• Off-Duty Deputy Drops Concealed Carry Pistol In Airsoft Course – 10 Year Old Recovers It!

    PLYMOUTH, CALIFORNIA — A young boy on an airsoft course discovered a real pistol laying on the ground.  Recognizing that this wasn’t an airsoft pistol like the ones other kids were using on the course, he quickly went to return it to a referee. While he was transporting the pistol, it discharged. Thankfully, it was…

  • Instructor Shot By Student – Why Situational Awareness Matters! 3 Tips For Situational Awareness

    WESTFORD, VERMONT — In a developing news story covered initially by Burlington Free Press, a woman is denying her involvement in the shooting of a firearms instructor outside his business in Westford, Vermont.  Authorities were initially made aware of the scene when, on Monday, they arrived to find the instructor in his vehicle with a…

  • Permitless Purse Carry And More! Gun Laws Go Into Effect In Mississippi

    SOUTHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI — July 1 marked the date when new Mississippi gun laws went into effect.  In Mississippi, it is now legal to carry a firearm in an enclosed satchel, briefcase or purse without a concealed carry permit.  Local Memphis covered both the changes in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi gun laws which went into effect on…

  • Journalists Up In Arms As Ohio Senate Tries To Shield Concealed Carrier Identities

    TOLEDO, OHIO — Journalists watch scornfully as Sen. Joe Uecker brings a near identical copy of his 2013 bill to the floor.  This bill would bar them from looking up the names of those with concealed carry permits.  This makes many journalists very unhappy.  In 2013, a similar bill got shot down in the Senate…

  • How Hard Is It To Take Your Handgun To Canada?

    Some of the very best hunting and fishing in North America can be found in Canada.  However, our brother to the North does not have the same thoughts about firearms as we do.  As a point of curiosity, we decided to investigate what it would take to bring our everyday carry (EDC) firearms across the…

  • Kansas – Congratulations!  You May Now Collect On Your Right To Constitutional Carry!

    TOPEKA, KANSAS — KMBZ reports that today marks the first day that Kansas’ permitless concealed carry law goes into effect.  All across the state, law abiding gun owners may carry a concealed firearm on their person so long as they obey current Federal and State regulations governing where a concealed carry handgun may be taken.…

  • Tips For Carrying Concealed On A Motorcycle

    When that beautiful weather hits, it’s time to go for a ride.  A lot of motorcyclists are getting onto the roads this summer to soak up good weather and get a breeze going.  Whether it’s time to set off on a long distance ride through the countryside or just a weekend getaway, there’s a few…

  • Why Concealed Carry Permits Trump Constitutional Carry (For Now)

    The Second Amendment ought not be abridged or hacked up into bureaucratic little pieces.  Like it or not, the Constitution specifically states that this right ought not be impeded.  And either we revise the Bill of Rights to amend that to “shall be issued a concealed permit to bear arms only when it’s convenient for…

  • NH Could Be Number Eight!!!  Constitutional Carry Bill Reaches Hassan’s Desk

    CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — It’s official!  New Hampshire Senate Bill 116 (permitless concealed carry) has reached the desk of our beloved Governor Maggie Hassan. As the current bill reads, it would make New Hampshire a constitutional carry state right alongside Vermont (and soon Maine).  As a New Hampshire resident, I am horribly excited by the…