Firearms Ownership

How to Buy A Used Gun

By Joshua Gillem / March 10, 2021

A while back I wrote a blog post about how to be successful at a gun show. To go along with that, because a lot of the guns you’d find…

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Attributes of a Safe Holster

By Joshua Gillem / March 9, 2021

We are big supporters of concealed carriers buying quality holsters. There is something that frustrates me big time, though. If you spend any amount of time researching the gun you’re…

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Shooter Ready Challenge, February 2021

By Joshua Gillem / February 23, 2021

We’ve been publishing dry fire training and challenge videos since October 2019 in an effort to help the average gun carrier take their skills to the next level. This series…

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Constitutional Carry Proves America Doesn’t Want Gun Control

By Joshua Gillem / February 22, 2021

There are currently as of this writing a total of 21 constitutional carry states in the Union. If a majority of Americans want gun control legislation passed, why the uptick…

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Save The Date For the First-Annual Guardian Conference

By Joshua Gillem / February 18, 2021

I’m happy to formally announce that we’ll be putting on our first-ever annual conference that we’re specifically designing to take your skills as a defender to the next level. It’s…

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Why I Hate Off Body Carry

By Joshua Gillem / February 17, 2021

I’m sure I’ll be ruffling up some feathers on this one, but I’m going to take a stance and point out something that I think is really stupid. Before I…

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Gun Owner Pet Peeves (Things I Hate)

By Joshua Gillem / February 12, 2021

There are some things that I see gun owners saying and doing both in real life and on the internet that really confuse me. Some of these are things that…

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How Many Magazines Do You Need For Each Gun?

By Joshua Gillem / February 11, 2021

As gun owners, we need to understand a few different things very well. One of those things, and the topic of this article, is the need to own more than…

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Are You Spending Your Time At The Range Totally Wrong?

By Joshua Gillem / February 10, 2021

If you were attacked on your way home from the office today, and all you had to go on to defend yourself was your last range session, how would you…

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Elite Survival Systems Stealth Covert Backpack Review

By Joshua Gillem / February 9, 2021

I’ve been discussing the idea of a travel backpack that’s big enough to hold an AR for quite some time. Not too long ago I reached out to our good…

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Carjackings Are Up Across The Country (Why and What to do About it)

By Joshua Gillem / February 5, 2021

Carjackings are up higher than normal, seemingly across the entire country. For example, last year Philadelphia set their record for the most carjackings in the city ever in a single year. Taking it up a notch, just last month (January), carjackings were up more than 3X from January 2020.

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What Can We Do Right Now To Protect Our Rights?

By Joshua Gillem / February 2, 2021

There is a lot going on right now regarding our right to keep and bear arms. This is a fundamental right that I’ve gone into most aspects of in multiple…

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What’s In HR 127? Nothing Good

By Joshua Gillem / January 29, 2021

Well folks, a few weeks ago we announced that several new gun control bills were added to the mix. You can find that article here, but this one deals with…

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Several States Looking to Add Permit-less Carry

By Joshua Gillem / January 27, 2021

Even as the country is heavily divided on nearly everything these days, almost two handfuls of states are looking to add permit-less carry to their books. This is something I’m…

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Shooter Ready Challenge: January 2021

By Joshua Gillem / January 26, 2021

Each month we record and publish a video that is totally free to watch and is designed to help you, our audience and fellow concealed carriers, up your proficiency in…

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