Beginners Guides
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Does Carrying Actually Make You Safer?
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When people I’ve known for a long time find out that I carry a firearm and that I’m now training people in concealed carry, they are often really shocked. Although I grew up in an area, where guns and bows have been a natural part of life, I hadn’t considered handguns as something I wanted…
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For a while now, I’ve wanted to perform a range test that included shooting a handgun through a car or truck door from the driver’s seat. I wasn’t worried about having the ability perform this task however I questioned if it was possible to hit my intended target. It is important to note from the…
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The “correct” caliber for home defense largely depends on who you talk to. There are some who believe that for them there is .45, only .45, and forever .45. Everybody’s got that one friend. For far more, the answer to the home defense question is 12 gauge — and to be fair, most things that…
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I work in a local gun store. This is a place that offers a wide selection of firearms for a broad audience of gun enthusiasts. If you’ve ever been into a gun store, you know how the pattern goes. You’re looking through a glass panel at a rack of different pistols and a sales associate…
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Whether it’s at a dinner party with friends or your next family gathering, you can guarantee someone is going to bring up firearms. They may be for them. They may be against. And if you’re smart, you can usually dodge those conversations altogether. However, sometimes it’s just not possible to sneak off. For this article,…
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Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming… What do all these states have in common? Well, if you’re a resident of any of them and are legally allowed to own a firearm, you’re allowed to carry one concealed. This is a term called either ‘permitless carry’…
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Home Carry: Strategies for Success
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It is a sad state of affairs, but we live in a world where crime happens, not the least of which is a phenomena called home invasion. While violent crime has been down considerably for the last twenty plus years home invasions are one of the exceptions. There has actually been a measurable increase in…
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Why Are Truck Guns A Thing?
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Ever since the old days of gun racks in trucks, truck guns have been a thing. It could be a shotgun, a bolt-action rifle, or any other longer gun that, when needed at a moment’s notice, is right there in the hands of the operator. But truck guns have changed. It’s not just a family…
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The light weight variants of the snub nose revolver or the popular small pocket guns chambered in 380 are really the smallest guns we can carry that are still fairly adequate defensive firearms. However, they are not easy guns to shoot well. Combine a short sight radius, a gun that weighs only around 12 ounces…