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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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Minnesota Expands Reciprocity: 14 New States Honored

By Jacob Paulsen / May 6, 2025

Minnesota just expanded its concealed carry reciprocity list, now honoring permits from 14 more states. Learn what changed, how a major court ruling played a role, and what it means for traveling gun owners.

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South Carolina House Bill 3930: Fighting Back Against Financial Discrimination of the Second Amendment

By Jacob Paulsen / April 4, 2025

South Carolina H.3930 blocks financial tracking of gun purchases via merchant codes, defending Second Amendment rights from backdoor corporate surveillance.

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S10E20: End of Another Year, Many Changes in Laws

By Riley Bowman / December 26, 2024

Riley Bowman and Jacob Paulsen sit down to reflect on the past year and take the opportunity to share with you a summary of many concealed carry and firearm law changes that are relevant. We track this stuff pretty closely, and take our responsibility seriously to keep our followers informed about the laws

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Minnesota Drop SC and Adds CT, HI, and OH Permit Recognition

By Jacob Paulsen / July 8, 2024

As directed by Minnesota Statute 624.714, MN DPS conducts an annual review to determine which other states have laws “similar” to Minnesota in order to determine what out-of-state permits will…

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S10E6: How to Deal With Gear Snobs Like Riley

By Riley Bowman / June 26, 2024

Today, Riley Bowman and Brian ‘Doc” McLaughlin discuss quality gear, what is good enough, what isn’t, how to select quality gear judiciously, and where to spend our dollars most efficiently.

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S10E5: JUSTIFIED SAVES – Woman Saved by the Uber Driver From a Naked Man

By Riley Bowman / June 19, 2024

Today we have plenty to discuss as we break down multiple events including carjackings, attempted robberies, home invasions, and more. We’ll cover some interesting stories today including one where a 17-year-old carrying a pistol and involved in a shooting was ruled favorably as justified defense.

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S9E26: Which Country is Building Over 300 New Gun Ranges?

By Riley Bowman / March 13, 2024

Riley and Brian discuss industry and legislative news. A lot happening on the legal side this time of year. Both pro gun and anti-gun bills making their way through various states and some interesting news coming out of Europe.

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Louisiana and South Carolina Permitless Carry – What You Need to Know

By Jacob Paulsen / March 10, 2024

Last week saw two additional states join the ranks of “Constitutional Carry” states. Constitutional Carry, also known as Permitless Carry, is the name given to states that allow the concealed…

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South Carolina: Permitless Carry Law Moves One Step Closer to Governor’s Desk

By Matthew Maruster / February 7, 2024

On February 1st, South Carolinians who value personal liberty and the right to self-defense were pleased to see House Bill 3594 passed the State Senate. As it stands now, the…

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Concealed Carrier Shot With His Own Gun When Trying to Stop Domestic Violence Incident

By Jacob Paulsen / January 9, 2024
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S6E13: JUSTIFIED SAVES – AR15’s, 9mm’s and Children

By Riley Bowman / June 15, 2022

Riley Bowman and Matthew Maruster share the latest JUSTIFIED SAVES (Defensive Gun Uses) 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 case out of West Virginia where one woman is being hailed a hero after stopping a potential mass killing with her own legally carried pistol.

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S4E17: News & Reviews – The ‘Murderer You Know’ Myth

By Riley Bowman / December 14, 2021

Riley and Matthew share the latest industry news. We bring news stories highlighting the silliness of oversensitivity towards guns, particularly how two photographs have practically burned the interwebs down this past week. We also discuss an enlightening article about the myth of the “murderer you know,” and we also provide our reviews on a couple of products!

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Can I shoot in My Backyard in South Carolina?

By Matthew Maruster / November 29, 2021

If you live in South Carolina and like to shoot, you may have wondered if you can shoot your firearm in your backyard. I’ll try to give some guidance on…

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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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