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Concealed Carry
You have just finished your CCW course and are ready to start carrying. Now what? Continuing your education and training is an essential part of your self-defense journey. That is why we have provided you with valuable content from professionals to make sure your transition is easy and you are carrying intelligently, legally and safely.
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USCCA Women’s Community: Let’s Continue the Conversation
The team at the USCCA has been diligently researching, planning, and implementing projects and products specifically for the industry’s fastest-growing market: women. And with that, our new Women’s…
Continue Reading →The Face of Firearms
While attending a safety meeting at a local shooting range, I got into an interesting discussion about the “face of firearms.” Can you simply look at a person and determine whether or not she is a 2A…
Continue Reading →Welcome to Pacifiers & Peacemakers…the Video
It’s been more than two years of content and information from the Pacifiers & Peacemakers column on the USCCA blog, so we figured: Why not? Let’s take Pacifiers & Peacemakers into the video realm!…
Continue Reading →Armed and Active: CCW Holsters for Carriers on the Move
I’ve always considered myself a highly active individual, ready for any adventure. The greater the challenge, the more I want to indulge. And no matter where my adventures take me, I carry a pistol…
Continue Reading →Myths and Misunderstandings Surrounding the PINK Gun
If you’re a woman and you’re interested in firearms, you’ve likely come across a pink gun or two. In my years of shooting and working in the firearms industry, I’ve seen countless colorful selections…
Continue Reading →Eliminating “Gun Violence”
Words and their connotations have a lot of power. And we should be well aware that the media and politicians (and really anyone in the business of communication) are keen on this. For example, when…
Continue Reading →Women Firearms Instructors
Is there a sign that says “insult me” hanging somewhere over my head? I’m mulling over that possibility, because I’ve been through some of the weirdest incidents lately. I know that as a blonde, I hear a lot of tasteless jokes and snide remarks about how dimwitted “my kind” are.
Continue Reading →Firearms and the Military Wife
I recently spotted a friend and fellow instructor’s Facebook post about getting military wives involved with firearms training. Nicolle Griffin, a certified instructor and a chapter leader of The…
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