Regular readers will know how much we at the USCCA stress avoiding trouble before things get out of hand. In my last column, I suggested learning who your neighbors are and how they think about you…

These days, especially after a mass shooting, everyone is talking about guns. Where do bad guys get them? How should bad guys be stopped? There are way too many questions about the guns. It’s not…

There have been many situations over the years in which I have felt uncomfortable, intimidated and even out of place. One specific example was at a pro-2A conference. I was asked to speak about why…

It doesn’t take much to make your auto-loading pistol malfunction. In a close-quarters fight, if the bad guy gets even one hand on your gun, he can push it off target and cause a malfunction by…

If I were going to pick a single handgun to handle a multitude of tasks — home defense, concealed carry, hunting, backcountry duty — this Ruger Redhawk .357 would be near the top of my list. Even if…

What lengths would you go to if it were necessary to protect your children? Almost any I suppose, which is the way I feel about my daughter. I remember a man who shot his daughter’s rapist during the…

Two recent events, the attack on a Texas church and the assault on Senator Rand Paul, may seem unrelated, but they do have similar things to teach us. Just as with the previous attacks at a Las Vegas…

It’s always good to be reunited with an old friend — or, in this case, an old acquaintance: the Star Model BM single-action 1911-style 9mm pistol. The Star Model B and the Star Model BM once served…

There is a great book currently on the market: Left of Bang. You should buy it and read it. Consider any violent action as a timeline, starting on your left with, let’s say, you waking up in the…

One of the most popular additions to the modern shooter’s range gear is what used to be called a “go-belt” or “war belt.” From here on out, we’ll just call it a “range belt.” You might have seen one;…

A media contact from another country recently asked me about how and why I teach our children about firearms … and I actually had to clarify that I’m not trying to raise a small army or put a firearm…

From contact to about 3 feet, you can fight effectively without even pulling your gun out of your pocket, but you need to keep several things in mind. First, you need to get control of your gun while…

I woke up this morning thinking, “I really want to start a fight.” And, you know, 9mm vs .45 has just been done to death. So let’s talk about fine motor skills and their importance to shooting. You’ve all heard that under stress, our body’s natural response is often vasoconstriction.

A friend of mine, Ken Stern, worked as VP and then CEO of National Public Radio from 1999-2008. He was best known perhaps for growing NPR (NPR called him a “numbers cruncher and lawyer”), squeezing…

To suggest there’s one holster to hold virtually all of your guns would be either foolish or brave. Foolish because the physical dimensions of today’s handguns run the gamut from micro to massive.…

SIG Sauer has introduced more variants of its existing handgun line than perhaps any other handgun manufacturer. The array is amazing. And while the basic models of each type are always available,…

By the time you read this, there will be much more information available on last Sunday’s mass shooting in the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a town of only a few hundred people.…

{1} Alien Gear Shapeshift MSRP: $99.88 This modular holster system from Alien Gear allows you to go from IWB to appendix to belt slide to paddle. Atop all of that, it also includes an attachment that…

Anything you can do to make your training more realistic is worth the price you pay for it. And these three-dimensional silhouettes from a company called Rubber Dummies are a prime example of why it…

Anyone who has perused the pages of Concealed Carry Magazine or followed our articles in Concealed Carry Report knows that there are literally thousands of makes, models and styles of concealed carry…