As I write this column, the rest of the video team is finishing up the latest edition of the Proving Ground. If you have not seen our scenario-based training videos, make sure you sign up for USCCA…

I’ve mentioned a time or two before about having several friends and family members who are not fans of firearms. I also know many people who are somewhat okay with the idea of owning guns, but they…

The speed reload is something everyone needs to learn to do effectively. In simple terms, this is the fastest possible reload once you have run your magazine empty. In a deadly force incident, the…

Everyone has experienced that vague feeling that something “just isn’t right,” only to discover that there really was a reason for it. In his now-classic work, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That…

I woke up this morning thinking, “I should start a great big fight!” And having done the 9mm vs. .45 ACP debate recently, I decided to talk about firearms safety and the rules that keep us safe. (Do…

Despite the popularity of semi-automatic pistols for self-defense, the 21st Century defensive revolver continues to evolve into both new and improved makes and models. No longer confined to blued or…

Quality craftsmanship is something to be admired, whether it’s to be found in a vehicle, a clock, a firearm or a safe. And I have been nothing but in absolute awe of the beauty and the quality of our…

If you are carrying a concealed weapon because you feel you can’t win a physical confrontation with a younger, stronger, more agile opponent, you are already halfway to explaining your actions to the…

Locked-breech micro pistols, like the .380 ACP Ruger LCP and LCP II and the Smith & Wesson Bodyguard, are extremely popular these days, simply because there are few places that pistols this small…

I’ve talked to quite a few gun owners over the last few weeks who naively seem to think that the defeat of Hillary Clinton means we no longer have anything to worry about. Nothing could be further…

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young must have been thinking of us in “Teach Your Children.” The dreamy, insistent lyrics are instructive in a melancholic sort of way: You, who are on the road must have a…

This is not a simple topic to write about, but I felt like I had to do it. Something needed to be said … for the memory of a friend and for the hope of others. A few weeks ago, my husband and I…

If you end up in a gunfight, there should be no reason to put your gun away quickly. With that said, you don’t need to buy a holster that allows you to reholster quickly. If your holster gives you…

If you are ever involved in an armed self-defense situation, it will become a clash between your attorney and a state prosecutor. And no matter how “justified” you may believe that your actions were,…

Do not buy your kids or your wife a gun for Christmas. Do not — unless they already have experience with firearms. Okay. Possibly a .22 (or an air gun). Lots of small-caliber pistols and rifles are…

‘TIS JUST DAYS before Christmas and the cash registers ring, as all on the “nice” list continue to sing, “More ammo, more targets, and patches and swabs; more night sights and flashlights with…

The belly band concealment holster has been around for more years than most folks realize. Likely evolving from waist sash handgun carry, such as that utilized by Wild Bill Hickock for carrying his…

»IF THE GOVERNMENT cannot forbid an activity by making it a crime, they will tax the hell out of it. Consider alcohol and cigarettes. So failing to outlaw guns, the government will certainly heap…

Does anyone recall Robert Fulghum’s book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? There are some amazingly wise and profound truths to be read in the pages of that #1 New York Times…

Now that you have the basics of moving and shooting, let’s jump right up to the next level: negotiating obstacles. Once again, it is important to remember NOT to cross your feet, because that…