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50 State Reciprocity Was Never The Goal, Baseball Shooting Proves It

By Joshua Gillem / July 3, 2017

It’s sad because I have family in New Jersey I’d like to visit more often, and a great friend from the Marines in Maryland, who, ironically, is a police officer in PG County (one of the deadliest in the nation). If I ever brought my gun to one of our encounters, he would have to arrest me because Maryland borders on insanity when it comes to guns.

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Nevada Now Honoring Oregon Concealed Carry Permits

By Jacob Paulsen / June 26, 2017

The State of Nevada has updated their official website to reflect a new reciprocity arrangement they have finalized with the State of Oregon. This means moving forward, those of you with the Concealed Carry permit (both resident and non-resident permits) from the State of Oregon can carry concealed per Nevada Concealed Carry law when visiting.

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Is It Ever Okay To Bring Your Concealed Carry Gun To New York City?

By Joshua Gillem / June 12, 2017

In a growing trend of what can only be explained like this: “The Second Amendment is my concealed carry permit and I’ll bring my gun anywhere I choose,” gun owners…

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New Hampshire Now Honoring South Dakota Resident Permits

By Jacob Paulsen / February 21, 2017

New Hampshire has updated it’s official website to indicate that it will begin to honor resident permits (both classes) from the state of South Dakota.

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Delaware Will Only Honor North Dakota Class 1 Permits

By Jacob Paulsen / February 16, 2017

The good news for those in North Dakota is that by having the option for the class 1 or class 2 permits there is a way to have reciprocity in states like Delaware. So if you travel to Delaware often and live in North Dakota its time to go get the required training and obtain your Class 1 permit.

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South Carolina Will Now Honor Enhanced Permits From Mississippi

By Jacob Paulsen / February 15, 2017

South Carolina has decided that the Enhanced permits from Mississippi meet their requirements and thus these permit holders will now be recognized and able to carry concealed in South Carolina.

This is a welcome change for Mississippi permit holders and increases the value and incentive of taking the necessary class to get the enhanced state permit!

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Episode 91: Ambushed Pizza Deliveryman Fights Back After Being Shot

By Riley Bowman / January 30, 2017

Riley and Jacob cover some important stories about proposed laws being debated in various states plus highlight an extremely compelling JUSTIFIED story where one man is shot and is forced to fight back for his life and his 8 kids! Also we are getting ready to celebrate our 1-year anniversary since launching the podcast, and we are giving away a bunch of great prizes! Listen in for how to enter the giveaway!!

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Reasons I Fear National Reciprocity as a Gun Owner

By Jacob Paulsen / January 29, 2017

Consider for a moment that you are New Jersey, Hawaii, or New York City. You have always maintained the ability to NOT honor permits from any state and not to issue them to your own residents. You feel comfortable

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Episode 89: Good Samaritan Saves Trooper’s Life

By Riley Bowman / January 23, 2017

We talk about the Florida Airport attack, the San Antonio mall shooting, and a CCWer who saves the life of a State Trooper in Arizona. Plus a few thoughts about Nevada’s dumb law and the TSA’s latest stats on firearm confiscation. Check it out and listen now!!

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Washington State Ceases to Honor Permits From Tennessee

By Jacob Paulsen / January 12, 2017

Washington has reconsidered Tennessee given that Tennessee no longer fits the three criteria that Washington State uses to determine which concealed carry permits will be honored.

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Minnesota Drops Reciprocity For 4 States

By Jacob Paulsen / January 2, 2017

Effective January 1st 2017 Minnesota will no longer honor Concealed Carry Permits from Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. In addition, Minnesota will no longer honor the basic permits from North Dakota or South Dakota but will continue to honor the class 1 license from both North and South Dakota.

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Enhanced Permits and Their Role in Concealed Carry Reciprocity

By Jacob Paulsen / August 25, 2016

Some states are now issuing both enhanced and basic concealed carry permits but what does this mean and how does it help you carry concealed in more places?

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Alaska Changes Policy on Honoring the Idaho Permit

By Jacob Paulsen / August 9, 2016

The Alaska statues seem to clearly state that they will honor any concealed carry permit issued to anyone 21 yrs of age or older. All that said, according to a few industry websites; and more importantly according to

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Episode 38: American Gun Law Launch Webinar

By Riley Bowman / July 27, 2016

SPECIAL EPISODE: This episode is actually a replay of the American Gun Law launch webinar that we hosted on July 26th for VIPs (those that pre-registered), so if you missed it, here is your chance to hear some legal info and knowledge as well as some real-life stories from Doug Richards, an experienced criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor, of clients he has represented that had firearm and/or self-defense related legal issues. We also took questions from webinar participants about specific legal issues, so don’t miss out on this because we were sure to record the webinar to make it available for ALL our listeners!

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Episode 37: Millennials Favor Gun Control Less Than You Might Think

By Riley Bowman / July 25, 2016

Coming up today we cover how Germans are calling for more gun control in the wake of the recent Munich shooting while their French counterparts are going the other way, it seems the female response to recent violent events is that more women are buying guns and getting trained, and also tons of justified stories today plus an interesting story about how millennials may surprise you where it comes to gun control…

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