• Shooting Small Handguns: Critical Techniques

    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…

  • [CCW IN ACTION] Armed Citizen Draws Gun And Fires At Armed Robbery Suspect

    COLUMBIA, MO — One armed robbery suspect ended up losing his chance at easy money and entered the fight of his life when the man he chose to rob was a concealed carrier. Police report that they received calls of people hearing gunshots at about 11:30 p.m. July 8, according to KMIZ. When they came to…

  • #DIGTHERIG – Luke and his Glock 20 in a K Rounds Holster

    SUBMIT YOUR #DIGTHERIG | SEE MORE SUBMISSIONS HERE​ My names Lucas and I carry a glock 20 gen 4 with a laser max guide rod. Why g20 in 10mm? I live in Sitka Alaska on an island with one of the densest populations of brown bears in the world.  My daily carry ammo is double tap 200gr.…

  • Man Picks Wrong Home To Intrude, Woman Opens Fire

    PORTLAND, OR — There are few things more fun in my work here with Concealed Nation than seeing someone in a locale where you really wouldn’t expect firearms to be used in self defense do exactly that, and this story is no exception. In Portland, Orgeon, one woman was forced to defend herself and her…

  • Off-Duty Police Stop Shootout In Parking Lot

    SALISBURY, MD — An off-duty law enforcement officer was forced to stop a shootout in a restaurant earlier this month, and the community’s response to the event does not look promising. As Delmarva Now reports: An off-duty Maryland state trooper working security interrupted an apparent shootout between two men, one of whom who is believed…

  • #DIGTHERIG – Mat and his Glock 43 in a StealthGearUSA Holster

    SUBMIT YOUR #DIGTHERIG | SEE MORE SUBMISSIONS HERE​ 1. I carry a Glock 43. 2. I carry it in a Stealth Gear USA AIWB hybrid holster. 3. I like the Glock 43 because I have very small hands and that gun has the shortest trigger reach of all the 9mms. It is also a highly reliable handgun…

  • Family Argument Escalates, Two Sons Shot By Stepfather

    BRADENTON, FL — A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot as the result of his stepfather and his brother engaging each other in a firefight earlier this month. As the Herald-Tribune reports: Bradenton Police said Joshua Rappola, 36, of Bradenton identified himself to investigators as the shooter. Police identified the 19-year-old man as Rufus Adams of…

  • Assaulted Man Pulls Gun And Shoots Attacker At Gas Station

    MEMPHIS, TN — One man’s gambit to make himself wealthy quick has landed himself in the hospital as his “victim” proved to be anything but. As Local Memphis reports, a would-be robber attempted to hurt a man in a local gas station in broad daylight — 3:20 p.m. — earlier this month. However, there’s one…

  • #DIGTHERIG – Jim and his Ruger LCR in a Braids Holster

    SUBMIT YOUR #DIGTHERIG | SEE MORE SUBMISSIONS HERE​ I carry my Ruger LCR 38 in either a Braids Holster #510 IWB/Pocket Holster or an Uncle Mike’s #4 Pocket Holster, depending on my mode of dress. I changed my EDC from a S&W M&P Shield 9 semi-auto to the Ruger LCR for revolver reliability and overall preference.