Florida Governor Signs Bill Enacting Emergency Permitless Concealed Carry

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Among the raft of bills Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law today was SB290. As the preamble says, the bill is... An act relating to carrying a concealed weapon or a concealed firearm; amending...

New NRA Ad Makes Push for Women and Millennials

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POLITICO reports that the NRA has launched a $6.5 million ad buy to support Donald Trump's campaign, and its centerpiece ad features a 26-year old woman named Kristi McMains, whose defensive gun use against...

Carrying With a Disability, Part 2: Gun and Gear Recommendations

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Suggestions are about the same thing as opinions. I find that the majority of people mean well, but the main issue is that they're telling you what works for them, which is invariably a...

Personal Defense…It’s an Act of Love

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Reader Gerald Brennan writes: My friend, I’ll call her Jane, is a gen-you-wine Ann Arbor progressive with a capital “P.” Like most of her ilk, she believes what she’s told without letting pesky factors like...

Carrying With A Disability: A Telling Survey

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I’ve spent a large amount of my life believing myself invincible. No matter the injury or damage, I just wrapped it up, sucked it up, and kept running. There's a mindset among many of...

Factory Tour of North American Arms

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North American Arms, more commonly referred to simply as "NAA," is what I'd call a niche firearms manufacturer. They're best known for their series of Mini Revolvers -- TTAG reviewed the standard .22 LR...

Hero Who Stopped Mass Stabbing in St. Cloud, MN, is Firearms Instructor, Concealed Carry...

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Jason Falconer is the armed citizen who stopped the mass stabbing in the Crossroads Center Mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday. Falconer is a competitive shooter, firearms instructor and CEO of Tactical Advantage. From...

TSA Confiscation Sample Reveals ‘Israeli Carry’ Americans

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"Israeli carry" means carrying your gun with an empty chamber. The name dates back to the beginning of the Jewish state, when Israelis adopted the method due to the farrago of firearms available, many...

Kimber Gun Rights Bulletin: The Second Amendment Keeps Winning

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With the news coming from places like California, Washington, and even Nevada, the news for those of us who value our Second Amendment rights isn't always good. But as the NRA-ILA helpfully points out,...

Retired Chicago Deputy Chief of Detectives Benefits from Gun Law Reform

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A retired Deputy Police Chief of Detectives in Chicago should be glad that gun carry law reform has been passed. He was shot recently and had to return fire. He wounded his 21-year-old assailant,...

First-Person Account of Chicago Road Rage Tamed by Mr. GLOCK

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I received this story of first-person self-defense in Chicago from a former student and thought I'd share.  He didn't handle it perfectly, but he handled it well enough that he and his boss were...

One Year Later, Shooter Cleared in Florida Road Rage Case

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On July 23, 2015, in Citrus County, Florida, Robert Doyle and Candelario Gonzalez had a very bad day. Both men made intemperate statements during a road rage incident. Gonzalez had his wife and two...