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.
Force of Habit: Training and the Power of Routine
Why is training, specifically in the context of defensive shooting, so important? The answer may surprise you. Understanding the power of training begins with understanding what happens in an…
Continue Reading →Mastering the Draw
When you’re ready to carry concealed, getting shots on target isn’t the only aspect of defensive firearms training you should consider. Practicing to clear your firearm from a holster is an important…
Continue Reading →Fear, Shame and Despair: Domestic Abuse & Self-Defense, Part 1
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 1 of a four-part series on domestic abuse and self-defense. This article explores the physical and psychological trauma experienced by domestic abuse victims. Part 1 |…
Continue Reading →Will You Lose Your Permit for Defending Yourself
There are a lot of moving parts after a self-defense shooting. The incident will be investigated top to bottom and end to end. And there’s always the chance of a trial too. If your shooting was found…
Continue Reading →Can a Felon Use a Gun in Self-Defense
What does the Second Amendment cover when it comes to felons protecting their lives and the lives of those they love? A viewer wrote to the USCCA explaining that he is a felon and knows he is not…
Continue Reading →How to Increase Your Chance of Survival
There’s one thing you can do to increase your chances of surviving a gunfight. It’s not shooting a gun. Avoiding a gunfight should always be your first course of action. But if you are forced to…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — December 2022
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…
Continue Reading →Black Friday Dangers: Are You Ready?
If someone you know and love is getting up at 5 a.m. to hit all the best Black Friday sales, please tell him or her to be careful. There might be an argument over whether or not noted bank robber…
Continue Reading →Dialing Back Defensive Handgun Loads
The legendary lawman Wyatt Earp used to say, “fast is fine, but accuracy is final.” Being able to quickly get a shot off will mean little to nothing if that shot misses. Drawing on Earp for…
Continue Reading →How to Shoot From Cover
Cover and concealment are not the same things. Concealment hides you. Bullets can pass through. Cover, on the other hand, stops incoming rounds. It prevents the bullet from hitting you, but it can…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — October 2022
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…
Continue Reading →Pros and Cons of Popular Defense Cartridges
Popular cartridges have become so due to good performance. For more than 100 years, the standard self-defense cartridges have been .38 Special, 9mm and .45 ACP. Concealed carriers are looking for…
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