Not all carry options are equal. Carrying on-body is far superior to off-body for a host of reasons. Here are 5. Sure, having to carry a gun on your body all day, everywhere you go, in all types of weather conditions isn’t the most comfortable activity, but it’s a necessity. It’s hard to hear that there are no safe...
You don't have to spend a ton on a good pistol to protect yourself. Everyone’s got a budget. You budget in your home, your car, groceries, and the like. Handguns are no different. Are budget handguns risky? You’re looking for something that must be responsible for saving your life, and you want it to be affordable. As such, you...
What's in your EDC? Do you have everything you need all the time? It may come as a surprise that everyday carry doesn’t just mean only carrying a firearm. In fact, even before legal carrying age, most young adults should have some form of “non-lethal” protection on them. If you remember nothing else from this blog, remember “two is...
How do you legally and safely carry a self-protection gun in the great outdoors? Carrying a gun outdoors while hiking, backpacking, fishing, and doing other activities can be a challenge, but it’s doable. Predators -- both the animal and people type -- look for vulnerable people and the right time to strike. They commonly will target solo hikers or...
They are very different and should be treated that way. In most states, concealed carry permit applicants must not only take a class ranging from as few as four to as many as 16 hours (yes, Illinois, we’re looking at you here), they also have to put rounds down range to demonstrate at least a modicum of marksmanship that...
It's a matter of weight, capacity, trigger, action, recoil -- just a handful of considerations. Polymer and steel framed guns both have their place when it comes to carrying concealed. And just like with anything else, they both have their pros and cons. In this blog, we’ll break down why you would use one gun over the other as...
