THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IS STILL AN ESSENTIAL LIBERTY
With football season started, every game opening starts off with everyone standing to sing our great national anthem. I’ve been thinking about what the founding fathers intention was when they wrote the Bill of Rights which protects our basic and inherit rights to speech religion, and the right to bear arms. This has become […]
Training vs Practice
What is the difference between training and practice? While the two sound very much alike, training is instruction you receive from another person showing you how to do something. However, practice taking the training you received and doing it yourself until you have mastered the concepts. Going to a shooting range and firing the gun […]
How Can We Curb Gun Violence?
Pro-gun groups like The National Rifle Association are often seen as proponents of arming every citizen and allowing those with concealed carry permits to be armed everywhere they go. They are also linked, unfairly, to escalation in gun violence. However, what most of the general public does not know is that most pro-gun activists […]
Do Ballistics Matter?
Photo courtesy of pixabay.com In crime shows, much is made of calibers and ballistics. One could argue the relative merits one gun over another and one type of ammunition compared to another. But really ballistics is of little concern when it comes to conceal carry weapons. What really matters is where the shot ends up […]
Choosing the Right Holster for Concealed Carry
When you are selecting a holster, just like with your weapon choice, it becomes a balance between what you’d like and what will best conceal your weapon. The holster needs to encase your weapon so it won’t slide out or drop out. It also has to ensure that you have easy and quick access […]
IS THE RIGHT TO CARRY CONCEALED PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION?
The Second Amendment grants citizens the right to bear arms.it is printed in black and white in the Bill of Rights, which is an addendum to the Constitution. Whether our forefathers intended for that to include the concealed carrying of a weapon is not really spelled out. More than likely, there were pistols small enough […]
TOP 5 REASONS TO GET YOUR MINNESOTA CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT
No doubt, you have read the news stories or heard politicians advocating for the banning of the use of firearms by citizens and/or prohibiting firearms in public areas. You might not have ever needed a firearm to protect yourself from any threat. Why would you even want to consider carrying a firearm? The world is […]
5 Things to Think about Before You Pocket Carry
It has become sort of trendy among concealed carriers to carry concealed in their pocket. It’s handy, doesn’t require the purchase of a special carry belt and many consider it quite comfortable. You don’t want to put just any gun in your pocket. Stuffing a .44 Magnum in your pocket would be pretty uncomfortable if […]
COLION NOIR ON SELF DEFENSE
Colion Noir is a popular spokesman for the NRA and a YouTube regular feature for over 300,000 subscribers. Known affectionately as “the Urban Gun Enthusiast”. He hosts the millennial-oriented series Noir. He is a lawyer, an eloquent speaker and is well informed about the issues of gun ownership, gun rights and the issues of gun […]
CAN BUSINESSES RESTRICT WHETHER EMPLOYEES AND PATRONS CAN CARRY CONCEALED?
Federal and state job safety laws require employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a safe workplace. In order to minimize their own legal risk and promote a safe work environment, employers often will implement workplace violence policies that include a ban on weapons at the workplace. Currently, there is no federal law that regulates […]