With those hot summer days upon us, we’ve been getting a lot of Facebook questions about how safe it is to keep a gun locked up in a car. Many of the questions relate to whether or not the ammunition will self-ignite or whether a round may go off in the chamber. Let’s dispel a […]

For most of us who go armed the central weapon in our daily routine is a concealed handgun. The handgun is, bar none, the most effective form of personal defense an individual can carry concealed on the body. However, there are good reasons to seek defensive alternatives to the handgun, and this can encompass other […]

By Luke McCoy via USA Carry Even if you’ve always known which hand is your dominant one, you should test out which eye is dominant. There are a lot of people who discover that their marksmanship has been off for years just because they’ve been using the wrong eye to align the target. If you […]

The best concealed carry pistol is the one that you feel most comfortable using and you’re willing to carry with you every day. There are quite a few firearm producers that make a tight, compact .380 ACP concealed carry pistol and we’ve tried to give a decent preview of the different options. Obviously, there’s plenty […]

For the millions of Americans living in some state of dependency upon legally prescribed painkillers, a lingering question abounds as to whether taking them and then carrying a gun presents a conflict. There is a dilemma. On one hand, we have a moral and legal obligation to be of sound mind should we be forced […]

The famed Greek writer Homer stated “The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.” This sentiment is embraced by the anti-Second Amendment forces in our own contemporary times. People with a phobia of weapons impart mystical power onto inanimate objects that would suggest the object itself is the motivator for action. While I love the […]

By Luke McCoy via USA Carry It’s the first rule in firearm safety: treat every weapon as if it is loaded. Yet, there’s plenty of occurrences where someone assumes a gun is unloaded. The results can be disastrous. The reason why we always check to see if a firearm is loaded is because it only […]

The acronym EDC, which stands for Every Day Carry, has developed a cult like following in the past few years. There are entire online forums devoted to this endeavor and the favorite activity of these forum participants is to post pictures of their current EDC (it appears particular EDC items change frequently for many). These […]