• Shooter Claims Self-Defense in Fatal Shooting

    LUBBOCK, TX — A man was shot and killed in Texas this past weekend, and the man who killed him is claiming self-defense. I cannot definitively say whether or not he was in the right, but judging from the report on this man’s behavior immediately following the shooting, this man not only was on the…

  • Drivers Stumbles Onto Property and Into Garden, Provokes Gun Battle With Owner

    CHINO VALLEY, AZ — In one of the more bizarre instances of having to defend oneself at the homestead, a homeowner and his friend were forced to fire on a stranger after the stranger shot at them — while stuck in his car in the homeowner’s garden. It ended up alright for the good guys,…

  • Lethal Lace Deep Concealment Gear for Women [SHOT Show 2018]

    One of the biggest problems most women face when carrying a concealed firearm is that women’s clothes are generally more clingy and form-fitting. They also tend to lack as many pockets as men’s clothing. That’s great when you want to look good, but less great when you’re trying to conceal a GLOCK 43 or similar…

  • FOLLOW UP: Armed U-Haul Employee Evades Charges in Self-Defense Shooting

    PORTLAND, OR — Earlier this month we reported about a Portland, Oregon man who fired on and killed an armed robber at his U-Haul office. Now, a grand jury has deliberated on whether or not to press charges against him for defending himself and his office, and fortunately for all, sanity has prevailed. No charges…

  • All-Call to Readers — What’s Your EDC Knife, and Why Do You Carry It?

    We here at Concealed Nation have a question for you guys and girls: Do you have an EDC knife like you have a defensive handgun? We want to collaborate on what makes your EDC setup your EDC setup, and part of that, for many people, includes knives. We’d love to get input from our readers…

  • Swab-Its Bore Sticks – Rod, Patch and Jag All In One [SHOT Show 2018]

    If you haven’t discovered Swab-Its gun cleaning gear yet, you’re probably working too hard when you clean your firearms. I’ve had a pack of their Gun-Tips in my cleaning box for a while and they’re ideal for getting at even the hardest place to clean on just about every gun you own. Their latest product…

  • ZORE X Core Gun Lock [SHOT Show 2018]

    We first heard about ZORE’s novel gun lock concept almost two years ago. Its design was innovative enough that their IndieGoGo fundraising campaign attracted more than half a million dollars to get them into production. So when we saw them hawking their ZORE X Core lock in the SHOT Show’s NEXT Pavilion, we had to see…

  • California Business Owner Acquitted of Murder After Shooting Man Who Wouldn’t Leave His Property

    RIDGECREST, CALIFORNIA – Philip Norwood, a California dog kennel owner, can probably credit the fact that he’s not spending the rest of his life behind bars to a clear case of prosecutorial overreach. He was acquitted last week of a charge of first degree murder after shooting an employee’s belligerent spouse who wouldn’t leave his…

  • Otis Bore Sticks Keep Your Barrels Rust Free for Two Years [SHOT Show 2018]

    Face it, if you have a fair number of firearms, you probably don’t shoot some of them very often. There are a couple of guns in the back of my safe that haven’t been shot in, well, years. The biggest problem with that — especially if you don’t have a humidity- and climate-cotrolled safe to…