Firearm Safety
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View image | gettyimages.com Folks who carry concealed are a diverse lot. We are of different ages and occupations. We live in large cities, small towns, and rural areas. We are both male and female. Some of us like revolvers, others like autoloaders. Some of us are new to the game, others have been carrying…
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Here is a perfect example of what not to do with your firearm… at anytime. An off-duty police officer in Kentucky took a bullet to the stomach after negligently handling his firearm in public. The officer, Darryl Jouett, a 25-year veteran of the Erlanger Police Department who was off-duty at the time, was removing the…
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Friday night in downtown St. Louis, a woman died from a negligent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. It was a gun she bought to protect herself. The woman has been identified as 26-year-old Becca Campbell. It was reported that she had been driving with her 33-year-old boyfriend, who has not been identified. He told police…
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![[VIDEO] The Dangers Of A Squib Load: Rifle Explodes In Girls Hands](https://imagedelivery.net/sbm_lYeJbALkepJgtmRD5w/concealednation.org/2014/11/ScreenHunter_98-Nov.-16-19.07.jpg/w=636,h=398)
Is video shows a very serious and very dangerous example of why it’s important to know that your barrel is clear from obstruction. If something doesn’t sound right after you pull the trigger, you should immediately clear that firearm and check things out because chances are, something is wrong. This girl is lucky she wasn’t…
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![[VIDEO] Irresponsible Gun Owner Visiting A Friend Almost Kills Neighbor’s Baby With Rifle](https://imagedelivery.net/sbm_lYeJbALkepJgtmRD5w/concealednation.org/2014/09/ScreenHunter_84-Sep.-26-01.02.jpg/w=616,h=343)
[VIDEO] Irresponsible Gun Owner Visiting A Friend Almost Kills Neighbor’s Baby With Rifle
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This is why we can’t have nice things. I do feel bad for the gun owner, but I also don’t. He is absolutely remorseful and knows that this situation could have been much worse, but it does not change the fact that he was being irresponsible by not following the 4 Rules of Gun Safety.…
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There was a horrible accident recently in Nevada, where a range instructor was shot and killed by a 9-year-old who was on vacation with her family. The child was learning how to fire an automatic Uzi, which the parents allowed (under the direct supervision of the instructor). I’m sure as a parent, their train of…
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![[VIDEO] The Dreaded Squib Load: This Video Is Sure To Make You Yell At Your Computer Screen](https://imagedelivery.net/sbm_lYeJbALkepJgtmRD5w/concealednation.org/2014/08/ScreenHunter_77-Aug.-27-19.03.jpg/w=636,h=401)
[VIDEO] The Dreaded Squib Load: This Video Is Sure To Make You Yell At Your Computer Screen
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About 1:10 into this video, we have a shooter practicing a drill. On the last shot, we hear a soft ‘bang’ with some smoke coming out of the muzzle. The shooter racks the slide and just as he’s about to pull the trigger again, another person on the range says “STOP STOP STOP”. A squib load,…
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We have written about keeping children safe around firearms before and how important it is. Ultimately, it comes down to the specific household and how their children behave and how they were raised. While we agree that proper storage of firearms is important, they’re missing the bigger picture. Our society is stuck on the dangers…
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This is why we can’t have nice things
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This article is going to be more of a rant than anything else, and it’s going to highlight what being a gun owner is all about. The most important thing above all is what we’ve been preaching since the beginning: Responsibility. Something happened at a baseball field in Janesville, WI. During a baseball game, a…
