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Truckers and Self-Defense: Protection on the Road
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 2 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
Continue Reading →Truckers and Self-Defense: The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face
Truckers and Self-Defense Series (Article 1 of 8) The Safety Issues Truck Drivers Face | Protection on the Road | On the Road — Jerry Drolshagen Profile | Specialized Driver — Mark Schmidt Profile |…
Continue Reading →Mychael Waller’s True Story, Part 2 | Training With Your Gun
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on Mychael Waller’s self-defense incident. Part 1, which details everything that led up to the self-defense incident that Mychael and his son MJ…
Continue Reading →Fight for Permitless Carry: A Story of Fabric and Plastic
It’s been quite a few busy, crazy years since I became more active in politics and government through the DC Project and BamaCarry. With DC Project, I first became a delegate, representing my state…
Continue Reading →The Sword of Damocles: Living Under the Dangling Blade of Uncertainty
Molly and Robert Duncan were returning from breakfast one Wednesday morning in Grinnell, Ohio, with no reason to suspect trouble on a bright spring day. But trouble came anyway. Cheryl, Robert’s…
Continue Reading →The Mychael Waller Story: Father Survives Chicago Shooting
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Mychael Waller’s self-defense incident. Part 2, which details what happened to Mychael and his son MJ after this incident, appeared in the…
Continue Reading →Tracing Back: Prior Relationships Cloud Self-Defense Cases
Recently, an individual posted a question about a “clear case of self-defense” on the question-and-answer website Quora. After examining posts in gun groups on Facebook and elsewhere, I’ve determined…
Continue Reading →Deadly Blows: One Man’s Story of Survival
James Ott could have shot him, and investigating sheriff’s deputies wondered why he hadn’t. After all, James had been assaulted in his own home by a stranger. He was bleeding copiously from wounds to…
Continue Reading →True Stories — February/March 2021
Something in the Air: Utah Bar Employee Stops Shooting Spree A downtown Salt Lake City nightclub was the scene of a harrowing experience for all concerned. It started when a man left the club at…
Continue Reading →Gun Rights: The Steps You Can Take Today
You hear it all the time: “What can I do today to help further gun rights?” Well, one concrete step you can take — today — is to vote for Concealed Carry Magazine in the American Society of Magazine…
Continue Reading →On Behalf of Responsibly Armed Americans
Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the more than 550,000 members of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) and the more than 500 employees at our Wisconsin headquarters and around the country, I…
Continue Reading →Confronting Chaos: On the Case
Editor’s Note: The three-part story that follows, which originally appeared in Concealed Carry Magazine‘s January 2021 issue, is an account of a self-defense incident that occurred in North Carolina…
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