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I Don't Carry Because Too Many Places Prohibit Guns
Law

I Don’t Carry Because Too Many Places Prohibit Guns

Some people say that they don’t carry their concealed firearm because there are too many places that prohibit firearms. If you have found that a large number of the places you go prohibit you from bringing your firearm please review these potential suggestions

S6E8 - How Good is Good Enough?
Podcast

S6E8 – How Good is Good Enough?

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share their response in this episode to the feedback received on a recent article Matthew published called “Quantifying Your Defensive Shooting Skills, And Setting Standards.” How do we know how good is good enough? What are the standards we should be training to? Are some of the industry standards too high? Too low? How can we truly evaluate our performance skill?

S6E7 - REVISITED: Are Marksmanship Skills Overrated?
Podcast

S6E7 – REVISITED: Are Marksmanship Skills Overrated?

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster decide to got back 6 years and revisit Episode #8 of the podcast where we discussed the relevance and efficacy of marksmanship skills in a defensive context. There are some statements and assertions that were made in that episode that we feel like we either need to correct or clarify with a greater level of knowledge and experience that we hold now.

Guide for Concealed Carry in a Shirt and Tie
Gear

Guide for Concealed Carry in a Shirt and Tie

If you work in the business world under the obligation or expectation that every day you will come to work wearing a nice shirt and tie then this article is for you. I have had past students tell me that they can’t carry a concealed weapon every day because they have to wear a tuck-in shirt. This should not be a barrier to carrying your gun

IWB appendix carry position
Training

A Guide to Overcoming 27 Reasons You Don’t Carry Your Gun Every Day

Even among those who have gone to the effort of applying for a concealed handgun permit to carry concealed in their state, a majority (according to our surveys) still don’t carry concealed on a regular basis. The reasons vary significantly but we have attempted to build out a list below of the most common ones we hear.