Beginners Guides

Out of the thousands of questions that I’ve seen on Concealed Nation, this is up there in the top 5 without a doubt. So many new faces are coming over to gun ownership and concealed carry and are looking for direction in many different ways. It truly is a great time for concealed carry and firearms…

As many of you have already figured out, we don’t just cover concealed carry. We often post articles of a good guy successfully stopping a bad guy. Many of the stories offer teachable moments that we like to cover under a ‘what if’ scenario. It’s great to think these things through. Many of the stories…

I was taken aback during a conversation with someone I had just met, after we learned that each of us carries a firearm. For the purposes of this story, we’ll call him Don. Don is a 30-something financial adviser with a well-kept beard and an infectious personality. We began to talk after he had overheard me talking…

Let’s face it, even the most seasoned concealed carrier will sometimes find him or herself drawing a little attention to themselves and their firearms once in a while. After some time, the instances will become less frequent, but it’s good to be conscious of the things we tend to do when we first start carrying.…

I’m still not quite sure what I did, but it happened in my sleep. I woke up with an elbow that hurt like you wouldn’t believe … but only if I moved it a (few) certain ways. I have had this happen on one other occasion with my left elbow, but it wasn’t nearly as…