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Revolver Fest 2025: A Weekend of Training, Tradition, and Top-Tier Instruction

By Jacob Paulsen / October 14, 2025

Revolver Fest 2025 brought revolver enthusiasts to South Carolina for three days of elite training, demos, and community hosted by American Fighting Revolver. Here’s my firsthand recap and takeaways from the event.

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GOALS 2025 Recap — A Growing Second Amendment Gathering in Knoxville

By Jacob Paulsen / August 10, 2025

GOALS 2025 in Knoxville, TN brought together passionate gun owners, advocacy leaders, and top firearm brands. See event highlights, standout companies, and our take on how the show can grow.

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Recap: First Ever G.O.A.L.S. Event This Past Weekend

By Jacob Paulsen / August 21, 2024

This past weekend our team attended the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit in Knoxville TN. Its a mouthful so everyone just calls it GOALS or the “GOA Show.” This…

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S8E8: Maximizing Your Learning at Training Events with Mickey Schuch

By Jacob Paulsen / March 31, 2023

Jacob sits down with Mickey Schuch of CarryTrainer to discuss different types of training events, the values of each, and some tips to maximize your return on the investment. They talk about Mickey’s S12 event as well as the annual Guardian Conference and how different these events can be.

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S7E10: Takeaways and Lessons Learned From the 2022 Guardian Conference

By Riley Bowman / October 18, 2022

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share our main takeaways and lessons learned from the 2022 Guardian Conference. We recently returned from the event where over 100 people attended for 3 days of world class training and instruction. Next year’s event is also already scheduled and super early bird signups are taking place!

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S3E8: Spend Less – Learn More – Get the T-shirt

By Riley Bowman / August 12, 2021

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen discuss the 2021 Guardian Conference in Oklahoma City on September 17-19. We have a HUGE announcement regarding the event. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this episode. Plus we’ll talk about ways you can train more, pay less, and get better.

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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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Should You Attend the NRA Carry Guard 2017 Expo?

By Jacob Paulsen / August 18, 2017

The event is advertising that 150 exhibitors will be showcasing products and services oriented toward the every day armed citizen. There will also be a Concealed Carry Fashion Show and unlike some other industry events this is one where you can come armed. Concealed carry (within the limits of Wisconsin law) is allowed.

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