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.
Should You Tell a Home Invader You’re Armed?
A home invasion is a terrifying and potentially life-threatening situation that no one wants to experience. In such a scenario, making the right decisions can be crucial to ensuring your safety and…
Continue Reading →Threat De-Escalation Techniques
Threat de-escalation is the process of reducing the intensity and severity of a potentially violent situation. It is a skill that can be learned and practiced by anyone who may encounter a threat in…
Continue Reading →Vehicle Ballistics Experiment: Putting a Car Door to the Test
Few areas on a modern vehicle provide much protection from modern ammunition. Beyond the engine block and possibly the wheel wells, modern vehicles do not feature sufficient materials of the needed…
Continue Reading →How to Conduct a Threat Assessment
Personal security is the protection of oneself from harm, violence or loss. It involves taking measures to prevent or reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime, terrorism or other threats. One of…
Continue Reading →How Many Rounds Is Enough? Caliber, Capacity and Defensive Gun Uses
It can be hard to choose the caliber of gun with which to arm yourself and how many rounds you might need to stop a deadly threat. While there’s no shortage of opinions on what is the “right”…
Continue Reading →Self-Centered Situational Awareness: Employing Empathy to Prevent Suicide
I am honored to be on the board of directors for Hold My Guns, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, whose mission is to connect responsible firearms owners with voluntary, private off-site storage options during…
Continue Reading →Reclaiming Their Identities: Domestic Abuse & Self-Defense, Part 4
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 4 of our four-part series on domestic abuse and self-defense. This article discusses how firearms ownership and self-defense training help domestic abuse survivors to…
Continue Reading →How to Get a Firearm Back After a Self-Defense Shooting
Self-defense is a fundamental right that we all possess. We have the right to protect ourselves and the people we love from harm. For gun owners, this right comes with a responsibility to ensure that…
Continue Reading →Will to Live: Homeowner Shot With Her Own Gun
Of all the skills necessary to the successful defense of life, the will to live is the first and most important. On Dec. 7, 2022, a female stranger broke into a woman’s home in Chicago. The two women…
Continue Reading →The Police Think You’re a Criminal
When the police arrive at the scene of a self-defense shooting, it is important for those involved in the incident to remain calm and cooperative. The responding officers may have very limited…
Continue Reading →How to Stay Safe on Vacation
We’re getting closer to summer break, and that means more travel for a lot of folks. While I travel all year long for work, I know that when school’s out, many couples, groups and families get ready…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — May 2023
NOTE: USCCA Customer Engagement team members get a lot of questions, and they pass a good number of them along to Concealed Carry Magazine Senior Editor Ed Combs. If you have a question, you can…
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