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Pandemic Protection: Concealed Carry With a Face Mask
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented number of Americans to adopt face masks as part of their daily lives. This has complicated things quite a bit for concealed carriers. Due to widespread…
Continue Reading →A Look Back: Celebrated Firearms From American History
July is an important month in American history. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. From July 1 to July 3, 1863, the armies of Gen. George G. Meade and…
Continue Reading →Ask Ed: Concealed Carry FAQs — June 2020
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 →Cancel Culture and the Ban on Cartoon Guns
I’ve been watching my two younger children play a “murder mystery” video game in which a random person from a pool of online players is deemed a murderer, one is selected to be the sheriff, and the…
Continue Reading →Debrief: What We Learned From the COVID-19 Crisis
Now that states are beginning to open back up, it is time to step back and assess what responsibly armed Americans can learn from the COVID-19 shutdown. I am not here to discuss “how bad it was” or…
Continue Reading →True Stories — May/June 2020
Chain Saw Surprise: Septuagenarian Texas Vet Defends Against Armed Burglars A 79-year-old Crosby gun store owner and U.S. Army veteran was awakened at about 4:40 a.m. by the sounds of the front door…
Continue Reading →When Social Tension Spikes: Advice From a Warrior
John Lovell, founder of the Warrior Poet Society, sits down with Steve Fischer, USCCA’s training operations manager, to discuss the rise of unrest and why ALL Americans need to be prepared for the…
Continue Reading →Anti-Gun Snitches and Busybodies
Over the course of the stay-at-home order, both my son and my youngest daughter had to complete various school assignments on the computer, and some of that work included classroom Zoom meetings…
Continue Reading →How to Be Extra Prepared for 2020 Vacations
Preparing for a vacation isn’t a new topic for me, but it is a more difficult topic than I thought it would have been back in February. Unfortunately, many of you might not be taking a vacation this…
Continue Reading →A Look Back: The Origins of Memorial Day
On May 30, 1868, roughly 5,000 people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to honor the Civil War soldiers buried there. Ohio Congressman and future president James A. Garfield gave a speech. The…
Continue Reading →Guns in the News: Heritage Foundation Proves ‘Good Guys With Guns’ Essential
The “good guy with a gun” isn’t a myth. Thankfully, the Heritage Foundation’s Defensive Gun Uses in the U.S. database has provided us with the data to back it up. The foundation recently published an…
Continue Reading →Rapid Fire: Training Tips From Shooting Champion Jerry Miculek
Live Broadcast With Jerry Miculek Jerry Miculek, one of the greatest speed and competition shooters of all time, joins Kevin Michalowski, executive editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, for this…
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