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Industry Influencers: Dawn Hillyer
Did you know that all this month, the USCCA is recognizing and celebrating women? I am so lucky to have met, trained with, worked alongside and learned from some of the most amazing ladies in our…
Continue Reading →CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Staying Safe in Difficult Times
COVID-19 — the coronavirus — is dominating headlines. In a mad dash to generate advertising money by playing to the worst of human nature, most mainstream news organizations are feeding hysteria…
Continue Reading →Industry Influencers: Emily Valentine
Did you know that all this month, the USCCA is recognizing and celebrating women? I am so lucky to have met, trained with, worked alongside and learned from some of the most amazing ladies in our…
Continue Reading →Industry Influencers: Dianna Muller
Did you know that all this month, the USCCA is recognizing and celebrating women? I am so lucky to have met, trained with, worked alongside and learned from some of the most amazing ladies in our…
Continue Reading →Why Should You Attend the USCCA’s Concealed Carry Expo?
The USCCA held its first Concealed Carry Expo in May of 2015. More than 3,000 responsible gun owners converged on the event in West Bend, Wisconsin, near the USCCA’s main headquarters. Since then,…
Continue Reading →A Look Back: Presidents and Guns
We’ve all heard various interpretations of the Founding Fathers’ views on the Second Amendment. But what about succeeding presidents’ thoughts on gun ownership? Better yet, did any presidents own or…
Continue Reading →Two Lives Lost: Lessons Learned from the Drejka Shooting
by Chip Eberhart and Thomas Glasgow Recent defensive-gun-use news tells the tragic tale of two men who became victims of an incident in a Circle A Food Store parking lot. It is not our intent to make…
Continue Reading →Armed for Good: Giving Back to Our Communities of Faith
During religious services on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, a man clad in black with a shotgun hidden under his coat opened fire on the parishioners of the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement,…
Continue Reading →True Stories — January 2020
Eyes on the Road: Tennessee Uber Driver Defends Against Armed Assailant A Nashville Uber driver defended himself and his passenger when a man opened fire on his vehicle from a distance of about 10…
Continue Reading →‘I Sure Hope You’re a Cop’: Assisting a Police Officer Can Be a Tricky Proposition
Some 25 years ago, while I was a deputy sheriff with the Union County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office, I had an opportunity to assist a Newark, Ohio, police officer who was chasing what I later learned to be…
Continue Reading →In Defense of Patriotism
A few months ago, my three children attended a BamaCarry meeting with my husband and me. We heard a great message from Greg Hopkins — author, lawyer and pro-Second-Amendment advocate — who shared…
Continue Reading →It’s Personal: How Supporting Ranges and Retailers Builds Stronger, Safer Communities
The community of responsible gun owners is at a crossroads. We’ve seen dramatic changes and growth inside the firearms industry in the last 30 years. In 1979, there were just 5,600 attendees at the…
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