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National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Stops Crime, Background Checks Do Not
I’m still amazed that some people just do not get the concept that background checks will not stop crime. Even some gun owners are saying, “What’s wrong with background checks?” I ask you to share…
Continue Reading →Basic Concealed Carry Laws: Nebraska
Carrying a firearm for self-defense comes with a lot of responsibility. Knowing the laws where you carry is just one important task you must undertake as an armed American. To help with that, we will…
Continue Reading →Cannabis and Firearms: The Choice Between Marijuana Use and Second Amendment Rights
In Part 1… We were introduced to Kim Petters, a U.S. Air Force veteran who developed PTSD but found relief with Delaware’s medical marijuana program. Due to federal law 18 U.S.C. 922 (g), however,…
Continue Reading →On Behalf of Responsibly Armed Americans
Dear Mr. President, On behalf of the more than 550,000 members of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) and the more than 500 employees at our Wisconsin headquarters and around the country, I…
Continue Reading →Basic Concealed Carry Laws: New Hampshire
Carrying a firearm for self-defense comes with a lot of responsibility. Knowing the laws where you carry is just one important task you must undertake as an armed American. To help with that, we will…
Continue Reading →Kids and Guns: Protecting Our Children — Gun Safety, Violence & Gun Control
The most malicious claim against law-abiding gun owners is that we care more about guns than we do about protecting children. I am fed up with being painted as a monster. Second Amendment advocates…
Continue Reading →Basic Concealed Carry Laws: Montana
Carrying a firearm for self-defense comes with a lot of responsibility. Knowing the laws where you carry is just one important task you must undertake as an armed American. To help with that, we will…
Continue Reading →Good Guy With a Gun: A Handy Talking Point
Gun-rights advocates know that the only reliable way to stop an active attack is with effective return fire. We know that some level of resistance — even marginal resistance — can slow or stop an…
Continue Reading →Cannabis and Firearms: PTSD, Medical Marijuana and Gun Ownership
Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a series on cannabis and firearms originally appearing in the January 2021 issue of Concealed Carry Magazine. The U.S. Concealed Carry Association and Concealed Carry…
Continue Reading →Basic Concealed Carry Laws: New Jersey
Carrying a firearm for self-defense comes with a lot of responsibility. Knowing the laws where you carry is just one important task you must undertake as an armed American. To help with that, we will…
Continue Reading →Dependent Amendments: The First Protects the Second
Along with several local representatives, county chairpersons and speakers — including former Sen. Paul Sanford and Reps. Barry Moore and Mo Brooks — I had an opportunity to speak at a “Free the…
Continue Reading →Basic Concealed Carry Laws: Kansas
Carrying a firearm for self-defense comes with a lot of responsibility. Knowing the laws where you carry is just one important task you must undertake as an armed American. To help with that, we will…
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