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What Four Recent Doorway Shootings Teach Armed Homeowners

By Jacob Paulsen / November 18, 2025

Real-world analysis of four recent doorway shootings and the critical lessons for armed homeowners. Learn when deadly force is justified, why you shouldn’t shoot through doors, and how our Door Ambush and Complete Home Defense courses can help you make the right decisions.

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S12E9: Legislative Updates – Major 2A News on ALL FRONTS

By Riley Bowman / September 25, 2025

In this episode of the Concealed Carry Podcast, I join co-host Jacob Paulsen to discuss key Second Amendment developments and legislative updates. We delve into a significant funding bill that abolishes the $200 tax stamp for regulated items, leading to potential constitutional challenges.

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North Carolina Constitutional Carry Gets Vetoed – Here’s What That Tells Us

By Jacob Paulsen / June 30, 2025

North Carolina Constitutional Carry was vetoed by Gov. Josh Stein. Here’s what it means for gun owners, SB 50, and the future of 2A rights in NC.

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North Carolina High School Stabbing: The Ugly Truth of Self Defense

By Mitch Goerdt / November 30, 2023

I have been seeing a lot of posts about a stabbing that happened at Southeast Raleigh High School, when I watched the video what I saw is a stark reminder…

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S4E5: Legislative Updates – This County Now Prohibits Concealed Carry on County Property

By Riley Bowman / October 26, 2021

Riley and Matthew discuss the recent Legislative News including stories about how one North Carolina county just voted to prohibit concealed carry on county property even when most county employees support concealed carry.

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Breaking : NC Gov Veto Spoils Pistol Purchase Permit Bill

By Matthew Maruster / August 31, 2021

Yesterday North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed House Bill 398. Even though the bill passed along party lines with a 27-20 vote, most expected Cooper’s veto. Unfortunately, gun owners in…

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Episode 485: JUSTIFIED SAVES – 12-year-old Boy Saves His Grandma

By Riley Bowman / March 9, 2021

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster bring to you the latest JUSTIFIED SAVE stories from around the nation, incidents where regular people like you and me successfully save themselves and/or others through the use of deadly force. And we also share some stories where things didn’t go quite right with many lessons for us to learn. Tune in!

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Episode 456: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Identify Your Target

By Riley Bowman / November 17, 2020

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share recent JUSTIFIED SAVE–or Defensive Gun Use (DGU)–stories. We’ve got a bunch of great ones with lots of lessons for us ALL to learn and understand. Tune in!

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Episode 405: JUSTIFIED SAVES – A Wild Month

By Riley Bowman / April 8, 2020

Today Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen joins forces to talk about a wild month of justified save instances. It ranges from disabled women defending their home against burglars to a CCWer stopping a potential mass killing event to concealed carriers assisting police successfully and one, unfortunately, unsuccessfully. Many lessons are about to be learned, so be sure to tune in!

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Episode 312: The Tale of Two Battles, Physical and Legal – Interview w/ Stephen Maddox

By Riley Bowman / April 20, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob interview Stephen Maddox, a man going about his business one day when he suddenly was faced with a deadly threat and attack. Stephen thought he did everything right, and fully cooperated with authorities, but he later found himself facing multiple charges. Fortunately, he was successful in defending himself in the legal battle–others are not as fortunate sometimes. His legal case was fully funded by CCW Safe.

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Episode 261: Two Homeowners Killed in Gun Battle With Intruders

By Riley Bowman / October 3, 2018

Today Riley and Jacob cover the latest stories from around the USA in the firearms and concealed carry communities. With legislative updates, general interest stories and analysis of JUSTIFIED SAVE events, situations where regular citizens were forced to stop violent attacks, robberies and sexual assaults by using their own lawfully possessed and carried firearms. Today’s JUSTIFIED STORIES are no different especially in the case where an HVAC technician draws and uses his gun to stop a violent attack on his customer…from a monkey! We also share the tragic story where two homeowners attempted to defend themselves from home intruders…but it cost them their lives. What lessons can we learn from this and these other stories? Join in and listen!

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Episode 215: Enforcing New Knife Control Policies

By Jacob Paulsen / April 10, 2018

London has some lessons to teach us about the Slippery Slope, a city in Illinois will fine you $1000 a day for the possession of an AR-15, and someone thinks the 2nd amendment doesn’t cover ammo!

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Episode 189: Government Study Into Online Gun Sales Finds…NOTHING

By Riley Bowman / January 10, 2018

Riley and Jacob talk about the best latest news from the industry with a MAJOR announcement from SIG Sauer about their new P365 pistol. It’s an exciting new design that has many in the industry asking if it will be the G43/Shield killer?? In addition to several amazing JUSTIFIED stories, we cover a big news story about the findings of the Government Accountability Office investigation into online gun sales loopholes…or should we say the lack of findings?

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Episode 187: Lots of New Guns…And New Gun Control

By Riley Bowman / January 3, 2018

Riley and Jacob talk about the latest in industry news along with our popular JUSTIFIED defensive gun use stories. Today we feature news where a bunch of new guns have been announced, slated to soon hit the market. Also some further gun control is being looked at in Denver, Colorado. Plus the ammo control laws passed in California a little more than a year went into effect this week, and boy are gun owner’s lives about to change in the The Golden State as it just became a lot more difficult to purchase ammunition. You’re also not going to want to miss the shocking story of just how bad crime in the U.K. has become with muggings and assaults being committed at an incredible rate, many of them with…knives.

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Episode 183: New Gun Confiscation Law in New York?

By Riley Bowman / December 21, 2017

Today Riley and Rob Beckman discuss the latest in concealed carry law and news including some legislative updates that could mean major positive gains for CCWers in Ohio and North Dakota. At the same time, unfortunately, New York Governor Cuomo is talking about establishing a new law that could mean major gun confiscations from individuals to the likes not before seen there. Also some JUSTIFIED stories including one a store clerk has to disarm a robber to save his life and the incredible scene that follows next!

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