this column to be one of those “new year, new me” diatribes that appear every time December gives way to Januar[…]
Continue Reading →Bark. Bite. Bang. Mad Dogs, Bad Dogs and Wild Animal Defense
» A RABID DOG APPEARS IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. The children know the dog and know the owner, but the dog no longer knows them. Atticus is summoned, not for his wisdom or legal expertise, but because […]
Continue Reading →What Kind of Woman Buys a Gun?
A few weeks ago, I got involved in a conversation (if you can even call it that) about gun control. One of the participants in this verbal exchange, a guy who is vehemently against guns in the hands o[…]
Continue Reading →Expanding Our Firearms Knowledge
I know this is the second week in a row I have talked about comments to Into the Fray videos, but I feel it is very important to point out that when it comes to defensive training, there is no ONE sin[…]
Continue Reading →Are You Training, or Are You Just Shooting?
“Every round going downrange should have a training element attached to it.” I can’t take credit for that quote. Those wise words came from Dave Young, Director of Arma Training and a man I am proud t[…]
Continue Reading →Eagle Imports Grand Power P11: Totally Ambidextrous 9mm Combat Pistol
Those who are left-handed have always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to the availability of “lefty friendly” defensive handguns. Some that are a bit more left-hand friendly have ambid[…]
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