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Why The Media is Wrong About Violent Crime
News

Why The Media is Wrong About Violent Crime

The truth is, violent crime in America is and has been in a downward trend. According to the FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report (UCR) (2013) which records the reporting police departments statistics, “When considering 5- and 10-year trends, the 2013 estimated violent crime total was…

Share With America Which Local Businesses Don't Support Guns
National

Share With America Which Local Businesses Don’t Support Guns

For those of you who are reading this and have been carrying concealed for several years we would like to make this formal request that you visit the directory and submit to that section any businesses that prohibit firearms in their locations.

Law Enforcement - To Inform or Not to Inform
Law

Law Enforcement – To Inform or Not to Inform

Today’s article is not meant to focus on all the things wrong with New Jersey or any other state. I feel that the above story and many others like it make an American gun owner ask the question, “Should I inform law enforcement that I have my firearm or not?”

The Benefits and Liabilities of Firearm Training
Law

The Benefits and Liabilities of Firearm Training

When someone thinks of firearm/gun training, they think of training that is meant for police officers and military personnel. People should learn to understand the reason why people in these professions train in multiple disciplines including firearm training.

Minnesota Drops Four States and Adds Eight to Reciprocity List
Reciprocity

Minnesota Drops Four States and Adds Eight to Reciprocity List

In the 2015 legislative session in Minnesota a law passed that changed the requirement for permit reciprocity from the phrase “Substantially similar” to “similar.” Due to this change the Department of Public Safety has re-evaluated the state permits it will honor and has made some significant changes.

West Virginia Now Honors the Nevada Permit
Reciprocity

West Virginia Now Honors the Nevada Permit

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

A Responsible Concealed Carry Permit Holder
News

Five Most Popular Gun Articles From the First Half of 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.

Hiring Firearm Instructors - No Experience Required
News

Hiring Firearm Instructors – No Experience Required

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.

Have You Fallen Out of Love With Concealed Carry?
Training

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

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.

Survey About Your Post Class Experience [BONUS]
Offers

Survey About Your Post Class Experience [BONUS]

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…

nevada permit reciprocity
Reciprocity

Nevada Adds Reciprocity For the Mississippi Enhanced Permit

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!