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Episode 470: JUSTIFIED SAVES – A Wild Month in DGU’s

By Riley Bowman / January 14, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE news stories from around the nation, and boy, has the last month been an interesting one. Several stories are not like your typical defensive gun use (DGU) incidents, so you won’t want to miss this one! Tune in!

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Episode 468: 2020 Year in Review, 2021 Preview

By Riley Bowman / January 7, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen talk about the past year as it relates to the podcast and ConcealedCarry.com, our successes, our challenges, and also what we’re looking forward to in the year 2021!!

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Episode 467: Using a Shot Timer in Dry Fire

By Riley Bowman / January 5, 2021

Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster talk about dry fire strategies and specifically how to incorporate a shot timer into dry fire as is shown in the most recent Shooter Ready Challenge video found at https://www.shooterreadychallenge.com.

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Merry Christmas from the Concealed Carry Podcast

By Riley Bowman / December 24, 2020

Merry Christmas! Here are some gifts from us to you.

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Episode 466: The Polymer80 Fiasco

By Riley Bowman / December 23, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster bring to you our monthly legislative news updates. We’re going to share some good things happening in Ohio, less good things in Virginia, and how some people are getting creative using Obama-era finance laws to help shore up financial institution protections for gun-related businesses. Plus we’ll break down the Polymer80 raid situation and what that might mean.

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Episode 465: The Path of Focused Effort with Charlie Perez

By Riley Bowman / December 17, 2020

Today, Riley Bowman interviews USPSA Grand Master Charlie Perez to talk about training methodologies and what he calls “The Path of Focused Effort.” It should be a GREAT episode, so tune in!

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Episode 464: Santa Was a Bad Boy and Other News

By Riley Bowman / December 15, 2020

Today, Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest industry news and information. Tune in! As always, any questions or suggestions for future episodes can be submitted to podcast@concealedcarry.com!

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Episode 463: Optimizing Performance Practically with AJ Zito

By Riley Bowman / December 10, 2020

Today, Riley Bowman interviews AJ Zito of Practical Performance to discuss methods and means we can enhance and optimize our training and performance in a way that’s practical. AJ is a USPSA Master shooter, as well as a multi-division Master in IDPA. He is an active competitive shooter, firearms instructor, and custom gunsmith specializing in 1911 and 2011 pistols. Plus he’s a great all-around guy, so tune in!

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Episode 461: The Death of the Pistol Brace?

By Riley Bowman / December 3, 2020

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen share the latest legislative news updates including stories about a case the SCOTUS has agreed to hear, how one man is in hot water for selling “wall hangers,” and what a future America might look like with a certain someone in the White House. Tune in!

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Episode 460: Turns and Stuff

By Riley Bowman / November 30, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster break down the most recent Shooter Ready Challenge at www.shooterreadychallenge.com which features the El Presidente drill this month. This provides a great opportunity to talk about turn-and-draws and draws with movement which will be the focus of our podcast today. These are critical skills, so tune in and don’t miss it!

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Episode 459: News and Reviews – Backlogs in Ammo…and the Courts

By Riley Bowman / November 26, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest industry news including stories and updates on the NRA, gun ownership numbers in America, and hold ups in the courts and backlogs in ammo sales. Lots to cover today! Plus we’ll review a couple of products we’ve been using lately. Check it out, tune in!

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Episode 458: MidwayUSA Foundation – Supporting Youth Shooting Sports

By Riley Bowman / November 24, 2020

Riley Bowman interviews John Linquist from the MidwayUSA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to supporting and getting youth into the shoot sports. I don’t think this comes as a surprise to anyone, especially considering the current political climate, but our youth are literally our future of the 2A in America. Let’s learn about how we can support them!

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Episode 457: Outsider Looking in at Competitive Shooting

By Riley Bowman / November 19, 2020

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen talk about the recent USPSA 2020 Area 2 Championship they both attended–Riley as a competitor and Jacob as an observer. Riley picks Jacob’s brain on what he learned about competitive action shooting events and competitive shooters.

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Episode 456: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Identify Your Target

By Riley Bowman / November 17, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share recent JUSTIFIED SAVE–or Defensive Gun Use (DGU)–stories. We’ve got a bunch of great ones with lots of lessons for us ALL to learn and understand. Tune in!

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Episode 455: Buying a Gun…Stuff That Doesn’t Matter

By Riley Bowman / November 13, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster talk about factors that people THINK matter when buying or choosing a gun…but actually don’t. Grip angle, bore axis, sight radius, and other topics will all come up in today’s episode.

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