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American Gun Law Launch: Prizes, Webinar, and Samples
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American Gun Law Launch: Prizes, Webinar, and Samples

The last seven days have been very exciting. After nearly six months of preparing our American Gun Law Course, we are finally launching. On Wednesday it will be available to everyone who pre-ordered and it will be available for sale. In anticipation of this launch we have been up to some exciting things…

Episode 1: Why Gun Owners Are Facing Felonies When They Prevent Crimes
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Episode 37: Millennials Favor Gun Control Less Than You Might Think

Coming up today we cover how Germans are calling for more gun control in the wake of the recent Munich shooting while their French counterparts are going the other way, it seems the female response to recent violent events is that more women are buying guns and getting trained, and also tons of justified stories today plus an interesting story about how millennials may surprise you where it comes to gun control…

New Hampshire Begins Recognizing the Virginia Concealed Carry Permit
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New Hampshire Begins Recognizing the Virginia Concealed Carry Permit

New Hampshire policy is to honor resident permits from any state where the New Hampshire permit is honored. Since Virginia formally began to honor permits from ALL states back on July 1st New Hampshire has returned the favor. The update can be found on the official NH Department of Safety’s website.

Big Praise For The XS 24/7 Big Dot Sight [VIDEO REVIEW]
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Big Praise For The XS 24/7 Big Dot Sight [VIDEO REVIEW]

When I finally got out to the range I wanted to see how they performed in quick front sight acquisition shooting. I train a lot within that 0-25 foot deadly force encounter space, so I wanted to try it out in this zone. I was pleased about how quickly I was able to pick up the big dot, and put rounds on the target. I saw some reviews where shooters complained that the…

Episode 1: Why Gun Owners Are Facing Felonies When They Prevent Crimes
Justified Shooters

Episode 35: 1 in 32 Homicides In The U.S. Are Justified

We talk about some interesting statistics being shared by the anti-gunner group that actually support the argument of good guys stopping bad guys with guns. Plus a conversation about the recent shooting in Baton Rouge and a justified shooter at a Waffle House in Texas.

Maine and Georgia Now Honor Each Other's Permits
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Georgia Changes Mind About Honoring the Virginia Permit

The Georgia Attorney General has announced that they will not be honoring the Virginia permit because Virginia will not honor Georgia permits issued to those 18-20 years of age. This doesn’t make a lot of sense since Georgia has been honoring permits from other states that have similar policies. We’ll see how this unfolds but for now Georgia will not honor ANY Virginia concealed carry permit.

Episode 1: Why Gun Owners Are Facing Felonies When They Prevent Crimes
Justified Shooters

Episode 33: Father Accidentally Shoots & Kills Son While Distracted

We review a bunch of reciprocity changes, talk about calling 911 and share several recent examples of good guys stopping guns plus the devastating story of how one father accidentally shot and killed his son when he was distracted for a moment. Plus we talk about and address the recent police officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota and one man’s horrific response to those in Dallas…

Episode 1: Why Gun Owners Are Facing Felonies When They Prevent Crimes
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Episode 32: How Your Brain Could Get You Killed

A study showed that even among shooters at a gun range who all knew the firearm rules, and thought they were important; only 20% of the shooters followed all the rules at all times. We explain the key barrier that prevents us from being able to follow the rules even when we want to

Virginia Reciprocity Changes are Delayed Pending Legislation
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Colorado Georgia and Maine Now Honor Virginia

Those will concealed carry permits from Virginia received a little gift today. There are now three new states who have begun to honor the Virginia resident and or the Virginia non-resident permit.

Virginia Now Honors Permits From All States
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Virginia Now Honors Permits From All States

In February of 2016 Virginia law makers struck a deal in the legislature that undid the attorney general’s decision while also allowing that effective July 1st 2016 Virginia would begin to honor permits from ALL other states. So congratulations to permit holders everywhere. We can now all carry concealed in Virginia.

Nevada Honors Permits From 5 New States and Drops 1
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Nevada Honors Permits From 5 New States and Drops 1

More changes stemming from SB175 that was signed into law in 2015. Nevada has granted reciprocity to some of the most popular permits in the country… but to to bad for permit holders from one state.