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Florida Court Strikes Down Open Carry Ban — A Landmark Win for the Second Amendment

By Jacob Paulsen / September 25, 2025

Florida appeals court strikes down the state’s open carry ban. What the ruling says, what AG guidance means, and how the change affects gun owners now.

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Rhode Island Court Rules: States Can Pick Open OR Concealed Carry (But Not Both)

By Jacob Paulsen / August 12, 2025

Federal court rules Rhode Island can restrict open carry if concealed carry is allowed. Major Second Amendment decision affects carry rights nationwide.

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Another Open Carry Fail—Criminal Takes Gun From Man in Columbus, Ohio

By Matthew Maruster / October 5, 2023

In August, a Columbus, Ohio gas station, a man had his handgun stolen while he was paying the cashier. The criminal took the gun from the unsuspecting customer, fled the…

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S8E11: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Man Killed by Own Gun Taken From His Hip

By Riley Bowman / May 3, 2023

Riley and Matthew share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES including the successes and the failures. Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. Plus we discuss the Dekalb County, Georgia incident where a man had his gun taken from his hip and used against him.

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Another Man Shot and Killed after Being Disarmed by Thug

By Matthew Maruster / April 7, 2023

In February, a criminal murdered a DeKalb County, Georgia man with his own firearm, after the criminal disarmed him in a Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot. Then a similar incident occurred…

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This Person Demonstrates A Dangerous Way to Carry A Gun

By Matthew Maruster / November 2, 2022

I came across a picture of someone open carrying a handgun in an online gun forum. As you might guess, the people in the forum mercilessly ripped the person in…

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Another Open Carry Fail—Criminal Takes Gun From Man in Columbus, Ohio

By Matthew Maruster / September 21, 2022

Last month in a Columbus, Ohio gas station, a man had his handgun stolen while he was paying the cashier. The criminal took the gun from the unsuspecting customer, fled…

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Open Carry Gun Owner Has Gun Stolen From Behind

By Jacob Paulsen / April 5, 2022

I think there is one man in Phoenix that will be carrying concealed from now on. While standing in line at a local McDonalds, a man who was open carrying his handgun was approached from behind by the suspect who proceeded to draw the firearm and flee out of the restaurant.

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Open Carry Now In SC, Important Restrictions You Need to Know

By Matthew Maruster / August 16, 2021

Yesterday South Carolina’s Open Carry law went into effect. First, however, you need to know some essential restrictions in the law before heading out with your handgun. Governor Henry McMaster…

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Constitutional Carry win for Tennessee

By Matthew Maruster / March 30, 2021

3rd State in 2021 Passes Permitless/Constitutional Carry Good news from the home state of Davey Crockett. Provided Governor Bill Lee signs the legislation into law, Tennessee will become the third…

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Concealed Carry VS Open Carry

By Joshua Gillem / November 23, 2020

Most folks opt to carry their guns hidden under the concealment of their clothing, which is also my main method of carrying. This means that you’re walking past hundreds of…

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Episode 352: Open Carry, Good?

By Riley Bowman / September 25, 2019

Today, Riley and Jacob discuss a sometimes controversial subject–the concept of open carry. There are many gun owners that prefer to practice this method of carrying a gun. Are they good ambassadors? Is it a sound tactic? What’s the right approach?

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Walmart Turns Boldly Anti-Gun, Stops Sale of Ammo

By Joshua Gillem / September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019 – Walmart has recently gone on record to ban shoppers from the open carrying of guns in their stores and ending the sale of certain types of…

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Episode 283: The Next Wave of Gun Control May Not Come As You Think

By Riley Bowman / January 3, 2019

Today Riley and Matthew 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 one story where one man saves an entire store of people during a violent robbery…AND it almost costs him his LIFE!!

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Holster Retention Levels and Why it Matters

By Matthew Maruster / August 16, 2018

Almost exclusively my method of carrying is concealed, using an inside the waistband (IWB) holster in the appendix position. There are rare times I may carry concealed in an outside the waistband…

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