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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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Self-Defense, Not ‘Stuff’ Defense
Do not use your gun for anything except defense against an imminent deadly threat. The goal of true self-defense is to create enough dysfunction in your attacker that you can escape safely. If you…
Continue Reading →Reacting Under Stress: 3 Tactics for Stopping a Mass Shooter Threat…
Picture this: It’s Sunday morning, and you’re at church with family and friends… when all of a sudden … BANG! A man hiding a gun stands up and opens fire on the congregation! You pull your family to…
Continue Reading →Defend This House … of Worship
Look around. Take it all in. Where are the exits? Where are the choke points if people start to panic? What provides cover? What provides concealment? If someone walked in and started shooting, where…
Continue Reading →Responsible Carry: Every Day, Everywhere
As the number of civilians legally carrying firearms continues to grow, stories of lawful defense have occurred with increasing frequency. Several recent incidents illustrate the different ways that…
Continue Reading →[WATCH] What Happens When a Mass Shooter Strikes in a Place of Sanctuary…
Hopefully by now you’ve watched your first USCCA Proving Ground video, where you learned what you need to do to prevent a nightmare mass shooter scenario from happening to you… Whether you’re at…
Continue Reading →Church Praise Teams and Security Teams
For many people, church is a haven, a safe place — often considered a second home full of brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s not the kind of environment in which you’d naturally think about…
Continue Reading →Is Your Place of Worship Prepared to Face a Deadly Threat? [Video 1]
Well, today’s the day you’ve been waiting for… I just put the finishing touches on the intense new training series I’m launching this week. Here’s Video #1, where you’ll uncover the TRUTH about…
Continue Reading →How This Man Works to Stop Church Shootings for Good
Kevin Michalowski, Executive Editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, sits down in this interview with self-defense expert Ron Aguiar of Oasis Safety to discuss how houses of worship can benefit from…
Continue Reading →Get Closer. Make Your Shots Count!
We have seen that evil does not respect those who worship. When we talk about defending a house of worship, or fighting in any crowd, target isolation is the key to making sure you stop the threat…
Continue Reading →There Are No Accidents
At a gun shop recently, I heard the term “A-D” as the man behind the counter described someone firing a round unintentionally at the local range. “A-D,” of course, stands for “accidental discharge.”…
Continue Reading →Gas Station Assault
No matter how much I insist that I will steer clear of popular but time-consuming social media sites such as Facebook, I’m pulled back inside — like Silvio in Sopranos. Still, every now and then,…
Continue Reading →TASER Pulse: The Ultimate in Civilian Conducted Energy Weapon Defense
The TASER Pulse is the newest addition to TASER’s civilian lineup and is one of two Conducted Energy Weapons (CEW) the company offers. Because of its conducted energy delivery system, the TASER is…
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