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Be prepared with a variety of concealed carry and firearms tips and tactics that can help keep you and your family safe both inside and outside of your home. Find helpful articles and videos, including the Into the Fray training series, that cover everything from situational awareness and conflict avoidance to cover vs. concealment and the use of force in a critical encounter.
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Where Do You Store Your Firearms?
There are many different rules regarding when and where you can and can’t carry your firearm. Knowing how to store your firearms if you can’t carry them with you is an essential part of being…
Continue Reading →A Gun Changes Everything
Yes, the Second Amendment protects our right to keep and bear arms, but with every right comes tremendous personal responsibility. This is especially true with firearms. Responsible Gun Ownership is Life-Changing Buying a gun should spark a serious change in your lifestyle. Everything about that gun now requires serious consideration.
Continue Reading →What to Expect When Shooting a Shotgun for the First Time
If you’ve never fired a shotgun before, you’re in for a treat. Shotguns might just be the most versatile type of firearm you can buy. You can use them for sport, hunting or defense. Depending on the…
Continue Reading →What to Expect When Shooting a Revolver for the First Time
If we want to get nitty-gritty with terminology, a revolver has chambers that are not integrated with the barrel itself. A pistol’s chamber is actually part of the barrel. The significance of that is…
Continue Reading →The Best Way to Deter Problems at Night
Not all self-defense incidents happen during the day. In fact, most problems occur at night. A flashlight is one of the best tools you can use to search and identify potential threats. Watch this…
Continue Reading →Just the FAQs: Common Shooting Range Questions
There are more than 21,000 — and counting! — firearms laws on the books across the country. Add to that varying policies from ranges and clubs, and things get confusing pretty quickly. While we can’t…
Continue Reading →Can I Use a Public Defender for a Self-Defense Case?
Summary In this week’s “Ask a Self-Defense Attorney” video, former state prosecutor turned criminal defense attorney Tom Grieve discusses the responsibly armed American’s option of using a public…
Continue Reading →Train Yourself
Training is great, and great training is even better. But the best training you can get is the training you go to. To participate in the five-day 350 Gunsite Intermediate class at Gunsite Academy in…
Continue Reading →Answering FAQs About Gun Ranges
To the new shooter, range rules and procedures can sometimes appear to be capricious and solely intended to take all the fun out of an outing. I can assure you that most any rule you encounter exists…
Continue Reading →7 Tips to Make the Most of Your Time at the Range
If you go to an indoor shooting range, odds are you’ll pay for your time by the hour. Even if you go to a facility that doesn’t charge by the hour, you’ll likely prefer to spend more time shooting…
Continue Reading →Why You Need a Pro-2A Criminal Defense Attorney
Summary In this week’s “Ask a Self-Defense Attorney” video, criminal defense attorney Tom Grieve shares why you need a Pro-2A Criminal Defense Attorney who is familiar with guns representing your…
Continue Reading →Campground Cover and Concealment
For as long as I can remember — beginning with Boy Scouts — I’ve enjoyed a good campfire. There’s just something about sitting around a fire with hot dogs, stories and good company. Despite the…
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