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West Virginia Now Honors the Nevada Permit

By Jacob Paulsen / August 6, 2015

On August 5th 2015 the Attorney General of West Virginia, Patrick Morrisey, announced that it has formally entered into a reciprocity agreement with the State of Nevada

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Military Need to Bear Arms – The Latest News on this 2nd Amendement Battle

By Jacob Paulsen / July 28, 2015

The recent shooting in Tennessee has our nation highlighting the rules and regulations surrounding active duty military in regards to their right to bear arms. Currently it can be difficult to impossible for service men and women to store, carry, and access a firearm

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Five Most Popular Gun Articles From the First Half of 2015

By Jacob Paulsen / July 21, 2015

The first half of 2015 is over and we’ve had a great amount of quality content published on our website. Today we dug through the data and are pleased to announce the five most popular articles we published in the first half of the year.

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Hiring Firearm Instructors – No Experience Required

By Jacob Paulsen / July 14, 2015

Currently we have a team of 14 instructors teaching firearm classes in 9 states and we are looking to expand. If you or someone you know is interested in developing a side income by helping to train and educate others about firearms please contact us.

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[Infographic] The Crimes and Disasters Most Likely to Affect You

By Jacob Paulsen / July 9, 2015

This decade seems to have given rise to a great “prepper” movement in the USA. Survival and prepping blogs are shooting up and we are all working on our bunkers. Good preppers…

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Concealed Carry Reciprocity: The Patchwork of Fifty States

By Jacob Paulsen / July 7, 2015

Because states have such unique processes and qualifications for citizens to obtain permits, states are less likely to feel that they can honor permits from other states. As an example…

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The Top Eight Reasons You Don’t Carry Concealed Every Day

By Jacob Paulsen / June 30, 2015

We gathered some input from our past students and our online followers and came up with eight core and common reasons people cite for not carrying a firearm. Most of us can relate to one or more of these. While they could be considered excuses they are real for the people who feel this way.

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Survey About Your Post Class Experience [BONUS]

By Jacob Paulsen / June 25, 2015

One of the most difficult things for us to gather that also causes significant improvements is information about student experiences after they complete the course. For this reason we have designed 3 surveys, each to be completed…

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Nevada Adds Reciprocity For the Mississippi Enhanced Permit

By Jacob Paulsen / June 25, 2015

With the application of Nevada’s new law, SB175, they have now began to honor the Mississippi enhanced permit. As you may recall earlier in June 2015 Nevada added reciprocity for 12 states and we predicted that a few more would slip in. Congratulations to all those who have the Mississippi permit!

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Nevada Drops 2 States and Adds 12 Others

By Jacob Paulsen / June 19, 2015

Earlier this month the Nevada Governor signed into law SB175 which, in addition to other changes, removed the requirement for a state to have “similar training requirements” in order for Nevada to honor their permit. On June 18th Nevada published an updated list of the states whose permits it honors

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Are Guns Registered in the USA? 5 ATF Databases Exposed

By Jacob Paulsen / June 18, 2015

It is also worth noting that not withstanding a Federal Restriction, there actually are several national firearm databases in addition to the several states or cities that keep their own local, and arguably illegal, databases of firearms and their owners. Here is a list of those municipalities…

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How to Get Email Updates When Your Permit Reciprocity Changes

By Jacob Paulsen / June 16, 2015

We have about 15 instructors in 10 different states teaching in person classes and over twenty thousand past students that act as an informational network to help us stay up to speed. We also check DAILY for

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Is Your Firearm Cramping Your Social Life?

By Jacob Paulsen / June 8, 2015

For those of you who spend time at clubs or the bar, or even participate in bowling leagues, poker nights, or other environments where people are expected to throw back a few beers, you may feel like you have to leave your firearm at home more often than you bring it with you.

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What to Do If Your Employer Doesn’t Allow Firearms

By Jacob Paulsen / June 5, 2015

Add to that the hours you spend getting ready for work and getting to and from work and most of us give up about half our our awake time to our employer. If your employer doesn’t allow you have your firearm with you at work that could be a legitimate reason for us to stop carrying a concealed firearm.

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Washington Begins to Recognize Kansas Permits Again

By Jacob Paulsen / June 5, 2015

Understanding that Kansas will in fact honor Washington permits from Washington residents they have once again started to honor the Kansas concealed carry permits.

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