As firearms instructors, we tend to focus on the basics of trigger control, grip, sight alignment, sight picture, stance and so on when teaching a new student or remediating one with some experience.…

The Drill: It’s only natural to flinch when you hear a loud bang. But when you’re shooting, that slight movement can have significant consequences. USCCA Training Operations Manager Steve Fischer…

While getting sucked into the downward spiral that is YouTube browsing, I stumbled across a few videos related to women and firearms. So I figured I needed to do a little “research,” just to see what people from both sides of the issue (and even in the middle) are saying.

The stress of a dynamic deadly force incident does funny things to a human’s memory. Video evidence is the gold standard in recounting how events occurred. So how would you like a camera on your…

Planning is a crucial component in maintaining the safety and security of your home. However, you must also keep in mind that nothing ever goes exactly as planned. The same holds true for even the tightest home-security plan. Years ago, my SWAT team was dispatched to raid a drug house.

Baseball might be more interesting if the fielders left their gloves in the dugout until a ball was hurtling in their direction. Why carry around that extra weight and tie up a perfectly good hand…

The time to find out if your defensive tools are up to the task is long before you find yourself in a do-or-die situation. For starters, I would bet that none of you would carry a brand-new, unfired…

As I write this, I am about an hour and a half removed from the range. Immediately after work, I dropped in at the local range to test out the Beretta Model 84 Cheetah that I recently purchased from…

Eye dominance is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye over the other. In other words, eye dominance determines which eye is providing the most accurate information to your brain. This is…

Kevin Michalowski, the Executive Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, sits down with firearms trainer Pete Bosquez, a former deputy of the Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office in Wisconsin, who served his community for 23 years. Watch their discussion about the benefits of practicing safety drills and tactics.

The Castle Doctrine has been around for a long time — literally since the time of castles. Beginning as a part of English Common Law, it continued as an accepted legal precept after America won its…

Summary For this week’s “Ask a Self-Defense Attorney” video, former state prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney Tom Grieve discusses what questions you should be asking in your search for an…